http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/ Engadget Comments for Iomega acquired by EMC for $213 million http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/
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there are so many better things to spend 213 million on.

maybe it's like when someone picks up an old computer and keeps it in the garage for nostalgia sake. maybe this guy just has so much money he can do that with an entire company? because i really can't see any other reason other than nostalgia. like hell anyone in the computing world will ever buy another product from iomega. like hell any new iomega product will ever see the light of day.]]>Apr 9th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/
But most of it is probably just for distribution channels, customer service, tech support, branding, etc. It can be expensive and troublesome to set up a relatively large consumer brand from scratch.

I'm actually kind of excited about this. I'd like to see some cool stuff like consumer-grade SANs and whatnot come from this.]]>Apr 9th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/Apr 9th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/
EMC still viable... hahaha. They have 12-15 billion cash money in the bank and the majority marketshare in the SAN and VTL space. They're making good headway towards the NAS market as well, and I can say from personal experience that the Celerra is a fantastic product. Your comment about EMC being viable shows that you are not wel established in the SAN / NAS marketplace anyways. Once you get a little more experience and out of first level tech support for your company you'll understand :)]]>Apr 9th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/I had no idea about VMware.. when did they buy that?
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They sat on their asses for God knows how many years without doing anything about the evolving market, they probably waited too long to sell as well anyway.]]>Apr 9th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/iomega-acquired-by-emc-for-213-million/
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But in all seriousness, has anyone devoted even the slightest thought in considering what Iomega has been up to in the last gazillion years? What a dinosaur this company is! They haven't produced anything that's caught anyone's eye since the Zip drives, and when was that? Back in the 90's? Frankly, I'm surprised they've remained in business up to this point.

But with that said, Iomega definitely played a role in the earlier days of personal computing - back when we were rockin' floppy drives and their products were competing with those, and LS-120 drives. So their products bring back some good memories, I have to say.

Does anyone remember Iomega's Jaz drives? My dad owned one of those many moons ago. He was probably one of the few who ever did!]]>Apr 9th 2008 4:05PM