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Lenovo rebranding storage products, demotes Iomega to entry-level gear
Remember when Cingular became AT&T, Federal Express became FedEx and RIM became BlackBerry? The next company that'll need to reprint its business cards is Iomega, which is seeing the bulk of its products rebranded as Lenovo EMC. The Iomega name will still exist, but only as the face for entry-level storage gear, while the StorCenter and EZ Media and Backup Center lines will now carry the livery of their corporate parent. Curious about the company's history before it became a marque? There's detailed PR after the break.
Iomega StorCenter ix2 and EZ Media and Backup Center fill your lives with terabytes
Mo' media, mo' problems. Fortunately, Iomega's got you covered with its latest set of back-up devices. The StorCenter ix2 is pitched at smaller businesses wanting content sharing and data protection goodness. Arriving in configurations up to 6TB, this new version will play nice with cloud back-up services from the likes of Mozy and Amazon, as well as Iomega's in-house Personal Cloud system. The StorCenter ix2 can also be further expanded through external USB hard drives, with the disk-less model priced at $200, with single disk systems arriving in 1TB ($250), 2TB ($350) and 3TB ($450) configurations. Fully-populated drives will start from $420 for 2TB, while 4TB is $579.99 and $770 will net you 6TB of space. All sizes will be available starting February 2012. The EZ Media and Backup Center wants to settle down in your home and fulfill all your streaming media and cloud storage needs. It includes support for TimeMachine and Bittorrent, with Active Folders that can automate media uploads to social networks and Youtube. DLNA connectivity also ensures it'll connect with your games consoles and HDTV. Prices start at $220 for 1TB, with 2TB ($300) and 3TB ($400) models available for the requisite price bump starting in February. PR is after the break.
Iomega introduces StorCenter ix4-200d NAS
Iomega just expanded its StorCenter NAS line with the new-four bay StorCenter ix4-200d. Just like the smaller ix2, the ix4 can handle pretty much whatever you throw at it: filesharing over a laundry list of protocols, streaming to iTunes, an Xbox 360, handling your Time Machine backups -- it can even take video directly off Axis-brand IP surveillance cameras. On the hardware side, you're looking at dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, three USB ports for printer sharing and additional storage, and a "QuikTransfer" button that'll let yo copy files directly from a flash drive to the NAS without a computer. The downside? You'll have to pay for all that power: the 2TB version costs $700, and the top-of-the-line 8TB model will set you back a whopping $1,900. Yes, you can just get a dedicated server for that kind of money, but then you wouldn't be able to say you were rolling with NAS, now would you?[Via Yahoo]
Iomega NAS gets BitTorrent support, some other stuff
Iomega announced several free upgrades to its StorCenter ix2 NAS yesterday, the most exciting of them being PC-less BitTorrent support and remote access capabilities, enabling uploading / downloading via FTP. As for the other upgrades, the company has added Apple Protocol support, jumbo frames to speed up those large file transfers, and folder quotas. All the upgrades are available through an Iomega update, and while the remote access is free for the first year, it'll cost you $9.95 every year thereafter. The 1TB ix2 can be yours for around $299, while the 2TB runs about $470. [Via Gearlog]
Iomega ships Bluetooth-equipped 1TB / 2TB StorCenter ix2 NAS
If you've been passing off NAS devices for years due to the typically prohibitive price tags, you might want to have a gander at Iomega's latest. The StorCenter ix2 brings 1TB (500GB x 2) of network storage for just $299.99, and the 2TB edition is also available for around $170 more. In short, the box -- which isn't much to look at, admittedly -- promises to provide backup for all of your critical files regardless of which networked computer they're on. Additionally, users with top secret snaps on their Bluetooth-enabled cellphone will appreciate the optional BT compatibility, not to mention the gigabit Ethernet jack and twin USB sockets. Oh, and it also doubles as an iTunes server and supports both UPnP and DLNA protocols, meaning that this fellow should do a decent job of serving up media on the side.%Gallery-34572%
Iomega intros new StorCenter network hard drives
Those in the market for a boost in storage now have a couple more options to consider from Iomega, which has beefed up its StorCenter line of network hard drives with three new models. Coming in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB varieties, these each boast 3.5-inch 7200 RPM SATA-II hard drives (two in the case of the 1TB model), along with an 8MB cache to keep things nice and speedy and a pair of USB ports should you need even more external storage. The 1TB model will also give you your choice of RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD configurations, and all three pack a number of network features, including Active Directory support and UPnP AV media server capability (no WiFi though). Look for all three to be available immediately, with them setting you back $270, $360, and $390 for the 500GB, 700GB, and 1TB models, respectively.[Via Electronista]
Iomega launches StorCenter 1TB wireless NAS
We've seen terabyte NAS boxes before. And we've seen wireless ones too. But Iomega may be one of the first companies to combine the two into a simple plug-and-play solution, with the company's 1TB StorCenter Wireless Network Storage device. The box includes gigabit Ethernet, two USB ports, 802.11g wireless networking, and four 250GB, 7200 RPM drives that can be set up in RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 configurations. The NAS has a suggested retail price of $899. Iomega has also launched a 500GB wired NAS, the StorCenter External Hard Drive, with a price of $499.
