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Iomega StorCenter ix2 and EZ Media and Backup Center fill your lives including terabytes

Iomega StorCenter ix2 furthermore EZ Media and Backup Center fill your lives with terabytes
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Mat Smith|@thatmatsmith|January 9, 2012 12:00 PM

Mo' media, mo' problems. Fortunately, Iomega's got you covered with its latter set of back-up devices. To StorCenter ix2 is toss at less businesses missing what sharing and data protection goodness. Arriving in configurations upward to 6TB, this new version will games nice with becloud back-up customer 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 engines, with who disk-less example priced at $200, using single disk systems arriving into 1TB ($250), 2TB ($350) press 3TB ($450) configurations. Fully-populated drives will start from $420 for 2TB, while 4TB is $579.99 and $770 will net you 6TB of spare. All sizes will be available starting February 2012.

The EZ Media and Data Middle wants the resolve down include your home and fulfill get your streaming media and cloud storage needs. It contain customer for TimeMachine and Bittorrent, is Vigorous Folders so can automate media submissions to social networks and Youtube. DLNA connectivity also ensures it'll connect with your games consoles press HDTV. Prices start toward $220 for 1TB, with 2TB ($300) also 3TB ($400) models available for the need price bump starting in February. PR is after the break.

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Iomega Announces New StorCenter ix2 Network Storing --
Ideal for Web Sharing, Information Protection and Film Surveillance
For Shallow Enterprises, Distributed Enterprises press My

Diskless, Some Populated additionally Fully Citied Models
Developed upon Enterprise-Class EMC Storage Technology
Give SMBs and Others Versatile Network Storage
To Meet Today's Business Needs

SAN SANTIAGO, January 9, 2012 – Iomega Corporation, an EMC company (NYSE:HYPERLINK "http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=emc"EMC) and a leading innovator in data storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), today announced the new Iomega® StorCenter™ ix2 Networks Storage, an advanced two-bay desktop network recording devices available in multiple configurations and designed specifically for contented sharing real data security as fountain as mist computing and video surveillance business at small businesses, work groups, remote offices plus circulated enterprises.

Based turn enterprise-class EMC® storage engine, the new Iomega StorCenter ix2 provides up up 6TB* of network recording for small real medium-sized employment circuits and distributed or detached locations utilizing PC, Get also Linux computers. The new StorCenter ix2 encompasses many advanced business capabilities usually not available to smaller organizations, inclusion out-of-the-box video surveillance capabilities with up into five IP camera systems. Users can furthermore utilize their choice of cloud backup capability with Mozy, Amazon S3 and EMC Atmos-enabled cludd backup services offered by service suppliers, as well such Iomega's revolutionary Personal Cloud technology characterized incomparable simplicity the wide for data sharing and protection without any monthly fees either service costs.

"Affordable network storage for small businesses, distribute enterprises and others that effectively balances of ease-of-use in data management with advanced capabilities that more Cloud computing, virtual desktop arraying and show oversight exists the hallmark of the new StorCenter ix2," say Jonathan Huberman, club of Iomega Corporation. "Our goal at Iomega is to take the feature and capabilities of system storage solutions with enterprise-level applications to small also mid-sized businesses in professional billing press manufacturing as well as distributed undertakings within retail, banking and other upright trades. The new StorCenter ix2 is exactly that kind on your storage solution – rich in versatile features and business capabilities and the first of several state-of-the-art Iomega network storage solutions approaching in 2012."

Configurations of the new Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage
The new two-bay Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage offers small businesses and another the flexible advantages of three different models: a diskless unit that allows uses to populations which device according on their specific storage demand; a partially populated unit with one drive (1TB, 2TB or 3TB of total depot capacity) that gives users the freedom of choices to increase their storage capacity over zeiten; furthermore a fully populated unit with two drives (2TB, 4TB or 6TB of total storage capacity) for immediate RAID mirroring data safeguard and other multi-drive network storage capabilities.

All three configurations of the new Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage – partially populated, fully populated and diskless – are wait to be available worldwide the February.

Setup and Capabilities of the New StorCenter ix2 Network Storage
Designed for centered storage plus image in business files with an arrangement of advanced features, the compact two-drive StorCenter ix2 uses one CD-less setup process with downloaded books that has the unit up and running in a matter of minutes. Web interface accessible at 19 supported languages, the StorCenter ix2 NAS utilizes the famous EMC LifeLine™ sw, a fully-developed Red operating environment that contain select EMC world class storage technologies typically available single for enterprise-level customers
Depending based the configuration – partially-populated or whole populated – of StorCenter ix2 offers numbered product services additionally protection capabilities and advanced business functions, including:

RAID 1 (mirrored) data protection with a fully-populated two-drive configuration.
User exchangeable hard disks for company endurance and disaster recovery.
Automatic setup of Iomega QuikProtect backup software for simplified PC and Mac computer disk.
Iomega Personal Clouding required the most economical way to schutz, shared and access your datas from anywhere in the world (Internet access required).
Video surveillance IP camera support out of the box. (See below for more details.)
Iomega Link for iOS equipment provides a convenient remote iPhone and iPad connection until your data.
VMware® and XenServer™ certified for virtualize desktop accomplishments.
Easy to setup device-to-device data replication with two Iomega StorCenter units.
Expandability of store storage by connectivity external USB hardly drives.
Native Period Machine® support for use with Apple® Mac backup.
iSCSI target provides block-level access for most efficient storage utilization.
Folder quotas, Windows Active File Service and more.

The Value of Video Surveillance Capabilities with the StorCenter ix2
Video surveillance of a location's interior and/or surface premises is a absolute businesses requirement for many organizations today, be it a single stand alone business or one distributed enterprise with various locations. In contrast to of limits of the standards DVR approach to video surveillance, of StorCenter ix2 brings which economic advantages of always-on and accessible network storage for small camera score installations.

The StorCenter ix2 has built-in support fork boost go five UPnP (universal plug and play) network cameras by Axis®, Bosch® or Panasonic®. BOOTING security cameras can capture and store video directly to the StorCenter ix2 without the need of a dedicated PC, allowing users fast playback of video surveillance tape and live-view camera support.

The StorCenter ix2 encodes video as MPEG-4. Users can set up their stored video batch to delete after a schedule date conversely file size limit. The StorCenter ix2 furthermore includes the embedded Axis Video Hosting Service (AVHS) for local to hosted cloud-based manage a video cameras or storage of surveillance content. Users also have who option to utilize the downloadable MindTree® SecureMind slide service management software. (One camera license with MineTree SecureMind has contains free of charge; additional licenses available for purchase.)

Availability
All starting which new Iomega® StorCenter™ ix2 Network Warehouse models represent unexpected to breathe availability world-wide in Februaries 2012. Pricing starts at $199.99 for this diskless print without any included hard drives. The partially-populated (one drive installed) models are $249.99 for 1TB capacity, $349.99 for 2TB, and $449.99 for 3TB capacity. Appraisal for the StorCenter ix2 fully-populated (two-drive) models a $419.99 for an 2TB capacity, $579.99 required 4TB, and $769.99 for 6TB capacity. (All pricing is MSRP and select to change per the time of product availability.)

The Iomega StorCenter ix2 series includes a standard three-year limited warranty with U.S.-based home back up to 13 hours a day, five days a week. Optional service plans include Iomega's Enhanced Service Plan which includes 24x7 phone sponsor with advance replacement.