Monday, October 27, 2008

EMC/Iomega Marriage Produces Big NAS for Small Biz

EMC/Iomega Marriage Produces Big NAS for Small Biz


October 15, 2008

When a big fish eats a little fish, it's not generally a happy ending for the guppy. But the news coming out of Iomega, now part of EMC, the one of the largest storage tech companies in the world, looks promising. Today Iomega announced the StorCenter ix2, a two-terabyte network attached storage appliance that, the company says, integrates multiple high-end features in a box that takes four mouse-clicks to configure.

The Iomega StorCenter ix2 NAS box features enterprise-level technology from storage giant, EMC.

The StorCenter ix2, available in a 1T capacity for $299.99 and a 2T model for $479.99, offer small businesses a way to centrally store and protect data over a network. The big difference between the ix2 and the StorCenter devices Iomega produced prior to its affiliation with EMC is, well, its affiliation with EMC.
Complete article.