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Comztek appointed to distribute Iomega products


Johannesburg, 04 Jul 2008

In a move that aims to grow the company's market share in the consumer electronics, mid-range portable and network-attached storage market, Iomega have appointed Comztek as a national distributor.

Michelle Kasselman, key account manager for Iomega Corporation in South Africa, says with more of the company's R&D focussing on portable hard drive products with greater storage capacities as well as high end networking products, Comztek, with their extensive distribution experience in the networking channel, are the ideal partner to drive this expansion in South Africa.

"Also, with Iomega aggressively expanding into the networking channel with our high end Network Attached Storage (NAS) range, we have identified Comztek as a strategic partner best suited to grow our share in that particular market segment," says Kasselman.

Heinz Stephan, director of consumer electronics at Comztek, says as one of the leading brands in portable storage and backup devices, Iomega fits in perfectly with the rest of the distributor's blue chip product mix.

"The partnership with Iomega puts us in a unique position to offer our customers true end-to-end solutions in the consumer electronics market," he says. "The core focus for Comztek in the next twelve months will be to promote Iomega's NAS product line while continuing to service the portable storage and backup device markets."

While Iomega will benefit from Comztek's wide distribution footprint spanning all of South Africa and several other regions within the continent, Stephan says the relationship also extends Comztek's reach into the mid-range portable and network-attached storage market.

"There is also a great deal of synergy between our two organisations in respect of service and support, where Comztek will have immediate access to all Iomega's international and online support," adds Kasselman. "Comztek will also honour all Iomega warrantee conditions, including an immediate swap out on all products."

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Iomega

Iomega Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega's product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage products, external hard drives, and its own award-winning removable storage technology, the REV Backup Drive. OfficeScreen, Iomega's managed security services, which are available in the U.S. and select markets in Europe, provide enterprise quality perimeter security and secure remote network access for SMBs, which help protect small enterprises from data theft and liability. To learn about all of Iomega's digital storage products and managed services solutions, please go to the Web at www.iomega.com. Resellers can visit Iomega at www.iomega.com/ipartner.

Comztek

Comztek is regarded as South Africa's leading ICT systems and communications partner. Part of the Mustek Group, the company is committed to delivering bottom-line benefits to resellers through its four business units - networks; software infrastructure; security & storage; consumer electronics.

The Networks business unit, the cornerstone of the company's growth over recent years, is well placed to deliver 3Com, Cisco, Dialogic, D-Link, Linksys, MGE, Netshield, Nortel and Packeteer products, solutions and support for all networks. The Software Infrastructure business unit offers Adobe, Attachmate, Citrix, Microsoft, Novell and Virtual Iron.

The Security & Storage business unit enables resellers to provide their customers with enhanced skills and more flexible product such as Fujitsu Siemens Computers server range, McAfee, Symantec, Symantec Availability and Marshall. The Consumer Electronics business unit bundles products from Creative, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Imation, Iomega, Microsoft and Symantec, designed to meet the rapidly expanding needs of the home and small business end-user.

Comztek's head office is based in Midrand, with branches in the Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Namibia, Zambia and East Africa.