Iomega bundles NAS, Boxee with 'Personal Cloud'

SAN DIEGO, USA: Iomega, an EMC company, announced the new Iomega Personal Cloud technology.

Iomega's Personal Cloud is a web-based computing architecture that connects Iomega network storage device to other individuals and/or devices via the Internet.

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The company claims that unlike most public and private cloud applications, Iomega's Personal Cloud technology is completely self-owned — the content and accessibility is always under control and there are no usage fees or subscription charges.

Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega. "Utilizing the expertise of EMC, the world's leader in cloud technology, we have transformed our next generation NAS devices into cloud servers that users can access anywhere, anytime. In addition, by buying two or more of our NAS products, you can remotely back-up your onsite data to an alternate location — be it your office, home or some other location — giving consumers and small businesses the ideal disaster recovery plan that's easy to implement and economical, too."

Iomega Personal Cloud will be available worldwide beginning this month with the launch of the new single-drive Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition. 

Iomega Personal Cloud is also a built-in feature in the new Iomega TV with Boxee, launching in February.

The new Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition utilizes EMC LifeLine software, a fully-developed Linux operating environment and suite of applications designed to support Windows, Mac and Linux computers. 

Iomega Personal Cloud technology will be available worldwide beginning this month with the launch of the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition.  Iomega Personal Cloud is also a built-in feature in the new Iomega TV with Boxee, launching in February.

The new Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition will be available worldwide later this month in two capacities: a 1TB model for $169.99, and a 2TB model for $229.99.