Iomega Marks Philippine Presence with MSI-ECS Partnership.  Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, announces its entry to the Philippine market with appointment of MSI-ECS (Phils.) Inc. as its official distributor to market and distribute Iomega’s consumer, SOHO (small office/home office) and SMB (small-medium business) storage solutions. Shown in photo are: [left to right] Ronnie Latinazo, Country Manager-EMC Philippines; Rajeev Mukul, Vice-President for Asia Pacific and Japan-Iomega; Jimmy Go, President and CEO – MSI-ECS (Phils.) and Victor Francisco Jr., Channels Manager - EMC Philippines. 

MAKATI CITY, Philippines – 11 December 2009 – Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with MSI-ECS (Phils.) Inc. to market and distribute Iomega’s consumer, SOHO (small office/home office) and SMB (small-medium business) storage solutions for the Philippines market.

“The Philippines is fast becoming an IT-savvy population as broadband penetration increases, and the need for safeguarding personal digital data becomes a key customer concern,” says Rajeev Mukul, Iomega’s Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan. “This represents a huge market opportunity for Iomega’s simple-to-use, reliable and feature-rich personal storage devices for PC users in the country. Similarly, with exponential data growth of data in the SOHO and SMB environment, there is a pressing need for easy-to-install, inexpensive and high-performance network storage solutions.

Under the agreement, MSI-ECS will market and sell Iomega’s full range of smart storage solutions, including the Portable and Desktop drives for both Windows and Mac users, Multimedia & Optical drives, and desktop and rack-mounted network storage solutions.

“Iomega's full suite of storage products adds to our impressive portfolio, creating new business opportunities for our resellers to capture the fast-growing demand for simple and affordable personal storage solutions,” says Jimmy Go, MSI-ECS President and CEO.  “In a country where the economy is largely driven by small- and medium- size business sectors, offering Iomega's full range of storage line enables us to broaden our offerings for these segments, allowing us to increase our customer reach.“

 MSI-ECS will soon be able to offer a wide selection of Iomega products and solutions through its reseller network in the Philippines, giving customers more choice to match their application, industry and budget. For product details on Iomega’s full range of storage solutions, visit http://go.iomega.com/home?p=4750.

 About MSI-ECS (Phils.) Inc.

Specializing in IT distribution as its core competence, MSI-ECS has continuously redefined and broadened its portfolio of IT products and services to fully address the evolving needs of the local IT community.  Today, it boasts  off an extensive array of solutions ranging from systems and peripherals,  network and communications, multimedia and presentation, printing and digital imaging.

 About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.emc.com.

 About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 410 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega’s product portfolio includes one of the industry’s broadest selection of direct-attached external hard drives; industry leading network attached storage products for the home and small business; and the ScreenPlay family of multimedia drives that makes it easy to move video, pictures and other digital files from the computer room to the livingroom. 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.