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DiskGO! USB Flash Drives Experience Explosive Sales

Peripheral Enhancements Corporation, a leading manufacturer of computer memory upgrades and digital media products, has announced the successful launch of its DiskGO! portable USB Flash Drive. Released several months ago through Peripheral's various channel partners, the company has exceeded aggressive launch sales goals for this product by more than 90 percent. The DiskGO! USB Flash Drive is marketed under the company's EDGE Digital Media product line, and replaces the need for floppy disks, data CDs and Zip disks.

"These products have been very well received in the marketplace and have exceeded our revenue projections during their launch phase. Through some of our largest channel partners, like PC Connection and CDW, we've seen an overwhelming demand for these products in all capacities we currently offer," stated Jeff Thompson, president and CEO of Peripheral Enhancements. He continued, "The DiskGO! offers our channel partners the opportunity to market the product as a value-add to a notebook sale or as a stand-alone solution for portable storage. Application education is one of the greatest challenges we face with this product. Virtually every day, we hear of new ways consumers and businesses are using the DiskGO!"

Available from 64MB through 512MB capacities, the DiskGO! plugs directly into the computer's USB port and is plug-and-play compatible with all popular operating systems. The DiskGO! appears as a hard drive on the user's desktop and allows easy transfer and storage of pictures, MP3s, slide presentations, spreadsheets and other data. At only 3 inches by 1 inch, and weighing less than 2 ounces, these USB 1.1 drives write at a speed of 1MB per second and read at 4.2 MB per second. They are packaged with password protection software for Windows for added security. The DiskGo! comes with a 3 foot extension cord, built-in pen clip, lanyard, and secure top.

"Because of its small size and large storage capacity, the DiskGO! is perfect for students, business travelers, graphic designers and anyone else seeking a simple way to access and transport computer files," said Brian Sartorius, vice president of Operations at Peripheral Enhancements. "We've seen a broad acceptance of our DiskGO! product in the IT community for its security features and boot disk capabilities. Our own IT department has saved many hours recently using the DiskGO! to image the hard drive for workstation setup. Believe me, some of the biggest fans of this new product are right here at Peripheral!"

EDGE Memory DiskGO! USB Flash Drives are available for purchase at cdw.com, pcconnection.com, insight.com, pcmall.com, walmart.com, zones.com and computers4sure.com, an Office Depot Company. Resellers can purchase the DiskGO! products through distribution at techdata.com or ingrammicro.com.

For more information on Peripheral Enhancements and the DiskGO! products, visit the company's Website at www.peripheral.com.