LIGHTEN YOUR WORKLOAD

Your laptop: a pain in the neck
Can't seem to leave your work at the office? You're not alone. According to the Families and Work Institute, one third of US employees bring work home at least one night per week. And while it's sometimes necessary to use personal time to finish important work, part of this process is a real pain in the neck: Lugging your laptop back and forth each night. Although they look small, nobody who has ever carried one would say a laptop is light. Throw in the battery, charger, and cables and you've got a big load.

The 1-ounce solution
A USB Flash Drive is a great alternative to lugging your laptop back and forth. Weighing about as much as a car key, USB Flash Drives offer a simple, portable way to transport files anywhere you need to take critical data, and may just eliminate the need to bring your laptop.

How they work:
A flash drive works a lot like a portable hard drive - plug it into a computer's USB port and it will automatically be recognized as an external drive, usually without additional software or setup. Save files by dragging them to the Flash Drive's desktop icon. The drive is powered through the USB port, so it uses no batteries or power cord.

What are Flash Drives used for?
Flash drives can be used at work, home, school or on the road to share, transport, and store all kinds of digital content, including:

• Transferring business files to clients, while protecting your files from being erased, altered or viewed by anyone but you.
• Trading and sharing large documents from laptop to laptop, without worrying about running out of hard drive space.
• Running presentations from a Flash drive instead of a computer´s hard drive. If the laptop crashes, just swap the Flash Drive to another computer and get on with the show!

Wear your data
Roughly the size of a pack of gum and weighing just an ounce, sleek USB Flash Drives are small and sturdy enough to be worn on a lanyard, key chain, or carried in a pocket. Since security badges are standard in most companies, keep your Flash Drive on the same lanyard and never be without your most important files. The Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive has an attached "never lose" cap that protects data when the drive is not in use, and pivots out of the way when plugged in.

It's universal
Sometimes configuring your computer for an external hard drive is more trouble than it's worth. Not so with USB Flash Drives, which are truly plug-and-play devices. All you need to use a Flash Drive is a USB port, and most computers have one or more, making them compatible with nearly all modern PCs. Since Flash Drives are platform-independent devices, most require no additional software or set up to use. You just plug it in, watch the icon appear, drag your files to it, and you never need to reboot your computer when attaching and detaching the device.

Password Protection
Most of us have crucial data - client lists, financial information, marketing plans - that are worth protecting, both in and outside the office. To protect files from unauthorized access or accidental erasure, the Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive has optional password protection and locking functionality. If others need access to your data, the partitioning software lets you create secure and public areas on the drive.

Capacity
Flash Drives come in storage capacities from 128MB up to two gigabytes of data - about three times the storage space of a compact disk, enough space to hold hundreds of business documents or presentations, or 250 songs in MP3 format. Flash Drives come in capacities for small (documents, photos) or large (presentations, videos) data needs.

Built to last
Unlike other external storage devices, USB Flash Drives have no moving parts, making them a more durable mobile storage option. Flash drives are rewritable, meaning you can add and delete data thousands of times - up to 100,000 times for the Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive. Most will store digital content for 10 years, during which time you'll probably need to replace your computer hard drive three times.

Work lighter, smarter, faster and cooler with a Flash Drive
Sure, you could transport your data the old-fashioned way - back and forth on laptop, CD, floppy, Zip disk or some other removable media. But none has the combination of size, capacity, speed and ease-of-use of a USB Flash Drive - AND the sleek look is sure to raise your high-tech profile around the office!

Click here for more details on the Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive.