4 November 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Kinetic HDD Object-Based Storage Drive Unveiled

Garnering Strong Industry Support, New Kinetic Storage Solution Slashes Costs by up to 50 Percent by Simplifying Configurations for Large Cloud Data Centers Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today unveiled its revolutionary, new object-based storage drive— the Seagate® Kinetic HDD. Based on the Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform, Kinetic HDD dramatically reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) by combining an open source object storage protocol with Ethernet connectivity to eliminate multiple layers of legacy software and hardware infrastructure— greatly simplifying cloud storage architectures. Introduced in 2013, the Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform has garnered broad industry support from cloud and enterprise customers, as well as software and hardware systems partners, including AOL, Digital Sense, and […]

30 September 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Surveillance Hard Disk Drive Featuring Seagate Rescue Introduced

Surveillance HDD With Rescue Services and 6TB High-Capacity Storage, Optimized for Reliable 24×7 Video Surveillance Systems, Unveiled at ASIS 2014 Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today took the wraps off the industry’s first dedicated surveillance hard disk drive (HDD) featuring Seagate Rescue™ services—the Seagate® Surveillance HDD. Engineered specifically for surveillance and video analytics applications, the Surveillance HDD is a world-class drive that employs data recovery services designed to restore data from malice or accidental failure, keeping systems in the field longer and reducing post deployment expenses. “Over 413 petabytes of data are produced in just one day by video surveillance cameras installed worldwide in 20131—that’s 150,000 petabytes of data every year, most of which are […]

15 July 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate NAS and NAS Pro Lines Announced

NAS and NAS Pro Lines Offer New Operating System and Productivity Apps Optimized for Revenue Growth and ‘Anywhere’ Access to Vital Data Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today announced a new portfolio of Networked Attached Storage (NAS) solutions specifically designed for today’s small businesses. The new portfolio includes five NAS products in a range of capacities from 2TB to 30TB and performance perfectly suited for the home office to small businesses with up to 50 employees. The Seagate NAS and NAS Pro lines set the standard for ease-of-use by introducing a new intuitive operating system, NAS OS 4, together with hardware specifically designed for small businesses without dedicated IT resources. “Storage is a must have for businesses of today regardless […]

8 April 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 v4. 6TB HDD Released

New Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Delivers Industry-leading Performance, Ultra-High Capacity and Eighth-Generation Enterprise Reliability Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced it is now shipping the world’s fastest 6TB hard disk drive (HDD) — the Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4. Boasting industry-leading performance, the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 is an important step forward in scale-out data infrastructures delivering supersize storage and enterprise reliability to meet the explosive growth of corporate and cloud-based data centers. “Unstructured data growth is doubling exponentially and will propel the digital universe to reach 16 Zettabytes of data by as early as 20171. This will cause cloud service providers to look for innovative ways to store more within […]

6 January 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Backup Plus FAST High-Capacity Storage Device Launched

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today introduced Backup Plus FAST portable drive; the world’s first portable 4TB storage device, providing twice the capacity and speed of existing external portable drives. This new Seagate® Backup Plus FAST drive features a superspeed USB 3.0 interface to deliver transfer speeds up to 220MB per second, making it the perfect companion for a field photographer or filmmaker looking to quickly move large files to backup. “With Backup Plus FAST, Seagate has taken a very mature product category and has delivered innovative enhancements to address the real world challenges of our customers,” said Scott Horn, vice president of global marketing for Seagate. “The performance and capacity of this new portable drive is beyond that of […]

5 January 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Backup Plus Slim External Hard Drive 2nd Gen Announced

New Dashboard Software Adds Support for Mobile Devices Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) today announced the second generation of its sleek external storage lineup, Seagate® Backup Plus Slim. With a svelte compact design and superspeed USB 3.0 interface, the Backup Plus Slim drive is the ideal storage solution to aggregate and back up valued photos, videos and other files despite being spread across numerous devices, social networks and personal computers. This new offering includes the backup software, Seagate Dashboard, which made the first generation of Seagate® Backup Plus drives so popular. The Seagate Dashboard software provides an easy one-click backup solution, but can also be set as a scheduled backup up as needed. Additionally, the Dashboard software will back up Facebook […]

20 November 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS Unveiled

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today introduced the latest addition to the company’s business storage product offerings, Seagate® Business Storage Windows® Server 4-bay NAS. Designed for offices or workgroups with up to 50 employees, this new 4-bay NAS centralizes storage to allow access, collaboration and sharing of files securely from all computers within a business network, while simultaneously hosting PC backups in one central location. “Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 introduces groundbreaking new storage functionality for organizations of all sizes, and the Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS takes advantage of these advances to serve the growing demand from small- and medium-sized businesses,” said Brian Hillger, director, product marketing, Microsoft. “We are happy to have collaborated with Seagate in […]

7 November 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Spinpoint M9T Samsung HDD Introduced

High capacity and thin design hard drive gives customers the ideal solution for external and mobile applications Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today announced that its Samsung® HDD division is shipping the new 2.5-inch Spinpoint™ M9T, which at 9.5 mm thin is the world’s thinnest 2TB hard drive. Offered in capacities of 1.5TB and 2TB, the Spinpoint M9T mobile drive gives OEMs, channel system integrators and consumers a thin, high-capacity storage solution ideal for external storage, notebook integration and upgrades, desktop, and gaming system applications. “The M9T combines the highest areal density shipping in a single storage device with an innovative design that fits into mainstream notebook applications. While other 2TB are solutions on the market are 15 mm thick, […]

22 October 201316 April 2018Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Kinetic Open Storage Platform Alters Cloud Economics

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced that it is redefining cloud storage infrastructure with the unveiling of its internally developed SeagateÂ® Kinetic Open Storage platform. A significant leap forward in scale-out storage architectures, the Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform simplifies data management, improves performance and scalability while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) of average Cloud infrastructures by up to 50 percent.

1 October 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Storage Technology to Debut at CEATEC 2013

Company’s HAMR Technology Poised to Power a 20 Terabyte Hard Drive by 2020 Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced that it will be demonstrating its next generation heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology at CEATEC 2013. Pushing the boundaries of magnetic recording, Seagate’s revolutionary HAMR technology is poised to power an astounding 20 Terabyte drive by as early as 2020. “The world is generating an astronomical amount of data annually and that data needs to be stored. We are approaching the limits of today’s recording technology and with HAMR technology, Seagate is on track to continue to increase areal density delivering hard drives with the lowest cost per gigabyte and reaching capacities of 20TB […]

23 July 201316 April 2018Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Seagate Turbo SSHD Enterprise Hard Drive Unveiled

New, Ultra-Fast Enterprise Hybrid Drive Technology provides up to a 3X increase in random performance over existing solutions By Seagate Technology plc Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced it is shipping the world’s fastest hard drive— the Seagate® Enterprise Turbo™ SSHD. The industry’s first enterprise solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), the Enterprise Turbo SSHD combines the capacity of a hard drive with solid-state flash enabling high-speed performance for mission critical data. Setting a new standard in mission critical performance, the Enterprise Turbo SSHD provides up to a 3X increase in random performance over existing 15K-RPM drives and is available with up to 600GB of capacity. By unifying the best of solid-state and magnetic technologies, […]

18 June 20139 July 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

ASUSTOR Announces NAS Products Compatible with New Seagate NAS Hard Drives

By ASUSTOR Inc. ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced today that all of its NAS products are fully compatible with Seagate’s newly launched range of NAS hard drives. These hard drives come in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB models with their model numbers being ST2000VN000, ST3000VN000 and ST4000VN000. By supporting these hard drives, ASUSTOR is able to give its users greater flexibility and choice when configuring their network attached storage devices. ASUSTOR NAS are the first NAS devices in the world to be designed entirely around an App-based concept. Built on a stable and high performance hardware platform, ASUSTOR NAS devices provides users with an intuitive UI that closely resembles the simplicity enjoyed on […]