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Company byte: Seagate Technology

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

NASDAQ-listed Seagate Technology (STX) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. It is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland but its principal executive offices are located in Scotts Valley, California in the United States.

Seagate is a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions.Seagate was originally incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology. It is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions.

In fiscal 2011, the company had a revenue of $11 billion, net income of $0.5 billion and shipped 199 million units (approximate data from Seagate’s website).

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Seagate unveils hard disk drive for tablet computers

Monday, June 27th, 2011

The Momentus Thin drive, the world’s first 2.5-inch hard drive with a 7 mm profile, gives users  250GB of capacity which is eight times more than a standard 32GB tablet, and will be featured in the 8 and 10-inch versions of the ARCHOS G9 tablet announced today in Paris.

Seagate Momentus Thin HDD for tablets, 2.5-inch hard drive with a 7 mm profile

Seagate Momentus Thin HDD for tablets, 2.5-inch hard drive with a 7 mm profile

The Seagate Momentus Thin drive speedy notebook drive has a super-slim profile of only 7 mm making it usable for handheld tablets such as the ARCHOS G9.

“The Momentus Thin drive gives tablet buyers a compelling option, providing great storagecapacity and performance that dovetail with the processing power of the new ARCHOS products for great Android and multimedia experiences,” said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.

The ARCHOS 80 and 101 G9 tablets features the Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive.

The ARCHOS 80 and 101 G9 tablets features the Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive.

The Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive is ideal for tablet computers and other ultra-portables, entry-level to high-performance laptop PCs, and slim consumer electronics devices. Features include:

  • Seagate SmartAlign technology to smooth the transition to 4K sectors without the need for software utilities
  • 320GB, 250GB and 160GB capacities
  • 7200RPM and 5400RPM spin speeds with 16MB of cache
  • Optional: Government-grade encryption to protect computer data where it lives – on the hard drive – for powerful data security. (The Momentus Thin drive is FIPS 140-2 certified, delivering government-grade encryption, and conforms to the Trusted Computing Group Opal specification, developed to enable the ecosystem for self-encrypting drives and increase their adoption.)

Seagate introduce GoFlexAccess app

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The free GoFlexAccess app allows the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones to access media shared on the Seagate’s GoFlex Home network storage system.

Seagate Technology LLCThe free app is now available for download from the iTunes Store and Android Market. The application can be found by searching for “Seagate” or “GoFlex” in either storefront using the computer or the app store on a iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android compatible mobile device.

Seagate’s GoFlex Home network storage server is designed as a simple to set up shared storage drive, which provides back up and sharing capabilities within a home network and is also accessible using remote access from a personal computer.

Seagate GoFlexAccess AppSeagate GoFlexAccess App

With the introduction of the GoFlexAccess app, the GoFlex Home network can be accessed from mobile devices as well.
  • The possibilities enabled by the GoFlexAccess  app include:
  • Access photos, movies, music and documents stored in the GoFlex Home network from an iPad, iPhone or Android smart phone.
  • Create slideshows from photos in the network drive and play music at the same time to accompany it.
  • Stream music or video to mobile devices over 3G/4G and WiFi.
  • large number of files and file types.
  • Album art support for music files.
  • Access Excel, PowerPoint, Word documents and PDFs etc.
  • The app features content type filters, to simplify access to content that may contain a large number of files and file types
Capacity SRP
1 TB S$219
2 TB S$319
3 TB S$379

Available in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB capacities, the GoFlex Home storage system allows files to be centrally stored, easily accessed and continuously backed up wirelessly from computers on the home network running either Windows or Mac OS X operating systems.

Storage capactiy of GoFlex Home system can be increased simply by connecting additional drives to the USB port. What’s more, this USB port can be used to wirelessly share a USB printer with all computers on the network.