Posts Tagged ‘storage’
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
SanDisk launched in Singapore today the Cruzer Glide, Cruzer Facet, Cruzer Pop, and Extreme USB flash drives; as well as the Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-1 card, and the Extreme SSD. Detailed prices and capacities below.
Mr Cheah Hon Wai (second from right), Senior Manager, Product Marketing Management, Asia Pacific; and Mark Eng (third from right), Country Manager, Singapore – launching SanDisk’s latest range of portable memory devices in Singapore at The Screening Room.
Following the global launch in India, and subsequent launches in Taiwan and Korea, SanDisk has launched its new range of portable storage drives in Singapore.
Compared to the range of devices SanDisk released at its previous launch in September last year, the devices have naturally increased tremendously in read/write speeds.
The new devices are tabulated below.
| Memory device |
Price & Description |
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SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-1 Card
(8GB: S$69, 16GB, S$119)
- For smartphones and tablets
multi-tasking games, email, photo & Full-HD video recording.
- Up to 95 MB/s read and 90 MB/s write speeds.
- Compatible with microSDHC-slotted devices.
- Ideal for UHS-enabled smartphones & tablets.
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SanDisk Extreme USB Flash Drive
(16 – 64GB: S$44.50 – S$139.50)
- USB 3.0-enabled offers up to 190 MB/s performance.
- 10 times faster than USB 2.0 drives.
- Transfer 3GB and 40GB files in 20 sec and 4 min respectively.
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Cruzer Glide USB Flash Drive
(4 GB – 64 GB: S$7.90 – S$80.90)
(128GB: S$150.90 in Q3 2012)
- SanDisk’s highest-capacity USB drive.
- 5-year limited warranty.
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Cruzer Facet USB Flash Drive
(4 GB – 32 GB: S$7.90 – S$40.50)
- Stainless steel casing.
- Fashionable with rich colours and faceted texture.
- Available in blue, red and white.
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Cruzer Pop USB Flash Drive
(4 GB – 32 GB: S$7.50 – S$39.50)
- Innovative pop design conceals and protects connector when not in use.
- Rich colours and patterns.
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SanDisk Extreme SSD
(120GB, 240GB, 480GB)
- Solid State Drive (SSD) for the retail market instead of OEM.
- Up to 550/520 MB/s in read/write speeds.
- Offers low power consumption, silent and quick boot & launch.
- 10 times faster than a 7,200 RPM hard disk.
- Released earlier in Feb 2012.
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Tags:Cruzer, drive, Extreme, Facet, Flash, Glide, microSDHC, Pop, SanDisk, Singapore, SSD, storage, The Screening Room, thumb USB 3.0
Posted in Events, Gadgets, Launch, Prices, SanDisk, Specifications, storage drive | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Western Digital has introduced My Passport Studio – its first 2TB portable drive dedicated for Mac users. It is available now at S$369.
Western Digital My Passport Studio 2TB portable hard drive, S$369 for Macs.
The new My Passport Studio portable drive maintains its elegant and protective all-metal casing to complement the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air.
All-metal casing to match MacBooks.
It is compatible with Apple Time Machine for quick and easy automatic backup of Mac hard drives, allowing Mac users to use one drive for the protection and transport of virtually all their digital content, everywhere they go.
In addition to the USB 2.0 interface, My Passport Studio has two high performance FireWire 800 ports.
The dual FireWire ports provide blazing fast upload and transfer speeds while also allowing users to daisy chain additional drives or other peripherals such as HD camcorders.
My Passport Studio also features hardware-based encryption and password protection software, and an all-metal design constructed for scratch resistance and a sturdy feel in your hand.
WD had just launched its My Passport 2TB portable hard drive last week.
Tags:2TB, Apple, hard drive, Mac, portable, storage, Western Digital
Posted in Accessories, Availability, Gadgets, Mac OS, storage drive, Western Digital | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Western Digital’s My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system comes in capacities of 4TB (S$799) and 6TB (S$899).
My Book Thunderbolt Duo is Western Digital's first external hard disk based on Thunderbolt technology.
Thunderbolt technology brings a new way to connect high-speed storage devices to any desktop or notebook computer with a Thunderbolt port while delivering unmatched speed for multitasking activities such as, editing video/music, 3D rendering, and completing other high definition graphics-intensive projects.
My Book Thunderbolt Duo offers:
- Ultra-fast data transfer rates for greater work efficiency
- Large-capacity of 4TB/6TB
- Customized dual-drive storage system with RAID 0, 1 and JBOD options
- Customer serviceable drives
- Dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy-chaining up to 6 My Book Thunderbolt Duo devices or other peripherals
The new My Book Thunderbolt Duo promises creative professionals and Mac enthusiasts improved performance, double-safe data protection and flexibility.
Additional features found on the My Book Thunderbolt Duo include out-of-the-box compatibility with Mac OS Time Machine and formatting for HFS + Journaled for Mac; capability for multi-stream workflows; and a 3-year limited warranty.
The datasheet for the drive can be viewed/downloaded below:
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Tags:drive, My Book, storage, Thunderbolt, Western Digital
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Western Digital is now shipping its third-generation enterprise 2.5-inch SAS hard drive family to OEMs. They will be available from select resellers and distributors worldwide next quarter.
The WD S25 SAS hard drives are available in capacities of 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB.
The WD S25 SAS hard drives offer greater support for performance-optimised, mission-critical enterprise server, storage environments.
“Continuing our commitment to the industry’s fastest-growing segment – 2.5-inch drives – WD is updating our small form factor SAS offering with the advanced technology of our third-generation drive, including a new 900 GB capacity point,” said Darwin Kauffman, vice president of enterprise storage solutions, WD.The 2.5-inch, 10,000 RPM hard drive has a high-speed 6 Gb/s SAS interface — offering IT professionals a more advanced array of reliable, efficient, and high-performance storage.
They are available in capacities of 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB.
The WD S25 line is designed for the most demanding applications such as online transaction processing and multi-tiered networked storage arrays.
A small form factor allows greater system airflow, resulting in lower cooling costs.
The latest WD S25 SAS drives require less than 8 watts to operate and have a 2.0 M hour MTBF rating — the industry’s highest.
WD’s third-generation of 2.5-inch SAS drives are also its first to include support for T10 Protection Information (PI) for advanced data integrity, and the first to provide optional models that feature drive-level self-encryption that meets the Trusted Computing Group’s specification for Enterprise Class A encryption.
Check out the detailed specifications in the factsheet below.
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Tags:hard drive, SAS, storage, WD, Western Digital
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
Western Digital will be at the IT Show 2012 in Suntec Singapore at Level 6, Booth 6701.
Click to download/view WD's IT Show 2012 flyers.
Check out the discounted prices for their external desktop or portable expansion drives, personal cloud storage (network attached storage), and media players.
Down load Western Digital’s IT Show 2012 flyers below for viewing.
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Tags:cloud, discount, drive, hard disk, IT Show, IT Show 2012, promotion, Singapore, storage, Suntec, WD, Western Digital
Posted in Brochures, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Prices, Promotions, Specifications, storage drive, Western Digital | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Seagate will be at the IT Show 2012 in Suntec Singapore at Level 6, Booth 6381.
From left: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex UltraPortable (USB 3.0), Desk, Home, Satellite.
Check out the discounted prices and free gifts for their range of external desktop or portable expansion drives or network attached storage drives. (*Satellite comes with free Seagate Satellite Hard Pouch worth S$29.90.)
| Capacity |
IT Show 2012 Prices |
Usual Prices |
| Seagate GoFlex Home Satellite* |
| 500 GB |
S$289 |
S$299 |
| Seagate GoFlex Home network storage system |
| 1 TB |
S$229 |
– |
| 2 TB |
S$259 |
– |
| 3 TB |
S$329 |
S$349 |
| Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk USB 3.0 external drive |
| 1 TB |
S$179 |
S$189 |
| 2 TB |
S$209 |
S$229 |
| 3 TB |
S$299 |
S$309 |
| Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex UltraPortable drive, USB 3.0 |
| 500 GB |
S$119 |
S$149 |
| 1 TB |
S$189 |
S$199 |
| 1.5 TB |
S$239 |
S$259 |
Tags:desk, discount, drive, FreeAgent, GoFlex, hard disk, Home, IT Show, IT Show 2012, promotion, Satellite, Seagate, Singapore, storage, Suntec, UltraPortable, USB
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Planning to enjoy some romantic music during Valentine’s Day? Here are some gift ideas from a selection of stuff that I’ve covered in my blog previously.
Valentine's Day doodles by Suelyn Howe
First off, some doodles from Suelyn Howe that you can print out for use as your Valentine’s Day gift tag or card.
Bose OE2 (S$219) and OE2i (S$269) available in Singapore.
Now the audio gizmos. For improved depth and clarity, check out Bose’s new on-ear headphones, the OE2 (S$219) or OE2i (S$269), which deliver better audio performance than their predecessors and feature an updated look and stylish design.
To listen to music from a smartphone, check out the Pure White BlackBerry Bold 9900 (prices vary with Telcos), which is incredibly sexy and sleek.
With the unique white colour, she is sure to stand out in a crowd and always be looking for reasons to pull her phone out of her handbag.
Long evenings chatting on the phone to the boyfriend (that’s you) and BBM flirting (with you) will now be done in style!
For both listening to music and talking to you on the smartphone, check out the Bose Series 2 Bluetooth headset (S$249).
The headset assures conversations remain clear and natural – even in challenging environments, or when surrounding noise levels change suddenly.
Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 (S$249)
For streaming music and movies, check out the Seagate GoFlex Satellite.
It is the first battery-powered external hard drive to wirelessly extend the storage capacity of any Wi-Fi enabled device such as your Bold 9900, iPad or any other tablet and mobile device.
Couples can stream their favorite videos, music and pictures from their GoFlex Satellite (S$299) straight to their mobile device.
With 500GB (or 300 HD movies), the GoFlex Satellite allows you to connect up to three devices simultaneously.
What’s even better – if you are on a road trip or in a café and you have no internet connection, the Satellite will still work as it creates its own Wi–Fi network.
Tags:9900, Atlas, Bold, Bose, headphones, headset, RIM, Satellite, Seagate, smartphone, storage
Posted in Accessories, Audio, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Bold, Bose, Gadgets, Holiday, Music, Phones, RIM, Seagate, storage drive | No Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage has been named an International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honouree.
Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honour outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 32 product categories.
Started in 1976, the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA),“A first for the industry, the GoFlex Satellite drive extends the limited capacity of mobile devices by wirelessly streaming media without the use of an external power source,” said Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Seagate Branded Solutions. the producer of the International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow.
The Seagate GoFlex Satellite external hard drive will be displayed at the Innovations Showcase in the Venetian Ballroom during the 2012 International CES, which runs January 10-13, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The GoFlex Satellite was first announced in end-August. The 500GB version became available in Singapore in September at S$299.
Tags:award, GoFlex, HDD, mobile, Satellite, Seagate, storage
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The partnership will see TM hosting Akamai NetStorage – a secure managed service for the storage of large volume of data – via its Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) network to customers in South Asia.
Akamai Technologies is a leading cloud platform provider while Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is a New Generation Network service provider in Malaysia.
TM’s IP network is delivered over its diverse international network infrastructure with worldwide Point of Presence (POPs) connectivity.
“The Akamai NetStorage will attract a high voume of Internet traffic to TM’s network, and definitely strengthen Malaysia’s position as a regional Internet hub,” said Rozaimy Abd Rahman, Executive Vice President of TM Global.Akamai NetStorage will be deployed in TM’s Data Center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which is targeted for completion by end of 2011. This will be Akamai’s only such storage facility in South Asia.
Historically, Internet users in Asia used to receive large amounts of content such as websites and videos from North America only.
The partnership with TM will allow Akamai to gain storage and co-location capacity in South Asia, and will serve to increase the transit bandwidth on the Akamai Intelligent Platform, Akamai’s cloud-based platform with global reach and local delivery capabilities.
Akamai Intelligent Platform delivers astronomical amounts of Web content on its infrastructure:
- 1M mobile apps delivered day
- Over 1 trillion Internet interactions daily
- 85% of Internet users are a single network hop away
- More than $200B in online commerce enabled annually
- Scalable and 100% available
Akamai NetStorage service offers multiple terabytes of storage capacity on demand, automatic failover capability, content replication and connectivity to multiple Internet service providers. It also intelligently monitors network traffic and automatically avoids congestion and overloads for better overall user experience.
“With the collaboration, TM’s customers will be able to enjoy excellent internet connectivity and enhanced surfing experience as the source of content is stored locally here, which will result in seamless network performance,” Rozaimy added.TM has aggressively enhanced, improved and upgraded its IP service platform to further meet the ever demanding customers’ expectations. Earlier this year, the company has embarked into IPv6 capability to address the exhaustion of IPv4 in the region.
TM IP service is equipped with the latest security features such as black hole and clean pipe to secure its IP network against any unwanted threats.
VADS Berhad, a subsidiary of TM, provides global storage and serves as a major hub for data in the region.
As the largest Data Centre provider in the country, TM leverages on its 14 carrier-neutral data centres nationwide which are ISO 27001 certified and which fulfill all Tier 3 standards and Tier 4 ready.
This is backed by its extensive nationwide and global high-speed IP network, and its existing vast customer base to offer high Service Level Assurance, superlative levels of availability, security with high redundancy for its clients.
It will enable companies to have an IT infrastructure without the complexity of procurement and capital investment.
Tags:Akamai, cloud, Malaysia, NetStorage, storage, TM
Posted in Cloud, Enterprise IT, Internet, Launch, Tech news | No Comments »
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Seagate is streamlining its flagship family of desktop drives under a single product that focuses on performance and big capacities – to cater to the explosive growth in content creation and consumption by businesses and consumers.
The new Barracuda family makes it easier for consumers to find the product they need and reduces costs for Seagate’s original equipment manufacturer and distribution channel customers by reducing the number of product qualifications and amount of inventory they need to manage.
The new Barracuda hard drive – to be available first at online retailers – is designed for desktop, tower or all-in-one personal computers; workstations, home and small business servers; “Our OEM and channel customers want to reduce overhead costs by having fewer product lines to qualify and manage in their inventory,” said Scott Horn, vice president of Marketing at Seagate.network-attached storage devices; direct-attached storage expansion; and home and small-business RAID solutions.
Capacities of the family range from 250GB to 3TB.
The simplification of the Barracuda family comes as Seagate begins volume shipments of its 1TB-per-disk Barracuda hard drive. Seagate plans to end production of its Barracuda Green drive in February 2012.
Seagate analysis shows that its new Barracuda drives have a nearly identical power-consumption profile as energy-efficient desktop drives but deliver much higher performance. Barracuda XT, Seagate’s fastest desktop hard drive, will be folded into the new Barracuda family and re-emerge, in name, as the company’s desktop solid state hybrid drive.
Technical specifications
The new Barracuda hard drive features a SATA 6GB/second interface, 7200RPM spin speed and up to 64MB cache to deliver high performance across all capacities.
Seagate’s SmartAlign technology, a feature of Seagate’s Barracuda Green drives, will continue to ship with the flagship Barracuda drives to help the hard drive industry segue from the current 512-byte sector standard for hard drives to the new 4096-byte sector size.
The new 4K standard enables the use of stronger error correction algorithms to maintain data integrity at higher storage densities and capacities.
Tags:Barracuda, HDD, Seagate, storage
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