Seagate Technology announced the launch of a slate of hard drives and solutions for entertainment, consumer electronics and computing, all designed to support the growing demand for digital content. | |
| Unveiling 10 products on Wednesday here, Seagate Technology country manager (India and SAARC) Rajesh Khurana said that the products will enable availability of digital, audio, video and data across a host of devices and applications. |
| |
| "According to IDC report, the annual shipment for consumer storage is 12.4 crore in 2006. It will increase to 25.5 crore by 2009. Our extensive technology portfolio leveraged across multiple product platforms, combined with our recent acquisition of Maxtor, has strengthened our ability to deliver products to consumers," he added. |
| |
| He pointed out that enhanced storage capacities, faster processing, ubiquitous broadband and wireless connectivity have combined to create an environment in which users rely on a wide range of devices to access music, movies, photos and data. |
| |
| "Digital content creation and distribution is driving the industry growth. The on-demand phenomenon crosses all market segments, driving an extraordinary increase and diversification in the need for solutions that help people create, store, share and protect digital content everywhere," Khurana said. |
| |
| The products launched include 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives with up to 750 GB capacity for consumer electronics, notebook and desktop PC and enterprise applications; 8.0GB pocket drive and notebook drive which combine rotating disc and flash memory; Mirra personal server; Barracuda ES for high capacity servers and Momentus 5400.2 FDE for full disc encryption up to 160 GB. |
| |
|
| |
