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Seagate Ships 2 Billion Hard Drives
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Seagate, yesterday, announced that they had shipped their 2 billionth drive in the company's history. A huge milestone for the company and the storage industry as a whole.
On 3/13/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
History of Hard Drives
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE NEWS
In 1890, Herman Hollerith took the US census process from hand calculating to a punch card reading machine that used the location of holes on each card to tally interviewees’ responses.
On 9/18/2012 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Micron's Subsidiary Crucial Starts Selling Hard Drives
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
It's no secret that Crucial is one of key Micron subsidiaries, selling large quantities of branded memory and solid state storage to customers worldwide. Today, Micron expanded its line up with hard drives.
On 7/30/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Intel Lowers End of the Year 2011 Outlook by $1B, Blames HDD Shortage
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Intel today announced a lowered guidance for the 4Q 2011. Instead of $14.7 billion plus or minus $500, the company now expects revenue to be at $13.7 billion plus or minus $300 million, both GAAP and non-GAAP.
On 12/12/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

ANALYSIS: Consequences of Thai Floods on the HDD Market
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
As a response to the flood in Thailand, prices for hard disk went up considerably in the past week around the globe. Read the consequences and potential outcomes with the component availability in fourth quarter and beyond.
On 11/3/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Thailand Flooding Has a Worldwide Impact on Hard Disk Delivery
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Western Digital, the world’s largest provider who makes 60% of their drives in Thailand has stopped production there due to record breaking floods there. The country’s manufacturers 25% of all the world’s disk drives.
On 10/19/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

New SATA Specification Defined, Brings USM Standard Support
HARDWARE NEWS
SATA-IO standards body just released the SATA 3.1 specifications which clear the air around the Universal Storage Module (USM) standard, as well as multiple improvements to SSD devices.
On 7/19/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Seagate-Samsung Analysis: The Book Drops to Three Letters
ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
The acquisition of Samsung's HDD business by Seagate comes close on the heels of the pending merger of Hitachi's GST with WD. We analyze what are the consequneces for the market and how are you going to be affected by it.
On 4/20/2011 by Tom Coughlin... Comments (0) Read more

Going Green in Heart and Mind: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
HARDWARE REVIEWS
Following our notebook drive review, today we will see how Seagate’s 2TB Green drive for desktops stacks up against the competition as well as other Seagate offerings.
On 4/10/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
WD Caviar Green 3TB Reviewed
HARDWARE REVIEWS
We take a look at Western Digital’s latest and greatest offering in the large capacity hard drive category.
On 10/19/2010 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB Reviewed
HARDWARE REVIEWS
We put the Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB up against a broad array of SSDs, HDDs, SSD arrays and HDD arrays to compare the overall performance and value.
On 10/7/2010 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Flash Summit 2010 - Newcomer Changes Everything?
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Last year was a good year for SSD’s in the Server environment.  Everything was coming up roses till it became clear that one company had been dissembling their capabilities to some rather large storage players.
On 8/30/2010 by Gil Russell... Comments (0) Read more

Updated * Seagate launches its first SSD: Meet Pulsar
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS NEWS
Seagate, one of the world’s leading Hard Drive manufacturers finally entered the solid state market with an enterprise product line.
On 12/8/2009 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
New Hard Disk Sentinel is out
HARDWARE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
One of best HDD and SSD monitoring tools reached its third generation - v3.00 is now available.
On 11/11/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Subnotebooks ahoy: Toshiba launches 160GB 1.8" drive
HARDWARE NEWS
Storage unit of Toshiba's Corporation officially presented a new line of miniature, lightweight 1,8-inch HDDs. Available in 120GB and 160GB capacity, this is storage goodness for all the small notebooks.
On 9/10/2009 by Daniela Kustre... Comments (0) Read more
INTERVIEW: Seagate speaks out about its own SSDs
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS, INTERVIEWS

Seagate may be the world leader in storage, but the company has yet to release an SSD drive. We talked to Seagate and find out what is going on - the storage giant is working hard on their own SSDs.

On 5/14/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more

Update - Where is Seagate's Solid State Drive?
HARDWARE, BLOGS ANALYSIS

Look Ma everyone is doing it. That seems to be the cry of the big drive makers these days when it comes to SSDs [Solid State Drives]. All except for Seagate so far that is.
 

On 3/30/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
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