About Seagate
Company Overview
Founded in 1979, Seagate is the leading provider of hard drives and storage solutions.
From the videos, music and documents we share with friends and family on social networks, to servers that form the backbone of enterprise data centers and cloud-based computing, to desktop and notebook computers that fuel our personal productivity, Seagate products help more people store, share and protect their valuable digital content.
Seagate offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of hard disk drives, solid-state drives and solid-state hybrid drives. In addition, the company offers an extensive line of retail storage products for consumers and small businesses, along with data-recovery services for any brand of hard drive and digital media type.
Seagate employs more than 50,000 people around the world.
Our Values
A Billion More Drives in 4 Years
It took Seagate 29 years to ship its first one billion hard disk drives and just four years to ship its second billion. This significant milestone reflects the dramatic improvements Seagate has made to its products and operations and underscores the ongoing meteoric growth of data and digital content.
Cloudy with a Chance of Storage
Seagate is the worldwide leader in storage solutions for cloud computing, and our Unified Storage architecture aligns with this shift toward more flexible, lower cost computing. Developed over three decades of enterprise storage leadership, Unified Storage is an approach that delivers powerful yet simple enterprise-class storage solutions.
Store, Share, Enjoy
Seagate solutions aren’t just for businesses and system builders. Innovations like our Backup Plus family of products help everyone who want to store, share and safeguard their most precious digital assets. Through technology leadership and innovation, Seagate helps businesses and individuals maximize the potential of their digital content in an on-demand world.
Global Citizenship
Seagate’s Global Citizenship (GC) program is an integrated company-wide initiative to embed and uphold corporate social responsibility in our business. Our program’s mission is to drive socially responsible, sustainable business practices within Seagate, and to provide oversight and assurance that such practices are effectively managed.
Learn moreCompany History
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03/2012 Seagate Reaches 1 Terabit Per Square Inch Milestone In Hard Drive Storage -
01/2012 Seagate Wins UBM Channel Top 100 Recognition For Powering Data Centers With Innovative, Environmentally Friendly Products -
12/2011 Seagate Completes Acquisition of Samsung’s Hard Disk Drive Business -
11/2011 Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage Named As CES Innovation 2012 Design And Engineering Award Honoree - Learn more
The Seagate Executive Team
Years of experience, passion for innovation, and dedication to quality make the Seagate executive management team among the most respected in the technology industry.
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Stephen J. Luczo
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen J. Luczo serves as the Chairman of the Board, CEO and President. Mr. Luczo joined us in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In September 1997, Mr. Luczo was promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor, Seagate Technology, Inc. and, in July 1998, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Luczo resigned as our Chief Executive Officer effective as of July 3, 2004, but retained his position as Chairman of the Board. In January 2009, Mr Luczo was appointed President and CEO. Prior to joining us, Mr. Luczo was Senior Managing Director of the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, from February 1992 to October 1993.
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Bob Whitmore
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Bob Whitmore serves as Executive Vice President and CTO for Seagate. He is responsible for product design and development; head and media component design and manufacturing operations; global hard disk drive manufacturing operations; global materials; and corporate quality. In addition, Whitmore is responsible for Seagate's solid state drive (SSD) development.
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Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Patrick O'Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company's activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O'Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance - Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O'Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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Dave Mosley
Executive Vice President, Operations
Dave Mosley is responsible for Seagate's global drive, heads and media manufacturing operations. Since joining Seagate in 1996, Mosley has held a variety of posts, including: executive vice president of sales and marketing; senior director for R&D engineering; vice president and site management team leader for the company’s Longmont, Colorado, operation; and he’s led the company's emerging products development team. Prior to joining Seagate, Mosley was a research physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a senior engineer at Micropolis and Conner Peripherals.
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Albert “Rocky” Pimentel
Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Albert “Rocky” Pimentel is responsible for Seagate’s global sales, sales operations, product line management, marketing and retail activities. Prior to joining Seagate in 2011, Pimentel served on the company’s Board of Directors. Pimentel also was a member of the early Seagate management team, working with founders Al Shugart and Finis Conner. He also was part of the founding management team at Conner Peripherals. Since that time, his diverse career experience has included chief operating officer and chief financial officer at McAfee, and senior vice president and CFO at LSI Logic. He also has served as a member of the Board of Directors at Xilinx, and has held senior leadership positions at Glu Mobile, Zone Labs, WebTV Networks and Redpoint Ventures.
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Terry Cunningham
President and General Manager, EVault
Terry Cunningham is President and General Manager of EVault, the company's services organization. EVault, A Seagate Company, provides business solutions for the protection, retention and discovery of electronic information. Terry previously served as President and COO of Veritas Software, founded two other successful storage management software companies, and founded and led Seagate Software.
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Ken Massaroni
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
Ken Massaroni is responsible for all of Seagate’s corporate legal activities, including intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyrights, litigation, risk management, contracts, employment law, corporate governance and ethics. In addition, he oversees Seagate’s facilities and security departments. Prior to joining Seagate in 2006, Massaroni was vice president of law, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary at Scientific-Atlanta from 1997 to 2006. In addition, Massaroni has also held senior patent counsel positions at Motorola from 1993 to 1997, served as general counsel and secretary at Optical Imaging Systems from 1990 to 1992 and as a patent attorney at Energy Conversion Devices from 1987 to 1990. In addition, he served as an associate at the law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill and Scott. Massaroni received a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in Indiana and a doctor of jurisprudence from Indiana University.
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Joy Nyberg
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Internal Communications and Community Engagement
Joy Nyberg is responsible for leading Seagate's global human resources efforts, including: compensation and benefits, leadership and learning, staffing and on-boarding, HR central transaction centers, HR compliance, internal communications and community engagement. Prior to joining Seagate in 2007, Nyberg was vice president of Compensation and Benefits at Maxtor Corporation. She has also held senior HR positions at KLA-Tencor and ESL/TRW. Nyberg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University.
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John Grieci
Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy
Grieci leads Seagate's Customer Advocacy team, driving measurable results through sustainable process improvements from design to sourcing, qualification, production and delivery. Previously to joining Seagate, he spent two decades at EMC, most recently leading EMC's supply chain management organization. He is an industry veteran with experience spanning rotating magnetic and solid state storage, at both the component and system levels, as well as end-user field applications as they relate to product performance, qualifications, factory quality management, field reliability, product planning and customer escalation processes.
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Mark Brewer
Chief Information Officer
Mark Brewer leads the Information Technology (IT) organization at Seagate, where he’s been the Chief Information Officer since 1998. Brewer is responsible for all aspects of IT strategy and operations for the company, including business systems, manufacturing- execution systems and the corporate IT infrastructure. Prior to joining Seagate in 1992, Brewer was with AT&T Network Systems. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University, where he also completed a master’s and bachelor’s degree in the same field.
The Seagate Board of Directors
The Seagate Board of Directors encompasses an invaluable diversity of technology and business expertise to guide Seagate on its mission to lead the global storage industry.
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Stephen J. Luczo
Chairman, Board of Directors
Stephen J. Luczo has been a Director of Seagate since 2000. Mr. Luczo has served as President and CEO since January 2009, and continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Luczo joined Seagate in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In September 1997, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor, Seagate Technology, Inc. and, in July 1998, he was promoted to CEO at which time he joined the Board of Directors. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2002. Mr. Luczo resigned as CEO effective as of July 3, 2004, but retained his position as Chairman of the Board. He served as non–employee Chairman from October 2006 to January 2009. From October 2006 until he joined us in January 2009, Mr. Luczo was a private investor. Prior to joining Seagate in 1993, Mr. Luczo was Senior Managing Director of the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, from February 1992 to October 1993.
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Frank J. Biondi, Jr
Director. Chair: Finance Committee. Member: Compensation Committee
Frank J. Biondi, Jr. has been a Director of Seagate since 2005, and is Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, a private equity fund specializing in media, a position he has held since June 1999. He was Chairman and CEO of Universal Studios from April 1996 through November 1998. Mr. Biondi previously served as President and CEO of Viacom, Inc. from July 1987 through January 1996, and was a member of the Viacom Board of Directors. Mr. Biondi currently serves on the boards of directors of Amgen, Inc., Hasbro, Inc., Cablevision Systems and RealD, Inc. Within the past five years, Mr. Biondi has served as a member of the boards of directors of Bank of New York Mellon, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., and Yahoo!, Inc.
Director. Member: Finance Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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Michael R. Cannon
Director. Member: Finance Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Michael R. Cannon is retired after a 35 year career in high technology companies. Mr. Cannon served as President, Global Operations of Dell Inc. from February 2007 until his retirement in January 2009, and as a consultant to Dell Inc. from January 2009 until January 31, 2011. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Cannon was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Solectron Corp, an electronic manufacturing services company from January 2003 until February 2007. From July 1996 until January 2003, Mr. Cannon served as the Chief Executive Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive and storage systems manufacturer. He served on Maxtor’s Board of Directors from July 1996 until Seagate acquired Maxtor in May 2006. Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr. Cannon held senior management positions at IBM. Mr. Cannon served on the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology from October 2006 until February 2007, and has served on the Board of Directors of Adobe Systems, a software company, since 2003, and on the Board of Directors of Elster Group SE, a metering technology company, since September 2010.
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Mei-Wei Cheng
Director. Member: Finance Committee
Mei-Wei Cheng joined Seagate’s board of directors in July, 2012. He serves on the board’s Finance Committee. Mr. Cheng is CEO of Siemens North East Asia and president and CEO of Siemens Ltd., China. He has full responsibility for all of Siemens activities in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mongolia. Prior to joining Siemens in 2009, he was chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company China Ltd., as well as a corporate group vice president of Ford Motor Company, from 1998 to 2009. Mr. Cheng also held executive positions at GE, including corporate vice president, regional executive and president of GE Appliance—Asia, and chairman and CEO of GE China Ltd. He began his career at AT&T, where he last served as president of AT&T China. Mr. Cheng is currently a member of the board of directors of Diebold, Inc. He holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering/operations research from Cornell University and an MBA from Rutgers University.
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William Coleman
Director. Member: Audit Committee
William Coleman joined Seagate’s board of directors in April, 2012. Mr. Coleman, founder of BEA Systems and Cassatt Corporation, also serves on the Seagate board’s audit committee. Mr. Coleman has been a partner with Alsop Louie Partners, a technology venture-capital firm, since 2010. Mr. Coleman served as chairman and CEO of Cassatt Corporation from 2003 to 2009. He was previously chairman of the board at BEA Systems from 1995 until 2002 and CEO from 1995 to 2001. Prior to BEA, Mr. Coleman held various executive-management positions at Sun Microsystems. He currently sits on the board of directors of iControl, Framehawk and Resilient Network Systems. Mr. Coleman holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in computer science and computer engineering from Stanford University. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Colorado.
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Jay L. Geldmacher
Director. Member: Compensation Committee
Jay L. Geldmacher joined Seagate’s board of directors in April, 2012. Mr. Geldmacher, who serves on the Seagate board’s Compensation Committee, is an executive vice president at Emerson Electric Company and president of Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing and Power Group. Prior to joining Emerson Electric in 1996, Mr. Geldmacher served in various management capacities at Knowles Electronics. He currently serves as a director and audit committee member of Owens-Illinois and serves on the board of the University of Arizona Business School. Mr. Geldmacher holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Arizona and an executive MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Seh-Woong Jeong
Director
Seh-Woong Jeong joined Seagate’s board of directors in April, 2012. Dr. Jeong is currently executive vice president of the Sales and Marketing team at the Systems LSI division of Samsung. From 1993 to 2010, he held various positions at Samsung designing digital-signal processor cores, microcontroller cores and mobile-application processors. Dr. Jeong holds a bachelor of science degree in electronics engineering from Seoul National University, a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Colorado.
Director. Chair: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Member: Compensation Committee
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Lydia M. Marshall
Director. Chair: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Member: Compensation Committee
Lydia M. Marshall has been a Director of Seagate since 2004. Ms. Marshall is retired from Versura, Inc., an education loan exchange company that she founded. She served as Chair and CEO of Versura, Inc. from 1999 until 2004. Previously, she was Managing Director of Rockport Capital Incorporated from 1997 to 1999, Executive Vice President–Marketing of Sallie Mae from 1993 to 1997, and Senior Vice President heading Sallie Mae's Institutional and Public Finance and Strategic Planning Divisions from 1985 to 1993. Ms. Marshall is a member of the board of directors of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Within the past five years, Ms. Marshall has served as a member of the board of directors of Nationwide Financial Services.
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Kristen M. Onken
Director. Chair: Audit Committee
Kristen M. Onken joined Seagate's Board of Directors in December, 2011. A former chief financial officer at Logitech International, S.A., she serves on Seagate's Audit Committee. Prior to Logitech, Ms. Onken held senior positions at Fujitsu PC Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Ms. Onken currently serves on the board of directors for Silicon Laboratories, Inc. She holds a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago.
Director. Lead Independent Director. Member: Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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Dr. Chong Sup Park
Director. Lead Independent Director. Member: Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Dr. C.S. Park has been a director of Seagate since 2006. Prior to joining Seagate's Board, Dr. Park served as Chairman and CEO of Maxtor from November 2004 until May 19, 2006, as Chairman of Maxtor's board of directors from May 1998 until May 2006, and served as a member of its board from February 1994 to May 2006. Maxtor was acquired by Seagate in May 2006. Dr. Park served as Investment Partner and Senior Advisor at H&Q Asia Pacific, a private equity firm, from April 2004 until September 2004, and as a Managing Director for the firm from November 2002 to March 2004. Prior to joining H&Q Asia Pacific, Dr. Park served as President and CEO of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. from March 2000 to May 2002, and from June 2000 to May 2002 he also served as its Chairman. Dr. Park is a member of the boards of directors of Ballard Power Systems, Inc., and Computer Sciences Corporation. Within the past five years, Dr. Park has also served as a member of the board of directors of SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. and Brooks Automation, Inc.
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Gregorio Reyes
Director. Member: Audit Committee, Finance Committee
Gregorio Reyes has been a Seagate Director since 2004. Mr. Reyes has been a private investor and management consultant since 1994. Mr. Reyes began his career in the semiconductor industry with National Semiconductor Corporation in 1962, followed by executive positions with Motorola, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor and Eaton Corporation. From 1981 to 1984, he was President and CEO of National Micronetics, Inc., a provider of hard disc magnetic recording head products for the data storage industry. Between 1986 and 1990, he was Chairman and CEO of American Semiconductor Equipment Technologies. Mr. Reyes co–founded Sunward Technologies in 1985 and served as its non–executive Chairman from 1985 to 1990, and its Chairman and CEO from 1990 until 1994. Mr. Reyes currently serves as non–executive Chairman of LSI Corporation, and non–executive Chairman of Dialog Semiconductor plc.
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Edward J. Zander
Director. Chair: Compensation Committee
Edward J. Zander has been a Seagate Director since 2009. Mr. Zander served as Chairman and CEO of Motorola, Inc. from January 2004 until January 2008, when he resigned as CEO and continued as Chairman. He resigned as Chairman in May 2008. Prior to joining Motorola, Mr. Zander was a managing director of Silver Lake Partners, a leading private equity fund focused on investments in technology industries from July 2003 to December 2003. Mr. Zander was President and COO of Sun Microsystems Inc., a leading provider of hardware, software and services for networks, from January 1998 until June 2002. Mr. Zander is also a member of the boards of directors of Netezza Corporation and NetSuite, Inc. He previously served on our Board from November 2002 to October 2004. Within the past five years, Mr. Zander has served as a member of the board of directors of Motorola, Inc.
Seagate Technology Company Milestones
- March 2012
- Seagate Reaches 1 Terabit Per Square Inch Milestone In Hard Drive Storage With New Technology Demonstration
- January 2012
- Seagate Wins UBM Channel Top 100 Recognition For Powering Data Centers With Innovative, Environmentally Friendly Products
- December 2011
- Seagate Completes Acquisition of Samsung’s Hard Disk Drive Business
- November 2011
- Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage Named As CES Innovation 2012 Design And Engineering Award Honoree
- November 2011
- Seagate Soups Up Laptop PC Performance With Fast, Second-Generation Solid State Hybrid Drive
- September 2011
- Seagate Is The First Manufacturer To Break The Capacity Ceiling With A New 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive
- August 2011
- Seagate Ships 1 Million Solid State Hybrid Drives; Momentus XT Hybrid Drive Adoption Soars As Major Computer Makers Offer Laptops With World’s Speediest Hard Drive
- June 2011
- Seagate Delivers Unmatched Price-Performance Storage For World’s First Tablets Featuring Hard Drives
- May 2011
- Seagate Breaks Areal Density Barrier: Unveils The World’s First Hard Drive Featuring 1 Terabyte Per Platter
- March 2011
- Seagate Ships Industry’s Easiest To Deploy 3TB Desktop Drive To Overcome 2TB Capacity Barrier
- February 2011
- Seagate Tops 1 Million Mark In Shipments Of Self-Encrypting Hard Drives For Laptop PC’s And Data Center Servers
- November 2010
- Seagate GoFlex Family And Momentus XT Drive Named As CES Innovations 2011 Design And Engineering Award Honorees
- September 2010
- Seagate Unveils Industry's First 12TB Four-Bay Network Storage Server For Small Business
- September 2010
- Seagate Introduces Industry's First 1.5TB Portable External Drive
- July 2010
- Seagate Debuts GoFlex Home: Easy-To-Use Centralized Storage For The Whole Family
- June 2010
- Seagate Breaks Capacity Ceiling With World's First 3 Terabyte External Desktop Drive
- May 2010
- Seagate Delivers World's Fastest Hard Drive For Laptop Computers; Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Offers Solid State Performance With The Capacity And Value Of Hard Disk Drives
- May 2010
- Seagate Introduces New Era Of External Storage: A Flexible Hard Drive Solution With Multiple Interface And Content Sharing Options
- April 2010
- An Industry First: Seagate Offers FreeAgent Go Hard Drives Pre-Loaded With Paramount Pictures' Feature Films
- December 2009
- Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers
- December 2009
- Seagate Introduces Its First Solid State Drive: Pulsar
- September 2009
- Seagate Ships World's Fastest Desktop Hard Drive; First Drive to Feature Serial ATA 6Gbit/Second Technology
- March 2009
- Seagate Introduces BlackArmor Family Of Storage Solutions For Small Business
- July 2008
- Seagate Powers Next Generation Of Computing With Three New Hard Drives, Including World's First 1.5-Terabyte Desktop PC And Half-Terabyte Notebook PC Hard Drives
- April 2008
- Seagate First to Ship 1 Billion Hard Drives; Expects Next Billion Within Five Years
- March 2007
- Seagate to Acquire EVault, Inc. - Enhances Strategy for Seagate Services
- October 2007
- Notebook Computers Go Green - Seagate Hybrid Hard Drive Ushers in New Era of Power-Thrifty, Higher Performance Mobile Computing
- May 2006
- Seagate Technology Completes Acquisition of Maxtor Corporation
- April 2006
- Seagate Expands Desktop Hard Drive Lead with 750GB Monster Built on Perpendicular Recording Technology
- January 2006
- Seagate Named 2006 Company of the Year by Forbes Magazine
- September 2005
- Seagate Technology Acquires Mirra, Inc.
- August 2005
- Seagate Wins "Company of the Year" and "Best Product Innovation" ARC Awards from VARBusiness Magazine
- June 2005
- Seagate Does it Again: Drives Innovation with 10 New, Groundbreaking Hard Disc Drives
- May 2005
- Seagate Honored for Advancement of Women in the Workplace
- March 2005
- 10 Million Cheetah 15Ks Now Running the Enterprise
- February 2005
- PC World Names Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 Best Hard Drive
- June 2004
- Unprecedented Announcement of 12 New Products for all Major Market Segments Reinforces Seagate's Disc Drive Leadership Position
- February 2004
- Another Seagate First -- Savvio 2.5-Inch, 10K RPM Enterprise Disc Drive Addresses Storage Consolidation, Reliability & Performance Needs
- June 2003
- Seagate Enters Notebook Hard Drive Market; Now Shipping To Major Notebook PC Makers
- December 2002
- Seagate Technology Prices Initial Public Offering Of Common Shares
- November 2002
- Seagate 'Gets Vertical' And Demonstrates Record Storage Areal Density And Performance
- August 2002
- Seagate Swings "HAMR" To Increase Disc Drive Densities By A Factor Of 100
- May 2002
- Seagate's New Cheetahs Drive Down Storage Total Cost of Ownership
- March 2001
- Seagate's New Cheetah Makes A Record Run, Setting The Pace As The World's Fastest Disc Drive For The Needs Of The Internet and Beyond
- February 2000
- Seagate's New Cheetah X15 Leaps to 15,000 RPM for Record-Setting Levels of Performance
- October 1997
- Seagate Unveils Industry's First 7,200-RPM, Ultra ATA-Interface Disc Drive for Desktop Computers
- February 1996
- Seagate Press Release: Seagate Technology Completes Merger with Conner Peripherals