As digital content, such as music, video, photos and games, becomes more integrated into everyday life, the idea of static data storage is becoming obsolete. In today’s on-demand world, you want to access, share and secure your digital content using dynamic storage solutions that give you the freedom to do business, create and interact — anytime, anywhere. From protecting treasured family photos and personal music collections, to developing next-generation consumer electronics devices and large enterprise networks, Seagate delivers advanced digital storage solutions to meet the needs of today’s consumers and tomorrow’s applications.
Setting your Content Free
When the first hard drives began shipping in 1956, only big corporations could afford the cost and space required for these one-ton behemoths. Today, digital storage is all around us. Whether you realise it or not, you are probably interacting with digital storage devices on a daily basis. Every time you visit an ATM, record and replay a favourite TV programme on your DVR, or download a song to your portable media player, you are accessing or storing information on a hard drive. Every day, content passes through numerous types of storage devices before it makes it to your office computer or personal media player. Hard drives today are involved not only in the storing of content, but also in the transfer and creation of it. In our culture of downloading and instant access, you can find a seemingly endless amount of content to download, enjoy and share — whenever and wherever you like.
The digital storage market continues to grow at a rapid pace — fuelled by the explosion in content being created and consumed, as well as new legislation requiring businesses to store specific records and information. Storage solutions today are not just about keeping your valuable data safe and secure, but also helping your information and media to be as accessible and flexible as you need it to be. Now you can access and take your content with you wherever you go — in your car, on your business trip, to the gym. From home entertainment consumer electronics devices to large enterprise data centres, Seagate digital storage solutions empower you to make the most of your content — for business and pleasure.
Seagate Leadership — Innovation Optimised
With more than a quarter of a century of industry expertise, Seagate continues to be the driver of innovative solutions for the storage industry. Today, no other hard drive manufacturer matches Seagate’s breadth of solutions. With dozens of products covering home computing to enterprise data centres, Seagate delivers advanced solutions for every industry that requires digital storage. The company leads the industry in research and development, with a focus on bringing to market new technologies that will meet the needs of future generations. Since its inception, Seagate has consistently delivered breakthrough innovations and raised the bar for digital storage solutions. From the home to the hand to the car and the office, the company has been first-to-market with technologies that power your digital life, such as: perpendicular recording, hardware-enabled full disc encryption and hybrid drives, and it continues to invest in the development of new technologies to increase performance, speed and areal density (the ability to store more data in less space).
Consumer Solutions and Personal Computing — Today’s on-demand world requires more computing performance, mobility and reliability than ever before. Seagate delivers award-winning products for both desktop and high-end PCs, as well as notebooks and mobile computing devices.
With the acquisition of Maxtor, Seagate also offers the most extensive portfolio of retail branded storage solutions to address the needs of the small business, home and home office. These consumer solutions include the FreeAgent, BlackArmor and Maxtor OneTouch and Central Axis product families. From pocket and pushbutton backup drives, to network storage solutions, Seagate enables you to get the most out of your business and personal content, in the office, at home or on the road.
Seagate has been at the heart of the consumer electronics revolution since its inception. As the leading hard drive supplier for the CE market, Seagate offers storage solutions specifically designed to meet the demands of a number of increasingly sophisticated CE applications. Whether it is advanced gaming consoles, digital video recorders, portable media players or automotive GPS systems, Seagate hard drives enable CE manufacturers to develop next-generation devices for today’s consumers.
Enterprise — Enterprise applications are the backbone of storage for the world’s data. Businesses today are being challenged to store, manage and protect vast amounts of information reliably. With a broad range of products optimised for fast-growing enterprise applications, Seagate is the leader in delivering best-in-class, innovative enterprise storage solutions. Seagate hard drives enable mission-critical storage systems to run cooler, faster and more reliably, helping businesses reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Platforming and Vertical Integration — Streamlining the Process
As the leader in the industry, Seagate has focused on building business efficiencies, such as platforming and vertical integration, which give the company a competitive edge. Platforming has helped Seagate deliver a comprehensive product portfolio by allowing the company to apply one core technology platform to create multiple products. The company has applied the platforming concept to the manufacturing process, allowing Seagate to manufacture many different hard drive models on the same factory line to further increase efficiencies and improve product quality and margins.
Vertical integration also plays a large role in streamlining the design and development process. Seagate designs, owns and manufactures all of the core technologies needed to develop individual storage products, including heads, media, motors and printed circuit boards. Without reliance on third parties to supply components, the company has complete control of its entire development process and product roadmap — from component supply to technology improvements. As a result, product quality, margins and time to market are vastly improved — enabling Seagate to quickly meet the quality, reliability and supply demands of its customers.
Seagate Technology has been at the forefront of the storage industry for nearly 30 years. With corporate offices in Scotts Valley, California, Seagate employs more than 55,000 people around the world — all contributing to the development of the company’s next-generation storage products. From the first 5.25-inch hard drive for the PC, to the development of perpendicular recording technology, the company has been pioneering new industry standards that have fuelled advancements in the digital information age. Through technology leadership and innovation, Seagate continues to help individuals and businesses maximise the potential of their digital content in an ever-evolving, on-demand world.
