2024-11-03

Seagate Hard Drives

Seagate Hard Drives To Feature SafetyNet Data Recovery Services

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safetynet-data-recovery-serviceSeagate today unveiled the GoFlex® Turbo performance drive with SafetyNet™ data recovery services (DRS). SafetyNet data recovery is the first recovery service offering by a hard drive manufacturer to be included as part of the purchase price of an external drive. With the latest super speed USB 3.0 interface and RPMs clocked at 7200, the GoFlex Turbo drive is equipped to handle transfer speeds up to 40% faster than that of its USB 2.0, 5400-RPM siblings. This latest addition to the GoFlex family was developed with the understanding that those who place a high value on their data should have the peace of mind that their data is even more secure regardless of what unforeseen incident might occur to the drive. The new GoFlex Turbo performance drive features two-years of SafetyNet data recovery services and is now available from BestBuy.com for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $119.99 for 500GBs and $139.99 for 750GBs.*

Seagate® GoFlex® Turbo performance drive with SafetyNet™ data recovery services

“With this new GoFlex® Turbo performance drive, it is our aim to provide more peace of mind for the people who choose Seagate to back up and store their valued digital assets, when our products are used as a backup to a primary system or even as supplemental storage, people should know that they can get a further layer of assurance that their data will be there when they need it.” said Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Seagate’s retail product group.

“Seagate is now bringing to market a solution that shelters our customers, who purchase the GoFlex® Turbo with SafetyNet™, from the potential thousand-dollar cost of recovering lost files. Seagate is providing a solution that will no longer cost thousands of dollars to recover files. SafetyNet™ DRS provide an extra layer of protection for your content.”

SafetyNet™
SafetyNet Data Recovery Services are included with the new GoFlex Turbo performance drive that provides additional protection in the event of data loss. Many things can contribute to data being inaccessible from a drive and Seagate is now providing a safeguard against mishaps such as: physical damage to the drive, human error and software viruses. The GoFlex Turbo performance drive includes two years of SafetyNet Data Recovery Service, a service which separately often comes with a price tag of hundreds to thousands of dollars. The SafetyNet service covers one recovery attempt on your GoFlex Turbo performance drive within a two-year period. Seagate’s Data Recovery Specialists will determine whether remote or in-lab service is the best way to recover the data.*

* The SafetyNet program provides one data recovery attempt in the first two years after date of original purchase. Not all data may be recoverable. For more information, see SafetyNet program terms and conditions at seagate.com/safetynet. SafetyNet service currently is available only to legal residents of US.

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Seagate Has Shipped More Than 1 Million Self-Encrypting Hard Drives(SEDs)

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Seagate announced that it has shipped more than 1 million self-encrypting laptop and enterprise hard drives. Sales of the Seagate hard drives with built-in encryption continue to surge as more computer makers offer the drives to protect against unauthorized access to sensitive data, more independent software vendors team up with Seagate to provide the management capabilities required for company-wide installations of self-encrypting laptop PCs, and more of the drives win U.S. government certifications:

Seagate’s Cheetah Self-Encrypting Hard Drive

  • Six original equipment manufacturers – Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, LSI and Network Appliance – now offer products powered by Seagate enterprise self-encrypting drives (SEDs). All told, Seagate now ships 24 products in a family of enterprise drives that includes Savvio®, Cheetah®, Constellation® ES and Constellation® SEDs.
  • Dell, Lenovo and Panasonic are shipping or qualifying standard-sized or thin laptops with Seagate Momentus® and Momentus® Thin SEDs as optional features.
  • Seagate’s family of Savvio, Cheetah, Constellation and Momentus SEDs have secured FIPS 140-2 certification from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This key government certification clears the way for deployments of Seagate self-encrypting drives by all U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, many state and local governments, and regulated industries such as healthcare, finance and defense required to use FIPS-certified gear to help protect sensitive data on PCs and computer networks and in data centers. The Seagate laptop and enterprise hard drives are the first with native encryption to earn the FIPS certification.
  • Seagate’s independent software vendor (ISV) partnerships have grown to include security leaders Credant, McAfee, Mobile Armor, Secude, Softex, Symantec, Wave Systems and WinMagic. With management software from these providers, organizations can easily and affordably manage and protect encryption keys and passwords to simplify deployments of Momentus and Momentus Thin SEDs.
  • Dell and Panasonic now offer laptops featuring FIPS-certified Momentus SEDs.
  • Several major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are now qualifying Momentus SEDs that are compliant with the Trusted Computing Group’s Opal specification. The Trusted Computing Group, an international body that promotes open standards for computer security, issued the Opal specification in 2009. The specification is focused on enabling the ecosystem for self-encrypting drives and increasing their adoption.
  • Seagate enterprise SED shipments have tripled over the past two quarters, while the company’s laptop SED shipments have doubled in each of the past three years.

“Companies and government organizations worldwide increasingly are securing confidential information on self-encrypting hard drives, recognizing that this commonsense yet powerful approach simplifies the deployment of security for data at rest, as storage and security continue to converge, solutions like Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drives are leading the way by providing organizations with the strong, easy-to-use security they need to protect their data assets.” – said Charles Kolodgy, research director of security products for analyst group IDC.

Seagate® Enterprise Self-Encrypting Hard Drives Deliver Government-Grade Security

Seagate offers a full lineup of enterprise SED options within its Savvio, Cheetah, and Constellation families. Strong enough for national security, yet easy enough for the one-person IT department, Seagate enterprise SEDs simplify decommissioning and preserve hardware value for returns and repurposing by eliminating the need to overwrite or physically destroy the drive, securing warranty and expired lease returns, and enabling drives to be repurposed securely.

Laptop Lockdown with Momentus® Self-Encrypting Hard Drives

Momentus® SEDs give organizations of all sizes a simple, cost-effective way to protect against unauthorized access to data on notebook PCs and a powerful tool for complying with the growing number of data privacy laws calling for the protection of consumer information using government-grade encryption. The AES encryption chip in the Momentus SEDs automatically and transparently encrypts all drive data, not just selected files or partitions. The 2.5-inch drive also eliminates disk initialization and configuration required by encryption software, allows IT administrators to instantly erase all data cryptographically so the drive can be quickly and easily redeployed, and delivers full inline-speed encryption with no impact to system performance.

Momentus SEDs keep all security keys and cryptographic operations within the drive, separating them from the operating system to provide greater protection against hacking and tampering than traditional software alternatives, which can give thieves backdoor access to encryption keys and are otherwise more vulnerable to key theft. Momentus SEDs are offered in capacities up to 500GB.

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Seagate Hard Drive Families (Part I)

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Seagate Hard Drive FamiliesSeagate Technology is one of the world’s largest hard drives and storage solutions manufacturer. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California.

Barracuda® Family Hard Drives
Desktop Storage for Every Need. Whether you need low power, mainstream or extreme performance, we have a Barracuda drive for you.

  • Barracuda® XT Hard Drives
    The new Barracuda XT hard drives from Seagate deliver the industry’s first 2TB, 7200 RPM desktop drive with a massive 64MB cache and the fastest SATA interface – SATA 6G.
  • Barracuda® Hard Drives
    Barracuda hard drives from Seagate now deliver a whopping 500GB of space per disc. With capacities from 160GB to 1.5TB, affordable, reliable, high capacity drives are now available to everyone.
  • Barracuda® Green Hard Drives
    Barracuda Green drives save you time. Leading performance and Seagate SmartAlign™ technology deliver green power that won’t slow you down. Now available with SATA 6Gb/s interface and 64MB cache!

Seagate® 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drives
The Seagate® 3.5-inch enterprise drive families offer the best combination of high capacities with proven enterprise reliability.

  • Cheetah® 15K Hard Drives
    High-capacity, compute-intensive requirements demanding high performance and availability.
  • Cheetah® NS 10K Hard Drives
    Mainstream data requiring high capacity, low power and high availability.
  • Constellation® ES Hard Drives
    Online data demands requiring the highest capacity, reliability and security.

FreeAgent® Desktop and Portable Drives
FreeAgent drives give you the fastest data transfer rates available and a sleek, stand-out design.

  • GoFlex™ Ultra–portable
    This ultra–versatile, ultra–portable drive makes it ultra–easy for you to store, backup and encrypt your files anytime, anywhere.
  • GoFlex™ Pro
    The GoFlex Ultra–portable drive plus the GoFlex Intelligent Dock and premium backup & encryption software.
  • FreeAgent Go™
    The ultimate portable storage solution for easy access to all your stuff.
  • GoFlex™ Desk
    The high–capacity desktop storage you need that’s easy to upgrade and easy to use.
  • FreeAgent Desk™
    A powerful yet convenient desktop storage solution.

BlackArmor® Network Attached Storage
Network storage for your small business.

  • BlackArmor® NAS 440
    Small business Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution provides optimum uptime, internal data back-up protection and data integrity for up to 50 workstations.
  • BlackArmor® NAS 420
    Small business NAS solution for up to 50 work stations. Comes with 2 hard drives preinstalled and 2 empty bays allowing for growth and scalability when you need it.
  • BlackArmor® NAS 400
    Get all of the benefits and features of the NAS 440 & 420 but without any pre-installed drives for maximum flexibility.
  • BlackArmor® NAS 220
    Entry-level small business NAS solution with internal data back-up protection for up to 20 PCs.
  • BlackArmor® NAS 110
    Desktop network storage with an easy USB interface for networks with up to 10 systems.
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Seagate Hard Drive Families (Part II)

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Seagate Hard Drive FamiliesSeagate Technology is one of the world’s largest hard drives and storage solutions manufacturer. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California.

The new FreeAgent ® GoFlex™ Family
Enjoy reliable, secure storage. Unique plug-and-play design allows easy upgrading of interfaces for faster transfer speeds on your PC or Mac ® computer. Access stored content on your network, on your TV–and everywhere you go.

    • GoFlex™ Ultra-portable Drive

This ultra-versatile, ultra-portable drive makes it ultra-easy for you to store, back up and encrypt your files anytime, anywhere

 

  • GoFlex™ Pro Ultra-portable Drive
    This ultra-portable drive includes the GoFlex Dock plus premium backup and encryption software
  • GoFlex™ Desk External Drive
    The high-capacity storage you need that’s easy to upgrade and easy to use

 

Momentus® Laptop Hard Drives
Seagate® Momentus® hard drives — rising to the call of a faster, safer, more reliable mobile computing world

  • Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives
    The Momentus XT drive offers hybrid storage with Adaptive Memory™ processing, enabling the drive to deliver capacities up to 500GB and SSD-like performance.
  • Momentus® Hard Drives
    The Momentus drive offers innovative options, capacities to 750GB, two performance speeds and significant feature options: self-encryption, G-Force Protection™ technology and FIPS 140-2 for government-approved security. (Options not available in all countries)
  • Momentus® Thin Hard Drives
    The Momentus Thin drive is the world’s first 7mm, 2.5-inch form factor drive. It is specifically created for slim computing. The Momentus Thin drive is designed to enable increased profitability and differentiate solutions for Seagate OEMs and integrators.

Seagate® Replica™
Never forget to back up your files ever again. Now it’s easy and automatic.

Seagate® 2.5-Inch Enterprise SSD and HDD Drives
The Seagate® 2.5-inch enterprise drive families offer the best combination of reliability, performance and business efficiency.

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