Hitachi has unveiled its third generation external storage solution with the release of the SimpleDrive external HDDs. These new external desktop drives come in standard 2 Terabyte capacities and 7,200 RPM which should be sufficient for speed and proper energy consumption when needed. Compatible with a MAC or PC, these new Hitachi hard drives come with the usual plug and play design to go with their anodized aluminum enclosure for efficient protection and performance. They are now available at OfficeMax stores and retail for $249.99. 500GB ($99.99) and 1 TB ($129.99) are likewise available.

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The business sector gets a new storage solution option as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announces the availability of two new 15,000 RPM Ultrastar hard drives. The Ultrastar 15K600 hard drive has a capacity of 600GB at 15,000 RPM in a 3.5” form factor. They are offered in 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FCAL interface that should be suitable for data storage needs. The Ultrastar 15K600 is also available in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB capacities.

The Ultrastar C15K147 hard drive on the other hand comes in a 2.5” form factor and offers 70% more space. This hard drive comes in 73GB and 147GB with 64MB cache buffer. Both hard disk drives are now available and come with a 5 year warranty.

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Seagate has always been a popular brand in the hard disk business and with the vast majority of companies coming out with faster and larger storage solutions, Seagate is not about to be left behind. In fact, their latest hard disk solution, the Seagate Barracuda XT should not really be surprising. It was bound to come out and now it is finally shipping.

The Seagate Barracuda XT is a 7200 RPM hard drive that is pegged to be one of the fastest, largest capacity HDDs. It features 2 terabytes of storage and a blazing fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface. This latest HDD releases from Seagate promises to be an ideal choice for people who are investing in storage solutions for gaming, videos and other files that require backup.

These hard drives are now being shipped globally. Check out your local store as they are sure to have them by now.

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Safeguarding your data has to be one of the sensitive issues surrounding the priority of importance as far as laptop and PC computing is concerned. And the best people to do the job in developing security solutions are two of the icons in the technology era, Mobile Armor and Seagate.

Mobile Armor, Inc. has teamed with Seagate to provide a complete data protection solution that leverages Seagate(R) Momentus(R) self-encrypting hard drives to deliver powerful security for laptop computers. This collaboration delivers management, authentication, and auditing capabilities for laptop PCs powered by Seagate Momentus 2.5-inch hard drives and running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems.

With the proliferation of data theft and the continued loss of confidential and sensitive information, organizations are constantly searching for data loss prevention solutions that can manage encryption in mixed hardware and software environments.

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