TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Seagate said it will demonstrate a 12Gbps SAS solid-state drive (SSD) at the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase this week.
By Lucas Mearian | 08 May, 2012 06:27
The scoop: iZON Remote Room Monitor, by Stem Innovation, about $130
By Keith Shaw | 19 April, 2012 05:28
China has approved with conditions Western Digital's planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), requiring that the Hitachi entity operate independently for at least two years after the acquisition.
By Michael Kan | 06 March, 2012 20:16
China has approved Seagate Technology's proposed acquisition of Samsung Electronics' hard disk drive (HDD) business, but with conditions, including measures to minimize potential price increases after the deal, the country's Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
By Michael Kan | 13 December, 2011 19:05
Tech stocks looked strong Friday morning on the back of a week of upbeat surveys on small business and online spending, positive news about enterprise hardware and hopeful reports on U.S. employment and the European debt crisis.
By Marc Ferranti | 03 December, 2011 04:47
Seagate jumped into the SSD (solid state drive) market today with the unveiling of its Pulsar drives. SSD drives have been a growing segment, but Seagate adds significant credibility and opens up new possibilities for the nascent technology.
By Tony Bradley | 09 December, 2009 06:42
The scoop: FreeAgent DockStar, by Seagate, about $US100
By Keith Shaw | 08 October, 2009 03:56
Network-attached storage (NAS), once only available (and affordable) for enterprises, is becoming more common for small business and even home use. And necessary - if you are looking for secure backups for your data, a single backup disk collecting data once or twice a day is no longer enough.
By Bill O'Brien | 03 August, 2009 20:20
Capitalizing on the buzz around green IT, Seagate and Western Digital have released new "green" hard drives designed to use less power (in part by spinning more slowly than the latest generation of drives) and produce less heat (thus requiring less cooling).
By Rich Ericson | 22 July, 2009 20:25
Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head that must seek out data on a platter like on a hard disk drive (HDD), they are faster in reading and, in most cases, writing data.
By Lucas Mearian | 19 June, 2009 07:57
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