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Cloud Computing is all the rage these days when it comes to data centers. Seagate’s new innovation called DockStar gives everyone their own personal cloud. Have all your digital stuff from multiple devices on in one “place”, easy to use and share.
The best part? It doesn’t require geek credentials to make it work.
This could be big.
Seagate’s giving away a FreeAgent Dockstar. Tweet or re-tweet #stxdockstar to get entered to win. More info here.
The Replica is getting a lot of attention these days because it takes easy to the next level. All you have to do is plug it in to a USB port.
An important way one can support college-bound kids is by backing up their stuff.
Computer Shopper had this to say and more about the Seagate BlackArmor WS110 drive. It’s one of the few backup drives designed for business use. Secure, simple, compact - and it looks good too.
Also unique is the way it shares software with the rest of the BlackArmor storage line.
Keeping things simple never goes out of style.
In case you hadn’t noticed, the new ”big” in disk drives is two terabytes. Doug Goldring at GearDiary took a close look at the new Seagate 2TB FreeAgent Xtreme drive.
I’ll let Doug speak for himself:
“In the end, I was well beyond impressed. The Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme lived up to all of my expectations – and plenty more. It cut a sleek profile on my desk, it was faster than my other external drives, and it has more storage than I had ever imagined. For me, there is really nothing more I can ask from a hard drive.”
Looks good, runs fast, the most storage space…what more could you ask for? Besides four terabytes, that is.
It’s hard enough to be sure digital content will be around for ten years. How about preserving it for a thousand?
Engadget and Slashdot are writing about Millenniata and their soon-to-be-released Millennial Disk. Millenniata claims that this DVD-like technology will protect data written on it for 1,ooo years.
The secret? “Persistent” materials laid down on the plastic disk and etched with a Millienniata laser writer.
Sorry, I don’t have anything that I personally think needs to be saved for a millennium. Anyone else?
Stephen Foskett is an observant guy. Here are this thoughts on the new Seagate 640 GB FreeAgent Go portable drive – the first 2.5″ drive to surpass 500GB.
A few of my observations:
It’s an exciting time to be at Seagate! I’m looking forward to seeing more results from our “less talk, more action” approach.
There’s a dirty little secret for small businesses: data never dies.
Beginning the day that someone opens the doors on a new company, information is created that needs to be preserved. At first it’s easy, but as the company grows, its information grows and becomes more and more important. Most challenging of all, there are no do-overs with business data. Old data needs to be brought along.
Seagate expanded the BlackArmor business line this week from two to five sytems by adding three “entry” systems:
Combined with the currently available BlackArmor NAS 440 and NAS 420 continuous backup systems for up to 50 PCs, Seagate has created a business first: a single family of storage devices that takes businesses from inception to the point where they’ve grown enough to justify dedicated IT resources.
Changing hardware doesn’t change backup processes, since the backup software is common across the BlackArmor line.
Even companies that choose to go the online storage route have basic in-house storage needs. The BlackArmor NAS 220, WS 110 and PS 110 are a distinctly professional ways to fill these needs.
By the way, Seagate’s got the online need covered as well with i365.
Here’s eWeek’s take on the new line.
Small business owners – what do you think? How do you deal with data that never dies?
Truly Obscure says Seagate Replica is dead simple, best compared with Apple’s Time Machine in ease of use and class.
If you want to customize backups,
“Find another system. But most of the rest of us just want our stuff backed up regularly without mess or fuss, and that is handled with aplomb by the Replica.”
Replica is getting tons of rave reviews for its simplicity. If you don’t want to deal with backups, but want to be backed up, Replica is worth a look.
Consumers have gotten themselves into a bit of a pickle. PCs, cameras and DVRs have brought them painlessly into the wonderful world of digital content without them even knowing it. And here they sit, with PCs chock full of stuff they really, really care about – without a clue how to keep it safe.
Actually, they have a clue. It’s not that hard to backup a PC. But the same could be said about eating well and exercising. The sad fact is that whatever the excuse, most of us don’t have backups for all of our precious digital photos, movies and documents.
For years, companies have tried to coax people into changing their habits. “You really should!” “It’s not that hard!” “We’ve made it easy!”
Seagate’s taking a new approach with the new Replica backup device. Instead of “one touch”, how about “no touch”?
Rather than make backup easier, Replica makes it automatic. Plug it in (one wire!), and your data will exist in not one, but two places.
As of this writing, Replica still can’t help you with that exercise thing.
Today Seagate launched the Seagate Barracuda LP drive. It’s the world’s most efficient desktop-class drive. What does that mean?
Not everyone nor every application should use a low power drive like this. But for the right applications – low-power desktop PCs or home external storage, for example – the Seagate Barracuda LP wrings the most out of those stingy Watts.
