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Around the world, new technology is playing a larger role in file
archiving and information referencing. Businesses create, store, and share their
digital content and data more than ever. Companies such as
Western Digital, Sony, and Lenovo continue to provide solutions
through their products
for commerce.
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Western Digital (WD)
is a major hard drive manufacturer Headquartered in
Lake Forest, California. WD has been in business
since 1970 and began designing and manufacturing hard drives in
1988. Over the years, Western Digital has played a significant role
in data storage.
In order to meet Enterprise-level requirements and appease gaming
enthusiasts, WD manufactures a 10,000RPM SATA drive known as Raptor
series. The raptor series products commonly support high-end
RAID configurations, medical imaging, and even video security
applications. This line also incorporates an "RE" version
of the line that runs at 7200RPM. On June 19th, Western Digital
announced that it is now shipping the RE3 Family of drives to address
the growing complexity and demand by data centers. The RE3 family of drives boasts 1.2 million hours
Mean time between failures (MTBF). This acronym is typically
used to describe the length of a products "Useful Life". IT professionals working in Data centers prefer drives with a high level of reliability
and life expectancy.
RE3 SATA hard drives incorporate cutting edge technology that qualifies the product as an enterprise level solution.
The performance has improved due to dual processors being on board.
This series includes a new rugged-ability from a Multi-axis shock sensor
and NoTouch ramp load technology. NoTouch technology
allows the head to record data without ever touching the disk media inside
the hard drive.
Western Digital announced that they are playing a role in the global community.
WD has a multi-pronged strategy that will help the organization avoid
environmentally unfriendly activities. In addition, WD’s new GreenPower Initiative promotes efficient devices that could save consumers money by cutting energy costs for those who upgrade.
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Featured products on WesternDigital.com 6/29/2008:
RE3 Hard Drives
Western Digital WD5002ABYS
Western Digital WD3202ABYS
Western Digital WD2502ABYS
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Raptor Hard Drives
Western Digital WD360ADFD
Western Digital WD740ADFD
Western Digital WD1500ADFD
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In June 2008, Sony
displayed a prominent banner (2/3 of the total page size) of two open laptops and a message that
read "Welcome to the World of Sony". The VAIO
series
notebooks were described as "Portable, powerful and colorful". The
appealing color options in the CR Series were said to reflect your
individuality. There were two other banners on the home page
rotation. One focused on digital cameras, encouraging
visitors to "Move away from the viewfinder". The other banner
featured the PS3 and the Metal Gear Solid 4
video game.
Being an entertainment-oriented company, Sony has been heavily promoting
thier Blu-ray technology. Blu-ray has become the newest data
standard in home entertainment and movies. Blu-ray drives and
media are used in computers, home movie players, and even gaming
consoles like the PlayStation 3. Blu-ray has definitely been the buzz.
Mike Brewster from Eagle Eye Technologies told Trade Federation "Ever since we added Blu-ray products to our website, traffic has increased".
In addition to Sony's role in personal computing and entertainment,
the company continues to position itself as a solution for businesses. Sony
has been
responsible for securing business data for many years. Sony has
had a strong footing in data archiving and business class data storage
products. In 2008, Sony offers Advanced Intelligent Tape Drives
(AIT5) for data backup. AIT-5 can back up to 400GB of data
natively.
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Featured products on Sony.com 6/29/2008:
AIT-5 Business Solutions
Sony SDX-1100V/RB
Sony SDX-D1100V/NB
Sony SDX-D1100V/NB-K
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Sony BWU200S
Sony BDU-X10S
Sony BNE-50RH
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Lenovo's home page message tells
web visitors to "Escape from the office this
summer" through a large home page banner. The
background image shows a couple walking barefoot on a white sand
tropical beach. The image does incorporate a close up of a
Thinkpad notebook. Lenovo seems to be touching on an
increasingly common scenario. More and more people are taking
mobile computing products on vacations. This notion is somewhat
confirmed by the initial suggestion on the click through page. The
suggestion recommends Windows Vista Business before Windows Vista Home
Premium to go with your Thinkpad notebook.
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In the past Lenovo, like Sony,
has referred
to mobile users as "Road Warriors". Lenovo comes
with a strong line of data storage products for this rough crowd.
Currently Lenovo is featuring 11 notebook hard drives. This line
also includes a drive born out of a newer technology is known as a Solid
State Drive (SSD). Solid State Drives do not have moving parts, consume
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In the mix of a large business,
Lenovo has been putting resources and attention into its community
though a custom social media content network. Amongst other social
media content, are
lenovo blogs.
Some of the current titles located within this bloggersphere include:
"Life with a Solid State Drive" and "Interconnected we prosper". |
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Featured products on Lenovo.com 6/29/2008:
Notebooks Hard Drives
Lenovo 43N3400
Lenovo 41N5738
Lenovo 41N5712
Lenovo 43R8152
Lenovo 41N5737
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Desktop Hard Drives
Lenovo 09N4253
Lenovo 09N4229
Lenovo 09N4254
Lenovo 73P2320
Lenovo 22P7185
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Professionally and
personally, data storage has become central to computing. Western Digital
has improved durability of traditional hard drives.
Sony helps businesses back up to the latest tape drive technology and
has brought high quality, large capacity Blu-ray products to home
entertainment.
Lenovo continues to support the onslaught of mobile users and the
related data requirements with SSD technology.
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Written By Philip Dominguez
http://www.westerndigital.com June 29th, 2008
Wikipedia MTBF Definition June 29th, 2008
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Article:
Sony AIT-5 Ships
Sony published 11/7/2006
Sony.com 5/24/2008 and 6/29/2008
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Wikipedia Solid State Drive June 29th 2008
Lenovo.com 6/29/2008 and 5/24/2008
LenovoBlogs Home Page and Lenovo Blog: Life With a Solid State Drive 6/29/2008
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Trade Federation Article: Direction Of The Computer Industry April 2008, published April 2008
Trade Federation Article: Direction of the Computer Industry 2008, published February 2008
Trade Federation Article: Direction of the Computer Industry August 2007, published Aug 2007
Trade Federation Article: Direction
Of The Computer Industry For 2006, published Sept 2006
Trade Federation Article: Computer Industry News May 2008, published May 2008
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