Seagate, like many other manufacturers of consumer goods, is
experiencing a shrinking demand for digital storage. In order to
create positive cash flow, positive earnings, and position the company
for a new digital landscape by the end of the year, Seagate announced
that they will lay off approximately 1,100 employees and begin to
restructure the organization. These changes are expected to be
complete by the end of July or early August 2009.
New product lines geared to home and small office users have been
the focus of Seagate over the past couple of months. Storage
product requirements have gone beyond a user's primary workstation hard
drive. From personal image files to important work documents,
people are starting to understand that drive failure can mean loss.
For many that already understood the importance of backup, the process
may have been too cumbersome to undergo on a consistent basis.
The Solution? Perhaps Seagate's
Replica product
line. These devices are made to automatically and continuously store
up-to-date copies of everything on a PC, including installed
applications, operating system, e-mail, pictures, music, movies,
Internet bookmarks and settings. Terry Cunningham, Senior Vice
President, Seagate Branded Solutions said “Our goal is to deliver
solutions that provide thorough backup protection yet are easy to use,
time-efficient and simple to understand, and the Seagate Replica is
about as easy as it gets.”.
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The Western Digital announcement related to the sale of its media substrate manufacturing facility in Sarawak, Malaysia, to a subsidiary of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies came on May 20th, 2009. John Coyne, President and Chief Executive Officer of WD said "WD worked closely with Hitachi GST, the government of Sarawak and its local agencies to create a solution that preserves operations at the Kuching location, as well as the jobs of the employees and those in supporting industries, which have a large impact on the local community."
The Western Digital My Book series has been one of the company's long-standing product lines. My Book is aimed at offering back up and sharing capabilities. My Book offers automated backups and remote access via Gigabit Ethernet technology. In June 2009, Western Digital devoted their large home page banner to highlight their audio visual solution: AV-GP. The AV-GP series was designed to be cool, quiet, and reliable. WD currently offers this drive in a 2TB version that can hold approximately 240 hours of HD video.
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Sun Microsystems avoided a sudden death earlier this year. Not prepared for a severe economic downturn, Sun seemed to concede failure. Sun has claimed to be guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer". Sun's network ended up saving them. Oracle swooped in and saved Sun via acquisition. By June 2009, you are hearing less about Sun and financial distress. The outlook for Stock holders and owners of Sun products is much better. Recent Sun web space has been dominated by Oracle merger and product content and a little less about global community involvement that we are used to getting from Sun.
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http://www.Seagate.com May 30th, 2009
Seagate Restructures To Further Reduce Operating Costs 5/13/2009
Seagate Replica PC Backup Appliance Makes Data Backup And Recovery Effortless 4/27/2009
Sun Simplifies and Redefines Entry-Level Mission Critical Storage 5/27/2009
