Seagate Technology plc, a worldwide leader in storage solutions, today announced that it has shipped its 10 millionth solid-state hybrid hard drive (SSHD). Seagate pioneered the world’s first SSHD and has experienced rising demand over the last two years for these solutions that offer the speed of SSDs combined with the industry’s highest storage capacities.

SSHDs typically deliver three to four times the performance of traditional hard drives in typical PC workloads, which has been a key factor driving adoption with the leading PC vendors, worldwide. Combining its expertise in both flash and hard disk drive technologies, Seagate’s SSHDs deliver a powerful mix of performance and capacity that is optimized to handle the most demanding requirements of both today’s IT organizations and consumers alike. Today, the demand for systems integrating SSHDs is being fuelled by the explosive data growth from mobile applications, cloud infrastructures, social media, business applications and a wide variety of consumer markets.

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Today LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology, announced the latest evolution of its popular d2 desktop storage line. Trusted by creative professionals for a decade, the latest LaCie d2 features a new all–aluminum unibody enclosure, dual Thunderbolt 2, and USB 3.0. Plus, as an industry first, LaCie designed the d2 Thunderbolt 2 to be upgradable to the fastest SSD on the market, which boosts speeds up to 1150 MB/s. Bringing together exceptional speeds and smart industrial design, the new LaCie d2 builds on its reputation for high performance and reliability.

The new LaCie d2 combines the latest interfaces and a Seagate 6 TB 7200 RPM professional hard disk, resulting in speeds of up to 220 MB/s. This speed makes it possible to significantly reduce backup and transfer times as well as store and browse a massive RAW Adobe Lightroom library with zero lag. High performance plus industry–best capacity makes the LaCie d2 an ideal solution for storing large files and archiving projects. The dual Thunderbolt 2 ports let the user daisy chain up to six devices to a single Thunderbolt port on a computer. Plus, since Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3.0 are backward compatible, the user always gets the best speeds that their computer allows.

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Thecus Technology Corp. today announces another world first: Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials is now available for NAS users. Available this October, the 2-bay W2000, 4-bay W4000, and the 5-bay W5000 offer a host of benefits to SMB users, including data protection, integrated cloud services, and secure remote access.

“Thecus NAS provide users with a complete solution to their storage needs. With the additions to the W Series, Thecus is able to offer a more diversified product to its customers.  Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials is an ideal pairing with Thecus NAS and will equip small businesses with a powerful and trusted storage solution.” – Florence Shih, CEO at Thecus Technology Corp.

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Silicon Power, the world’s leading provider of memory storage solutions, today unveils the latest collection of metallic USB 3.0 flash drive—Jewel J80. Inheriting from the Northern Europe design concept of Firma F80, Jewel J80 embraces the post – modernism style and sophisticated metal-casing craftsmanship. While the incredible design of Firma F80 has won great recognitions from international design awards, such as reddot design award 2013, Jewel J80 makes it more perfect with the use of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface that realizes the wonderful combination of style and capability. Featuring a sleek unibody with ergonomic design, Jewel J80 presents the one-of-a-kind storage solution for fashion- and also function-conscious users.

SP Jewel J80 USB flash drive employs the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface that enables the blazing-fast data transferring ability to meet the demands for high speed and real efficiency. Furthermore, Jewel J80 accomplishes a much easier mobile tech-life with great capacities up to 64GB, with which users can take large files including HD videos, high-resolution photos and great numbers of documents with them instead of being worried about small capacities. In addition, Jewel J80 offers complete data protections against water, dust and vibration by applying the COB (Chip On Board) technology, which is able to keep the golden finger away from damages caused by outer forces. Jewel J80 is also equipped with the exquisite metallic casing and sandblasting treatment that altogether deliver the delicate touch and provide superior resistance to scratches and fingerprints from daily usage. Moreover, SP has been exercising green policy for eco-friendly purposes; Jewel J80 complies with the policy and implements the metal unibody design which can make the drive more degradable and recyclable.