Leveraging more than 50 years of design and qualification experience, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced its new Ultrastar solid state drive (SSD) family. The new Ultrastar SSD400S family comes in 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities, featuring both 2.5-inch 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 3.5-inch 4Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces. As the world’s first jointly developed SAS and FC enterprise-class SSDs, the Ultrastar SSD400S family combines Hitachi’s proven enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) expertise with Intel®’s extensive capabilities in developing high-endurance 34-nanometer (nm), single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory and advanced SSD technology. This combination provides unique value to customers who are increasingly looking to tiered storage as a method of managing the escalating performance, capacity, endurance and reliability demands of today's data centers.

“Hitachi’s strategic investment and commitment in the enterprise market is evident with the new Ultrastar SSD family. Our new SSD product family not only symbolizes our market opportunity to serve evolving cloud data center infrastructures, but also delivers value to our customers in terms of increasing data center performance and reducing total cost of ownership,” said Mike Cordano, executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Hitachi GST. “We have a strong track record of working with global enterprise customers and are proud to report favorable responses to the Ultrastar SSD400S family. With qualifications now underway, we anticipate volume shipments to commence in the first half of 2011.”

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Plextor, a leading brand of high-performance digital media solutions, announces a new 24X DVD writer in Europe. The PX-L890SA is a highly accurate internal DVD RW developed for high quality DVD and CD burning. It has been designed with a rigid chassis and multiple dampers to absorb vibrations ensuring recording quality and stability, even at maximum 24X. Specially designed airflow paths cool the motor and other heat producing components extending the operational life of the drive.

The drive is bundled with Nero 9 Essentials software and Plextor's own PlexUtilities and also incorporates LightScribe direct disc labeling.

The key features of recording accuracy, speed and powerful utility software make the PX-L890SA an essential choice for any purchaser requiring precise DVD burning.

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Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of the new Kingston DataTraveler R500, a stylish, fast and rugged USB Flash drive. The Kingston DataTraveler R500 provides users with high-speed data transfer rates and a durable rubberized casing protecting the drive from scratches and general wear.

“This is the ideal solution for users such as photographers or graphic designers who want to store and share high-definition photos or videos, large documents, presentations or music”, said Steve Hall, European Product Development of Flash. “This is the ultimate USB Flash drive for those who desire fast transfer rates and a sturdy design.”

The Kingston DataTraveler R500 provides high data transfer rates of up to 30MB/s read and 20MB/s write. It is available in capacities of 16-, 32- and 64GB. The Kingston DataTraveler R500 is backed by a five-year warranty, 24/7 tech support and Kingston’s legendary reliability.

Super Talent Technology,a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced two new drives to their successful Pico Series, the Pico Mini C and the Pico Mini D.

USB flash drives have become an indispensible PC peripheral; there's just no better way to take your data from one PC to another. Having a USB flash drive close at hand has become critical for personal productivity. The new Pico Mini C and D were designed to be small enough to carry with you at all times. Each design comes with a clever and convenient way to protect the electrical contacts when not in use.

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