HP Indigo ws4500 Digital series – overview and features

HP Indigo ws4500 Digital series – overview and features

Overview

The HP Indigo press ws4500—a third-generation mature press—is a high-productivity, cost-effective digital solution. Designed for high-volume 24/7 operation, it has an economic run length of 2,000 linear meters/6,500 linear feet.

Features

Optimize your print efficiency and productivity.

• Change spot colors on the fly while printing—and without losing production time.
• Print shorter runs on digital presses and use conventional presses more efficiently for longer runs.
• Make changes to the color print order in just a few seconds with the click of a mouse.
• Get optional media reinsertion to enable and simplify two-sided digital printing.

Deliver just-in-time print services—profitably.

• Print jobs with runs as few as one label—and up to 50,000 labels—profitably!
• Fast turnaround and just-in-time service help customers get their jobs to market quickly.
• Variable data printing helps your customers personalize their products and protect their assets.
• HP Indigo digital presses accept an ever-expanding array of substrates

Print best-in-class, offset-like quality.

• Print with up to seven colors, including spot colors, white, and eye-popping fluorescent colors.
• Print up to 97% of the PANTONE* color range without compromising production.
• HP IndiChrome on-press simulates PANTONE* solid colors with CMYKOV values.
• With industry-leading print quality, your customers’ products will

Seagate Technology Announces Pricing Of $430 Million Of Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes

Seagate Technology Announces Pricing Of $430 Million Of Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) today announced the pricing of its previously announced offering of $430 million aggregate principal amount of 10.00% Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued by Seagate Technology International (“STI”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, and guaranteed by Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology HDD Holdings and all of Seagate Technology’s other subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facility, on a full and unconditional basis and secured by a second-priority lien on the assets that secure the senior secured credit facility. The Notes are being sold in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The sale of the Notes is expected to close on May 1, 2009, subject to the senior secured credit facility becoming effective on or prior to such date and subject to customary closing conditions.

Seagate estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $399 million after deducting discounts and estimated offering expenses.

Seagate intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment or repurchase of all or some of its $300 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due October 1, 2009 and other indebtedness.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum relating to the Notes. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Seagate Technology Announces Offering Of $430 Million Of Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes

Seagate Technology Announces Offering Of $430 Million Of Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. – April 13, 2009 – Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) today announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer $430 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured second-priority notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) in a private placement. The Notes are expected to be issued by Seagate Technology International, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, and guaranteed by Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology HDD Holdings and all of Seagate Technology’s subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facility, on a full and unconditional basis and secured by a second-priority lien on the assets that secure the senior secured credit facility.

Seagate intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment or repurchase of all or some of its $300 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due October 1, 2009 and other indebtedness.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Notes to be offered have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Seagate Technology Announces Selected Preliminary Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Seagate Technology Announces Selected Preliminary Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
– Exceeds revenue outlook, cash balance increases to $1.5 billion
– Releases initial June quarter outlook
– Provides liquidity update, eliminates quarterly dividend

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. – April 13, 2009 – Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) today announced selected preliminary financial results for its third fiscal quarter which ended on April 3, 2009 and an initial business outlook for its fourth fiscal quarter ending July 3, 2009.

Preliminary Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Results
Seagate expects to report unit shipments of approximately 39 million and revenue of approximately $2.1 billion, exceeding the company’s original outlook of $1.6 – 2.0 billion. The company believes the total available market (TAM) for hard disk drives was in the range of 110-112 million units for the March quarter. Unit demand for Seagate’s 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch ATA products was better than planned and the company gained significant share in each of these markets. The company’s leadership position in the enterprise market remained substantially unchanged from the prior quarter; however, the TAM for enterprise class products decreased by an estimated 20%, sequentially. In addition, the company shipped a higher mix of lower capacity desktop and notebook products than planned. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments increased by $200 million to approximately $1.5 billion.

Gross margin as a percent of revenue (“gross margins”) is expected to be approximately 7 – 7.5%, which is better than the company anticipated due to higher volumes and effective spending controls. Compared to the prior quarter, gross margins decreased by approximately 700 basis points due to like-for-like product price declines, an estimated 20% reduction in the TAM for enterprise class products, and lower factory utilization and fixed cost absorption as the company continues to aggressively manage inventory and align production with demand.
Product development and marketing/administrative costs are expected to be approximately $380 million, including approximately $10 million of accelerated depreciation, which is favorable compared to the original outlook of $395 million.

“I’m encouraged by our progress during the quarter in identifying and addressing a number of key strategic issues that are critical to the success of our business model,” said Steve Luczo, Seagate chairman and chief executive officer. “Specifically, we are realigning our business processes and optimizing our product portfolio to maximize profitability. These actions allow us to more effectively fund our technology development, drive product leadership and create value for our customers by delivering the industry’s best products. We expect to see the effects of these actions in our product transitions, resulting in an ongoing improved margin profile. We’re encouraged with the ramp of our new 250GB and 500GB 2.5-inch products and 500GB and 1TB 3.5-inch products as they transitioned to volume this quarter. Additionally, we are addressing the near- to mid-term liquidity requirements through the recently announced amendment to our credit agreement and the announcement today of our anticipated financing.”

Initial Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2009 Outlook
Current uncertainty in global economic conditions makes it particularly difficult to predict product demand and other related matters and makes it more likely that Seagate’s actual results could differ materially from current expectations.

For the June quarter, the company expects the TAM, on a unit basis, to be flat as compared to the March quarter in contrast to the historical norms of a slight decrease, with pricing consistent with historical June quarters. The company sees no significant increase in the TAM for the enterprise market and expects to maintain its leading share position in this market in the June quarter. Accordingly, the company expects revenue to be in the range of $1.9 – 2.2 billion and gross margins to improve by 300 – 400 basis points as products based on the 2.5-inch 250GB/disk and 3.5-inch 500GB/disk product platforms continue to ramp and replace less cost-efficient product platforms. The company believes the ongoing transition to these new product platforms, coupled with targeted cost structure reductions, provides the foundation for the continued improvement of gross margins into its fiscal year 2010. Product development and marketing/ administrative costs are expected to be approximately $340 million for the June quarter, with the targeted run rate being less than $300 million per quarter which is expected to be achieved during fiscal year 2010.

As part of the company’s ongoing cost structure alignment, additional restructuring actions are currently being addressed. The company believes opportunities exist to reduce operating costs in product development, marketing/administrative and manufacturing areas to target a cost structure that generates positive cash flow and earnings within its fiscal year 2010. The estimated cost of any additional restructuring activities has yet to be determined.

The fiscal fourth quarter 2009 outlook does not include the impact of any future mergers, acquisitions, dispositions or other business combinations, financing or potential new restructuring activities the company may undertake. The company is continuing to evaluate various financing options to manage the retirement and replacement of existing debt and associated obligations, including the issuance of new straight debt securities, exchanging existing debt securities for new equity or other debt securities and retiring existing debt securities pursuant to privately negotiated transactions, open market purchases or otherwise.

Liquidity
Cash, cash equivalents and short–term investments as of April 3, 2009 totaled approximately $1.5 billion compared to $1.3 billion in the prior quarter. Approximately $90 million of cash restructuring payments were made during the March quarter.

To further enhance liquidity, management has recommended and the board has adopted a policy of not paying a quarterly dividend. This action is expected to reduce cash outflows by approximately $60 million annually.

As disclosed on April 6, 2009, the company has amended the terms and financial covenants relating to the existing revolving credit facility. The company believes the new financial covenants provide adequate flexibility for the remaining term of the credit facility.

Full Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Seagate will report full fiscal third quarter financial results on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 after the close of the market. A subsequent conference call for the investment community will take place at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The conference call can be accessed online at http://www.seagate.com or by telephone as follows:
USA: (877) 223-6202
International: (706) 679-3742
Conference ID: 90458329

A replay will be available beginning April 21 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time through April 28 at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time. The replay can be accessed through Seagate’s website at http://www.seagate.com or by telephone as follows:
USA: (800) 642-1687
International: (706) 645-9291
Conference ID: 90458329

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

Seagate Delivers Next-Generation Hard Drives For Digital Video Surveillance Systems

Seagate Delivers Next-Generation Hard Drives For Digital Video Surveillance Systems
Seagate SV35.5 Series™ hard drives are optimized for continuous 24×7 use with capacities up to 1TB

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. – April 6, 2009 – Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today introduced its Seagate SV35.5 Series hard drives, designed for optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems. The Seagate SV35.5 hard drive is built for rigorous 24×7 use, and combines best-in-class reliability, performance, capacity, acoustics and power consumption along with features that make SDVR integration easy, making it the ideal solution for the demands of the growing video surveillance market.

The Seagate SV35.5 hard drive provides a number of key advantages for video surveillance environments over standard hard drives including: performance-tuned 140 MB/s sustained sequential data rates and ATA-7 streaming commands for high-speed transfers, enhanced caching capabilities and built-in error recovery for non-stop streaming, thermal monitoring and reporting, unique user-selectable partitioning, low spin-up power, and best-in-class acoustics for extremely quiet operation.

With disk capacities from 250GB to 1TB, the Seagate SV35.5 hard drive offers flexible DVR design capabilities as a video surveillance DVR, network DVR, or for direct and network-attached JBOD video surveillance storage.

“The hardware requirements for the surveillance market are especially critical and dictate the use of HDDs that are made specifically for the needs of video system manufacturers and integrators,” said Carla Kennedy, senior vice president of Seagate’s Enterprise Product Line Management group. “With its optimized performance and capacity that can store over one full month of high-resolution video, the Seagate SV35.5 Series™ hard drive is a prime example of Seagate delivering a feature-rich solution that customers have requested.”

Seagate SV35.5 Hard Drive for Surveillance OEMs and System Builders
The Seagate SV35.5 hard drive answers the ever-increasing need for more storage capacity at best-in-class power consumption and acoustics for digital video recording OEMs and system builders. Utilizing perpendicular recording technology, it offers capacities up to 1TB while providing optimum performance while drawing minimal power from system resources. With its powerful surveillance features and backed by the Seagate 5 year limited warranty, the Seagate SV35.5 drives enable OEM and system builders to set themselves apart from the competition by delivering lower operational costs with best-in-class reliability.

“While we continue to use the Barracuda® ES series for our enterprise class RAID solutions, the Seagate SV35 series is a perfect solution for our very successful series of non-RAID DVRs,” said Pelco Product Marketing Manager Yvonne Schwemmer. “The fact that Seagate has engineered these drives for the video surveillance market gives us increased confidence in the products we deliver to a demanding marketplace.”

Specifications
• Capacities: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
• Spin speeds: 7200-RPM
• Interfaces: 3Gbps SATA
• Video Streaming: 47 Simultaneous FULL D1 (704X576) Video Streams Support
• Performance: 140 MB/s sustained sequential data rates
• Acoustics: Typical Idle (bels) 2.3 for 250GB/2.5 for 500GB/2.5 for 1TB
• Shock, Operating: 70 (2ms Gs), Non-operating: 350 for 250GB/300 for 500GB/ 300 for 1TB (2m Gs)
• Cache: SATA: 8MB for 250GB/16MB for 500GB/32MB for 1TB
• Power Usage: Performance Idle: 5 Watts for 250GB/7 Watts for 500GB/7 Watts for 1TB
• Warranty: Limited 5 year

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The Seagate SV35.5 Series is currently shipping to distributors worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.seagate.com.

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

Copyright 2009. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate SV35.5 and Barracuda are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.

Seagate Joins With Beijing Opera Theatre In Preserving An Important Part Of China’s Cultural Heritage

Seagate Joins With Beijing Opera Theatre In Preserving An Important Part Of China’s Cultural Heritage

BEIJING – April 1, 2009 – Seagate (NASDAQ: STX), the world leader in storage solutions, has partnered with China’s best known traditional Beijing opera group to provide digital back up and storage for its vast archive of theatre and performance materials. The Beijing Opera Threatre will use Seagate’s FreeAgent® family of desktop and portable storage solutions to back up thousands of hours of videos, pictures, scripts and recordings of its complete repertoire, spanning more than 1400 works. Some of these materials are from performances over 70 years ago.

The announcement was made today on the 30th anniversary of Beijing Opera Theatre at the Chang An Grand Theatre, China’s most popular Peking opera theatre.

“Beijing Opera Theatre has encountered many challenges over the past 30 years, but the followers of Peking opera have never given up innovating,” said Wang Yuzhen, president of Beijing Opera Theatre. “Storing the culture of Peking opera can facilitate and encourage the innovation of traditional Chinese opera as this enables us to share the nation’s precious cultural heritage with successive generations. We hope that more organizations and individuals will join Seagate in influencing many more people so they can appreciate the beauty of Peking opera, and help realize the continued innovation and artistic revival of Peking opera.” Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre combining music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. Beijing Opera began in the late 18th century and by the mid-19th century, it became an important cultural icon appreciated by many Chinese as its works dramatically portrayed civil, political and military struggles taken from historical novels or legends. Performers, clad in their elaborate and colorful costumes, are the only dramatic focal points on the sparse stage.

Beijing Opera Theatre was established in the early spring of 1979 and over the years has developed numerous talented performers. These include the “Four Famous Dans,” Mei Lanfang, Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu and Xun Huisheng, and “Five Famous Performers,” Ma Lianliang, Tan Fuying, Zhang Junqiu, Qiu Shengrong and Zhao Yanxia.

“With its long history and countless classic works, we need a great deal of digital storage to help us preserve these beautiful classics,” said Wang. “Unfortunately, some classic works such as Dingjun Mountain, a black and white analogue film adapted from Peking opera, have been totally destroyed due to improper storage. Some work by Xun Huisheng and Yang Baoseng also do not have any video recordings for future generations. We are working with Seagate to prevent this type of loss.”

Wang said that the Beijing Opera Theatre needed reliable storage, and the high capacity, reliability and security of FreeAgent external storage solutions are uniquely capable of meeting their needs.

Seagate’s FreeAgent family of solutions includes the FreeAgent | Xtreme™ Drive, a 1.5 terabytes (TB) drive that is targeted for performance. Ideally suited to high definition video and graphic files, the FreeAgent | XTreme drive delivers a 3GB per second transfer rate with its eSATA connection. Beijing Opera Theatre also makes use of the FreeAgent | Desk™ Drive which is a wonderful desktop companion for basic back up and security for digital files. With a 1.5TB capacity, the drive features a high-capacity USB 2.0 interface, and provides enough room to hold libraries of data. Portable storage needs are taken care of through the pocket sized FreeAgent | Go™ Drive, the slimmest external drive available today with a capacity of 320 gigabytes. The portable drive comes complete with a docking station for convenient and quick access to files.

The FreeAgent | Go Drives were presented to a number of performers at the Beijing Opera Theatre 30th anniversary including Mei Baojiu, one of the best-known current artistes.

“Peking Opera is the essence of Chinese culture and among the most representative of Chinese traditional arts. Seagate is dedicated to the preservation and continuation of Peking opera,” said BanSeng Teh, Asia Pacific vice president and managing director, Seagate Technology.

“Seagate attaches great importance to protecting traditional culture as part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility. The company has leveraged its advanced storage technology to support the protection of traditional culture worldwide, such as protecting cultural heritage of Tunhuang Mogao Grottoes, and preservation of textile traditions and artisans’ livelihood in Kutch region, India,” he said.

About Beijing Opera Theater of Beijing
Beijing Opera Theater of Beijing, founded in 1979, is the largest and most professional Beijing Opera theatre in China. It is the leading Beijing Opera theatre in China and occupies a large percentage in Beijing Opera performing market, and has received tremendous recognition in foreign countries too. “Four Famous Dans” Mei Lanfang, Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu and Xun Huisheng, and other famous artists, such as Ma Lianliang, Tan Fuying, Zhang Junqiu, Qiu Shengrong, Zhao Yanxia from different schools, had made enormous efforts in establishing and further developing the theatre and had produced valuable treasures to Beijing Opera art. Their stage demeanors, artistic accomplishments, performance styles will always be paragon for the young generation.

In future, Beijing Opera Theatre of Beijing, based upon establishing brand, creating new works and promoting new artists, will build up the performing stage in the country, and positively open the big stage on world, carrying forward national culture, reviving Beijing Opera, and makes Beijing opera more bright.

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Solutions, and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

Copyright 2009. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. FreeAgent is either a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.

Media professionals can access broadcast and web-ready videos and photos at Seagate’s Broadcast Center – http://seagate.mediaseed.tv/

For further information about FreeAgent series products, please visit: http://www.seagatestorage.com

Seagate Mentors Students To Set Designs On Engineering Careers

Seagate Mentors Students To Set Designs On Engineering Careers

SPRINGTOWN, Northern Ireland – April 1, 2009 – For the past six months, an engineer from Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) has been helping Foyle & Londonderry College inspire students to pursue careers in engineering.

The partnership was forged between Seagate and four sixth form students from the school as part of the Engineering Education Scheme, which is managed in Northern Ireland by Sentinus, one of the largest providers of business education activity in Europe. The Scheme aims to promote innovation and creativity in the field of engineering and will culminate with a finale showcase on Tuesday 21 April in Queens University’s Whitla Hall, when the Foyle & Londonderry College group will join teams from across Northern Ireland to exhibit their work and make a presentation to a panel of experts.

Peter McMenamin, the process engineer with Seagate who has been mentoring the group, set the research project for the group. The students were tasked with redesigning the containers (lot boxes) that are used to transport the Springtown facility’s product (thin film wafers that each contain thousands of recording heads for hard disk drives). The main requirements of the design brief included the capacity to carry multi-size wafers, improvements that would reduce damage to wafers and incorporation of radio frequency identification devices for wafer tracking purposes.

Explaining how the students set about tackling the project, Foyle & Londonderry College student, Christopher Ramsey, said; “We began by identifying the issues associated with the current box design, then progressed to designing and integrating solutions to enable both wafer sizes to use a common lot box. Our design solution had to take into account design constraints in the areas of health, safety and ergonomics. We also needed to evaluate the commercial and environmental benefits to Seagate.

“I’ve always enjoyed technology and practical classes at school, but this project has really opened my eyes to the range of careers to which engineering opens doors. It’s a fantastic experience to be able to work on a real life project where the solution we’ve found will actually be put into practice by Seagate.”

Seagate’s Peter McMenamin said; “I’m enjoying working with this group of students and witnessing how rewarding it can be to find solutions to sometimes complex problems, especially when you get to see a useful end result. Engineering isn’t just a great profession – it’s also one of the key driving forces behind innovation that, in turn, aids the growth of the local economy. It’s therefore imperative that partnerships between industry and education are developed to help encourage more young people to work towards careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths.”

“I’ve been astonished to observe how this Scheme has helped develop the communication, problem solving and team building skills of the students over such a short time. This hands-on experience of working with an engineering company is invaluable. It has allowed theories and techniques to be lifted off the page and put into practice in the real world and has proved very motivational for the students,” added David Phillips, a physics teacher at Foyle & Londonderry College.

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com

Seagate employs more than 1,350 people in Northern Ireland at its wafer fabrication facility in Springtown, where the Company develops and manufactures recording heads, which write information onto and read information from the recording disk inside a hard drive product.

Media professionals can access broadcast and web-ready videos and photos at Seagate’s Broadcast Center – http://seagate.mediaseed.tv/

New Apprenticeship Tradition Forged At Seagate

New Apprenticeship Tradition Forged At Seagate

SPRINGTOWN, Northern Ireland – March 30, 2009 – The apprenticeship tradition is being revisited and reinvigorated in Derry where Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) has become the first engineering employer in the Province to offer an in-company adult engineering apprenticeship under the ApprenticeshipsNI programme.

Eight Seagate employees, previously employed by the company as operators, have switched to new roles as apprentices with a bespoke structured training programme designed to help them build engineering skills.

Seagate formed a relationship with Engineering Training Services (ETS) who will manage the programme independently and ensure apprentices have the opportunities to earn key achievement milestones, including NVQ Level 2 Performing Engineering Operations, NVQ Level 3 Engineering Maintenance, BTEC National Certificate in Electrical/Engineering and Essential Skills at Level 2 in Application of Number, Communication and Information Technology (if required). The ApprenticeshipsNI programme is funded by the Department for Employment and Learning.

The eight mature apprentices who are aged between 27 and 34 will learn ‘on the job’ and will also study on a day-release basis at the Strand Road Campus of the North West Regional College.

Launching Seagate’s support for the ApprenticeshipsNI scheme, John Spangler, vice president at Seagate’s Springtown facility, said, “We are at the leading edge of technology and innovation but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from the past and we know a win-win opportunity when we see one.

“For many generations, apprenticeships have offered individuals the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, experience and career prospects. Companies have also benefited as loyal employees flourish, developing and building skills that are directly and immediately relevant. We are delighted to bring those benefits to our workplace and look forward to our first engineering apprentices completing their programme by September 2011.”

Warren Blair, who has been working at Seagate’s Springtown plant since 1996, is enthusiastic about the opportunity ahead of him. Mr. Blair says, “It’s great to have the chance to improve your career prospects without having to leave a good job to become a full time student. Thanks to the apprenticeship scheme, I can get my qualifications and hopefully move that next step up the ladder. The training at Seagate is not just a matter of shadowing an employee – it’s a very professional and highly structured modern apprenticeship that will bring real qualifications and benefits.”

Welcoming the Seagate initiative, Jim McIlveen, manager of ETS, said, “Current recruitment levels for Apprentices in Engineering are running at only one-third of the requirement depicted in the Engineering Skills Balance Sheet for Northern Ireland. Engineering Training Council (NI) has proposed innovative programmes to address this shortfall.

“Companies like Seagate are exemplars of investment in employee development and in utilising the ApprenticeshipsNI programme for its longer term growth and replacement policies. This will greatly assist ETC (NI) in its efforts.”

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com

Seagate employs more than 1,350 people in Northern Ireland at its wafer fabrication facility in Springtown, where the Company develops and manufactures recording heads, which write information onto and read information from the recording disk inside a hard drive product.

Media professionals can access broadcast and web-ready videos and photos at Seagate’s Broadcast Center – http://seagate.mediaseed.tv/

Seagate Wins 2009 Everything Channel Five-Star Award For Partner Program Excellence

Seagate Wins 2009 Everything Channel Five-Star Award For Partner Program Excellence

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. – March 30, 2009 – Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced that the Seagate Partner Program, designed to help Seagate’s channel partners leverage the company’s industry leadership, technology innovation and product reliability to grow their businesses, has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) partner programs. Seagate was the only hard drive maker to win this recognition.

The Seagate Partner Program earned the Five-Star certification in the highly competitive large-volume category – companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue – in Everything Channel’s 15th Annual 2009 Partner Program Guide (PPG). Partner programs were evaluated in six areas: sales support, marketing support, partner profitability, channel operations, communications and partner recruitment.

Other Five-Star winners in the large-volume category include Microsoft, HP, Cisco, Oracle and AutoDesk. A list of PPG winners will appear in the March 30 issue of CRN magazine, the channel industry’s leading publication, and online at http://www.channelweb.com, the world’s largest channel industry portal.

The Seagate Partner Program (SPP) is designed specifically for resellers, system builders, system integrators and solution providers that have aligned their solutions and customers with the Seagate product portfolio. SPP members benefit from support, training resources, marketing tools and incentives that can help them improve service, solve business problems, lower costs, increase profits, compete more effectively, and improve their hardware and service delivery infrastructure.

“The prestigious Five-Star honor points to Seagate’s steadfast commitment to our channel partners’ success,” said John Vossoughi, vice president of Americas Sales and Marketing at Seagate. “The Seagate Partner Program, now in its tenth year, continues to evolve to meet the needs of our channel community — we continue to reach out to our partners to make the Seagate Partner Program an essential part of their businesses.”

Research for the 2009 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and the Everything Channel Five-Star Program was conducted by Everything Channel’s Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED). IPED analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors’ responses to nearly 60 in-depth questions about their partner programs.

“Now more than ever, the quality of a vendor’s partner program determines how profitable its partners will be,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. “So for their commitment to their partners, and their efforts to build quality programs, we congratulate this year’s Five-Star Partner Program Guide winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel.”

Everything Channel
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. Learn more at http://www.everythingchannel.com and http://www.channelweb.com.

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Seagate FreeAgent External Hard Drives Help dpi Magazine Preserve History, Meet New Storage Needs

Seagate FreeAgent External Hard Drives Help dpi Magazine Preserve History, Meet New Storage Needs

TAIPEI, Taiwan – March 25, 2009 – Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) — dpi Magazine, an award-winning publication about design, relies on Seagate’s external storage solutions to preserve their archives and meet their growing storage needs.

Since its first issue in 1988, dpi Magazine, an internationally renowned magazine about design, has published 116 issues detailing the evolution of the design community in Taiwan. However, due to a growing library of digital assets including photos and reference materials, archiving and maintaining digital content has become a difficult task.

Prior to adopting Seagate ® FreeAgent ® drives, dpi Magazine struggled accommodate its editorial production needs. “We have invested a significant amount of time and resources trying to preserve information yet we’re faced with a difficult situation where the lack of storage limits the quality of our work,” concedes dpi Magazine editor-in-chief, Chun-Qin Liao.

dpi Magazine diligently archives all of its content in the digital format, and the amount of information adds up rapidly as growing picture quality in photography and graphic design demands vast storage capacity. After using Seagate ® FreeAgent ® external storage solutions, Liao no longer worries about digital storage.

With 1.5 terabytes of storage capacity available, and the ability to expand, the Seagate ® FreeAgent XTreme™ storage solution provides the ideal storage solution to archive past magazine issues and maintain dpi Magazine’s digital library. Moreover, we are now able to work with high quality, high resolution graphic designs and photos without running out of storage,” says Liao.

Liao and his colleagues use a FreeAgent Go™ drive when they need to access data on the go.

When dpi Magazine editors leave the office to conduct interviews or attend meetings, they carry the compact and portable FreeAgent Go™ external drive with them because it offers freedom to travel yet the data is available at their fingertips.

The editors who used Seagate ® FreeAgentGo™ drives fell in love with the ultra-thin and stylish design, as well as the starlit LED illumination,” remarks Liao. “They are also impressed by the docking station. They simply place a Seagate ® FreeAgent Go™ external drive on the docking station and the information is instantly available on the computer. It’s the ideal portable storage solution.”

Editors at dpi Magazine also love the Seagate ® FreeAgent Go™ drive because it integrates security with convenience and esthetics. Seagate’s new FreeAgent ® portable storage solution features Seagate Manager™ software, which automates file synchronization and scheduled backup, and provides data security management. This feature makes file management a breeze for users. Additionally, the Seagate ® FreeAgent Xtreme™ drive offers an eSATA interface that brings rapid data transfer speeds, which dramatically reduce the time required to access or retrieve data.

dpi Magazine is devoted to bringing our readers the most comprehensive coverage of news and trends in the design community,” says Liao. “Therefore, our work demands the most advanced large capacity storage solutions that enable us to archive large amounts of data and perform backups regularly, without having to worry about data security and integrity.”

Seagate ® FreeAgent ® drives exceeded our expectations and made data storage simple,” admits Liao.

Seagate Taiwan country manager Rex Dong thinks innovation and in-depth research are key to Seagate’s success in meeting consumer needs.

We’re delighted to see that Seagate ® FreeAgent ® drives have become a trusted solution to safely store critical information for dpi Magazine, remarks Dong. “As new digital storage needs emerge, Seagate will continue to innovate and bring leading-edge, versatile and reliable storage solutions to professionals and everyday consumers”

FreeAgent ® | Go Drive

A pocket-sized storage drive that packs a punch, the Seagate FreeAgent Go drive is slim, compact and shipping in four color options available as of this September in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of 3,299 NTD for 250GB, 3,999 NTD USD for 320GB and 7,499 NTD for 500GB.

FreeAgent | Go™ Dock and Case

Protection for those on the go and a docking station for convenient and quick access to your files, these accessories for the FreeAgent Go™ drive are sold separately. The dock and case will be available in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific for a manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) of 599 NTD.

FreeAgent | XTreme™ Drive

Designed for performance, especially for those who work with high-definition video and graphic files, the Seagate FreeAgent XTreme drive is a perfect fit. The FreeAgent XTreme drive delivers a 3GB per second transfer rate with the eSATA connection. This drive also includes FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connection options. The FreeAgent XTreme drive is available worldwide for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of 7,999 NTD for 1TB and 8,699 NTD for 1.5TB.

About dpi Magazine

Every designer has a PC or Mac, and a dpi Magazine.” Founded on July 1998, dpi Magazine is the leading designing magazine in Taiwan that has won the Silver Award of the Best in Magazine Overall Design of International Association for Newspaper and Media Technology (IFRA), the Best Information Application Magazine and the Best Design Magazine of the Golden Tripod Award of Taiwan Government Information Office (GIO). The name “dpi” represents “Design”, “Popular” and “Imagination”. dpi Magazine brings the most innovative designing ideas, the most real-time information about design, art and other news to readers.

About Seagate Technology

Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, and Consumer Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and Seagate.com

Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo and FreeAgent are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. FreeAgent Go, FreeAgent XTreme and Seagate Manager are either a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.