I’m sure you want to read another blog about how great Seagate is, with all our awards and stuff — and if so, you’re in for a treat! But seriously, I do want to talk about an award, and I promise you this one’s a little different. Seagate was named one of “2011’s Best Companies [...]

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Performance demo pits Seagate Momentus XT against SSDs and HDDs

By David Szabados, posted August 15, 2011

At last week’s Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA, Seagate had set up its booth with numerous demonstrations that were the talk of the show floor. These real world demonstrations compared the Seagate Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive against a number of SSDs and HDDs in notebook performance tests. The Momentus XT solid [...]

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Seagate at Flash Memory Summit 2011

By David Szabados, posted August 4, 2011

Seagate will be at the annual Flash Memory Summit at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA next week participating in numerous sessions and showcasing its solid state and solid state hybrid solutions. The conference and exhibit, which runs from August 9th through the 11th, brings together vendors, industry analysts, press, IT pros [...]

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Not so Random Acquisitions

By Barbara Imbert, posted August 26, 2010

In case you missed Intel’s latest announcement (Intel buying McAfee for $7Billion), you can read Mark Wojtasiak’s blog on Intel’s commitment to everything-secure when it comes to our computing needs… But is there more to this? What we know is that Intel will be able leverage McAfee’s stake in the consumer PC market, but also [...]

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The great whitebook experiment continues

By Mark Wojtasiak, posted February 12, 2010

I give Intel kudos for not giving up. The whitebook movement has had its share of problems over the years, but let’s face it, as a hard drive guy, I want to see the whitebook market succeed as much as the next guy. Unfortunately, we have little control over the many of the key issues [...]

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The eras of technology marketing & innovation

By Mark Wojtasiak, posted January 15, 2010

Just for fun. Take a trip down memory lane and a glimpse into the future. Check out these ads over the decades and see just how far we’ve come. Take a look at some of these ads then take a look at the video tour of Intel’s booth at CES. It’s crazy how far computer technology [...]