Seagate Partners with China’s Sugon to Tap Fast Expanding Data Center Market

Business Wire — BEIJING: Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced an important breakthrough partnership with Sugon, China’s leading information system integrated service provider, whereby the computer maker will incorporate Seagate’s latest 4TB Enterprise Performance 3.5 HDD into its new TC4600T line of server products.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160513005025/en/Seagate-Partners-China%E2%80%99s-Sugon-Tap-Fast-Expanding

The Year according to Seagate

Networks Asia — What’s your view of the overall IT market in 2015? If there was one trend that really picked up steam in 2015, it would have to be the Internet of Things (IoT). We know that businesses are starting to look at investments into IoT seriously and how it can be leveraged to drive business growth. Consumers are adopting wearables and connected home devices at a breakneck pace. The public sector, which typically lags behind in new technology adoption, is leading the way in IoT deployments in an effort to build smarter cities.

http://www.networksasia.net/article/year-according-seagate.1451657792

Western Digital, Seagate in 10TB HDD competition, from TW

Digi Times — Following Western Digital’s releases of shingled magnetic recording (SMR)-based helium-filled 10TB hard disc drive (HDD) and perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)-based 10TB HDD, Seagate is also expected to launch its 10TB HDD in the near future. Western Digital’s 10TB HDDs were both released by its subsidiary Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and the company currently is a leader in helium-filling technology.