Seagate Celebrates Milestone: First to Reach Two Billion Hard Disk Drives Shipped
12 Marzo 2013 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a worldwide leader in
storage solutions, today announced it is the first hard disk drive
manufacturer to ship two billion hard disk drives (HDD)—a
staggering number fueled by the explosive demand for storage from
mobile applications, cloud infrastructures, social media, business
applications and a wide variety of consumer markets. A testament to
the pivotal role played by storage in today’s digital world, it
took Seagate 29 years to reach one billion units shipped and just
four years to reach the second billion milestone.
“This is truly an impressive accomplishment and I am proud to
lead this company as we celebrate this success,” said Steve Luczo,
president, CEO and chairman of Seagate. This achievement is a
testament to the commitment of our employees whose relentless
dedication and personal pride continue to be the fabric of this
company.”
Digital content demand continues to stem from a wide range of
sources, including social media and mobile devices, fueling the
need for storage. Analysts estimate that over 4 billion hours of
user-generated content is watched each month on YouTube alone.
While user generated high-definition camcorder video, still
pictures, and smartphone clip sharing storage needs are expected to
quadruple from 2013 to 2015.
“The ever-growing number of mobile and content capture devices
using cloud services is fueling the growth of digital content,”
according to John Rydning, IDC’s research vice president, for hard
drives and semiconductors. “Mobile devices and the cloud are coming
together to drive ongoing demand for hard disk drives, with
shipments reaching more than 585 million units in 2013, and hard
disk drive Terabyte shipments worldwide growing at a 30 percent
2012-2016 compound annual growth rate¹.”
“By 2015 households which today routinely consume 1TB of data a
month are expected to generate 20 times the amount of data than
they currently save,” said Richard Doherty, research director of
the Envisioneering Group, a technology research and consulting
company. “Consumer’s continued appetites for securely saving and
organizing high-definition multimedia requires higher performance
and the most trusted and dependable drives. Seagate’s drives and
technology roadmap provide the ideal solution for consumer's
soaring need for storage in the home - and away; now, and in the
future.”
For more information on Seagate’s two billion HDD shipped
celebration please visit www.seagate.com/www/milestone.
About Seagate
Seagate is a world leader in hard disk drives and storage
solutions. Learn more at www.seagate.com.
Copyright 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved.
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1. Source: IDC Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 2012–2016 Forecast
Update, (IDC #237304, October 2012)
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