Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in storage
solutions, today unveiled two new storage products for the home, Seagate®
Personal Cloud and Seagate®
Personal Cloud 2-Bay. Seagate Personal Cloud provides the
accessibility of cloud storage with the peace of mind that content is
stored safely at home. What differentiates these two Personal Cloud
drives apart is how easily they can stream content to smartphones,
set-top boxes, tablets, PCs or televisions via the Seagate
Media application. Additionally, when used in conjunction with the
acclaimed Seagate
Mobile Backup app and Dashboard software, Seagate Personal Cloud
also serves as a central backup device for PCs, Mac computers, USB
drives, iOS
and Android
mobile devices.
Seagate Personal Cloud easily streams content to smartphones, set-top boxes, tablets, PCs, SmartTVs and other DLNA-equipped devices. (Photo: Business Wire)
Seagate Personal Cloud demystifies the often frustrating process of
finding, accessing and enjoying photos, videos and music on the device
of your choice. Once connected to a wireless router and after a free
download of the Seagate Media app, users will be treated to an
intuitive, media-rich browsing experience that makes playback of content
an effortless and enjoyable experience. Unmatched in the number of
compatible platforms and ease-of-use, the Seagate Media apps support the
following devices:
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TVs and Blu-ray players: LG Smart TVs (2012 or later) and Samsung
Smart TVs and Blu-ray players (2012 models or later with SmartHub)
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Streaming media players: Roku,
Google
Chromecast, and Apple
TV (via Apple AirPlay)
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Smartphones: iPhone,
Android
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Tablets: iPad,
Android™, Kindle, Windows
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Seagate Personal Cloud can also stream directly to DLNA-based
devices, including the Sony PlayStation
3 or later, and Microsoft
Xbox 360 or later.
When away from home, users will have the ability to securely retrieve
and share content stored on the Seagate Personal Cloud drive. By way of
the Seagate Media app, users can browse and enjoy content directly from
their Personal Cloud drive in the same manner they would do when at home.
For those who are comfortable with storing their data in public cloud
services, Seagate Personal Cloud drives can be configured to complement
a public cloud service with two types of applications, backup and
synchronization. Personal Cloud drives can be set up to automatically
back up to popular providers including: Amazon
S3, Box,
Baidu,
DropBox,
Google
Drive, HiDrive
and Yandex.Disk,
while delivering an additional level of offsite protection.
Alternatively, a synchronization option is available for Baidu, DropBox
and Google Drive for those who simply need a secondary copy of their
most current data from their service.
“Given the abundance of handheld computing devices there has been a
trend of accessing content and content via cloud storage,” said Stephen
Baker, vice president of Industry Analysis for The
NPD Group. “A product like the Seagate Personal Cloud offers a new
approach at cloud storage allowing consumers to take advantage of
low-cost cloud opportunities while still remaining in control of their
content and access it from anywhere.”
Recognizing that storage needs will continue to evolve, Seagate designed
Personal Cloud devices with a built-in app manager that enables the
ability to install additional features after purchase. An app-store like
experience delivers a variety of apps including WordPress,
BitTorrent
Sync and ElephantDrive.
Seagate has also created a software development kit (SDK) for its app
manager to enable 3rd party developers to create new and
exciting use cases for Personal Cloud drives.
Seagate Personal Cloud is also designed to automatically and
continuously back up every computer in the home. For Windows-based PCs
and Mac computers, the Seagate
Dashboard software provides a best-in-class way to protect your
content. Personal Cloud devices also work seamlessly with Apple
Time Machine software.
Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay
The Personal Cloud 2-bay device is for users that want more than one
backup of their most important content in the unlikely event of a drive
failure. The Personal Cloud 2-bay—designed with two internal drives—is
configured out-of-the-box to automatically duplicate all content stored
on one drive to a secondary drive for double protection and greater
peace of mind. Alternatively, for users that are seeking maximum
capacity, the Personal Cloud 2-bay product can be re-configured by the
user into a single volume of storage.
Availability
Seagate Personal Cloud will be shipping to retailers later this month in
3TB, 4TB, and 5TB capacities. Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay will be
available in 4TB, 6TB and 8TB capacities. Both configurations of Seagate
Personal Cloud can be found at Amazon,
Seagate.com
and BestBuy.
About Seagate
Seagate creates space for the human experience by innovating how data is
stored, shared and used. Learn more at www.seagate.com.
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Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliates in the
United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks or registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring
to drive capacity, one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion
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 will not be
available for data storage.
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