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Personal Storage Just Got More Interesting: Seagate Acquires LaCie

May 23, 2012 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Boom! Seagate just responded to Western Digital's acquisitions of Hitachi's Global Storage Technologies subsidiary by acquiring LaCie. The €49 million transaction solidifies Seagate's presence in the retail space, especially on the Apple side of things. In this way, Seagate will use LaCie to offset Western Digital's G-Tech offerings. To me, this acquisition is all … [Read more...] about Personal Storage Just Got More Interesting: Seagate Acquires LaCie

NAB Show 2012: My Initial Thoughts

April 21, 2012 By Stephen Leave a Comment

As I mentioned earlier, the  National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show is one of my favorites, with the wonderful variety of companies and products in attendance. Everything from professional video and broadcast equipment to IT infrastructure gear to celebrities (including the cast of Arrested Development) are on display at NAB. But what were the highlights? Here are my … [Read more...] about NAB Show 2012: My Initial Thoughts

Three Key Storage Features Missing in Mac OS X “Lion”

June 13, 2011 By Stephen 3 Comments

Last week, at WWDC, Apple introduced many of the features found in their next operating system, OS X “Lion”. At that time, I posted an article about the storage features found in this new release, including integrated revision control, a major update to the FileVault encryption package, and additional enterprise storage protocol support. But, like Snow Leopard, Lion still lacks … [Read more...] about Three Key Storage Features Missing in Mac OS X “Lion”

CalDigit Brings Both eSATA and USB 3 to the Mac Pro

May 2, 2011 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Mac storage specialist, CalDigit, recently introduced a new combination storage card for Mac Pro users. The CalDigit FASTA-6GU3 combines two eSATA ports and two USB 3.0 ports on a single PCI Express card. This makes it a veritable Swiss Army knife of storage connectivity, but only if you own a Mac Pro desktop! A Tale of Two USB 3.0 Cards There are currently two companies … [Read more...] about CalDigit Brings Both eSATA and USB 3 to the Mac Pro

The First Thunderbolt Peripherals On Display At NAB Show

April 22, 2011 By Stephen Leave a Comment

People like me who bought a 2011 MacBook Pro are eager to explore the new Thunderbolt interface. Although no peripherals are available yet, there was much excitement about the interface at the recent NAB Show in Las Vegas, and many pre-production products were on display. It appears that LaCie will be first to market with a Thunderbolt storage device, but Promise will follow a … [Read more...] about The First Thunderbolt Peripherals On Display At NAB Show

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