Cupertino, CA—Seagate Technology is the first hard disk drive manufacturer to ship two billion hard disk drives (HDD)—a number fueled by the explosive demand for storage from mobile applications, cloud infrastructures, social media, business applications and a wide variety of consumer markets, including HD multimedia cameras.
Evidence of 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 four billion hours of user-generated content is watched each month on YouTube alone. User-generated high-definition camcorder video, still pictures and smartphone clip-sharing storage needs are expected to quadruple from 2013 to 2015.
“By 2015, households which today routinely consume 1TB (terabyte) 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. “Consumers' continued appetites for securely saving and organizing high-definition multimedia requires higher performance and the most trusted and dependable drives.” seagate.com
