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Western Digital Helps Consumers Capture and Keep More with Range of New Bigger, Faster Solutions

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Western Digital today announces a lineup of new solutions from its award-winning SanDisk brand that are designed to satisfy consumers’ needs for more storage.

Khalid Wani, Senior Director of Sales for India at Western Digital, says, “Western Digital remains at the forefront of storage innovation, and our latest introductions from SanDisk reflect our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions that cater to the evolving needs of consumers.”

“We continue to redefine what’s possible. Our goal is to keep creating easy-to-use, reliable solutions for today and tomorrow. Through our innovative solutions we want to inspire people to keep creating.,” says, Jaganathan Chelliah, Senior Director Marketing, India, Middle East and TIA, Western Digital.

SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go USB Type-C

These refreshed pendrives allow users to take and store even more photos and access them across their different USB Type-C and Type-A devices (including smartphones, tablets and computers) without slowing down.

  • Faster than before: Simple-to-use storage now with up to 400MB/s transfer speeds.**
  • Ready to go: Its dual-purpose swivel design helps to protect the connectors while on the go.
  • Vibrant new colors: This flash drive is available in 64GB-256GB* in Absinthe Green, Lavender and Navagio Bay, and up to 1TB* in Black.
    • Availability: MSRP for the new colors starts at just INR 1109 for 128GB. All colors are available now for purchase through the Western Digital Store(www.indiastore.westerndigital.com) amazon.in, and authorized SanDisk retailers, e-tailers and distributors.

1.5TB SanDisk Ultra microSD UHS-I cards

Ideal for Android devices, Chromebooks and Windows laptops, the new 1.5TB* microSD card offers massive space for more of what matters.

  • Pushing beyond previous limits: The world’s fastest 1.5TB* microSD UHS-I card with transfer speeds up to 150MB/s read when paired with a SanDisk MobileMate® USB 3.0 microSD card reader builds upon SanDisk’s strong and long-lasting legacy of innovation in storage.
  • Wide compatibility: Expand your storage in a flash for host devices that support UHS-I microSD cards, such as Android smartphones and tablets, Chromebooks, and Windows laptops.
  • Availability: The new 1.5TB* cards will be available starting 10th of Jan with an MSRP of INR 14999/- and are backed by a 10-year limited warranty. This SanDisk Ultra® card is available through the Western Digital Store(www.indiastore.westerndigital.com), amazon.in, other  authorized e-tailers, and available through brick-and-mortar retailers under the Ultra PLUS name with read speeds up to 160MB/s*.

SanDisk PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type B card

Launched recently ahead of IBC2023, the SanDisk PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type B cards provide the professional performance needed to deliver the highest quality cinematic footage.

  • Cinema-quality performance: With minimum sustained write speeds of 1,400MB/s, the SanDisk PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type B card lets users capture cinema-quality 8K video without dropping frames.
  • Durable enclosure: Withstands up to 1-meter drops and up to 50 newtons (11.2 pounds-force) of force to help protect irreplaceable footage and videos.
  • PRO-READER and PRO-DOCK 4 compatible: Pair the PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type B card with the SanDisk Professional PRO-READER CFexpress and the PRO-DOCK 4 devices (sold separately) for scalable, simultaneous offloads that help to maximize productivity.
  • Availability: Available now from the Western Digital Store(www.indiastore.westerndigital.com),  and through authorized SanDisk authorized retailers, e-tailers and distributors. MSRP starts at INR 44999/- for 320GB* with a lifetime limited warranty.

Lexar Introduced JumpDrive® F35 USB 3.0 in India

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Lexar, announced the launch of its JumpDrive® F35 USB 3.0, a fingerprint-enabled pendrive with up to 3000 MB/s sequential read performance, in the Indian market. In a market where fingerprint-enabled pendrives are limited, the Lexar F35 USB with its 256 AES encryption stands out as the only reliable option from a reputable global flash memory brand known for its durability, enhanced security, performance, and speed.

Lexar’s F35 Jumpdrive is the one storage device that securely protects your files at the tip of your finger. Designed for those who demand the highest level of data security, the drive can use fingerprint authentication to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access attempts.  The Jumpdrive is designed to store up to ten unique fingerprints, ensuring that your data remains yours while allowing access to trusted individuals only.

The advanced biometric technology system eliminates the need to be dependent on the traditional methods of setting passwords or PINs, which means a person is free from remembering the codes. Ultra-fast recognition helps you access your drive in less than 1 second. The straightforward setup process makes the F35 an ideal companion, requiring no software drivers. This means you can simply plug in the drive and use the pre-installed application to set up a password and authenticate with your fingerprint(s). The ajumpdrive has 256-bit AES encryption to ensure the highest level of data security and prevent any data loss or corruption.

The other key highlights of the Lexar® JumpDrive® F35 are:

  • USB 3.0 support
  • Transfer speeds upto 300 MB/s
  • Up to 10 fingerprint IDs allowed
  • Ultra-fast recognition – less than 1 second
  •  Easy set-up, no software driver needed
  • 256-bit AES Encryption
  • Three-year limited warranty

The Lexar® JumpDrive® F35 comes in various capacities, including 32GB, 64GB, with read speeds of up to 150MB/s or 300MB/s at the price of Rs. 4500, Rs. 6000, and is available at all the leading online and offline retailers.

Seagate launches One Touch SSD – a high-capacity portable storage solution

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World-renowned data storage solution provider, Seagate Technology has launched the new Seagate One Touch SSD which strives to offer top performance speeds in its stylish and portable design. Technology enthusiasts and creators can enjoy efficient and quick transfers to streamline their production processes and know that their works are in safe hands.

The Seagate One Touch SSD offers USB compatibility out of the box (exFAT formatted) and is operational with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers through its USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C technology. The cables are included in the box, and the One Touch SSD is also compatible with Android mobile devices through the Seagate Mobile Touch app.

The One Touch SSD offers shock-resistance from a drop height of up to 2 meters and is designed with an aluminium top cover and fabric-soft touch on the sides. The One Touch SSD comes with maximum sequential read/write speeds of up to 1030 MB/s and with up to 2TB of storage capacity. The sleek SSD includes Seagate’s Toolkit desktop software with Sync Plus offering file sync via continuous backup.

In June 2021, Seagate had also launched the One Touch HDD which is a high-capacity portable storage device too, created to provide easy access to users who need a durable and dependable data-storage solution.

More importantly, Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery Services provide a defence mechanism against data loss and retrieval costs in Seagate’s One Touch portfolio. The drives are also packaged with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month complimentary membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan.

The Seagate One Touch SSD is available on Amazon, Flipkart and all authorised reseller partners and is priced at Rs. 7,699 for 500GB, Rs. 13,399 for 1TB, and Rs. 26,999 for 2TB.

For more information, please visit this page.

The new Seagate Exos Corvault is a Self-Healing Block Storage System

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Seagate has pioneered several unique data storage solutions and now it has added the Exos Corvault to its portfolio of mass-capacity storage devices. The Exos Corvault is designed to streamline data management and reduce human intervention for data centre environments.

Seagate’s breakthrough storage architecture is integrated with the sixth generation VelosCT ASIC ADAPT erasure code data protection technology and the Autonomous Drive Regeneration feature. The Exos Corvault is built with the maximum-density 4U chassis which accommodates 106 drives within a rack space of 7 inches or 18cm. The Exos Corvault is designed on Seagate’s Exos 12Gb/s platform. It also offers “five nines” i.e. 99.999% helping to deliver consistently high reliability.

The system offers 14GB/s sequential read throughput, 12GB/s sequential write throughput and can be managed through a web-based GUI or command line interface (CLI) as well. Hard drives are self-encrypting, and secure file transfers are guaranteed through SFTP.

The Exos Corvault is protected against vibrational and acoustic interference, heat, and power irregularities in order to maximise drive performance. The aforementioned VelosCT chip powers the system’s dual storage controllers whereas the ADAPT technology i.e. Advanced Distributed Autonomic Protection Technology – distributes data across every drive offering advanced data protection and faster rebuilds.

Eliminating the need for a manual drive swap, the Autonomous Drive Regeneration (ADR) is a self-correcting system that renews a drive in-situ. ADR drives can be renewed, thereby reducing its environmental impact as well.

The Exos Corvault will be available globally through qualified Seagate distributors in July. For more information, please visit this page.

Sony unveils array of storage cards

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Sony recently launched the latest range of XQD and SD storage cards along with the world’s first dual XQD/SD card reader. The XQD cards are meant for professional cameras like the Nikon D5 or D500 that are able to support the storage format.

Sony reports that the card reader can backup 64GB of data in around 3 minutes. The XQD series delivers transfer speeds of upto 440MB/s (read) and 150MB/s (write) while the SF cards have a transfer speed of upto 260MB/s (read) and 100MB/s (write).

The XQD cards have the following price:
XQD-M32/J SYM (32GB) – Rs. 3,500
XQD-M64/J SYM (64GB) – Rs. 6,700
XQD-M128/J SYM (128GB) – Rs. 14,500

The XQD Adapter (XQD-SB1/J SYM) is priced at Rs. 1,490 while the XQD/SD card reader (MRW-E90) is TBD.

The price of the SD cards is as follows:
SF-M (32GB) – Rs 4,795
SF-M (64 GB) – Rs 7,215
SF-M (128 GB) – Rs 11,545

The cards and accessories will go on sale in India from 20 March, 2016.