There's something of a divide in the consumer market between those looking to transfer everything to the cloud and those who still want physical storage, so the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive is here to satisfy both.
Aside from offering 2TBs of onboard storage, the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive also comes backed with a two year subscription for up to 200GBs of cloud storage. The impossibly thin and light design is arguably the smallest available on the consumer market, which it is set to debut sometime early this year.
Speaking on the release, Seagate Consumer Group Vice President Tim Butcher explains, "The launch of the Backup Plus Ultra Slim builds on Seagate’s rich history of award-winning innovation to give users even more capacity in an incredibly small form factor. Based on our breakthrough ultra-mobile hard drive technology, this new storage solution gives them a better way to manage the increase in both data volumes and number of devices."
Cloud-Enabled Hard Drives
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Trend Themes
1. Cloud Storage - Seagate's inclusion of a two year subscription for cloud storage highlights the growing trend of consumers looking for convenient and accessible data storage solutions.
2. Thin Design - The impossibly thin and light design of the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive reflects the trend towards sleek and portable technology products.
3. Increased Data Volumes - The release of the Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim addresses the trend of individuals and businesses dealing with an ever-growing amount of data that needs to be stored and managed.
Industry Implications
1. Data Storage - The development of cloud-enabled hard drives presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the data storage industry, providing a versatile solution for both physical and cloud storage needs.
2. Consumer Electronics - The thin design and large storage capacity of the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive cater to the demand for high-performance, portable storage devices in the consumer electronics industry.
3. Information Technology - As data volumes increase and the need for seamless data management grows, the cloud-enabled hard drives like the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive offer an innovative solution for the IT industry to address changing customer needs.