In this Podcast I talk to

• Marc Cisneros, CE Channel Sales Manager, Seagate Technologies
• David Burks, CE Product Marketing Manager, Seagate Technologies

Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said “it’s about content distribution.”

Seagate has come out with a several market specific hard drives with benefits tuned the each area of specialty.

• LD for mobile and low profile devices [2.5″]
• DB for DVRs and Media PCs [very quiet]
• SV for security DVRs [24×7 duty cycle]
• EE for extreme environments [can handle temperature and vibration extremes]