Friday, 14 September 2007

Seagate Unveils Portfolio of Hard Disc Drives for Digital Video Surveillance Systems

Surveillance digital video recording (S-DVR) systems are overwhelmingly replacing closed-circuit television (CCTV) and non-technical surveillance and security systems. Hard drive storage is a critical component in S-DVR systems, providing a proven, fast and highly efficient solution to monitor, protect and store video data.

The S-DVR market growth is driven by the needs of the homeland security, retail, casinos/hospitality, and financial and utility industries, among others. IMS Research forecasts that the worldwide market for S-DVR systems will eclipse USD 3 billion by 2010, while the market for IP surveillance Network Video Recorders (S-NVR) will grow to over USD 200 million. What’s more, IMS Research forecasts the mobile video surveillance will reach almost 500 million dollars by 2011.

Hard disk drive manufacturer Seagate’s aims to meet the needs of these growing markets with the introduction of a portfolio of SV35 Series hard drives, specifically designed for optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems, now have a top capacity of 1 terabyte (TB), providing 32 full days of high-resolution video streaming.

In addition to this, Seagate is broadening its hard drive offerings targeted at video surveillance applications to include the Seagate Barracuda ES and EE25 Series hard drives, now providing a complete range of technologically advanced products to meet the security needs of large and small organizations across a wide range of markets.

“Our goal is to provide the security industry with a wide set of tools to help its mission in protecting lives and property worldwide,” said Patrick King, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate’s Consumer Electronics Business Unit.

“The entire SV35 family of hard drives optimizes performance, saves power and improves reliability in digital video surveillance systems. The critical nature of these applications and systems dictates a hard drive made specifically for security, and Seagate is the only company to address the unique needs of surveillance video system manufacturers and integrators.”

Seagate SV35 Series hard drives enable greater capacity, reliability, performance and features in digital video surveillance systems and applications through combining Seagate’s latest advancements in hard drive technology with features designed specifically for digital video surveillance recording.

The new generation of Seagate SV35 Series hard drives are scheduled to begin shipping in December 2007. The EE25 Series and Barracuda ES Series hard drives are currently shipping in volume to customers worldwide.