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Seagate Buys Mirra For A Better File Protection	By Sci/Tech News Staff, - 15th of September 2005, 16:06 GMT Adjust text size:


Seagate announced the acquisition of Mirra, a leading provider of networked digital content protection products for the home and small business markets. Mirra will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology. The rapid adoption of digital devices by consumers and small business professionals have set the stage for emerging opportunities centered on management of digital files, email, photos, videos and other personal content: on average 30% annual growth of broadband in homes over the last four years, with over 41.7 million networked households today; 56% of Internet broadband households with digital still cameras and 62% with digital video cameras. Other market drivers indicate the need for intelligent digital content management systems: 93% of broadband users have digital still photos on their PC hard drive and 46% have digital video, plus 70% have digital music files also stored on their hard drive. While Seagate, a hard disk drive maker, has a number of storage backup products for the home, Mirra's technology provides an Internet-based solution that promises continuous backup for a personal computer network. "This extends our capability in the area of storage solutions," said Brian Dexheimer, executive vice president for Seagate's Storage Business. Primarily a software company, the Mirra acquisition signals a new direction for Seagate, Dexheimer said, noting Seagate is moving toward selling complete solutions to consumers. "Those aren't necessarily skill sets that have resided in our history," Dexheimer said. "You're going to see it be more reflective of where we're headed." Seagate's announcement follows the introduction of similar devices by its two largest competitors in the disk drive business, Maxtor and Western Digital, Mirra products eliminate the complexity of managing valuable documents across multiple PCs by integrating PC software, Web services, and an intelligent "always-on" network appliance into an all-in-one content protection solution. Mirra provides continuous backup of data from multiple PCs, free secure online remote access and file sharing, and automatic file synchronization across networked computers. This week, Softpedia takes you for an e-mail client tour. Vote for your favorite e-mail application.

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