HDD for business solutions

Seagate Technology announced it will begin shipping its new Cheetah® 15K.6 hard drive this month. Designed for the world’s most demanding enterprise storage environments, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive is Seagate’s highest-performance hard drive ever in a 3.5-inch form factor, with a 28% increase in sustained data transfer rates compared to previous generations.

With this new performance on tap, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive remarkably consumes significantly less power, using up to 61% less watts/GB at idle.

Major OEM system builders, including HP, are working to design in the new Cheetah series hard drive, equipped with its leading Fibre Channel interface for HP’s SAN storage systems. “HP’s Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), incorporating Seagate’s latest Cheetah 15K.6 drive will fulfill the needs of our most demanding customers running mission-critical business applications,” said Kyle Fitze, director of Storage Works SAN Marketing, at HP.

The Cheetah 15K.6 drive also ships in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), which has become the mainstream enterprise interface of choice for companies including Super Micro Computer, Inc. “Many of our customers require top-of-the-line performance and system efficiency,” said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro.  “Integrating Seagate’s Cheetah 15K.6 drive into our 85%+ high-efficiency, earth-friendly SuperServers™ and Server Building Block Solutions® delivers not only superior performance, but also power savings, scalability and significantly reduced TCO.”

HP unveils notebook PCs 

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the leading Consumer Notebook vendor in India, unveiled three new inspirational HP Imprint designs. The 'Verve' HP Imprint Finish on the limited edition HP Pavilion dv2600 series Entertainment Notebook PC, and the 'Thrive' HP Imprint on the special edition HP Pavilion dv6800 Entertainment Notebook PC. HP also announced the launch of the HP Pavilion dv2800 Artist Edition Notebook PC with the 'Asian Odyssey' HP Imprint designed by the winner of the HP and MTV Networks "Take Action. Make Art.”

“True to its design and innovation promise, HP was the first notebook manufacturer to offer a signature in-mould HP Imprint design for its consumer notebook PCs. The HP Imprint designs are a reflection of HP's attunement to consumers' personal styles and design preferences. They are also a reflection of how style and personal expression are a part of today's consumers' digital lifestyle,” said Ravi Swaminathan, President, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard India.

He added, “As the market leader in the Indian PC space, we have continuously worked towards positioning our HP Pavilion range to create relevant offerings appealing for the dynamic market. New markets, segments, sub-segments on the basis of preferences are being created every day and style is an intrinsic part of a digital lifestyle which reflects the personal expression of a consumer. This year will witness HP extending this concept to a whole new paradigm.”

Personal healthcare

Bangalore-based Yos Technologies, the upcoming company in the Healthcare IT domain, has announced the general availability of its flagship product YosCare. YosCare is a comprehensive "Personal Healthcare System" which includes Personal Health Records (PHRs), Healthcare tools and applications for Preventive and Continuous Care.

With this, users worldwide can login to the YosCare site (www.yoscare.in) and start using the product to effectively manage their health.

With YosCare, users can store their health records online, access this from anywhere, anytime using PC or mobile and generate various health reports. In addition users will be able to manage their complete health calendar, have access to health information and self-help tools like health calculators, health-risk assessment tools, etc through their personalized Health portal.

Announcing the release, Vijaya Verma, Founder and CEO of Yos Technologies said "Yos Technologies believes strongly in patient empowerment as the first step to improving quality of healthcare, since better informed patients are more likely to actively work with their providers to get better care for themselves and their families, and will no longer just be passive recipients of healthcare.”