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Data is in for the first calendar quarter 2025 HDD industry from the May 2025 Digital Storage Technology Newsletter. Total HDD shipments in C1Q 2025 were down about 9.5% compared with C4Q 2024 (28.7M ...

When on the hunt for a new PC or external hard drive, you’ll likely see two different storage options: Traditional hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD). Deciding on the best one for your ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 01, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In keeping with our legacy of providing superior data storage products, Verbatim Americas remains dedicated to providing our loyal customers with ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verbatim, a global leader in data storage and technology solutions, is set to showcase its new product offerings as part of CES 2025, the world’s premier technology ...

Seeing two verbatim plays – Fatherland and The Ford/Hill Project – in the span of less than a week was a reminder that while those who devise them are limited to words spoken on the record, the stage ...

When it comes to capacity, there's little to fault with the WD My Passport 6TB. However, now that we're used to the speed of SSDs, a standard HDD does seem a bit slow. Additionally, there is a slight ...

Seagate recently announced the results of an experimental test that showed one of its hard drives could run continuously for over 6,000 hours. By leveraging advanced hard-drive recording (HAMR) ...

SSDs have benefited greatly from the development of 3D NAND flash memory technology, which has led to continuous growth in data density and capacity. In comparison, the data storage density of ...

A flexible external HDD for the environmentally Conscious who need a lot of capacity (of to 5TB) and are interested in additional services. As great as SSDs are, there is still a place for hard disk ...

After a couple of decades of talk, Seagate announced earlier this year that it was shipping samples of huge 32TB hard drives using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). The new kind of drive ...