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Hard Drives - Press Releases
2001 Press Releases
- December 11, 2001
- Fujitsu Achieves Number Two Position In Enterprise Hard Disk Drive Market
San Jose, CA, December 11, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Fujitsu now holds the number two position in the enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) market. According to new data released by Gartner Dataquest, Fujitsu became the world's second largest supplier of enterprise drive technology by shipping 21.3 percent of the total number of enterprise-class HDDs delivered during the third calendar quarter of 2001. Fujitsu increased its shipments of enterprise-class HDDs by more than 27 percent from the second to the third calendar quarter of 2001.
- December 3, 2001
- Fujitsu Computer Products of America Deploys salesforce.com’s Online Customer Relationship Management Application
San Francisco, CA, December 3, 2001 – Salesforce.com, the market leader in online customer relationship management (CRM), today announced that the Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals and a subsidiary of Japan’s Fujitsu Limited (OTC: FJTSY), has deployed salesforce.com’s online CRM solution to enhance collaboration with its U.S. distributors and channel partner customers. Using salesforce.com to improve management of customer relationships at multiple distribution levels and heighten responsiveness to customer needs has helped FCPA significantly increase its enterprise storage market share in 2001.
- November 12, 2001
- Fujitsu Hard Disk Drives Selected By Intel For serial ATA Demonstration At Comdex 2001
San Jose, CA, November 12, 2001 – -
- October 30, 2001
- Fujitsu Introduces 2.5" Mobile Hard Disk Drives with Latest Breakthrough Technology
Tokyo, October 30, 2001 – Fujitsu Limited, a worldwide leader in hard drive technology, today introduced its next-generation of 2.5" mobile hard drives. The new MHR series from Fujitsu incorporates new technologies for both head and media, which have been previously highlighted in Fujitsu's recent magnetic recording technology breakthrough that will enable hard disk drives to eventually achieve recording densities up to 300 Gigabits per square inch
- October 30, 2001
- Marvell and Fujitsu Team Together to Enable the Serial ATA Interface
Sunnyvale and San Jose, CA, October 30, 2001 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, and Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that the two companies have combined efforts to bring Serial ATA products to market. Implementation of the Serial ATA interface is expected to occur across the full spectrum of storage applications, from mission critical enterprise systems to mobile computing devices.
- October 8, 2001
- PC Magazine Selects Fujitsu's Hard Disk Drives For Editor's Choice Award
San Jose, CA, October 8, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America today announced two of its hard disk drive products were awarded PC Magazine's UK Editor's Choice award for both speed and best monetary value in a recent review of 16 hard disk drive products from leading vendors. The winning Fujitsu hard disk drives were the MAN3367MP enterprise SCSI drive and MPG3409AH desktop IDE drive.
- September 17, 2001
- Fujitsu Wins Prestigious VARBusiness Annual Report Card Award
San Jose, CA, September 17, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that VARBusiness magazine has named Fujitsu the number one vendor in the "Products/Pricing" subcategory within the Disk Drive classification during the 16th annual VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC) awards ceremony in Orlando, Florida on August 28. The ARC awards recognize outstanding partner programs in 15 product categories, including desktops, midrange servers, storage management software, Internet application server software and networking hardware.
- September 5, 2001
- Fujitsu's Enterprise Disk Drives Named Best 10K Performance For Servers By StorageReview.com
San Jose, CA, September 5, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that its enterprise 10,000 RPM MAN series disk drives "delivers best 10K performance for servers," according to a recent Safe Buy Award review conducted by StorageReview.com, an online resource for data pertaining to hard disk, CD-RW, and DVD-ROM drives, including specs, tests, and comparison engines. Fujitsu's MAN series, already recognized for delivering the industry's lowest levels of heat and noise, proved to provide the highest level of quality and performance in demanding database and file server environments, effectively servicing high-end workstations, transaction servers, and AV editing.
- September 4, 2001
- Fujitsu Hard Disk Drive Technology Breakthrough Supports Fujitsu's Hard Drive Strategy
San Jose, CA, September 4, 2001 – Fujitsu Ltd., one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced its intention to aggressively leverage a major hard disk drive technology breakthrough from Fujitsu Laboratories, as it implements its recently-announced push for market leadership in the fast-growing enterprise and mobile HDD markets.
- August 1, 2001
- Fujitsu To Seek No. 1 Position In Enterprise And Mobile Hard Drive Market Segments
San Jose, CA, August 1, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced a new strategic focus for its hard disk drive (HDD) products group that includes a concerted push for market leadership in the fast-growing enterprise and mobile HDD markets, and a phased withdrawal from the 3.5" IDE desktop drive arena, including both 5400 and 7200 rpm products.
- July 25, 2001
- Fujitsu And Silicon Image Announce Qualification Of Fujitsu Enterprise Drives Through Silicon Image Interoperability Program
San Jose, CA, July 25, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced the qualification of its MAJ family of enterprise hard drives by Silicon Image’s Storage Division, a leading provider of robust, high-bandwidth semiconductors and subsystems. As part of the Silicon Image Titan? RAID Qualified Components List (QCL) program, the MAJ series from Fujitsu is pre-qualified as industry-available building blocks interoperable with RAID storage solutions.
- May 25, 2001
- Fujitsu Announces New 15,000 RPM Enterprise Hard Drives
San Jose, CA, May 25, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today introduced its new family of enterprise hard drives designed for optimal performance and product quality in enterprise computing environments. Created with the most demanding server and workstation applications in mind, the MAM Series, with a 15,000 RPM spindle speed, provides an industry-leading maximum internal data transfer rate of up to 88.9MB/sec.
- February 21, 2001
- Fujitsu Names Tech Data Fastest Growing Distributor Of Enterprise Hard Drive Products
San Jose, CA, February 21, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq: TECD) has been named FCPA's Fastest Growing Distributor of enterprise hard disk drives (HDD) in 2001. The award recognizes Tech Data's significant increase in shipments of Fujitsu enterprise HDD products by almost 340 percent in calendar year 2001. Tech Data, a leading global provider of IT products, and FCPA have shared a strategic alliance for the distribution of Fujitsu storage products since 1991.
- January 26, 2001
- New Fujitsu Enterprise Hard Drive Family Offers High Performance and Superior Quality
San Jose, CA, January 26, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today introduced its new family of enterprise hard drives designed for optimal performance and product quality in enterprise computing environments. Designed for the most demanding server and workstation applications, the MAN Series, with 10,000 RPM spindle speed, provides an industry-leading maximum internal data transfer rate of speeds up to 84MB/sec. This performance combination, in many applications, outperforms current generation 15,000 RPM drives at a much lower cost and reduced power consumption.
- January 26, 2001
- New Mobile Hard Drives from Fujitsu Incorporate Rampload and Fluid Dynamic Bearing Technology
San Jose, CA, January 26, 2001 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard drives and computer peripherals, today announced the introduction of a new line of 2.5-inch mobile hard drives, the MHN Series, at 15GB per platter in a 9.5mm profile. The new mobile series includes capacities of 10, 15, 20, and 30GB for notebook PCs and emerging market applications and achieves 29.1Gb/in².
