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OUR VALUES

Integrity, Innovation, Inclusion

These three simple yet powerful words define our values here at Seagate. They inspire the level of excellence we work toward each and every day for our customers, business partners, shareholders, communities, and for each other. They are the means by which we measure today’s aspirations. They lay the groundwork for tomorrow’s achievements. Together, they make the difference. And together, so do we.

Integrity

We lead by example with an equal commitment to people, our planet, and profitability.

Innovation

We deliver value for our customers through discovery, agility, and solutions.

Inclusion

We advance workplace equity and inclusion to foster a culture of respect, safety, and shared success.

OUR HISTORY: EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

We are thoughtful, trailblazing guardians who are equally committed to people, planet, and profit.

2018 - Jan

HAMR exceeds expectations

HAMR

We begin shipping HAMR units for customer integration tests

2018 - Jan

Data Games at CES 2018

CES 2018

We announce our 1PB high-density enclosure

2016 - Aug

Best of Show at FMS 2016

FMS 2018

Our 60TB SAS SSD wins Best of Show for Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology at Flash Memory Summit

2015 - Oct

Surveillance gets an upgrade

Surveillance

Our 8TB surveillance drive is an industry first

2014 - Jan

10 million strong with SSHD

10M SSHD

We ship our 10 millionth SSHD

2013 - Mar

2 billion hard drives later

2B HDD

We are the first to reach 2 billion hard drives shipped

2013 - Jan

The market meets our SMR drives

SMR Success

We ship our first shingled-magnetic recording drives

2013 - Jan

Best of CES 2013

CES 2013

Our Wireless Plus wins CNET's Best of CES 2013

2012 - Aug

LaCie acquisition

LaCie Acquired

We acquire world-renowned premium brand, LaCie

2012 - Jan

We achieve 1TB per square inch

1TB Per Inch

We are the first to achieve unprecedented areal density with HAMR

2011 - Dec

Samsung hard drive business acquistion

Samsung HDD Acquired

We complete aquisition of Samsung's HDD business

2011 - Sep

We exceed the capacity ceiling

Surpass Others

We are the first manufacturer to break the capacity ceiling with a new 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive

2011 - May

We transcend the areal density barrier

Rise Above

We are the first to feature 1TB capacity per hard drive platter

2010 - Sep

SMBs achieve a competitive edge

SMB Edge

We are the first to unveil 12TB four-bay network storage server for SMBs

2010 - Sep

External gets even bigger

Go Bigger

We are the first to introduce a 1.5TB Portable External Drive

2010 - Jun

External goes big

Go Big

We are the first to launch a 3TB External Desktop Drive

2009 - Dec

Thin is in

Go Thin

We release the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard drive for slim laptop computers

2009 - Dec

Pulsar for the win

Pulsar

We reveal Pulsar, our first solid state drive

2009 - Sep

Record breaking continues

Break Records

We ship the world's fastest desktop hard drive, which is the first to feature Serial ATA 6Gbit/second

2008 - Jul

First in the world, again

First, Once Again

We present the first 1.5TB desktop and 500GB notebook hard drives

2008 - Apr

1 billion hard drives later

1B HDD

We are the first to reach 1 billion hard drives shipped, and expect our next billion within five years

2006 - Nov

Worldwide adoption of our enterprise drives

Worldwide Adoption

Our Savvio drives achieve unprecedented levels of adoption among leading system suppliers and solution builders

2006 - May

Maxtor acquisition

Maxtor Acquired

We acquire the world's third largest HDD manufacturer, Maxtor Corporation

2006 - Jan

Company of the Year

We Rock

We are named Company of the Year by Forbes Magazine

2005 - Dec

10 million 15K-RPM drives

15K-RPM

We ship our 10 millionth 15K-RPM hard drive

2004

Another industry first

First, Again

We announce Savvio, the first 2.5-inch enterprise HDD

2004

Highest capacity PC hard drive

World's Best

We deliver world's highest capacity PC hard drive to retail stores and system builders

2003

All is Momentus

Momentus

We re-enter the laptop market with our 2.5-inch Momentus HDD

2002

Seagate goes public, again

Go Public, Again

In December, we go public as Seagate Technology, LLC under the Nasdaq ticker symbol STX

2001

Xbox console plus Seagate drives

Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft Xbox game consoles begin shipping with our HDDs

2000

First to faster

Fastest, Again

We release the first 15K-RPM HDD, Cheetah X15

1999

250 milliion and climbing

250M HDD

We ship our 250 millionth hard drive

1998

Seagate Research goes live

Go Live

We start Seagate Research, a future technology and prototype center

1997

First Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel

We introduce the first Fibre Channel interface hard drive

1996

First to fast

Fastest

We release the first 10K-RPM HDD, Cheetah 4LP

1995

Crushing the competition

HDD Domination

We acquire Conner Peripherals, thus accounting for 33% of all hard drive units sold

1993

50 million and counting

50M HDD

We become the first company to cumulatively ship 50 million HDDs

1992

BarraCuda is the biggest fish

Big Fish

We introduce the first 7200-RPM HDD, Barracuda HDD, for high-end workstations and minicomputers

1990

First to shock and awe

Shocked

We release the first shock-sensing 2.5-inch drive

1988

5.1 million shipped

5.1M HDD

We ship our 5.1 millionth HDD

1987

Things get real, fast

Profitable

We hit US$1 billion in revenue with a record US$115.3 million in profits

1986

Through the roof

Work Harder

We reach a manufacturing capacity of 200,000 HDDs per month

1984

World's largest producer

Like a Boss

We become the world's largest producer of 5.25-inch HDDs and cross the US$344 million mark

1982

Crossing the sea

Overseas

We open our first overseas location in Singapore and reach sales of US$40 million, capturing half the market for small HDDs

1981

Seagate goes public

Go Public

In October, we go public for the first time as Seagate Technology, Inc under the Nasdaq ticker symbol SGAT

1980

The first of many firsts

First Ever

We release the first ever 5.25-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the ST-506, making it possible to put drives in personal computers at volume

1979

Seagate Technology

We Are Seagate

To avoid a lawsuit from Shugart Associates, Xerox's subsidiary, Shugart Technology becomes Seagate Technology

1978

Shugart Technology forms

The Start

Seagate Technology gets its start as Shugart Technology

2018 - Jan

HAMR exceeds expectations

We begin shipping HAMR units for customer integration tests

2018 - Jan

Data Games at CES 2018

We announce our 1PB high-density enclosure

2016 - Aug

Best of Show at FMS 2016

Our 60TB SAS SSD wins Best of Show for Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology at Flash Memory Summit

2015 - Oct

Surveillance gets an upgrade

Our 8TB surveillance drive is an industry first

Apple gets wearable

2014 - Jan

10 million strong with SSHD

We ship our 10 millionth SSHD

The 4K industry play

2013 - Mar

2 billion hard drives later

We are the first to reach 2 billion hard drives shipped

2013 - Jan

The market meets our SMR drives

We ship our first shingled-magnetic recording drives

2013 - Jan

Best of CES 2013

Our Wireless Plus wins CNET's Best of CES 2013

2012 - Aug

LaCie acquisition

We acquire world-renowned premium brand, LaCie

Beyond your wildest expectations

2012 - Jan

We achieve 1TB per square inch

We are the first to achieve unprecedented areal density with HAMR

2011 - Dec

Samsung hard drive business acquistion

We complete aquisition of Samsung's HDD business

2011 - Sep

We exceed the capacity ceiling

We are the first manufacturer to break the capacity ceiling with a new 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive

2011 - May

We transcend the areal density barrier

We are the first to feature 1TB capacity per hard drive platter

2010 - Sep

SMBs achieve a competitive edge

We are the first to unveil 12TB four-bay network storage server for SMBs

2010 - Sep

External gets even bigger

We are the first to introduce a 1.5TB Portable External Drive

2010 - Jun

External goes big

We are the first to launch a 3TB External Desktop Drive

2009 - Dec

Thin is in

We release the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard drive for slim laptop computers

2009 - Dec

Pulsar for the win

We reveal Pulsar, our first solid state drive

2009 - Sep

Record breaking continues

We ship the world's fastest desktop hard drive, which is the first to feature Serial ATA 6Gbit/second

2008 - Jul

First in the world, again

We present the first 1.5TB desktop and 500GB notebook hard drives

2008 - Apr

1 billion hard drives later

We are the first to reach 1 billion hard drives shipped, and expect our next billion within five years

Netflix introduces streaming of TV shows and movies to computers

2006 - Nov

Worldwide adoption of our enterprise drives

Our Savvio drives achieve unprecedented levels of adoption among leading system suppliers and solution builders

2006 - May

Maxtor acquisition

We acquire the world's third largest HDD manufacturer, Maxtor Corporation

2006 - Jan

Company of the Year

We are named Company of the Year by Forbes Magazine

2005 - Dec

10 million 15K-RPM drives

We ship our 10 millionth 15K-RPM hard drive

2004

Another industry first

We announce Savvio, the first 2.5-inch enterprise HDD

Facebook reaches 1 million active users

2004

Highest capacity PC hard drive

We deliver world's highest capacity PC hard drive to retail stores and system builders

2003

All is Momentus

We re-enter the laptop market with our 2.5-inch Momentus HDD

2002

Seagate goes public, again

In December, we go public as Seagate Technology, LLC under the Nasdaq ticker symbol STX

2001

Xbox console plus Seagate drives

Microsoft Xbox game consoles begin shipping with our HDDs

2000

First to faster

We release the first 15K-RPM HDD, Cheetah X15

1999

250 milliion and climbing

We ship our 250 millionth hard drive

1998

Seagate Research goes live

We start Seagate Research, a future technology and prototype center

1997

First Fibre Channel

We introduce the first Fibre Channel interface hard drive

1996

First to fast

We release the first 10K-RPM HDD, Cheetah 4LP

1995

Crushing the competition

We acquire Conner Peripherals, thus accounting for 33% of all hard drive units sold

Amazon launches as an online bookseller

1993

50 million and counting

We become the first company to cumulatively ship 50 million HDDs

1992

BarraCuda is the biggest fish

We introduce the first 7200-RPM HDD, Barracuda HDD, for high-end workstations and minicomputers

1990

First to shock and awe

We release the first shock-sensing 2.5-inch drive

1988

5.1 million shipped

We ship our 5.1 millionth HDD

1987

Things get real, fast

We hit US$1 billion in revenue with a record US$115.3 million in profits

1986

Through the roof

We reach a manufacturing capacity of 200,000 HDDs per month

1984

World's largest producer

We become the world's largest producer of 5.25-inch HDDs and cross the US$344 million mark

1982

Crossing the sea

We open our first overseas location in Singapore and reach sales of US$40 million, capturing half the market for small HDDs

1981

Seagate goes public

In October, we go public for the first time as Seagate Technology, Inc under the Nasdaq ticker symbol SGAT

1980

The first of many firsts

We release the first ever 5.25-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the ST-506, making it possible to put drives in personal computers at volume

1979

Seagate Technology

To avoid a lawsuit from Shugart Associates, Xerox's subsidiary, Shugart Technology becomes Seagate Technology

1978

Shugart Technology forms

Seagate Technology gets its start as Shugart Technology

OUR PARTNERS: COLLABORATION IS PARAMOUNT

Trustworthy for the Long Haul.

Our long-standing partnerships with Fortune 500 businesses and leading organizations help us deliver data solutions that perform well under pressure.

2019 Customer Testimonials

Hear from CEO’s, engineers, and other business leaders about why they’re turning to Seagate for optimal, reliable outcomes.

What Does Smart Manufacturing Mean For Your Business

Seagate’s Executive Vice President Jeff Nygaard explains what the smart manufacturing revolution might mean for your business.

What is a Robot?

Seagate has put together a crew of over 33,000 robots that precision-manufacture our finely tuned products all over the globe.

OUR LEGACY: EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION

Our people, partners, and customers are advancing the datasphere in brilliant ways.

The Computing of Tomorrow

45% of data created by IoT will be stored, processed, analyzed, and acted upon at or near the edge of the network by 2019.

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Level Up

Your data is full of endless possibilities to maximize human potential.

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Next Generation Performance

Our groundbreaking Multi Actuator technology—MACH.2—doubles IOPS performance in a single hard drive by using two independent actuators to transfer data to the host computer concurrently.

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Data in Motion

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Our Commitment: Sustainable & Responsible Global Operations

ESG

Data creation continues to explode and so does the demand for storing it. As an industry leader with manufacturing sites across the globe, we strive to meet that demand. To succeed, we must find ways to rely less on finite resources such as minerals and water; reduce our carbon emissions; work harder to foster a safe and equal workplace; and now more than ever, uphold the highest standards around customer data security and privacy. These are universal challenges. How we address them—through integrity, innovation, and inclusion—is what sets us apart.

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OUR LEADERS: PAYING CAREFUL ATTENTION

Responsive. Transparent. Accountable.

We honor our people’s craftsmanship, take great pride in successfully collaborating with our partners, and care deeply about our customers and their data. Our solutions help protect memories, business intelligence, communication records, and so much more.

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Dr. Dave Mosley CEO
Director since 2017

Board of Directors

The Seagate Board of Directors encompasses an invaluable diversity of technology and business expertise to guide Seagate on its mission to lead the global storage industry.