SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-December 6, 2007-Today, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MetaLINCS, a technology leader in the fast-growing E-Discovery market. MetaLINCS’s innovative, patent-pending software helps companies respond to litigation and regulatory issues that require them to search large volumes of electronic data for relevant information. MetaLINCS will become part of the Seagate Services Group and support its mission to help business customers protect and manage valuable company information. Financial terms were not disclosed.

According to Gartner analysts Debra Logan and John Bace in the report, “The Emerging E-Discovery Market,” published on July 18, 2007, “Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, along with the ever-increasing reliance on electronic documentation in business, will have wide-ranging effects on the IT profession and IT vendors in 2007 and 2008. IT will be called on to account for elements of their infrastructure and the location of live and backup data as never before.”

“Today’s announcement represents another strategic step for the Seagate Services Group and further reinforces our commitment to providing customers with innovative technology-based services and solutions that advance their businesses,” said Mark Grace, senior vice president and general manager, Seagate Services Group. “The addition of MetaLINCS’s solutions will provide our customers with the tools to respond to litigation and compliance requests and help to reduce enterprise E-Discovery costs.”

MetaLINCS’s enterprise-class E-Discovery software automatically analyzes emails, documents and associated metadata, and presents visual analysis of people, conversations, concepts and communication patterns. Founded in 2003, MetaLINCS is a privately held company with more than 50 employees. Ramon Nunez, CEO of MetaLINCS, will join the Seagate Services senior management team and will lead the Seagate Services Group’s E-Discovery business unit.

“We are thrilled to be joining the Seagate Services Group,” said Nunez. “The synergy of our missions and cultures will further strengthen our focus on helping corporations and law firms leverage E-Discovery for strategic decision-making during large-scale litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory response projects.”

MetaLINCS is the most recent acquisition for the Seagate Services Group. In 2007, Seagate purchased EVault, an award winning provider of online backup and archive solutions for small and mid sized enterprises, and in 2005, Seagate purchased Action Front (now Seagate Recovery Services), a leading provider of data recovery and data migration services. These acquisitions provide Seagate with growing opportunities in the data protection and management solutions market and are highly scalable with Seagate’s technology portfolio and market expertise.

With the addition of MetaLINCS’s E-Discovery platform, Seagate Services is able to offer corporations, law firms, and litigation service partners a technology leading analytics engine along with one stop sourcing for archive, recovery and collection, review tools and services inclusive of EVault’s Insight E-Discovery services.

Following the MetaLINCS acquisition, the Seagate Services Group will provide the following primary solutions:

• E-Discovery solutions targeted at addressing a growing market need to retrieve and analyze large volumes of data in support of litigation and compliance requirements

• Complete business continuity, compliance and disaster recovery services with high availability, secure backup and recovery of business-critical data

• A wide range of data recovery, data migration and data accessibility solutions to meet the needs of enterprise, small/medium businesses and consumers

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world’s growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at www.seagate.com.

About Seagate Services Group
The mission of the Seagate Services Group (a division of Seagate Technology) is to protect and manage businesses’ most valuable information, giving customers the ability to access their data when and as needed. The group’s trusted services and solutions are based on the most advanced technologies and are delivered, deployed and managed to suit unique business needs. The group is comprised of EVault, a trusted expert in comprehensive data protection solutions with software and outsourced services for backup, recovery, archiving, business continuity and E-Discovery; Seagate Recovery Services, an industry forerunner and innovator in data recovery, data migration, and data accessibility solutions; and MetaLINCS, a leading provider of enterprise software for intelligent E-Discovery of relevant electronic messages and documents. For more information, please visit http://services.seagate.com.

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TORONTO (BusinessWire EON) July 24, 2007 -- Severe weather storms, inland and coastal floods as well as a spate of wildfires top the FEMA disaster declaration list for July. More than 70 major disasters, emergency and fire management notices were issued so far for the United States in 2007. In light of the significant increase in flooding and wildfire occurrences in 2007, Seagate Recovery Services has placed its Rapid Response Data Recovery Teams on 24 / 7 standby for immediate deployment anywhere in the United States during this hurricane season.

Using Seagate Recovery Services' leading drive independent data recovery technology and state-of-the-art strategically located super labs across the US and Canada to recover mission-critical data is now within the reach of virtually every United States business

“The resilience of today’s storage media and the possibility of recovering data lost due to flooding or wildfire damage is often underestimated by American businesses,” says David Foster, vice president for Lab Operations at Seagate Recovery Services. “Using Seagate Recovery Services’ leading drive independent data recovery technology and state-of-the-art strategically located super labs across the US and Canada to recover mission-critical data is now within the reach of virtually every United States business,” Foster highlights.

Seagate Recovery Services recognizes the need for American businesses to keep operations running regardless of the severity of a natural disaster so that they can remain profitable. As such, Seagate Recovery Services has partnered with EVault, A Seagate Company, to provide businesses with an additional level of data protection using EVault’s software or services to back up their business-critical data to multiple sites.

“Businesses can add an additional level of protection, by ensuring their critical data is stored offsite in one of our state-of-the art datacenters. The data is readily available and can be restored quickly to minimize business disruption,” says Richard Heitmann, vice president of product management at EVault. “It’s an exciting opportunity to partner with Seagate Recovery Services in this initiative of safeguarding American business’ most precious assets – its data!” Heitmann adds.

About Seagate Recovery Services

Seagate Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, is an industry forerunner and innovator in recovering inaccessible or corrupted data from all digital media, including computers, servers and back-ups. Seagate Recovery Services is the world's first ISO 9001:2000 certified recovery services provider serving thousands of consumer and business clients from its facilities around the globe. For more information, please visit http://services.seagate.com/criticalresponse.aspx.

About EVault

EVault, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology is the trusted expert in comprehensive data protection solutions for over 9,000 small to large enterprise customers globally. Since 1997, EVault's software and outsourced services for backup, recovery, archiving, business continuity and e-discovery have allowed customers to conform to industry-specific compliance and security regulations. EVault's DeltaPro™, patented Quick File Scanning, and patent-pending Adaptive Compression technologies make it easy to secure, protect and recover critical data across a broad range of operating systems and applications, delivering the highest performing online backup and recovery solution available. EVault is the only vendor in the industry that allows customers to choose between 1) licensing and managing software in-house, 2) licensing software and outsourcing the data protection management to EVault or 3) subscribing to a Software as a Service offering delivered by EVault. For more information about EVault or to hear what our customers are saying, visit www.evault.com or contact an EVault expert at 877.382.8581.

Tuesday November 20, 8:00 am ET

Staples customers can take their digital media to Staples EasyTech staff at over 1400 stores across the USA

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seagate Recovery Services, a Seagate Technology® (NYSE: STX - News) company, today announced an agreement with Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS - News), the world's largest office products company, to provide data recovery services to Staples’ customers throughout the United States via its in-store EasyTech™ services staff. Through this agreement, Staples’ customers can now take any brand or type of digital media requiring data recovery services to one of more than 1,400 Staples stores across the country. In each store, personnel will determine the specific data recovery needs and provide the appropriate services.

Consumer and business data is increasing at an exponential rate with more digital content being created between the years 2006 to 2008 than ever previously created. Today, the value of data far outweighs the cost of the media and computer systems on which the information is stored. When digital content is lost or inaccessible, customers need reliable, secure and professional recovery services. Staples, working with Seagate Recovery Services through its Security by Staples initiative, now provides a convenient and trusted environment for customers to receive the highest quality data recovery services.

“Staples is constantly striving to provide our customers with a complete offering of convenient, high-value services,” said Rob DiPietro, director of product services at Staples. “Through our work with Seagate Recovery Services, Staples is able to offer our customers comprehensive data recovery solutions and help them protect their valuable digital assets.”

Seagate Recovery Services has nearly 20 years of experience in recovering valuable data from a variety of media, including computer disc drives, RAID arrays, external drives, flash media, tape and optical media including CDs and DVDs. The company leverages the industry leading expertise of Seagate Technology – the leading global provider of disc drives - and is the first data recovery vendor to receive ISO 9001:2000 certification, ensuring the most sophisticated and reliable labs for recovering data.

Data loss can be caused by mechanical failure of a device, contamination, fire or water damage, human error or other factors. In most cases, the data can be recovered by trained technicians by using a combination of software technologies and/or physical reconstruction of the device.

Staples customers who have lost data can take their digital media to Staples EasyTech technicians who are trained to help customers with services such as hardware and software installations, data protection and security, and repair and troubleshooting. The EasyTech technicians will utilize Seagate Recovery Services expertise and resources to provide a free evaluation of the media, determine the cost of recovery and, once approved by the customer, attempt to recover the data. All recovered data will be returned to the customer on an external USB hard drive with a two year limited warranty. The customer can contact their local Staples store at any time to receive status updates on the progress of recovery. If no data is recovered, the customer is not charged for the service.

Staples EasyTech makes it easy for home and small business customers to get the most value out of technology implementations from a trusted source, in a convenient location, and at competitive prices. Staples EasyTech is available in all U.S. Staples stores and the in-store technicians will combine products with services to deliver tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of customers.

“With the growing amount of information and important records kept on personal computers and digital devices, there is a great need for customers to restore and preserve their data in the event of a hard drive crash or data loss,” said Jay Remley, President of Seagate Recovery Services. “By combining the reach, convenience and in-store expertise of Staples EasyTech™ with Seagate Recovery Services’ data recovery experience and knowledge, Staples customers will have access to an extremely valuable, reliable recovery service."

About Staples

Staples, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products company. With 69,000 talented associates, the company is committed to making it easy to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With 2005 sales of $16.1 billion, Staples serves consumers and businesses ranging from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies in 22 countries throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates more than 1,800 office superstores and also serves its customers through mail order catalog, e-commerce and contract businesses. More information is available at www.staples.com. Resources for customers on how to assess their data protection and vulnerabilities can be found at http://www.staples.com/SecuritybyStaples.

About Seagate Recovery Services

Seagate Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, is an industry forerunner and innovator in data recovery, data migration, duplication and eDiscovery solutions that transform inaccessible data into accessible data. The company’s solutions are designed to effectively manage the impact of switching and transferring data to and from any storage platform and format while ensuring business continuity and cost competitiveness. Seagate Recovery Services is the industry’s first ISO 9001:2000 certified recovery services provider, serving thousands of consumer and business clients from its facilities around the globe. The company also provides 24 x 7 onsite critical response support anywhere in the world, in lab services, and software-based recovery products. For more information, please contact a Seagate Recovery Services expert at 800 475-0143 or visit http://services.seagate.com.

 

The announcement is part of Seagate’s ongoing expansion of its global data recovery services operations and represents the company’s commitment to provide optimum service to customers around the world.

 

“Corporations and consumers are increasingly placing a premium on the value of digital content they’ve created for work and play, and they cannot afford the risk of losing digital data that has become such an integral part of them,” said Kevin Lee, Seagate’s executive director of Channel Sales and Marketing in Asia Pacific. “As such, Seagate Recovery Services provide the last line of defense to recover the loss of these invaluable data quickly & accurately.”

 

Seagate’s advanced software solution & in-lab recovery services employing a patented SignalTrace™ technology will enable the company’s service engineers to recover data from all types of storage media – regardless of brands or formats – that have undergone severe physical damage, liquid damage, fire damage, software corruption, system sabotage and accidental file deletion.

 

Seagate’s SignalTrace™ technology is drive-independent and allows for data recovery from media that cannot be addressed by traditional in-lab recovery methods.

 

Seagate Recovery Services is ISO 9001:2000 certified in order to provide clients with the peace of mind they need during a data loss crisis.

    

Corporate customers and consumers who wish to recover inaccessible or corrupted data can send their media to:

 

Seagate Recovery Services
Suite V4, Seabridge House
377 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000.

 Alternatively, Seagate’s case managers will be on hand to assist customers with their data loss enquiries at hotline number: (00 11) 1-905-474-21629.00a.m.to 5.00p.m Mondays through Fridays More information on Seagate’s data recovery services can be found at http://services.seagate.com About Seagate Recovery ServicesSeagate Recovery Services is an industry forerunner and innovator in recovering inaccessible or corrupted data from all digital media, including computers, servers and back-ups. Seagate Data Recovery Services is the world’s only ISO 9001:2000 certified recovery services provider serving thousands of consumer and business clients from its facilities around the globe. For more information, please visit http://services.seagate.com . About Seagate Technology Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate’s business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, and to be the low cost producer in all markets in

Release date: January 3, 2007

Seagate Launches Recovery Services to Channel Partners

New Programs Extended to 14,000 North American Channel Partners to Provide Revenue Sharing Opportunities

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 3 /- Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today announced it has extended its Seagate Recovery Services programs to a network of 14,000 channel partners in North America. The new programs will enable channel partners to share revenue at various tiers when Seagate Recovery Services are used.

Seagate Recovery Services will provide collateral and support as well as offer the flexibility to allow partners to continue to work directly with their own customers or through referral. Three levels of recovery services are available to suit the needs of customers: Critical Response On-Site, In-Lab, and Software Recovery.

"No name is more trusted in storage than Seagate, and now we are proud to offer the added value in data recovery to our channel partners who want to provide a more robust service offering for their own customers," said Paul Steele, vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Seagate Recovery Services. "Seagate Recovery Services has expertise in recovering digital content from all brands and all media, enabling our partners to explore a wider range of revenue-sharing opportunity."

"Our customers use mission-critical storage applications that require the highest levels of uptime and availability," said Randy Kelly president of Technology Services Group in Independence, Kentucky, which serves the IT needs of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. "If our customers need help through any events such as user errors caused by accidentally deleted files, through full-blown natural disasters, it is reassuring knowing that we have Seagate Recovery Services to provide the immediate service our customers will need."

Seagate Recovery Services is one part of the Seagate Services group, a division of the company committed to pursuing underserved markets where it can leverage leading technology and market expertise in the area of storage solutions and services, and provide unique value propositions to address growing customer needs.

Seagate Services now provides the following primary solutions:

o Data recovery through professional in-lab and on-site retrieval of content for corrupted or inaccessible storage devices -- all media formats and all brands. For more details/service offerings: (www.seagatedatarecovery.com) o Online backup, archival, and recovery services for designated user and application data. These services are targeted at the underserved SMB market, and will focus on customers with limited IT infrastructure or appropriate resources. For more details/service offerings: (www.evault.com)

About Seagate Recovery Services

Seagate Recovery Services is an industry forerunner and innovator in recovering inaccessible or corrupted data from all digital media, including computers, servers and back-ups. As the most trusted name in storage, Seagate Data Recovery Services is the last line of defense to complement Seagate's range of storage solutions. Seagate Data Recovery Services is the world's only ISO 9001:2000 certified recovery services provider serving thousands of consumer and business clients from its facilities around the globe. For more information, please visit www.seagatedatarecovery.com .

About Seagate

Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate's business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at www.seagate.com .

Source: Seagate Technology LLC