Seagate 2014 Annual Report Download - page 8
Download and view the complete annual report
Please find page 8 of the 2014 Seagate annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.TableofContents
Nearlineapplicationsaredefinedasthosewhichrequirehighcapacityandenergyefficientstoragesolutions.Weexpectsuchapplications,whichinclude
storageforcloudcomputing,contentdeliveryandbackupservices,willcontinuetogrowanddrivedemandforsolutionsdesignedwiththeseattributes.Withthe
increasedrequirementsforstoragedrivenbythecreationandconsumptionofmedia-richdigitalcontent,weexpecttheincreasedexabytedemandwillrequire
furtherbuild-outofdatacentersbycloudserviceprovidersandotherenterpriseswhichutilizehighcapacitynearlinedevices.
EnterpriseSASSSDsaredesignedtodeliversuperiorperformance,reliabilityandenterprisefeaturestomeetthedemandsofI/O-intensiveapplications,with
potentialforsubstantialpowersavings.PCIeacceleratorcardsaredesignedtooptimizeenterpriseapplicationswithapersistent,high-performance,high-capacity
memorydesign.Acceleratedflashalsotargetsflashandsoftwaretoaccelerateanyservervirtualizeddeploymentandmovesanybigdatatotherealmofrealtime.
Fromindustrysolutionsperspective,PCIecardsarechangingthestoragearchitectureinmanyindustriesincludingthefinancialsector,government,
telecommunicationsandmediaandentertainment.
ClientCompute.Wedefineclientcomputeapplicationsassolutionsdesignedfordesktopandmobilecomputeapplicationsrangingfromtraditionallaptops,
tablets,convertiblesystems,andgamingconsoles.Webelievethatthedemandresultingfromgrowingeconomiesofcertaincountriesandthecontinued
proliferationofdigitalcontentwillcontinuetomaintaindemandfortheclientcomputemarket.Asthestorageofdigitalcontentinthecloudbecomesmore
prominentandaccessible,someclientcomputeapplicationsrelylessonbuilt-instorage,whichissupplementedbycloudcomputingsolutionsandBrandedexternal
harddrives.
ClientNon-Compute.Wedefineclientnon-computeapplicationsassolutionsdesignedforconsumerelectronicdevicesanddiskdrivesusedforexternal
storageandnetwork-attachedstorage("NAS").DiskdrivesdesignedforconsumerelectronicdevicesareprimarilyusedinapplicationssuchasDVRsand
surveillancesystemsthatrequireahighercapacity,lowcost-per-gigabytestoragesolution.DiskdrivesforexternalstorageandNASdevicesaredesignedfor
purposessuchaspersonaldatabackupandportableexternalstorage,andtoaugmentstoragecapacityintheconsumer'scurrentdesktop,notebook,tabletorDVR
devices.Webelievetheproliferationandpersonalcreationofmedia-richdigitalcontentwillcontinuetocreateincreasingconsumerdemandforhighercapacity
storagesolutions.
CloudSystemsandSolutions.Wedefinecloudsystemsandsolutionsasapplicationsthatprovidecloudbasedsolutionstobusinessesforthepurposeofhigh
performancecomputing,scale-outstoragesolutions,modularsystems,remoteon-linedigitalstoragearchivalofferings,andbackup&recoveryproductsand
services.SystemscancontainHDDsandSSDsandcanofferfilemanagementsystems,software,andevencomputepower.
Participantsintheelectronicdatastorageindustryinclude:
Majorsubcomponentmanufacturers.Companiesthatmanufacturecomponentsorsubcomponentsusedinelectronicdatastoragedevicesorsolutions
includecompaniesthatsupplyspindlemotors,headsandmedia,applicationspecificintegratedcircuits("ASICs")andglasssubstrates.
Hardwarestoragesolutionsmanufacturers.Companiesthattransformcomponentsintostorageproductsincludediskdrivemanufacturersand
semiconductorstoragemanufacturerswhichincludeintegratingflashmemoryintostorageproductssuchasSSDs.
Systemintegrators.Companies,suchasoriginalequipmentmanufacturers("OEM"),thatbundleandpackagestoragesolutionsintoclientcompute,client
non-computeorenterpriseapplicationsaswellasenterprisestoragesolutions.Distributorsthatintegratestoragehardwareandsoftwareintoend-userapplications
arealsoincludedinthiscategory.
5