BANGALORE, INDIA: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) unveiled its first external storage solutions in India.

Hitachi, who acquired Fabrik last year, brings in a range of products such as SimpleTough portable USB drive, a water-resistant and shock-resistant external hard drive, and Hitachi X Series drives; Hitachi XL Desktop Drive and Hitachi X Mobile Drive. 

Robert Chu, vice president, Asia Pacific, Hitachi GST, said: “Quality and reliability are two of the biggest concerns of hard drive users nowadays. Built on the global strength of Hitachi, the Hitachi branded drives deliver simple, yet reliable, storage solutions to help people store and backup whatever digital content they care about, and have it available at the office, at home or on the road."

Hitachi SimpleTough Portable USB 2.0 Drive
The Hitachi SimpleTough drive includes a “never-lose” foldaway USB cable, ergonomic sides for easy carrying, and a cool topside LED for power status.

SimpleTough portable drives integrate Hitachi’s award-winning Travelstar hard drives.

Hitachi Travelstar drives provide solid shock protection at 400G operating and 1,000G non operating shock, and feature the company’s TrueTrack Technology, providing added data protection against rough handling.

Packaged in one streamlined solution, the SimpleTough portable drive by Hitachi is USB-powered for on-the-go convenience. The Hitachi SimpleTough portable drive comes in capacity of 500GB.

Hitachi X Mobile Drive
Powered by USB 2.0 cable, the Hitachi X mobile drive, is available in black, and the Hitachi X Mobile Drive comes in the following models/ capacities: Hitachi X500 Mobile Drive (500GB) and Hitachi X320 Mobile Drive (320GB).

Hitachi XL Desktop Drive
With up to 2TB capacity and plug-and-play award-winning design, the Hitachi XL Desktop Drive gives both Mac and PC users enough capacity to store or back-up 660,000 photos, 500,000 MP3s or 153 hours of digital video4.

Placed vertically or horizontally, the drive fits perfectly into any home or office environment. Available in a smooth black finish, the Hitachi XL Desktop Drive comes in capacities of 2TB and 1TB.

The SimpleTOUGH and Hitachi X Series of external hard drives come preloaded with Hitachi local back-up software.