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Thursday, April 5, 2007
MUMBAI: Western Digital (WD) on Wednesday launched the My Book World Edition family of shared storage appliances in India.
These new products allow consumers and home office workers to access their digital content, such as photos, home videos and documents, and share it with family and friends from anywhere in the world as if that content were stored local to the user, WD said in a statement.
The terabyte My Book World Edition II model is equipped with a dual-drive configuration and RAID capability.
WD Anywhere Access is its new software for simplifying access to digital content. Part of Anywhere Access is the unique Data OnHand feature, which makes My Book World Edition active in Windows Explorer and Windows “Save As” and “Open” options whenever the user is connected to the Internet. This streamlines access to the content for users, even if they are thousands of miles away from their My Book World Edition appliance.
It operates independently of any specific PC, so the original host computer does not need to be powered on, the statement said.
Sharad Srivastava, sales director, South Asia and India, said, “The My Book World Edition shared storage appliances eliminate the limits of traditional external hard drives. With this appliance a user can carry one terabyte of data wherever he goes and also have his personal content safe at home.”
The two models of the My Book World Edition family of shared storage appliances are compatible with wired and wireless networks and equipped with a lighted on/off button; easy-to-use backup software; a unique capacity gauge LED that allows users to discern at a glance remaining storage space; and a three-year limited warranty.
They come with EMC Retrospect Express backup software; one Ethernet port; one USB 2.0 port to instantly add more storage; intelligent drive management features and LED activity lights. The My Book World Edition model has a capacity of 500 GB. My Book World Edition II includes all of the features of the My Book World Edition product in a dual-drive system for 1 TB of capacity, a WD statement said.
The My Book World Edition family is available beginning this week through Mediaman Infotech, WD’s distributor in India. My Book World Edition II is priced at Rs 24,950 and My Book World Edition 500 GB at Rs 13,950.
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