Trade Federation, Inc. -  Kingston Technology Product Review 2010
The following information only pertains tot he specific products mentioned
 

In 2010, Dell is now making some of their packaging from mechanically pulped bamboo. The bamboo packaging will compost and biodegrade in an active compost pile.  
Learn more about bamboo packaging: Computer Industry Financial News Article June 2010.

BuyAAE, a southern California computer reseller, is continuing to diversify.  BuyAAE added to their initial HP product line offerings.  By August of 2009, BuyAAE  is now offering HP Networking gear, Memory, Controller Cards, Tape Drives, and Hard Drives.
BuyAAE is a Trade Federation sponsor and can be found at www.BuyAAE.com.

The Economic Pulse from The Data Storage sector of The Computer Industry

Recent financial reports are mixed but could be interpreted as positive.

Seagate and Western Digital announced the totals from their 2009 fiscal year (ended July 3, 2009).  Seagate reported a $9.8 billion in revenue that came along with a net loss of $3.1 billion.  Western Digital posted revenue of $7.5 Billion with a net income of $470 million.  To learn more about these numbers and other factors at work by viewing our Seagate / Western Digital article.  Contact us at www.tradefederation.tv to sponsor blogs, videos, and articles.

The Economic Pulse of The Computer Industry

There are recent financial indicators that could be interpreted as positive.

On July 15th, 2009 USAToday and CRN passed on the optimism conveyed by two major manufacturers. Intel reports that Notebook and Netbook sales were strong in the 2nd quarter of 2009. Intel confirmed its continued commitment to portable computing through a major acquisition last month. Intel acquired Wind River Systems, a mobile device software company. Dell reports that PC sales have finally stabilized even though SMB and Enterprise demands are weak. Dell anticipates a PC refresh cycle (hardware upgrades by businesses) to take place within the next year, Windows 7 operating system being the catalyst.

Computer Companies are committing to community web portals.

Hard Drive companies like Seagate, Western Digital, and BuyAAE are using twitter to communicate with the web.

Seagate / twitter: http://media.seagate.com/ and http://twitter.com/seagate
Western Digital / twitter:  http://twitter.com/westerndigital
BuyAAE / twitter: http://buyaae.com/community.aspx and http://twitter.com/BuyAAE

Seagate has been at the front of the data storage industry for many years.

Seagate Milestones - Innovations
November 1992
Seagate introduces the first 7,200 RPM disc drive

November 1992
Seagate first–to–market with shock–sensing technology for 2.5–inch disc drives

October 1996
Seagate introduces the first 10,000 RPM drive – Cheetah family

October 1997
Company introduces world`s first fibre channel interface disc drive

February 2000
Seagate introduces world`s first 15,000 RPM disc drive – Cheetah X15

October 2001
Microsoft Xbox ships with Seagate disc drives

November 2002
Seagate delivers industry`s first Serial ATA disc drive -- the Barracuda ATA V
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/corporate_information/company_milestones/ 

2009 Executive Team - Key Members
Stephen J. Luczo - Chairman, President and CEO
Stephen J. Luczo serves as the Chairman of the Board, CEO and President. Mr. Luczo joined us in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In September 1997, Mr. Luczo was promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor, Seagate Technology, Inc. and, in July 1998, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Luczo resigned as our Chief Executive Officer effective as of July 3, 2004, but retained his position as Chairman of the Board. In January 2009, Mr Luczo was appointed President and CEO. Prior to joining us, Mr. Luczo was Senior Managing Director of the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, from February 1992 to October 1993.

Bob Whitmore - Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Bob Whitmore serves as Executive Vice President and CTO for Seagate. He is responsible for product design and development; head and media component design and manufacturing operations; global hard disk drive manufacturing operations; global materials; and corporate quality. In addition, Whitmore is responsible for Seagate’s solid state drive (SSD) development.

Dave Mosley - Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management
Dave Mosley is responsible for Seagate’s global Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management teams. He leads the cross-functional teams that manage customer relationships and ensures market-leading products for those customers.
Since joining Seagate in 1996 as a manager of manufacturing operations, Mosley has held a variety of posts, including: senior vice president of global manufacturing operations, senior director for R&D engineering; vice president and site management team leader for the company’s Longmont, Colorado, operation, and he’s led Seagate’s emerging products development team.
Prior to joining Seagate, Mosley held technical positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Micropolis and Conner Peripherals.

Terry Cunningham – Senior Vice President, Branded Solutions Division and i365
Terry Cunningham is Senior Vice President of the Branded Solutions Division and i365, the company’s services organization. Branded Solutions brings to market retail storage solutions under the Seagate brand. i365, A Seagate Company, provides business solutions for the protection, retention and discovery of electronic information. Terry previously served as President and COO of Veritas Software, founded two other successful storage management software companies, and founded and led Seagate Software.
 
Seagate recently announced the appointment of Mark Whitby As Vice President, Sales And Marketing (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/corporate_information/executive_team/ 6/22/2009
Seagate-appoints-mark-whitby-vice-president-sales-and-marketing-emea  6/15/2009
Trade Federation Article: Computer Industry News June 2009, published June 2009

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In 2009, Assembly Alliance launched a new division dedicated to Computer peripherals and Computer parts.  The expansion ads to the companies` original electronic component offerings.  Assembly Alliance Electronics has been in business since 2001.  See the new website dedicated to the expansion: www.buyaae.com.