ASBIS to distribute Seagate notebook hard drives

The agreement strengthens Asbis’ commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality mobile storage products in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Seagate Momentus is the industry's first notebook hard drive to combine a high-performance 5,400-rpm spindle speed with the low battery-consumption of a traditional 4200-rpm notebook hard drive, so customers no longer have to choose between performance and mobility. Seagate's patented SoftSonic fluid dynamic motor and new QuietStep ramp load technology make Momentus one of the quietest, most rugged notebook hard drives available.

“Seagate’s longstanding and close partnership with Asbis, coupled with Asbis’ strong presence in the emerging markets of Europe, Middle East, and North Africa and their extensive distribution network of 35 offices in 25 countries, gives us great confidence for success in this key segment of the hard drive business,” says Andreas Bergstrom, Accounts Executive, Seagate Pan European Distribution.

Laurent Journoud, marketing director of Asbis, said: “By leveraging Seagate's worldwide market leadership we have confidence in our ability to expand the presence of its best-in-class products in the markets of the EMEA region. Seagate's innovative notebook disc drives add to our existing mobile computer product range - including CPU, motherboard, RAM, notebook and software that we are marketing - which makes us a total mobile solutions computer distributor. With our strengths in the distribution channel, we look forward to the success of this relationship.”

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disc drives for Enterprise, PC and Consumer Electronics applications. The Company is committed to delivering 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.