Buffalo Americas, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced its LinkStation 200 Series of easy to use network storage devices. Ideal for home users, the new LinkStation 200 Series provides simple network storage and backup and offers an assortment of features, allowing users to store, organize, access and stream media files from any computer, smartphone or tablet. Users can even set up a free personal cloud for access anytime, anywhere, at home or on the go.

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"As multimedia content continues to grow in volume, consumers have an increased need to store, organize and access their movies, music and photos in one centralized location," said Matt Dargis, COO, Buffalo Americas. "The LinkStation 200 Series addresses this need by allowing both casual users and tech enthusiasts to access their high value content easily, quickly and securely at home or on the go from any smartphone or tablet device."

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Plextor, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance storage solutions, today announced its M6 series lineup of solid-state drives. The product lineup features Plextor’s next-generation 2.5” M6S, and M6M mSATA SSDs, along with the introduction of two PCI-e drives -- the ultra-fast M6e M.2 PCI-e, and the new half height, half length (HHHL) PCI-e card.

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“We are excited to announce the new M6 series, Plextor’s new generation of consumer solid-state storage products. With the addition of the M6e M.2 PCI-e and SATA drives to the M6 family, Plextor now offers one of the broadest and highest-performing portfolios in the consumer space,” said Darlo Perez, managing director of Plextor Americas.

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Buffalo Americas, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced the new MiniStation Air Wireless Portable Hard Drive, providing up to 1 TB of storage for tablets, smartphones, computers and more. Buffalo's new compact portable storage solution includes up to 10 hours of battery life and support for up to eight devices, allowing travelers to easily transport their multimedia library with them while on the go, and stream content wirelessly to any computer, smartphone, tablet, smart TV or supported gaming console.

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The MiniStation Air is easy to use and highly convenient for users on the go. Nearly any wireless device, such as smartphones, tablets, computers, media players and more can connect to it wirelessly for instant access to 1 TB of portable storage, making it perfect for storing and streaming multimedia content such as movies, music and photos. The MiniStation Air supports up to eight wireless connections and features a USB 3.0 port for fast file transfers and access when directly connected to a PC or Mac computer. Additionally, the portable hard drive allows users to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot to share its established network and Internet connection with joined devices.

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Plextor, a leading developer of high-performance digital storage technology, announces the launch of the M6e, the first SSD specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of the gaming community. The M6e PCIe SSD uses a new generation of high-bandwidth components to deliver smooth, uninterrupted gameplay and excels the player to get to the next level. It combines the convenience of driver-free ACHI support with the compatibility of selectable legacy BIOS or fast UEFI boot.

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The Plextor M6e delivers maximum sequential read/write speeds of 770/625 MB/s and random read/write speeds of 105K/100K IOPS. The PCIe Gen2 x2 interface bypasses the SATAIII bottleneck, includes the latest server-grade multicore Marvell 88SS9183 controller with native PCI 2.0 support, and a pre-graded high performance Toshiba Toggle NAND flash.

The M6e's exclusive firmware, developed by Plextor's in-house elite team optimizes the drive for gaming applications and ensures stability. Plextor's legendary True Speed technology is also one of the features which provide a new improved version for long-term performance stability and effective multi-tasking.

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Synology America Corp. is excited to preview the next DiskStation Manager operating system, DSM 5.0, at the 2014 International CES. The preview will give users a first-hand look at DSM's streamlined new interface. It will also provide an opportunity to demo several new and enhanced features, in what is sure to be the most significant update to the DiskStation Manager in years.

QuickConnect is now front-and-center to the installation process, and easier than ever to configure. Create – or import – a QuickConnect ID, and password. As soon as a volume is created, it can be accessed remotely via browser or across all iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps; anywhere a data connection exists. No complicated router configuration is required.

Synology's Cloud Station is real-time, private cloud storage, and cross-device synchronization, without recurring fees. In DSM 4.3 Cloud Station brought the ability to sync specific files, file-types, and folders. DSM 5.0 beta stretches Cloud Station's functionality even further by allowing users to sync between multiple Disk and RackStations. Now it's possible to keep data at work and at home current with one Cloud Station account.

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iosafe_1513_nas.pngioSafe aims to expand its product line to secure and protect up to 90 TB of data per system with the new ioSafe NAS 1513+, a disaster proof network attached storage (NAS) appliance powered by Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM). Aimed at business and pro-sumer markets, the ioSafe 1513+ can store and protect massive data volumes and serve the data privately while bypassing expensive, vulnerable and slow public cloud options - like an aircraft black box for network data.

The ioSafe 1513+ provides hardened data storage through a 5-bay main chassis combined with two optional 5-bay expansion modules for up to 15 drive bays per system. Designed to provide all the benefits of the private cloud with fast local transfer speeds, the new NAS can be configured to have none of the security risks and privacy issues associated the public cloud yet still protect data from natural disasters like fires and floods. Massive video, audio or data libraries can be secured locally and instantly be made available to remote workforce or clients as required. All security systems and access are 100% controlled by the end user without any third party cloud providers.

The high performance ioSafe 1513+ will be equipped with a 2.13GHz Dual Core Intel Atom CPU and 2GB of memory, expandable up to 4GB. The ioSafe 1513+ utilizes ioSafe's patented DataCast, HydroSafe and FloSafe technologies to protect data from loss in fire up to 1550°F and submersion in fresh or salt water up to a 10 foot depth for 3 days.

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Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of NAND  flash storage solutions, today announces it will be presenting its most recent and innovative consumer products January 7-10 at CES 2014 in Las Vegas.

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Super Talent offers high performance SSDs by using high density industrial grade NAND Flash chips.  Super Talent produces SSDs for laptop, desktop, tablet, and commercial use.  Their booth will also feature a wide selection of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 products, many of which have not been displayed elsewhere.

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Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the launch of the DataTraveler Locker+ G3 (DTLPG3) USB 3.0 Flash drive for personal security. The new, next generation DataTraveler Locker+ G3 offers USB 3.0 speeds and a sleek durable metal casing with a built-in key loop leaving photos, personal documents and other files safe and easy to access.

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Kingston’s DataTraveler Locker+ G3 password protects and hardware encrypts data giving consumers the best in personal security with USB 3.0 speed. The DTLPG3 boasts higher speeds than the previous generation DataTraveler Locker+ G2, with read speeds up to 135MB/s and write speeds up to 40MB/s. All the security is built in with no application installation required making this drive very secure and easy to use.

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Mushkin Enhanced MFG, an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, has announced it will introduce Mushkin's new Helix SSD and Hard Disk Drive Toolkit at CES 2014.  The SSD and Hard Disk Drive Toolkit offers a shortcut toward seamless computer upgrading and minimizes risks of lost data and time spent in OS reloading. 

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The SSD and Hard Disk Drive Toolkit package includes disk backup and recovery, disk cloning, and disk tools.  Disk backup and recovery enables Windows backup, disk backup, and partition backup to protect sensitive data while disk cloning grants users Windows migration as well as the ability to clone the user's disk and partition.  Disk tools enable users to create a bootable disk, or the option for a clean disk wipe or disk recovery.

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Mushkin Enhanced Mfg., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, announces the next entry to the Ventura Ultra series -- the world's fastest USB flash drive lineup.  In continuation of the current line of 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB models, Mushkin is unveiling the Ventura Ultra 480GB USB 3.0 SSD at CES 2014.

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The latest Ventura Ultra offering retains the ultra-high performance of the lower capacity models while now offering 480GB of storage.  The LSI SandForce SF-2281 powered USB SSDs provide best in class throughput of 455MB/s reads and 445MB/s writes while providing up to 39K 4K random IOPS.  The Ventura Ultra also is capable of operating in UASP mode, which enables SSD performance in the USB flash drive form factor. With its attractive and light-weight aluminum housing, the Ventura Ultra provides outstanding durability and thermal management.

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