ACER HONORS SEAGATE WITH EXCELLENT VENDOR AWARD.SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1996--Acer, a leading manufacturer and vendor of personal computers worldwide, has honored Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SEG n. 1. (Bot.) Sedge. 2. The gladen, and other species of Iris. 1. A castrated bull. ) with its prestigious Excellent Vendor Award. The award recognizes Seagate for its exceptional hard disc drive products, quality and service. Seagate is a major supplier of data storage products to Acer Acer trees of the family Aceraceae. Acer rubrum ingestion of wilted or dries leaves of this tree causes acute hemolytic anemia characterized by red urine, jaundice, anemia and methemoglobinemia in horses. , providing its award-winning Barracuda barracuda, slender, elongated fish of tropical seas. Barracudas have long snouts and projecting lower jaws armed with large, sharp-edged teeth. They are ferocious, striking at anything that gleams, and are considered excellent game fishes. , Hawk, Medalist and Marathon disc drive families for Acer notebook and desktop PCs, workstations and servers. The two companies have worked closely together over the last 10 years to develop hard disc drives which meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of Acer PC users. In that time, storage needs have evolved rapidly as productivity application suites, networking environments, multimedia software and the growth of the Internet have increased the need for high-performance, large-capacity disc drives. "We are pleased that one of the world's major vendors has chosen to publicly recognize Seagate's contribution to their successful product lines," said Don Colton, Seagate's senior vice president, Product Line Management. "Acer and Seagate have developed a very close relationship, working together in product development and supporting each other's engineering and marketing efforts." "Acer and Seagate share a common vision to develop reliable, state-of-the-art systems that are in tune with customer requirements," said Austin Chen, Vice President, Corporate Procurement Division. "We are happy to acknowledge Seagate's commitment to providing today's power-users with high-quality data storage products." Acer, the world's seventh largest PC company, is a leading supplier of high-end multiuser Two or more users. PC, multimedia, notebook and peripheral computing products. The company employs more than 15,000 people in 80 offices and 38 countries. Revenue and earnings in 1994 amounted to $3.2 billion and $205 million respectively. Seagate Technology is a data technology company that provides products for storing, managing and accessing digital information on the world's computer and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. systems. Seagate is the largest independent disc drive and components company in the world. Seagate's home page address on the World Wide Web is http://www.seagate.com. CONTACT: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. Sharon Tan, 011-65-2903954 (Tel) 011-65-2995065 (Fax) Woody Monroy, 408/439-2838 |
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