Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Storage facility planned
- Toshiba announces 320GB 2.5-inch HDD drives
- … VARBusiness Annual Report Card Company of the Year Award…

Storage facility planned
Youngstown Vindicator – Aug 22, 2007
The township’s board of zoning appeals granted a variance to allow Joseph Sylvester Construction Co. , West Boulevard, to occupy the South Avenue location for self-storage occupancy. The variance was needed because self-storage isn’t permitted in a commercial district. Darren Crivelli, township zoning inspector, said the company plans facade improvements to the west and north sides of the building to “give a little bit of a retail appearance. ” Sam’s Club vacated the building, south of U. Route 224, about four years ago and constructed a new building on South Avenue, north of Route 224.

Toshiba announces 320GB 2.5-inch HDD drives
CTR – Aug 22, 2007
5-inch HDD drives Tuesday, 21 August 2007 21:45 administrator Aug 22 — Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD), a provider of small form factor hard disk drives (HDDs), has announced its 320GB (gigabytes) 2. 5-inch HDD in a new series of 5,400 RPM (revolutions-per-minute) notebook drives. The company has also expanded into the high-end 7,200 RPM performance class, with a family of products offering up to 200GB capacity, Toshiba said Tuesday. Toshiba’s new 5,400 RPM 2. 5-inch HDDs feature capacity points from 80GB to 320GB, using both 120GB-per-platter in the MK-46GSX line and 160GB-per-platter designs in the MK-52GSX line, Toshiba said. The high-end 7,200 RPM MK-49GSY series features capacity points of 80GB to 200GB, the company said…
The high-end 7,200 RPM MK-49GSY series features capacity points of 80GB to 200GB, the company said. This lineup of storage solutions for information technology (IT) and consumer electronics (CE) OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) is based on an extensible platform that incorporates a shared architectural base and common components, Toshiba said. Using this platform has enabled Toshibaââs development teams in the United States and Japan to bring products to market quicker and provided more manufacturing flexibility to meet changing customer demands, the company said. By utilizing the latest head and media technologies, the extensible platform will provide fast native transfer rates in mobile 2. 5-inch products, which is a factor in overall drive performance, Toshiba said. Toshiba SDDââs global collaboration and new architectural platform has accelerated its ability to deliver 2.

… VARBusiness Annual Report Card Company of the Year Award…
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