Built on the popularity of the previous My Book range, the new range is smaller, sleeker and tailored for home and office needs
WD® (NYSE: WDC) has recently announced the launch of its smaller, sleeker My Book™ storage solutions: My Book Home Edition, My Book Office Edition and My Book Essential Edition. Ranging from 1 TB to 320 GB, the new My Book models have been designed with specific users in mind. Home users will appreciate the automatic and continuous backup of their precious memories on the My Book Home Edition, whereas office users will rely on the remote access and sharing capabilities of the My Book Office Edition. My Book Essential Edition meets the needs of users who seek simple, instant storage.
"We have taken the world's number one selling external hard drive family and redesigned it to solve the particular needs of a diverse customer set," said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics groups. "With the latest generation in the My Book family, WD delivers meaningful new features such as continuous backup and remote access while enhancing the qualities of elegance and simplicity that made this family of products so popular."
My Book Office Edition is the perfect solution for protecting business assets with the ability to back up important data to multiple destinations and synchronize working files to keep them current and secure. Users can set it and forget it; every time a file is changed on the My Book Office Edition, it is automatically backed up. Road warriors will benefit from the ability to access the files on the My Book Office Edition from anywhere with the included Mionet services.
The My Book Office Edition is equipped with a host of features such as automatic, continuous backup that works in the background; USB 2.0 interface; MioNet® DriveAccess™ that allows users to access this drive from anywhere and securely share the files on it free for the lifetime of the drive; small business tools to take control of a desktop remotely, share a computer screen for online meetings, and gain access to files on any of your computers; synchronization and encryption of data; 3-year limited warranty; capacity gauge; Kensington® Security Slot; SmartPower features; and Google Desktop Tools. My Book Office Edition is also compatible with both PC and Mac® (Windows® 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS X 11.4.8 or later) computers.
My Book Essential Edition offers an effortless way to add more storage capacity to home or office computers. The drives are equipped with a USB 2.0 interface that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers; SmartPower features that power the drive on and off with the computer; and a 1-year limited warranty.
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About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users' data close-at-hand and secure from loss. WD applies its storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable and shared storage products.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
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