Atrato, Seagate Team With MusicGiants

LAS VEGAS -- Atrato, Inc. (www.AtratoInc.com), a leading provider of high-volume on-demand storage for the high performance computing, digital entertainment and Web sectors, and Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX), the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, today announced that MusicGiants has integrated Atrato V1000 systems into its content delivery platform. The systems will integrate Seagate Secure hard disk drives with DriveTrust™ full disk encryption (FDE) technology to enable secure digital content distribution to MusicGiants’ high-end customers.

The partnership will support end-to-end content distribution to ensure the highest quality and security available, while eliminating compatibility issues with various operating systems and digital rights management (DRM) software. As a result, consumers will find new levels of ease and enjoyment from their entertainment systems.

“MusicGiants delivers the highest quality films and music directly into high-end customers’ home theater systems,” said Scott Bahneman, CEO of MusicGiants. “We have over 40 manufacturers that are integrating our HD content store in their audio and video equipment, so we have to support several different configurations. This new system from Atrato and Seagate provides us with the extreme availability, bandwidth, reliability and security we need to make sure our customers have a flawless experience today and into the future.”

Atrato Inc.