LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AES
Convention (booth 1240) – HGST, a Western Digital company
(NASDAQ: WDC), today unveiled a strategic alliance between its
G-Technology brand and Gobbler, a cloud collaboration platform for
creatives. With a common goal of delivering innovative solutions
for creative professionals, G-Technology and Gobbler are
solving some of the most challenging issues with creative workflows
by developing technology that melds highly reliable local storage
with a cutting-edge collaboration platform designed with the
pro-audio workflow in mind.
By having G-Technology drives paired with the Gobbler platform,
audio creatives get the most sophisticated cloud collaboration
tools combined with the speed and flexibility of G-Technology's
reliable, high-performance external storage solutions. Beginning
today, customers who purchase select G-Technology external storage
solutions at participating retailers and distributors, including
Sweetwater, Hal Leonard and Full
Compass, will receive a complimentary one-year Gobbler
subscription.
"I've been using Gobbler on recent projects including U2 and
OneRepublic, and my mind has been blown at the speed and ease of
file transfers. I wouldn't trust any other company to handle my
collaboration," said OneRepublic Frontman and Producer Ryan Tedder.
"The partnership between Gobbler and G-Technology is going to be a
game changer."
"With our deep history in delivering premium storage solutions
for the professional content creation market, we understand digital
workflows, and there's a clear need for simple local storage and
cloud-based solutions to free up the content creator's time," said
Mike Williams, vice president and
general manager, HGST Innovative Solutions Group. "Through our
relationships with music professionals like Steven Slate and Dave
Pensado, it has become apparent that Gobbler is the go-to
cloud solution for creative professionals. Together, we're taking
an evolutionary approach in delivering world-class storage and
online collaboration tools specifically designed to meet the
changing needs of the professional audio market."
"Our mission is to make products that keep creatives focused on
being creative. Our tools foster better communication and dead
simple collaboration. We are going to eliminate the need to ever
look in the finder for your work. With the launch of Gobbler 2.0
that's what we intend to do," said Chris
Kantrowitz, CEO, Gobbler. "With G-Technology, we are
providing artists and media creators with simple, yet powerful
collaboration tools, which eliminate the pain of working in digital
workflows. Working with a storage solutions innovator like
HGST has opened our eyes up to the greatest possibilities
imaginable."
In addition to its strategic alliance with HGST, Gobbler is
backed by venture capital firms ff Venture Capital, Anthem Ventures
and DFJ Frontier, and a formidable group of music-business
investors including Sir Elton John,
John Legend, Jared Leto,
Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke), and
Yoshiki (Lead of X Japan).
To learn more about G-Technology and Gobbler, stop by booth
#1240 at the AES Convention.
Stay connected with G-Technology:
G-Technology's roots
are deeply ingrained in delivering premium storage solutions for
audio/video production, photography and the professional content
creation market. From storing, transferring, editing and
distributing content, G-Technology makes the workflow simpler,
better and faster. G-Technology's high-performance portable and
desktop drives, flexible transfer/edit solutions and fast RAID
systems are all built for professional content creation
environments where performance and reliability are paramount.
Because G-Technology holds itself to the highest standards, its
products can be found in premier production and post-production
facilities worldwide.
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About HGST
HGST is a wholly owned and independently
operated subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC).
HGST sets the pace for storage innovation in this evolving industry
to help the world harness the power of data. HGST builds on its
reputation for producing reliable HDDs and SSDs, and developing
tighter integration with software to optimize storage efficiency
and reliability in businesses around the world. Founded by the
creators of hard drives, HGST serves a broad range of market
segments, including enterprise, cloud, OEM, mobile, consumer
electronics and personal storage. HGST was established in 2003 and
maintains its U.S. headquarters in San
Jose, California. For more information, please visit
www.hgst.com.
About Gobbler
Gobbler is the cloud collaboration
platform for creatives. Gobbler allows creatives to
efficiently collaborate on, manage, and organize their projects so
that they can focus on their creative work. Gobbler works with all
major DAW music software, freeing musicians and producers to focus
on their music, not their files. The Gobbler community includes
over 150,000 users in 120 countries, and includes some of the
biggest names in music, such as Dr. Luke, John Legend, Jared Leto, and Ryan
Tedder.
Founded by people who love music and technology, Gobbler pulls
expertise from companies such as Google, Apple, Adobe, and Avid.
Its world-class technology team has spent the last decade
developing best-selling creative software and super-scaled cloud
architectures.
Gobbler was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.
Gobbler wants to change the world for artists. Join them at
www.gobbler.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
including statements relating to expected demand for certain
categories of HDD products and solutions. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking statements, including the failure to accurately
anticipate customers' changing needs and emerging technological
trends; the possibility that competing technologies may be
developed or brought to market that more successfully meet the
needs of customers or are more widely accepted; changes in markets,
demand or global economic conditions; and other risks and
uncertainties detailed from time-to-time in Western Digital's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, to which
your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak as
of the date hereof, and neither Western Digital nor HGST undertakes
any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
G‐Technology external hard drives serve as an element of an
overall backup strategy. It is recommended that users keep two or
more copies of their most important files backed up or stored on
separate devices or online services.
G‐Technology is a registered trademark of HGST, Inc. and its
affiliates in the United States
and/or other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
For more information contact:
Erin
Hartin
HGST/G-Technology
Cell:
303-601-8035
erin.hartin@hgst.com
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Brian Chui
Grayling/G-Technology
Cell:
510-207-9898
Brian.chui@grayling.com
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