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Intel Unveils Its Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series [Health & Beauty Close - Up]
[July 30, 2014]

Intel Unveils Its Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series [Health & Beauty Close - Up]


(Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Intel reported an addition to the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Professional Family: the Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series.

In its release, the Company said that Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series offers IT departments peace of mind with security features and capabilities designed for businesses ranging from small companies through large IT-managed enterprises. Security and remote manageability features, combined with lower annual failure rates than hard disk drives (HDDs), help to reduce the need for resource- intensive deskside visits.



Managing data security is critical for businesses and a challenge for IT leaders. Data breaches, often a result of lost or stolen PCs, can cost a business nearly $50,000 in lost productivity, replacement, data recovery and legal costs. To help businesses mitigate the threat of such costly breaches, the Intel Pro 2500 Series SSDs are self-encrypting drives (SED) utilizing hardware- based 256-bit encryption to protect data without a loss of performance. Additionally, the new Intel drives feature the Trusted Computing Group's OPAL 2.0 standard and are Microsoft eDrive capable. These policy-based controls help to prevent data breaches and support crypto erase to repurpose the drive for reuse.

"The need to protect assets, keep an eye on the bottom line and ensure employees have the best tools is a challenge for IT departments," said Rob Crooke, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group. "The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series is a well-rounded solution to help balance those often competing needs. Adding the Pro 2500 Series to the Intel SSD Professional Family delivers a powerful storage solution to help businesses of all sizes meet their critical IT needs." "The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series is the second-generation OPAL- based client storage solution that helps IT departments protect their users' data and also provides valuable features to reduce operational costs," said Candace Worley, senior vice president and general manager, Endpoint Security, McAfee*, part of Intel Security. "The Pro 2500 Series is a perfect companion to our data protection solutions, managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator*, all working in concert to provide IT departments with data security, management and control, wherever their endpoints may be." The Intel SSD Professional Family is part of the Intel Stable Image Platform Program, including a 15-month availability of the components and drivers for compatibility and stability across a qualified IT image. This helps minimize IT qualification and deployment times. The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series also features five advance power modes helping to balance performance and power to enable a longer battery life and provide a better mobile experience.


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