Seagate Technology LLC · Scotts Valley, CA United States ·(NASDAQ (GS): STX)

Seagate Technology knows that if you want to survive in the storage market, you'd better have drive. The company is a leading independent maker of rigid disk drives (or hard drives) used to store data in computers. Its drives are used in systems ranging from personal computers and consumer electronics to high-end servers and mainframes. Seagate sells directly to computer manufacturers and through distributors. About two-thirds of Seagate's sales are to computer hardware manufacturers, which include Hewlett-Packard (16% of sales), Dell (11%), EMC, IBM, and Sun Microsystems; distributors and retailers account for the rest. Seagate gets around three-quarters of its sales outside the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.