What ActionFront Data Recovery does

Seagate Technology LLC, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Fremont, California, is a global data storage company that designs, manufactures, and sells hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and integrated storage systems for consumer, enterprise, hyperscale, surveillance, NAS, and gaming customers. Its technology platform centers on Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) through the Mozaic 3+ platform, enabling areal densities of 3+ TB per disk, supplemented by MACH.2 multi-actuator technology, ADAPT data protection, Seagate Secure self-encrypting drives, and ImagePerfect surveillance firmware. The product portfolio spans consumer brands (BarraCuda, One Touch, Expansion, Backup Plus), prosumer/NAS (IronWolf), surveillance (SkyHawk), and enterprise (Exos HDDs, Nytro SSDs, Exos X RAID arrays, Exos AP compute-and-storage).

Seagate operates multiple revenue streams: hardware sales across the consumer-to-enterprise portfolio, direct-to-consumer e-commerce via the Seagate Store, subscription-based Lyve Cloud S3-compatible object storage, Lyve Mobile data transfer-as-a-service, enterprise storage systems (Exos X, Exos PROTECT, JBOD), and Seagate Data Recovery Services. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales, a VAR/integrator/reseller partner program, OEM partnerships, regional distributors, and the Seagate Store storefront. The Technology Alliance Program spans more than 20 partners including VMware, Red Hat, IBM, Intel, Weka, Veeam, Commvault, Cohesity, Rubrik, Veritas, MinIO, Genetec, Milestone, Network Optix, QNAP, Zadara, Platina, and Equinix, anchoring Seagate platforms into private cloud, backup, surveillance, and object storage ecosystems.

Seagate trades on NASDAQ as STX, reported FY2024 revenue of $7.653 billion, operates globally across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America with country-specific websites, and holds GDPR and HIPAA compliance certifications. The company has nine identified customer segments, three global manufacturing/R&D hubs (Fremont, Singapore Shugart Design Center, regional offices in Netherlands/Japan/China/France/UK/Spain), and a sub-brand portfolio including Lyve, Exos, Nytro, BarraCuda, SkyHawk, IronWolf, Mozaic, Seagate Secure, LaCie, and CORTX.

Name

ActionFront Data Recovery

Legal name

Seagate Technology LLC

Website

https://actionfront.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Seagate Technology LLC is a global data storage company designing HDDs, SSDs, and enterprise storage systems, with pioneering HAMR technology enabling 3+ TB per disk for consumer, enterprise, and hyperscale customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Recovery Services

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572)

akta.pro primary industry

Endpoint, SaaS & M365/Google Workspace Backup Services (BPAEALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Recovery, Device Unlocking & Software Repair Services (CRACAJAJ)

Keywords

• Data recovery services
• Hard drive recovery
• Storage support services
• Enterprise data restoration
• Warranty recovery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (HDDs and SSDs): Sale of hard disk drives and solid state drives across consumer, gaming, NAS, surveillance, and enterprise categories. Products include BarraCuda, IronWolf, SkyHawk, Exos, and Nytro lines.
2. Direct E-commerce (Seagate Store): Direct-to-consumer online sales through Seagate.com store, offering the full product catalog with free standard shipping on orders over $199.
3. Lyve Cloud Object Storage: S3-compatible object storage designed for multicloud environments, offered as a service with consumption-based pricing.
4. Lyve Mobile Data Transfer Services: Data transfer as a service, including Lyve Mobile Shuttle, Lyve Mobile Array for edge-to-cloud mass storage platform.
5. Enterprise Storage Systems: Sale of enterprise storage systems including RAID arrays (Exos X, Exos PROTECT) and JBOD systems for data center deployments.
6. Data Recovery Services: Warranty and data recovery services for Seagate products, including Seagate Recovery Services.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ActionFront Data Recovery provides professional data recovery services for failed or damaged storage devices, operated as part of Seagate Technology's services portfolio. The service addresses warranty and data recovery needs for Seagate products including the BarraCuda, IronWolf, SkyHawk, Exos, and Nytro drive families, supporting consumer, gaming, NAS, surveillance, and enterprise customers. Operations are anchored by the Seagate (Hangzhou) Data Recovery Services Co., Ltd entity in China.

Product overview

Seagate offers a comprehensive portfolio of data storage products and services spanning consumer, prosumer, and enterprise segments. The core offerings include Lyve edge-to-cloud mass storage platforms (Lyve Cloud object storage, Lyve Mobile data transfer services, CORTX open-source object storage software), enterprise storage systems (Exos RAID arrays, Exos hard drives, Nytro enterprise SSDs), and specialized drives (IronWolf NAS drives, SkyHawk surveillance drives, BarraCuda consumer drives). Innovation is driven by HAMR technology through the Mozaic platform enabling 3+ TB per disk. Security is provided through Seagate Secure self-encrypting drives. Seagate Technology Alliance Program encompasses partnerships with VMWare, Red Hat, Weka, IBM, and other technology providers for integrated storage solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lyve: Edge-to-cloud mass storage platform including Lyve Cloud object storage, Lyve Mobile data transfer services, and Lyve Rack S3 object storage solutions
• Exos
• Nytro
• BarraCuda
• SkyHawk
• IronWolf
• One Touch
• Ultra Touch
• Expansion
• Backup Plus
• Mozaic
• Seagate Secure
• LaCie
• CORTX
• MACH.2 Multi-Actuator

Products and services

• Seagate Data Recovery Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 95% faster storage volume rebuild times compared to traditional solutions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WekacoreTechnology or IntegrationWeka's high-performance parallel front-end file system combined with Seagate's capacity-optimized back-end storage systems delivers high throughput and ultra-low latency for hot data, and scalable cost-effective access to warm and cold-tier exabyte-scale data sets. Recommended platform is EXOS AP 5U84 Compute & Storage for multi-petabyte deployments.
• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationSeagate Exos storage platforms are integrated hardware building blocks for Red Hat Ceph Storage, enabling distributed S3-compatible object storage for Red Hat OpenShift container platform and enterprise private clouds. Companies demonstrated scaling Ceph to 10 billion objects with predictable performance.
• GeneteccoreTechnology or IntegrationGenetec Security Center unified security platform combined with Seagate Exos X enterprise storage delivers centralized storage solution supporting multiple concurrent video streaming with highest data protection for surveillance deployments. Features streaming optimization and ADAPT Data Protection.
• ZadaracoreTechnology or IntegrationLyve Cloud collaboration with Zadara enables scalable compute resources for data workloads. Zadara's zCompute provides enterprise-grade compute for any workload with 100% OpEx pricing, no egress fees, and pay-as-you-go model.
• Network OptixcoreTechnology or IntegrationSeagate solutions are optimized for NxWitness VMS deployment, from small businesses with 500 cameras to large enterprises with up to 1,000 FHD cameras. Provides scalable, secure storage with high data protection and low TCO.
• ArdiscoreTechnology or IntegrationArdis high availability dual file system controller combined with Seagate Exos high performance SAN storage avoids interruptions to mission critical media production workflows supporting iSCSI, Fibre Channel, or both protocols simultaneously.
• PlatinacoreTechnology or IntegrationSeagate and Platina partnership provides low-latency, high-capacity, geo-distributed active archives. Enables easy provisioning and management of Ceph storage clusters for highly available object, block, and file system storage.
• VeeamcoreTechnology or IntegrationVeeam partnership for backup and recovery solutions. Joint webinars on ransomware protection and data protection best practices. Case study with Office Ally showing improved flexibility and lower TCO.
• CommvaultcoreTechnology or IntegrationCommvault partnership for enterprise backup and recovery solutions.
• RubrikcoreTechnology or IntegrationRubrik partnership for data protection and backup solutions.
• CohesitycoreTechnology or IntegrationCohesity partnership for next-generation data management and backup.
• VeritascoreTechnology or IntegrationVeritas partnership for enterprise data protection and backup solutions.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationVMware partnership for virtualization integration and enterprise storage solutions.
• MilestonecoreTechnology or IntegrationMilestone partnership for video management and surveillance storage solutions.
• Red Hat (OpenShift)coreTechnology or IntegrationRed Hat OpenShift partnership for container platform storage integration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SK Hynix: Vertically integrated NAND/SSD and DRAM manufacturer; significant competitor to Seagate's Nytro enterprise SSD and QLC consumer SSD lines. Recently acquired Intel's NAND business (Solidigm).
• Samsung Electronics: Vertically integrated NAND/SSD leader and a meaningful HDD competitor. Samsung's SSD portfolio competes with Seagate's Nytro and BarraCuda QLC lines across consumer and enterprise segments.
• Micron Technology: Major NAND/SSD and DRAM manufacturer competing with Seagate's SSD product lines. Broad memory/storage portfolio serving enterprise, cloud, and consumer markets.
• Dell Technologies: Major OEM partner that resells Seagate drives in PowerVault and PowerScale storage systems, but also a competing storage systems vendor (PowerStore, PowerProtect) at the systems layer.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE): OEM partner that sells Seagate drives in HPE storage products, while also competing at the storage systems layer with Primera, Alletra, and MSA product lines.

Emerging players

• Pure Storage: All-flash enterprise storage array vendor competing with Seagate's hybrid Exos X and SSD-based systems for high-performance enterprise workloads.
• NetApp: Enterprise storage systems vendor integrating Seagate Exos drives into hybrid and all-flash arrays. Adjacent competitor in the storage systems layer where Seagate is also active with Exos X RAID and JBOD.
• Backblaze: S3-compatible cloud storage provider and large-scale HDD operator. Competes with Seagate's Lyve Cloud in the S3-compatible object storage market and is a major bulk buyer of Seagate HDDs.

Direct peers

• Western Digital: Direct competitor in HDDs (the only other scaled HDD manufacturer) and a major NAND/SSD rival. Competes with Seagate Exos, IronWolf, and Nytro lines across enterprise, NAS, and consumer segments.
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage (Kioxia): One of the remaining HDD manufacturers (along with Seagate and Western Digital) and a major NAND/SSD supplier. Competes head-to-head in enterprise and mobile HDD as well as flash storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/seagate
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SeagateTechnology
• Facebookfacebook.com/seagate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2868
• Instagraminstagram.com/seagate

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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