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Hitachi to Offer Security-Enhanced Notebook PCs

Tue Feb 15, 4:28 AM ET


TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) said on Tuesday it would launch notebook computers with no hard disk drives, offering corporate clients a way to protect key business information from potential leaks.


The new terminal does not store any data, such as client information, in it, and all tasks are carried out by interacting with server computers or PCs at headquarters, protecting vital business information even when the computer is lost or stolen.

Shipments of the new computer, estimated to sell for around 260,000 yen ($2,476) per unit, will start in April, and Hitachi expects 30 billion yen in sales of the terminals and related services in the two years to March 2007.


Hitachi itself plans to introduce 2,000 units by March for in-house use and another 8,000 in the business year starting in April. Shares in Hitachi, Japan's largest electronics conglomerate, closed up 0.45 percent at 668 yen, outperforming the Tokyo stock market's electric machinery index (.IELEC.T), which rose 0.2 percent.