Don’t Keep All Your Data in One Stash - New York Times

Network-attached storage hits the home front -- read the full article for more on Seagate's related off-premises back-up strategy. 

Seagate, the leader of the hard-drive industry, is trying to solve the off-premises backup problem. It is pushing a device from its newly acquired Maxtor unit that allows consumers to back up data at home and off premises. The 500-gigabyte device, called Fusion, allows consumers to link the external drive to the home network so any computer on the network can grab content there.

Source: Don’t Keep All Your Data in One Stash - New York Times