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Portable storage solutions for your business

Andreas Mielke
17.3.2023
Translation: Eva Francis
Co-author: Anneke Knobeler

Despite the cloud and central company servers, portable storage media are still essential. They allow you to have your data at hand quickly and securely – no matter where or on which device.

Here’s a short overview of the range of external data carriers available for mobile use in the work environment – including their main differences as well as a selection of the most popular products among our business customers.

External hard drives

Traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) are still the most sought-after solution among external storage media in the business environment. A portable hard drive is an easy way to have large amounts of data available when you’re on the go. They’re also great for exchanging data between devices. Thanks to their large storage capacities, you can also use them to keep a data backup in an off-site location.

For fast data processing performance, at least the USB 3.0 standard should be supported. Many hard drives already feature a USB Type-C port, which is the default on current laptops.

Here are some of the most popular external hard drives with our business customers:

See all external hard drives.

These external SSDs are very popular with business customers:

Here’s our full range of external SSDs.

USB sticks

They fit in your pocket and are compatible with almost every laptop or desktop. On top of this, they’re very robust. Their storage capacity ranges up to 1000 GB and the read and write speeds also reach an ultra-fast 1000 MB/s – thanks to USB3.2.

These USB sticks are popular with our business customers:

See our full range of USB sticks.

Want to know more about USB sticks? Check out this article:

Go to all memory cards.

Encrypted storage media

There are various options that feature integrated hardware encryption and are suitable to store confidential data. Some are equipped with an integrated keypad for PIN entry or a fingerprint reader for biometric identification. This ensures that confidential data such as company balance sheets or patient data are secure.

These products are popular with our business customers:

Accessories

We offer you a wide range of accessories – from solutions to transport your mobile storage media to adapters and card readers.

Go to our full range of storage accessories.

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