OREANDA-NEWS. Toshiba's SSD (1 series) and HDD (3 series) products for the enterprise market were honored with the "METI Commerce and Information Policy, Director-General's Awards" of "Green IT Award 2013" by Green IT Promotion Council / the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association.

The expansion of cloud computing is triggering the explosion of information and driving a fast growing need for storage products that offer larger capacities and faster data transfers. The award recognizes both the high transfer speeds and large capacity specifications of Toshiba's enterprise SSDs and HDDs, their design for reduced environmental impacts, along with environmental initiative by employees at Toshiba’s production site in the Philippines.

Toshiba promotes initiatives aimed at realizing a world where people lead affluent lives in harmony with the Earth, based on its environmental vision for 2050, and contributes to society through activities that include providing storage products that meet the most demanding requirements.