Kingston Introduces Optional TCG Opal 1.0 Compliant SSD

Customized Feature on KC300 Solid-State Drive Allows Corporations to Manage SSDs

Mumbai, India – December 12, 2013 – Kingston, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a version of its SSDNow KC300 that allows corporations and organizations the ability to manage the drive. The custom Kingston^® KC300 SSD is fully compliant with the Opal specification of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG).

The TCG Opal 1.0 compliant KC300 is ideal for companies implementing centralized management software to manage security policies, password recovery, compliance logging, automatic updates and user creation/deletion. The self-encrypting drive provides organizations with strong, easy-to-use and high performance built-in security. The custom KC300 SSD is designed to work with popular enterprise management applications including WinMagic SecureDoc, Wave Embassy and McAfee Endpoint Encryption for PC (EEPC)*.

“As SSDs become more common in businesses and organizations, many of our enterprise customers are now looking into managing these drives in the workforce”, said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. “We are proud to offer a version of our top-selling KC300 SSD with the ability to be managed by the most popular endpoint software applications to give companies flexibility and peace of mind to keep work data secure.”

The Kingston KC300 with TCG Opal is available in 60GB, 120GB and 240GB capacities. Enterprise customers looking for the custom TCG Opal 1.0 compliant KC300 solid-state drive should contact their local Kingston sales representative for more information. KC300 is backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information, visit www.kingston.com.

* Kingston has internally tested interoperability on the following platforms:

WinMagic:
· Server – SecureDoc Enterprise Server 6.2.0.179
· Client – SecureDoc Control Center 6.2.0.179

Wave Embassy:
· Server – Embassy Remote Administration Server 2.9.5.108
· Client – Embassy Security Center 2.10.2.135

McAfee:
· Server – ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0.1
· Client – Endpoint Encryption for PC 7.0

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China, and sales representatives in the United States, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, Vietnam, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.kingston.com/en.