Company Hitachi Global Storage Technologies introduced its first model of external hard drives, namely Simple TOUGH and Simple DRIVE Mini. Portable CD Simple TOUGH capacity of 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB interface supports USB 2.0, has a collapsible USB-cable. Rubberized body of this model is water resistance and impact-resistant. Disk Simple DRIVE Mini also supports USB 2.0, has a smooth shell in red (250 GB model), blue (320Gb model) or black (500Gb model).

As a complement to the new drive manufacturer has released Simple NET, a network adapter that allows you to quickly and easily connect USB-drive directly to your home or work network Ethernet, to use it as network storage of data.