Empa Middle East to distribute LaCie designer Golden Disk

Empa Middle East, a leading IT distributor in the region, will be the authorized Middle East distributor for the designer 500GB external hard drive – Golden Disk – being launched by LaCie, the leading global manufacturer of computer peripherals for PC, Apple and Linux users.

Golden Disk is created by the famed industrial designer Ora-Ïto, and offers a unique jewel style, with the outside finish also containing a small percentage of real gold. This liquid-inspired device is poised to become the focal point for all design-conscience customers looking to add glitz to their work environment.

The Golden Disk can connect to any universal high-speed USB 2.0 interface and its fan-less operation means that the disk is silent during operation. Cross-platform compatibility allows the Golden Disk to be used on either a PC or Mac, and the plug-and-play setup works fluidly with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Mac OSX.

 “The 500GB capacity of the hard disk makes it ideally suited for storing large amounts of music, photos, videos and other data,” said Shahood Khan, Director, Sales and Marketing, Empa Middle East.

The LaCie Golden Disk will be available in the Middle East at leading retail outlets from the end of October 2007.

Empa, that recently opened its new office in South Zone, Jebel Ali Free Zone, has been an Intel distributor since 1985. It is also the authorised distributor of brands such as Asus, Biostar, Fujitsu, Infineon-Aeneon, Kingston, Samsung memory, Liteon, MSI, Philips, Surecom, Lacie and Toshiba. Empa has a market presence in Saudi Arabia, North Africa, CIS, Egypt and Levant, and UAE and the GCC countries.