HGST, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies hard disk and solid state drives for enterprises, Internet companies, consumers, and creative professionals in the US and internationally. The company offers external and internal hard drives, including mobile drives, desktop drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions; and retail kits, advanced format drives, and self-encrypting drives. It provides products for technology companies to store, preserve, and manage data; and to store content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video, and mobile platforms. The company serves various market segments, including consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers, personal storage, mobile computing, and industrial. It sells its products through retail stores and authorized distributors, as well as through its online store.