Buffalo LinkStation 420 Network Attached Storage Device Named 2014 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Buffalo Americas, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced that its LinkStation 420 network attached storage (NAS) device was selected as a 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree. The LinkStation 420, part of the LinkStation 400 Series, received high scores in the Home Audio/Video Accessories category for products designed to enable, connect and maintain home audio/video systems and components.

"Buffalo is extremely proud of the work we put into developing our industry-leading LinkStation NAS devices," said Matt Dargis, COO, Buffalo Americas. "We engineered the new LinkStation 400 Series to meet the demands of consumers to store and manage their high value content in a central location, while having the ability to quickly and securely access that content anywhere, anytime. We are continuing to push the envelope in product design and engineering, and we're honored to be recognized by CES industry leaders for this ongoing effort."   

The LinkStation 400 Series of high performance network attached storage devices provides secure central storage and backup, offering an assortment of features and enabling consumers to organize and protect content, stream their favorite media and access files from any computer, smartphone or tablet device. The LinkStation 400 Series is available in a single-drive, two-drive and easily scalable diskless enclosure.

The LinkStation 420 delivers up to 8 TB of ultra-fast shared storage and backup for all PC and Mac computers on a home network. It is equipped with a high performance processor to deliver industry-leading transfer speeds of up to 100 MB/s. In addition, the device is DLNA Certified™ and can be used as an iTunes® server. It also features an integrated BitTorrent® Client for simplified media storage and streaming and P2P sharing. While on the go, Buffalo's free WebAccess service allows users to create a personal cloud for easy remote access over the Internet and on smartphone and tablet devices with free mobile apps. Buffalo has maintained its position as a leader in the NAS market by focusing on the growing demands of consumers utilizing multiple computing devices and expecting uninterrupted access to their content.      

The prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the producer of the International CES, the global gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technology, and have been recognizing achievements in product design and engineering since 1976.

Buffalo's LinkStation 420 will be displayed in The Venetian at the 2014 International CES, which runs January 7-10, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Honorees will also be displayed at CES Unveiled: The Official Media Event of the International CES from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, January 5 in South Seas Ballroom C at Mandalay Bay.

About Buffalo Americas
Buffalo Americas, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, storage, multimedia and memory solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology. For more information about Buffalo Americas and its products, please visit www.BuffaloAmericas.com.

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