Two Swiss Army Knives With Flash Memories

At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, Victorinox Swiss Army (VSA) announced two portable storage additions, the Victorinox SSD and Victorinox Slim 3.0.

The Victorinox SSD and Victorinox Slim 3.0 USBs offer data storage capacity with security measures fit for protecting the confidential of personal and professional documents. Each pocket-sized device packs from 16GB to 1TB of storage capacity, is equipped to withstand a range of environmental and daily use factors.

"The Victorinox Swiss Army brand is synonymous with everyday ‘survival’ tools and we continue to evolve our product offerings in the electronics division to provide solutions for living in a technology-focused world," said Andrea Huder, Head of Electronics for Victorinox. "The addition of the Victorinox SSD and Slim 3.0 to the flash USB line provides consumers with a quick and reliable way to store, transport and protect their personal and professional documents."

The need for large capacity storage devices has skyrocketed as consumers and businesses access, catalog and maintain thousands of data-intensive applications as part of their everyday lives. The Victorinox SSD addresses this opportunity by holding 1TB of storage-the equivalent of 220 million pages of text, almost two years of uninterrupted music or 330,000 3MB photos in a pocket-sized device.

Features and benefits of the Victorinox SSD:

• Smallest high-capacity SSD drive on the market
• Storage capacities: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 1TB
• Only SSD device with only one connector that fits into USB2/3 and eSATA 2/3 connectors
• Only SSD device with a Bi-Stable graphic display (E-Paper software) for labeling contents
• Handles automatic backup and synchronization issues in un-hacked AES 256 security (combination hardware and software)
• Each SSD comes equipped with two knife bodies, between which the drive can be interchanged-one is flight-friendly and the other includes traditional Swiss Army Knife implements (blade, scissors, nail file/screw driver combo)

Faster in read/write speeds, the 3.0 is available in four storage capacities, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB, and four timeless colors-black, Victorinox red, forest green and navy blue. Also available is the classic ruby with Swiss Army Knife implements (blade, scissors, nail file/screw driver combo)

At the show, VSA also unveiled a new limited-edition collection that makes the technology of three existing solutions visible to the eye. Each product will have a transparent knife handle, exposing the internal hardware, and will be complemented by clear cube packaging that gives the appearance of the device floating in suspension. VSA only produced between 1,000 and 4,000 pieces of each limited edition product, which will be available in April 2012.