"These new external drives offer outstanding performance and style, " said Reid Sullivan, senior vice president of mobile entertainment marketing, Samsung Electronics America.

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Samsung's new portable external drives offer up to 1 terabyte (TB) capacity in a compact, easy-to-transport format with curved sides for a comfortable grip and sleek, Scandinavia-inspired styling.

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Samsung's new external drives for desktop PCs offer up to 2TB capacity in simple and refined cases, which take their design cues from the portable drive family.

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Someone exploring external data sets to see what they offer can do the same thing.

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At the same time, integrating internal and external channels allows you to think strategically about each offer, message and creative collaboration.

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In addition to Alteryx and ClearStory Data, vendors like SiSense, Pervasive, Platfora, Pentaho, QlikView, and Tableau all offer different approaches to democratizing access to external data and big data.

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But most analysts believe existing Russian pipelines still offer both Kazakstan and Azerbaijan the best routes to external markets.

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Both ranges offer the new Acer Converter Port, which aims to make the act of connecting to an external display, HDD, router, etc. a lesson in simplicity.

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