Apricorn, Inc. was a private company established in 1983 by businessmen Mike Gordon and Paul Brown. The company headquarters is located in Poway, California, United States. The company has branches in the USA and Canada.
Apricorn, Inc. is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturer of computer storage products and accessories. The company is noted as the supplier for products bearing the name Apple. The company's principal product line includes peripheral equipments manufacturing and distribution.
In 1989, the company was the first one to introduce third-party memory modules that can be utilized for laptop computers. Since this development, the company introduced other products that included a series of handheld computing peripheral solutions.
With the use of laptop computers becoming more extensive than desktop computers, the company deemed critical for every user a computer's use of its hard drive. For this purpose, the company developed a software that is known as EZ GIG II(r) that can serve as the platform for all the products offered by Apricorn. The new software is a leading software for backup and recovery of data.
The company also provides the SMART-ER(r) software that provides early warning when there are limitations or constraints in hard drive capacity. It likewise provides alerts in cases where the user's hard drive fails.
One of the latest products offered by Apricorn, Inc. is its 160GB Aegis Mini. Its compact size relative to its memory capacity is what makes this product stand above other storage devices. The portable hard drive also is unique that it does not need individual power supplies and dual USB connections for the product to operate.
Other known and leading competing products for the 160GB Aegis Mini include 160GB Western Digital My Book Essential and Iomega's 160GB Mini Drive.
Another notable product of Apricorn, Inc. is the Aegis Vault. The product is a password secured and hardware storage device specifically designed for mobile users. The product features a huge mounting system and Apricorn's trademark, the integrated USB cable.
Other products offered by Apricorn, Inc. include a wide variety of encrypted and biometric hard drives, DVRX Expander, hard drive replacements, and kits to upgrade systems. It also offers other software and accessories that can be used to compliment their products.
