, ▁trad ing ▁under ▁the ▁t icker ▁symbol ▁SE G . ▁Upon ▁leaving , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁the ▁ 1 7 th - larg est ▁company ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁trad ing ▁volume ▁on ▁the ▁Nas da q ▁exchange . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Se ag ate ▁merged ▁with ▁Con ner ▁Per i pher als ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁independent ▁hard - drive ▁manufact urer . ▁Following ▁the ▁mer ger , ▁the ▁company ▁began ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁cons olid ating ▁the ▁components ▁and ▁production ▁methods ▁within ▁its ▁production ▁chain ▁of ▁fact ories ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁stream line ▁how ▁products ▁were ▁built ▁between ▁plants . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁Se ag ate ▁Technology ▁acquired ▁F ry e ▁Computer ▁Systems , ▁a ▁software ▁company ▁based ▁in ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts . ▁that ▁developed ▁the ▁L AN ▁monitoring ▁software ▁k it ▁The ▁F ry e ▁Util ities ▁for ▁Network s , ▁which ▁won ▁PC ▁Magazine ' s ▁" Editor ' s ▁Cho ice " ▁award ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Se ag ate ▁introduced ▁the ▁industry ' s ▁first ▁hard ▁disk ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 - R PM ▁sp ind le ▁speed , ▁the ▁C heet ah ▁ 4 LP . ▁The ▁product ▁increased ▁to ▁a ▁speed ▁of ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 - R PM ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁with ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁C heet ah