Shugart Technology is the original name of disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology. Shugart was forced to change its name because of pressure from Xerox, which owned Shugart Associates (Alan Shugart 's previous venture, which had become a large manufacturer of floppy disk drives by the time of Seagate's founding), and had trademarked the word "Shugart". The two companies are not otherwise related.