• Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 28th, 2012
Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 3

Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 3

When generating $3.2 billion cash in just a quarter, you need to spend at least a billion

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 27th, 2012
Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 2

Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 2

The company has increased its net income by 272% compared with the 2011 level

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 26th, 2012
Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 1

Enjoying Market Manipulation – Western Digital Posts Huge Profits Again – Part 1

The company is currently enjoying the global HDD duopoly along with Seagate

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 20th, 2012
Seagate to Pay $1 Billion for OCZ

Seagate to Pay $1 Billion for OCZ

No need to compete when you can simply buy your competitors and stop the R&D

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 13th, 2012
TOSHIBA Won’t Sell 3.5” HDDs This Year

TOSHIBA Won’t Sell 3.5” HDDs This Year

Although it acquired the equipment and IP from WD, the company will start slowly in 2013

Seagate Ships a Record Number of HDDs, Doesn't Make As Much Cash As It Hoped

Seagate Ships a Record Number of HDDs, Doesn't Make As Much Cash As It Hoped

The company doesn't appear to be satisfied with good results anymore

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • June 30th, 2012
TOSHIBA Won’t Build Enterprise Hybrid HDDs

TOSHIBA Won’t Build Enterprise Hybrid HDDs

We have a hard time believing TOSHIBA will make any kind of impact on the 3.5" HDD market

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • June 26th, 2012
Seagate Invests in Israeli SSD Company

Seagate Invests in Israeli SSD Company

SSDs don’t matter to Seagate but it’s putting all those “HDD crisis” money to good use

Seagate Buys 64.5% of LaCie's Shares

Seagate Buys 64.5% of LaCie's Shares

Seagate will move forward and bid for the remaining shares as well

HDD Crisis Generated Massive Revenue

HDD Crisis Generated Massive Revenue

The rise in average selling prices more than made up for the supposed supply shortage

Seagate Launches Backup Plus Storage Devices

Seagate Launches Backup Plus Storage Devices

They have their own software and back up Facebook, Flickr and other social network content

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • June 8th, 2012
HDD Market Oligarchy Continues: Seagate’s Net Income Increases by 1200%

HDD Market Oligarchy Continues: Seagate’s Net Income Increases by 1200%

Where are the authorities and why are they allowing this blunt robbery?

Seagate Becomes HP PIA Founding Member

Seagate Becomes HP PIA Founding Member

Since it knows so much about data growth, HP decided to enlist it

Seagate Makes an Acquisition of Its Own, Buys LaCie

Seagate Makes an Acquisition of Its Own, Buys LaCie

It expands its customer base even though it has repeatedly spoken about HDD shortages

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • May 14th, 2012
HDD Market Status 2012 – Part 2: More Hybrid Drives Coming

HDD Market Status 2012 – Part 2: More Hybrid Drives Coming

Innovative solutions are still far away from our computers

  • Storage
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • May 10th, 2012
HDD Market Status 2012 – Part 1: Capacity Growth Halved

HDD Market Status 2012 – Part 1: Capacity Growth Halved

Annual HDD capacity growth to dramatically decrease

12 Gbps SAS Pulsar.2 SSD from Seagate Almost Here

12 Gbps SAS Pulsar.2 SSD from Seagate Almost Here

This is the sort of product that shows the company isn't exclusively focused on HDDs

 
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