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Thursday 18 December 2014
Global storage market to reach US$38 billion in 2014, says Western Digital
The global storage market, including HDD and enterprise SSD devices, is expected to grow from around US$36 billion in 2013 to US$38 billion in 2014 and further to US$42 billion in...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
SSD/HDD hybrid business-use notebooks expected to increase in 2015
In view of continual drops in SSD prices, notebook vendors are more willing to adopt SSD/HDD hybrid storage devices for business-use models in 2015, with the proportion of hybrid...
Monday 9 June 2014
White-box server players gaining support from first-tier component suppliers
Upstream component suppliers such as Intel and hard disc drive (HDD) makers, have started providing support to white-box server players such as Taiwan-based ODMs and the strategy...
Thursday 29 May 2014
Computex 2014: Toshiba, Seagate aggressive about enterprise storage solutions
Toshiba and Seagate are set to showcase their latest storage products at the Computex 2014. Toshiba has unveiled its new enterprise hard drive recently. The hard drive is designed...
Friday 28 March 2014
HDD vendors promoting ultra-slim models
HDD vendors have been promoting 5mm ultra-slim HDDs for ultrabooks, 2-in-1 devices and above 10-inch tablets, with Dell, Asustek Computer and Lenovo expected to be initial adopters...
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Western Digital expects growth in surveillance HDD demand
Western Digital expects demand for surveillance hard disc drives (HDD) to grow 10% within the next 3-5 years and the growth will be contributed mainly by the Asia Pacific market,...
Thursday 13 March 2014
Global demand for HDDs used in security surveillance to grow 10% annually in 3-5 years, say Taiwan retailers
Global demand for hard disk drives (HDDs) used in security surveillance solutions is expected to increase by as much as 10% a year in 3-5 years, according to Taiwan retail channels...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
WD tiered portfolio of hard drives helps storage solutions providers address big data
For the purpose of achieving an optimal price/performance ratio, the only viable storage option for corporations performing data and system backup is traditional rotating magnetic...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
HDD makers pushing enterprise products for growth
Hard disk drive (HDD) makers have recently turned to focus on enterprise-level storage products, after seeing their consumer HDD shipments continue to suffer from weak PC demand,...
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Computer storage industry declines in 2013 despite robust growth of SSDs, says IHS
A near-doubling of the market for solid-state drives was unable to help the computer-related storage industry in 2013, which slid 5% in shipments because of continuing contractions...
Monday 25 November 2013
Western Digital pushing new hybrid drive technology to niche markets
Western Digital has developed a new hybrid drive technology, integrating an 120GB solid state drive (SSD) and an 1TB hard disc drive (HDD) into a 2.5-inch hard drive. The company...
Monday 18 November 2013
Worldwide PELS market sees continued shipment growth in 3Q13, says IDC
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew 2.9% on year with 18.6 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2013, according to the IDC. Shipment values...
Friday 25 October 2013
Western Digital expects new acquisition to benefit SSD business
Western Digital has recently completed the acquisition of server flash memory maker Virident Systems, spending US$685 million. The acquisition is expected to help strengthen the hard...
Monday 30 September 2013
Taiwan market: Western Digital opens customer service center
Western Digital has announced the establishment of its first customer service center in Taiwan, aiming to help consumers get their after-sales services as soon as possible.
Tuesday 20 August 2013
Toshiba launches 7,278rpm 2.5-inch HDD series with 7mm height
Toshiba has announced that it will expand its family of small form factor 2.5-inch hard disc drives (HDDs) with a new series that packs up to 500GB of data storage into a unit with...