Western Digital Resumes HDD Production in Thailand
Western Digital announced updates to its financial outlook for the December quarter and progress to date of its operations recovery effort in Thailand.
Archive of posts filed under the Hard Drives category.
Seagate Updates Financial Outlook
Seagate Technology updated its financial outlook for the December 2011 and March 2012 quarters.
Seagate Unveils Solid State Hybrid Drive
Seagate announced its new second generation Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive for laptop PCs.
Europe OKs Western Digital Takeover of Hitachi GST
The European Commission announced that it has approved Western Digital’s acquisition of Hitachi’s hard disk drive unit.
DSI Developing Tablet-Friendly Hybrid HDD
The A*STAR Data Storage Institute (DSI) announced that it is developing a hybrid hard disk drive, which is thin enough to fit into a tablet.
Thailand Flood Disrupts Hard Drive Supplies
IHS iSuppli suggests the severe flooding in Thailand may lead to a shortage of hard disk drives that may last into the first quarter of 2012.
Optical Disc Drive Shipments Rise in Q2 2011
IHS iSuppli announced that Optical Disc Drive (ODD) shipments rose to 78.3 million units in the second quarter of 2011, up roughly 4.4% over the previous quarter.
Imation Shows Off Latest SMB Storage Wares
Imation Corp. announced that it is showing off its latest portfolio of data protection and archive products at SNW Fall 2011.
WD Launches Latest Portable HDDs
Western Digital announced its new My Passport Studio and My Passport for Mac hard disk drives.
Pent-up Demand for Solid-State Storage
IBM announced the findings of a customer survey that suggests there is pent-up demand for solid-state disk technology as a successor to flash and hard disk drives.
Self-Encrypting HDDs and SSDs to Dominate Market
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) announced a new industry forecast projects that the storage market will soon be dominated by self-encrypting hard disk and solid-state drives.