• HGST announces 12Gbps SAS SSDs for use in enterprise data centers

  By Loek Essers | 01 May, 2012 19:53

  Western Digital company HGST on Tuesday announced what it claimed to be the first 12 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) SAS solid state drive for use in enterprise storage servers, delivering twice the throughput compared to current 6Gbps SAS technology.

• Western Digital closes Hitachi GST acquisition, to operate separate subsidiaries

  By John Ribeiro | 09 March, 2012 17:13

  Western Digital completed Thursday the acquisition of the hard drive business of Hitachi, and set up two subsidiaries with separate brands and products, to meet the conditions of antitrust regulators.

• China approves conditionally Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi

  By Michael Kan | 06 March, 2012 20:16

  China has approved with conditions Western Digital's planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), requiring that the Hitachi entity operate independently for at least two years after the acquisition.

• FTC to require Western Digital to sell off assets in acquisition

  By Grant Gross | 06 March, 2012 08:59

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will require Western Digital to sell off assets used to manufacture desktop hard drives to a competitor as a condition of its US$4.5 billion acquisition of rival Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the agency announced.

• Seagate: Shortage of disk drives to continue through 2012

  By John Ribeiro | 01 February, 2012 18:54

  Seagate Technology said Tuesday that supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) this year will continue to fall short of demand, leading large customers to look to long-term agreements to ensure supply after devastating floods in Thailand.

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