Flash meets flash in £13bn storage deal as European Commission rules that buyout won’t harm competition

Flash meets flash in £13bn storage deal as European Commission rules that buyout won’t harm competition
Distributed storage, object storage and emerging non-volatile memory are key
Research from Western Digital and Crucial maps the storage trends
Western Digital flags its dedupe improvements as it releases version 10.2 of its backup offerings
Sandisk brings fast flash memory to the world’s thinnest 2.5-in solid state hybrid drive from WD
HDD prices are now too high as SSD costs continue to fall
Former Hitachi Global Storage boss gets the role
Recovers from Thai flooding to beat Seagate
Turns enormous revenues, but not enormous enough
Revenues miss forecasts by $500 million
Despite big barriers
Toshiba gains from HDD shortage, taking a massive bite of the external hard drive market by keeping prices down
With the release of its first SSD, Lite On is anticipating plenty of growth selling to SMBs.