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Seagate and Western Digital cut back on HDD warranties
The days of thinking that your hard drive will last at least five years is over with Seagate and Western Digitalcutting back on hard drive warranties. -
Thai flood HDD undersupply leads to oversupply
Companies like Seagate and Western Digital had been rushing to fix their operations in Thailand, while other manufacturers ramped up production outside of the region to compensate. IHS says the hurry to get the show back on the road could, ironically, damage the industry further. -
HDD makers plug Thai flood supply gap - a bit
Hard drive giants Seagate and Western Digital are doing their best to see off the supply shortage following the floods in Thailand, but shipments still won't meet demand in Q1 2012. -
Western Digital's head almost above water post Thai floods
Western Digital reckons its revenues will hit $1.8 billion in December, up from between $1.05 billion and $1.25 billion back in October. Seagateindicated that it too had been recovering from the floods. -
IT industry plagued with crocodiles
It was lucky. Canon was devastated as were some other key electronics plants. More than half of global hard drives and houses top hard-drive makers Western Digital, Seagate Technology and Toshiba were damaged. -
Seagate predicts 12 month hard drive famine
Bloomberg says drive prices have already risen by 20 percent and Western Digital and Toshiba are in trouble too. It puts Luczo and his company in a good position because he can place his customers on allocation and put the prices up. -
X79 motherboards badly hit by Thai floods
The floods are severely affecting plenty of companies in the technology markets, with firms like Western Digital finding their factories literally underwater. -
Prices of hard drives continue to soar
Thailand is the world’s centre for hard disk and hard disk component manufacturing, and major firms such as Western Digital have been ravaged by the recent floods. -
Notebook prices rise as Thai floods damage industry
As we reported earlier this month, Western Digital has had to shut down its Thai plants - not as a direct result of the flooding but because component manufacturers have been hit hard by the situation. -
Thai floods continue to wreak havoc
Heavy seasonal rain has lead to flooding in factories, causing companies to rethink their supply or shut down operations altogether. Western Digital, for example, has a couple of factories literally underwater - causing a knock-on effect to other firms which rely on it as a supplier. -
Thailand flooding wreaks havoc on supply chain
Hard disk drive manufacturer and supplier to Pace Western Digital has suspended its production at its manufacturing facilities in Thailand. The British firm had already taken a beating following the the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, when its shares dropped to the tune of 40 percent. -
Thai floods disrupt HDD industry
Major players like Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi GST and Toshiba have factories set up in Thailand. -
Hard drive shipments stagnate in Q3
Distributors earlier this year blamed hot-shots such as Western Digital for dragging their heels on supply, all to keep prices where they want them. A distributor familiar with the situation said at the time, "because of the earthquake, this has all gone wrong and left our customers behind as we can -
Ex-AMD man admits insider trading
He passed tips about AMD's margins and revenue to hedge fund managers in 2009 and also inside information about Western Digital when he worked for them in 2006. -
Apple overeggs the hardware pudding
The only problem with the Time Capsule is that it contains a Western Digital Caviar Green model of hard drive with a 64MB cache. In other words it is similar to the previous Time Capsule releases. -
EU probes high tech take overs
Apparently, the concern is that Seagate Technology's bid for Samsung Electronics' loss-making hard disk drive unit and Western Digital's purchase of Hitachi's storage business will reduce competition. -
Scrimping hard disk manufacturers not helping supply shortage
Our sources in the distribution channels say that industry bigwigs like Western Digital have been scrimping on supply in a bid to cut on overheads and keep prices low. -
Seagate and Samsung HDD deal threatens Western Digital
However, even the combined revenue won't be a match for giant Western Digital, which according to IHS iSuppli retains overall market leadership in HDDs.
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