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CEBIT: Adaptec demos 12Gbps Serial Attached SCSI
The arrival of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) at 12Gbps will be a boon for demanding applications such as databases, according to Adaptec by PMC, which is demonstrating the technology at Cebit.
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Seagate and Virident team up on PCIe SSDs for data centres
Seagate Technology and Virident Systems have announced a strategic partnership to jointly deliver NAND flash-based storage for data centres.
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Seagate to acquire external drive maker LaCie for £119 million
Seagate today announced plans to acquire LaCie, a French maker of external consumer hard drive products, in an all-cash deal worth about £119 million ($186 million).
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Western Digital buys hard drive unit from Hitachi
Western Digital completed Thursday the acquisition of the hard drive business of Hitachi, and set up two subsidiaries with separate brands and products, apparently to meet the conditions of antitrust regulators.
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China permits Western Digital's takeover of Hitachi, with conditions
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.
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Seagates predicts continued HDD shortage due to Thailand floods
Seagate Technology announced yesterday 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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Seagate completes purchase of Samsung HDD business
Seagate Technology has completed the acquisition of Samsung Electonics' hard disk drive (HDD) business, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and from the European Commission.
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Thailand floods may affect global electronics production
Severe floods in Thailand have disrupted production of electronics including hard disk drives and semiconductors, with a number of factories suspending operations.
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Jury orders Seagate to pay $1.9m to former employee
An engineer hired for a job that never materialised was awarded $1.9 million by a Minnesota jury after his employer, Seagate, uprooted him from a job in Dallas and then laid him off nine months later.
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Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware
The Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware, the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT said.
