Why Government Regulators Should Approve HDD Consolidation

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Why Government Regulators Should Approve Hard Disk Drive Company Consolidation
Analyst Tom Coughlin makes a case why upcoming HDD company mergers are important to maintain the health of the HDD companies that remain as well as to continue to deliver the enormous value that HDDs have given their customers. Furthermore, HDDs face intense competition from solid state storage devices and new investments in R&D and capital equipment will be needed to maintain the cost per byte advantage of HDDs and thus ensure their continued unit shipment and storage capacity growth. More stable and even somewhat higher HDD prices, resulting from the Western Digital/Hitachi GST and Seagate/Samsung mergers will assist in this technology transition and enable even greater storage values for customers in years to come.