Western Digital makes $4.3bn move on HGST

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Channel sources believe move will allow HDD vendor to take on Seagate in enterprise space

Western Digital is set to become the undisputed silverback of the hard disk drive (HDD) market after agreeing to acquire rival Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) for about $4.3bn. Western...

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