Hard drives surrender channel crown to SSD
Solid state disks have begun outselling hard disk drives for the first time through western European distribution, according to Context

Solid state disk (SSD) revenues in western European B2B distribution channels have overtaken hard disk drive (HDD) sales for the first time, according to IT market analyst Context. In July 2015 HDD...
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