Skyera bought by WD

[Elixer]

http://www.wdc.com/en/company/pressroom/releases/?release=f4ea4d9d-cda5-4429-a8f5-4a3777e6c0a5

Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) and HGST announced today that HGST has completed an all-cash acquisition of Skyera, a developer of solid-state storage systems for scale-out cloud and enterprise data centers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Skyera will be fully integrated into HGST, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corp. Skyera will augment HGST’s existing solid-state storage capabilities and portfolio, and allow HGST to broaden its scope of innovation to capture new and growing opportunities in data center storage infrastructure. The acquisition brings engineering talent and intellectual property that will further strengthen HGST’s technical expertise and resources.

Hmm, took them long enough, and now, they seem to be playing catch-up, however, they still have a huge problem, they don't make any NAND, and in the SSD game, that is always a big advantage.

 

[Hellhammer]

None of the flash array vendors make NAND (except Fusio-io now that they're owned by SanDisk), so in that space it's not as crucial (although it may become in the future).

 

[Data-Medics]

My guess is that WD/HGST is trying to corner the SSD market early. Which is fine in my book. I'd rather deal with the typical failure issues from one manufacturer, than from a half dozen different vendors. Espceially given the difficulty of SSD recoveries.