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Avere Systems Cracks the Code for Hybrid Cloud Storage
M2 - Thu Jul 10, 7:41AM CDT
Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, announced that it has raised an additional $20 million in venture financing, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $72 million. The Series-D funding round was led by Western Digital Capital, with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate sales, marketing and continued development of the company's hybrid cloud storage solutions.
Avere Systems Cracks the Code for Hybrid Cloud Storage; Raises $20 Million to Accelerate Growth
Marketwire - Thu Jul 10, 6:01AM CDT
Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, announced that it raised an additional $20 million in venture financing, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $72 million. The Series D funding round was led by Western Digital Capital, with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate sales, marketing and continued development of the company's hybrid cloud storage solutions.
Global Smart STB and Dongle Market 2014-2018
M2 - Thu Jul 10, 5:45AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9rf5f7/global_smart_stb) has announced the addition of the "Global Smart STB and Dongle Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. One of the latest trends being witnessed in the market is the integration of smart STBs with smart TVs and media players. Instead of purchasing a separate smart STB or dongle, users can buy a smart TV that is integrated with a smart STB, which allows them to directly connect to the internet, stream media, and access subscribed content. This could be a threat to companies that only produce smart STBs for the retail market. To overcome this threat, companies can tie up with smart TV manufacturers and supply them with smart STBs. According to the report, the growth of the Global Smart STB and Dongle market is driven by several factors, a major one being the development of technologically advanced devices. Vendors in this market are constantly creating innovative and updated devices by reducing the form factor and increasing capability. Further, the report states that one of the key challenges in this market is the high cost of STBs and dongles. The vendors price these devices high as they make heavy investments in the R&D of such products. Key Topics Covered: 01. Executive Summary 02. List of Abbreviations 03. Scope of the Report 04. Market Research Methodology 05. Introduction 06. Market Landscape 07. Geographical Segmentation 08. Key Leading Countries 09. Buying Criteria 10. Market Growth Drivers 11. Drivers and their Impact 12. Market Challenges 13. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 14. Market Trends 15. Trends and their Impact 16. Vendor Landscape 17. Key Vendor Analysis 18. Other Reports in this Series Companies Mentioned: - Apple - Cisco Systems - Google - Pace - Roku - Sony - Western Digital - ARRIS Group - AVerMedia Technologies - Belkin International - Broadcom - Cloud Media - Comcast - D-Link - EchoStar - LG - Netgear - Nuvyyo - Samsung Electronics - Sling Media - TiVo - VIZIO For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9r..._smart_stb
'Fast Money' Recap: Digging Into Oil Prices
at The Street - Thu Jul 10, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel looked at whether WTI will go lower, how that will affect transportation stocks and how successful a Kim Kardashian mobile game app can be.
HGST Ships Highest-Capacity, Highest-Performing 10K RPM Hard Drive for Mission-Critical 24/7 Data Center Applications
Business Wire - Wed Jul 09, 8:00PM CDT
HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ:WDC), today announced that it is now shipping the world's highest capacity and highest performing 10K RPM hard disk drive (HDD) - the Ultrastar(R) C10K1800. Based on HGST's field proven high-quality design, the 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF), enterprise-class Ultrastar(R) C10K1800 combines high capacity with a significant improvement in both random write and sequential performance for mission-critical storage applications requiring 24/7 availability.
Watch for Western Digital to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.43% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 08, 5:44PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.80 to a high of $96.05. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $94.03 on volume of 1.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Western Digital Falls 1.43% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 08, 5:43PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.80 to a high of $96.05. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $94.03 on volume of 1.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Intel Corporation’s PCIe SSDs Is a Big Threat to Storage Products Manufacturers
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 12:00PM CDT
Intel and Samsung were some of the notable hardware companies that unveiled new products during Computex 2014. Intel unveiled its Solid State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe: DC P3500, DC P3600, and DC P3700 that are designed to work with its...
Can SanDisk Continue Its Terrific Run After Second-Quarter Earnings?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 11:30AM CDT
SanDisk has been trading at all-time highs on the back of terrific growth over the last few quarters. The flash memory maker boasts of partnerships with the likes of Western Digital and Apple , while favorable trends in the memory industry are...
Google and Amazon Launch Cloud SSDs: Trouble Ahead for Western Digital and Seagate Technology?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 9:15AM CDT
Google launched SSDs and cross-region load balancing on its Google Cloud Platform in mid-June this year. Google Cloud users with applications that require higher performance will now be able to tap the new SSD persistent disks at a cost of just...
Western Digital Announces Appointment of Paula A. Price to its Board of Directors
PR Newswire - Mon Jul 07, 3:15PM CDT
Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced today the appointment of Paula A. Price to its board of directors. Ms. Price, 52, is currently senior lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit. She was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ahold USA until January 2014.
Monday's Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 07, 12:45PM CDT
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today's headlines feature new and improved price targets for hard-disk drive manufacturers Seagate Technology ...
Seagate Technology's Inititatives Put Pressure on Western Digital
Srdjan Bejakovic, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 04, 10:00AM CDT
Seagate has been operating in the maturing hard drive market for a long time, and, along with its main competitor Western Digital , it will likely collect reliable profits from this business for years to come. But, this doesn't mean that Seagate...
Western Digital Hits a 52-Week High - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 03, 1:00PM CDT
Shares of Western Digital (WDC) hit a new 52-week high of $96.31 on Jun 2, eventually closing at $95.92.
Can Western Digital Corporation Find Growth in New Markets?
Srdjan Bejakovic, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 10:00AM CDT
Following a round of consolidation in 2012, prices in the hard drive market have stabilized, and the two major remaining companies, Western Digital and Seagate , will likely reap continued profits from this mature business for years to come....
How Seagate Technology Is Morphing Into a Company for the Future
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 9:00AM CDT
Seagate Technology is one of the world's leading enterprise storage products manufacturer. The company accounts for 37% of all laptop hard disk drives, or HDDs, sold around the world, and is on target to sell about 70 million desktop HDDs in fiscal...
Global Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Market Forecasts & Opportunities, 2018
M2 - Wed Jul 02, 2:37AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m6227p/global_hard_disk) has announced the addition of the "Global Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. A HDD is a device used to store and retrieve data. A HDD consists of one or more stiff, rapidly rotating disks that are covered with magnetic material; these disks have magnetic heads that can read and write data to and from their surfaces. HDDs are very important devices for the secondary storage of data in computers. They are classified as digital, magnetic, non-volatile, random access, and data storage devices. There are two types of HDDs: internal and external. An internal HDD resides within a computer and stores the user's software and personal files. An external HDD resides outside a computer and is used when the internal HDD memory does not have sufficient storage capacity. This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global HDD market for the period 2014-2018. To calculate the market size, the report considers revenue generated from the sales and unit shipments of HDDs for desktops, laptops, notebooks, ultrabooks, enterprise businesses, and consumer electronics such as gaming devices and music players. This report does not include HDDs for tablets or HDDs used in NAS and SAN, nor does it cover SSDs. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the top three vendors in the market. In addition, the report discusses the major drivers that influence the growth of the Global HDD market. It also outlines the challenges faced by vendors and the market at large, as well as the key trends that are emerging in the market. Key Vendors - Seagate Technology plc - Toshiba Corp. - Western Digital Corp. Other Prominent Vendors - Buffalo Americas Inc. - Dell Inc. - Hewlett Packard Co. - Lenovo Group Ltd. - Transcend Information Inc. Key Topics Covered: - Executive Summary - List of Abbreviations - Scope of the Report - Market Research Methodology - Introduction - Market Landscape - Market Segmentation by End-user - Geographical Segmentation - Key Leading Countries - Buying Criteria - Market Growth Drivers - Drivers and their Impact - Market Challenges - Impact of Drivers and Challenges - Market Trends - Trends and their Impact - Vendor Landscape - Key Vendor Analysis For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m6..._hard_disk
How Southwest Airlines, Baidu, and Western Digital Set New Highs Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 01, 6:10PM CDT
On Tuesday, stock markets went through the roof, with most major-market benchmarks hitting new all-time or multi-year highs on optimism that the second half of the year will enjoy stronger economic growth than the first half did. In the wake of the...
Watch for Western Digital to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 2.34% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 01, 5:01PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.10 to a high of $95.75. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $93.09 on volume of 2.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Avere Systems Cracks the Code for Hybrid Cloud Storage
M2 - Thu Jul 10, 7:41AM CDT
Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, announced that it has raised an additional $20 million in venture financing, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $72 million. The Series-D funding round was led by Western Digital Capital, with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate sales, marketing and continued development of the company's hybrid cloud storage solutions.
Avere Systems Cracks the Code for Hybrid Cloud Storage; Raises $20 Million to Accelerate Growth
Marketwire - Thu Jul 10, 6:01AM CDT
Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, announced that it raised an additional $20 million in venture financing, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $72 million. The Series D funding round was led by Western Digital Capital, with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate sales, marketing and continued development of the company's hybrid cloud storage solutions.
Global Smart STB and Dongle Market 2014-2018
M2 - Thu Jul 10, 5:45AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9rf5f7/global_smart_stb) has announced the addition of the "Global Smart STB and Dongle Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. One of the latest trends being witnessed in the market is the integration of smart STBs with smart TVs and media players. Instead of purchasing a separate smart STB or dongle, users can buy a smart TV that is integrated with a smart STB, which allows them to directly connect to the internet, stream media, and access subscribed content. This could be a threat to companies that only produce smart STBs for the retail market. To overcome this threat, companies can tie up with smart TV manufacturers and supply them with smart STBs. According to the report, the growth of the Global Smart STB and Dongle market is driven by several factors, a major one being the development of technologically advanced devices. Vendors in this market are constantly creating innovative and updated devices by reducing the form factor and increasing capability. Further, the report states that one of the key challenges in this market is the high cost of STBs and dongles. The vendors price these devices high as they make heavy investments in the R&D of such products. Key Topics Covered: 01. Executive Summary 02. List of Abbreviations 03. Scope of the Report 04. Market Research Methodology 05. Introduction 06. Market Landscape 07. Geographical Segmentation 08. Key Leading Countries 09. Buying Criteria 10. Market Growth Drivers 11. Drivers and their Impact 12. Market Challenges 13. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 14. Market Trends 15. Trends and their Impact 16. Vendor Landscape 17. Key Vendor Analysis 18. Other Reports in this Series Companies Mentioned: - Apple - Cisco Systems - Google - Pace - Roku - Sony - Western Digital - ARRIS Group - AVerMedia Technologies - Belkin International - Broadcom - Cloud Media - Comcast - D-Link - EchoStar - LG - Netgear - Nuvyyo - Samsung Electronics - Sling Media - TiVo - VIZIO For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9r..._smart_stb
'Fast Money' Recap: Digging Into Oil Prices
at The Street - Thu Jul 10, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel looked at whether WTI will go lower, how that will affect transportation stocks and how successful a Kim Kardashian mobile game app can be.
HGST Ships Highest-Capacity, Highest-Performing 10K RPM Hard Drive for Mission-Critical 24/7 Data Center Applications
Business Wire - Wed Jul 09, 8:00PM CDT
HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ:WDC), today announced that it is now shipping the world's highest capacity and highest performing 10K RPM hard disk drive (HDD) - the Ultrastar(R) C10K1800. Based on HGST's field proven high-quality design, the 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF), enterprise-class Ultrastar(R) C10K1800 combines high capacity with a significant improvement in both random write and sequential performance for mission-critical storage applications requiring 24/7 availability.
Watch for Western Digital to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.43% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 08, 5:44PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.80 to a high of $96.05. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $94.03 on volume of 1.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Western Digital Falls 1.43% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 08, 5:43PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.80 to a high of $96.05. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $94.03 on volume of 1.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Intel Corporation’s PCIe SSDs Is a Big Threat to Storage Products Manufacturers
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 12:00PM CDT
Intel and Samsung were some of the notable hardware companies that unveiled new products during Computex 2014. Intel unveiled its Solid State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe: DC P3500, DC P3600, and DC P3700 that are designed to work with its...
Can SanDisk Continue Its Terrific Run After Second-Quarter Earnings?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 11:30AM CDT
SanDisk has been trading at all-time highs on the back of terrific growth over the last few quarters. The flash memory maker boasts of partnerships with the likes of Western Digital and Apple , while favorable trends in the memory industry are...
Google and Amazon Launch Cloud SSDs: Trouble Ahead for Western Digital and Seagate Technology?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 9:15AM CDT
Google launched SSDs and cross-region load balancing on its Google Cloud Platform in mid-June this year. Google Cloud users with applications that require higher performance will now be able to tap the new SSD persistent disks at a cost of just...
Western Digital Announces Appointment of Paula A. Price to its Board of Directors
PR Newswire - Mon Jul 07, 3:15PM CDT
Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced today the appointment of Paula A. Price to its board of directors. Ms. Price, 52, is currently senior lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit. She was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ahold USA until January 2014.
Monday's Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 07, 12:45PM CDT
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today's headlines feature new and improved price targets for hard-disk drive manufacturers Seagate Technology ...
Seagate Technology's Inititatives Put Pressure on Western Digital
Srdjan Bejakovic, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 04, 10:00AM CDT
Seagate has been operating in the maturing hard drive market for a long time, and, along with its main competitor Western Digital , it will likely collect reliable profits from this business for years to come. But, this doesn't mean that Seagate...
Western Digital Hits a 52-Week High - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 03, 1:00PM CDT
Shares of Western Digital (WDC) hit a new 52-week high of $96.31 on Jun 2, eventually closing at $95.92.
Can Western Digital Corporation Find Growth in New Markets?
Srdjan Bejakovic, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 10:00AM CDT
Following a round of consolidation in 2012, prices in the hard drive market have stabilized, and the two major remaining companies, Western Digital and Seagate , will likely reap continued profits from this mature business for years to come....
How Seagate Technology Is Morphing Into a Company for the Future
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 9:00AM CDT
Seagate Technology is one of the world's leading enterprise storage products manufacturer. The company accounts for 37% of all laptop hard disk drives, or HDDs, sold around the world, and is on target to sell about 70 million desktop HDDs in fiscal...
Global Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Market Forecasts & Opportunities, 2018
M2 - Wed Jul 02, 2:37AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m6227p/global_hard_disk) has announced the addition of the "Global Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. A HDD is a device used to store and retrieve data. A HDD consists of one or more stiff, rapidly rotating disks that are covered with magnetic material; these disks have magnetic heads that can read and write data to and from their surfaces. HDDs are very important devices for the secondary storage of data in computers. They are classified as digital, magnetic, non-volatile, random access, and data storage devices. There are two types of HDDs: internal and external. An internal HDD resides within a computer and stores the user's software and personal files. An external HDD resides outside a computer and is used when the internal HDD memory does not have sufficient storage capacity. This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global HDD market for the period 2014-2018. To calculate the market size, the report considers revenue generated from the sales and unit shipments of HDDs for desktops, laptops, notebooks, ultrabooks, enterprise businesses, and consumer electronics such as gaming devices and music players. This report does not include HDDs for tablets or HDDs used in NAS and SAN, nor does it cover SSDs. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the top three vendors in the market. In addition, the report discusses the major drivers that influence the growth of the Global HDD market. It also outlines the challenges faced by vendors and the market at large, as well as the key trends that are emerging in the market. Key Vendors - Seagate Technology plc - Toshiba Corp. - Western Digital Corp. Other Prominent Vendors - Buffalo Americas Inc. - Dell Inc. - Hewlett Packard Co. - Lenovo Group Ltd. - Transcend Information Inc. Key Topics Covered: - Executive Summary - List of Abbreviations - Scope of the Report - Market Research Methodology - Introduction - Market Landscape - Market Segmentation by End-user - Geographical Segmentation - Key Leading Countries - Buying Criteria - Market Growth Drivers - Drivers and their Impact - Market Challenges - Impact of Drivers and Challenges - Market Trends - Trends and their Impact - Vendor Landscape - Key Vendor Analysis For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m6..._hard_disk
How Southwest Airlines, Baidu, and Western Digital Set New Highs Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 01, 6:10PM CDT
On Tuesday, stock markets went through the roof, with most major-market benchmarks hitting new all-time or multi-year highs on optimism that the second half of the year will enjoy stronger economic growth than the first half did. In the wake of the...
Watch for Western Digital to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 2.34% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 01, 5:01PM CDT
Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.10 to a high of $95.75. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $93.09 on volume of 2.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
