Hitachi GST Acquires Fabrik, Readies External Storage for Retail
Mon, Feb 23rd, 2009 |
Have you ever known Hitachi to make anything but bare hard drives for the storage market? We sure haven't. But that's all about to change now that the company's Global Storage Technologies division has acquired Fabrik, a popular manufacturer of external, consumer-focused storage products.
The deal's expected to conclude in the second quarter of 2009, and when it does, it will toss Hitachi into a three-way war in the retail channels against drive manufactuers Western Digital and Seagate...
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