over the last 90 days, the storage world has shifted hands. small innovative companies have been acquired by other competitors, reducing consumer choice. for those asleep at the wheel, here is a quick summary of what’s been going on:
2 may 2006
quantum corporation acquires Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC)
ADIC is the basis for apple mac OS X xsan technology using stornext FX. quantum a few years ago aquired the tape business of seagate technology called certance.
8 march 2006
micron technology buys lexar media
micron, a leader in DRAM, want to be a leader in NAND flash memory.
28 february 2006
avid aquired medea corporation, an innovator in PATA/SATA RAID storage.
21 december 2006
seagate technology buys maxtor
consumers have seagate technology, hitachi global storage technologies, and western digital.