There is also a belief that the businesses may be ripe for a takeover by one of the big NAND companies, but there is no concrete intent as of yet. However, the fact that the brands already collaborations amongst each other doesn’t;t make this news too far fetched.
It will be interesting to see who comes out on top in the enticing encounter. There is definitely no dearth of innovation from either Western Digital or Seagate, and whatever is the outcome, the end users are only going to benefit.