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China's Disk Dive: Page 2 of 2

The vendor, which threw down $1.9 billion for rival vendor Maxtor in late 2005, is reaping the benefits of an increasingly favorable pricing climate, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Tom Curlin. (See Seagate Closes Maxtor Deal and Seagate Improves Offerings.) "More consolidation in the industry would allow a more predictable pricing climate," he wrote in a note this week, pointing to the ongoing shakeout of disk drive suppliers.

Seagate's CEO Bill Watkins may not be taking a stroll along the Great Wall anytime soon, but something tells me this isn't the last time we're going to hear the words "China" and "acquisition" mentioned in the same sentence as an American storage vendor. (See Redrawing the Storage Map.)

  • Imation Corp.
  • Maxtor Corp. (NYSE: MXO)
  • NEC Corp. (Nasdaq: NIPNY; Tokyo: 6701)
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • Seagate Technology Inc. (NYSE: STX)
  • TDK Corp.