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Seagate's diversified strategy involves two product lines: one for the high-end, one for the cost-conscious
JUST ABOUT NINE MONTHS AFTER ANNOUNCING its acquisition of Maxtor, Seagate is finally telling the world how the two combined companies plan to dominate the disk drive market.
Before getting into the details, though, it helps to understand where the few vendors that feed that market stand, according to IOC statistics for 2005.
Put together the total number of units shipped by Seagate and Maxtor, and the result is a whopping 160 million disk drives, more than 42 percent of total shipments worldwide. Western Digital is a clear second, with little more than 17 percent of total shipments, followed by Hitachi with a bit more than 15 percent. Following Maxtor (fourth place with almost 14 percent), are Samsung, Toshiba, and Fujitsu with single-digit percentages.