by Mark Geenen | Nov 21, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
The 2016 Presidential Race will not be forgotten soon. The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was hotly contested, and at the end it was Trump who was victorious. As soon as Clinton and Trump were officially confirmed as the democratic and republican...
by Mark Geenen | Sep 9, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
Yesterday marked the beginning of a new (American) football season in the U.S. And although football is not our national pastime (baseball is), football by all rights is the most regularly watched sporting event in the U.S. The Super Bowl 50 broadcast drew 112 million...
by Mark Geenen | Aug 8, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
In a recent blog, my colleague wrote about the current NAND supply tightness and how it may or may not affect SSD supply and price. SSDs are the “hot” topic and are front and center of everyone’s focus – especially since FMS (Flash Memory Summit) starts this week....
by Mark Geenen | Jun 16, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
In the past, good news for HDD companies was usually linked to higher PC sales. However, this time, the good news comes from an unlikely source, the competition. The rapid takedown of SSD prices during the last two years have led to accelerating SSD attach rates in...
by Mark Geenen | Mar 21, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
Just recently, there was a white paper authored by Google staff titled “Disks for Data Centers”. In it, the authors called for a new HDD form factor that meets five key criteria. In summary, the paper questions the current HDD form factor and how changing some key...
