Organizations perform exactly the way they are built. Seagate executive management has performed exceptionally poor over the last 3-5 years, amazing that they haven't gone chapter 11 or been acquired prior to this date. How could an industry leader fail so badly at SSD? Seagate should have gone with internal hard drive storage experts instead of bringing in an outside team that failed at a spectacular level, instead of leading the industry now you have to worry about going under, or perhaps it will be your turn to be laid off.
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Well said! Pulled from +1jH2enhl
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When you layoff the A-team, you get what you deserve
Seagate management long thought that SSDs were a “flash in the pan” and jumped into the game too late, relying on 3rd party contract manufacturers to try to catch up. Add to Seagate woes that when they acquired Samsung HDD division the flash chips they were promised never materialized. Bummer.
Any idea what a NAND fab operation costs to keep running and updating? Maybe ask WD...thats SanDisk thing is going real well for them...
No. The production is running as usual
SSD is a completely different animal from HDD. Seagate has a long history of horrible results from acquisitions whose business isn't hard drives. The real problem is that the drive business is now on a downward trajectory. Executive skill isn't about bringing the company back, but keeping things going without crashing the company.