The recent Thailand floods appear to be taking a bigger toll than
expected, with the effects of the shortages to be felt all the way into
2013, according to market research firm IDC. This isn't helped by the
fact that the largest manufacturer of HDDs, Western Digital, was hit the
hardest. As the situation is so volatile, companies such as HP, Dell
& Lenovo are keeping watch on the market daily and are even
sometimes having to accept drives of a lower spec if they are to ship
some systems at all. As expected, the retail purchaser of hard disk
drives comes bottom of the allocation list. IDCs John Rydning said in a
statement: "I think the most painful period will occur now through
February of next year. We expect the situation will improve, but it
won't feel as if things are back to normal until 2013". There's more detail and analysis over at Network World.
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