General Director of Hewlett-Packard Meg Whitman confirmed the existence of problems with hard drives on the market. Commenting on the company's financial results for last quarter, Whitman declared that.
Google. Facebook and Hewlett-Packard asked for help with hard drives, so you buy them on the open market with each passing day it becomes more difficult.
The fact that HP and other server vendors such as Dell or IBM, have direct agreements with manufacturers such as Saegate Technology and Western Digital, and it allows them to drive on a priority basis.
Much worse things are for retail customers, drives that are either already can not buy hard drives from the traditional vendors, or have to do it twice or three times more expensive than usual, said CyberSecurity. ru.
Even sadder is the situation for large Internet companies such as Facebook or Google, who own the servers and the design itself for them to buy components.
The current shortage of hard disk drives due to the mass production of a stop after the strongest over the past half-century floods in Thailand, where there are almost 60% of factories for the production of hard disks.
Previously, Seagate and Western Digital have warned that some of the plants severely damaged by flood, while others stopped because of damage to the supporting infrastructure, including power lines.
Whitman said that her company immediately after the ads manufacturers had to act very quickly. The company was set up operational headquarters, who reviewed the reserves of hard drives in the HP and analyzed its ability to replenish, as the industry's problems may persist for several months until the producers do not set up production and begin an uninterrupted supply.
... According to the forecast Whitman, if the additional complexities in the industry will not occur, the supply problems will persist for about two quarters.
Meg Whitman took his current position two months ago, similar to RIA ' Novosti '. Her predecessor, Leo Apotheker served as head of HP less than 11 months. This period can not be called a success for the company. During the leadership of HP Apotheker share price has fallen by almost two times.
According to analyst firm IDC, HP, despite the current stagnation is a leader in the global PC market. However, since the beginning of the year the company's shares have lost on the New York Stock Exchange over a third of the cost. At the close of trading on Monday, shares of HP were estimated at 26.86 dollars, and market capitalization - to 53.4 billion dollars.
