In fact probably 20-25% of all the exhibits at the 2012 VM World Conference were either storage system companies, storagecomponent suppliers or storage software companies.
Shares of storage and network component maker LSI are trading higher after hours Wednesday on better-than-expected results for the first quarter, and strong Q2 guidance.
Many key electronic component factories and design centers serving the memory and digital storage industry are located near high risk area for earthquakes and other natural disasters.
The AMD SeaMicro Freedom Fabric design separates processors, storage, and data center network access from each other within their 10U chassis, so that each component can be replaced and updated on different schedules.