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Thomas Coughlin, President

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

WD Acquisition of Hitachi GST Creates Dominant HDD Player

March 7, 2011

WD announced that they reached an agreement to purchase Hitachi GST for $4.3 B. Unit shipments of the combined company could achieve close to 50% of the total market, assuming no share loss. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter assuming regulatory approval with Hitachi retaining a 10% stake in the combined company. Current HGST CEO, Steve Milligan will be president of the new business reporting to John Coyne.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Tablets – Finding a Home; is it a laptop replacement?

March 6, 2011

Tablet Computer Demand Putting a Dent in PC Sales | online.wsj.com

As I have said in past blogs, the netbook’s biggest competition was and is the tablet. The tablet’s rise as a media device should come as no surprise. Back in the late 1990s, the tablet was first portrayed as a type of mini-laptop (i.e., netbook) and then in the early to mid 2000s, the tablet was being portrayed as a platform for wireless TV.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Motorola’s Xoom and Atrix May Be Setting the Stage For Next Gen Devices;Maybe?

February 25, 2011

Will Motorola’s Atrix and Xoom change the mobile landscape? | blog.connectedplanetonline.com

I like Motorola’s Atrix platform because of its simplicity.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Advice to Alibaba Founder, Jack Ma

February 23, 2011

Alibaba Founder Takes on Task of Polishing Company's Reputation in Wake of Fraud Scandal | online.wsj.com

I have no idea what is going on with Alibaba.com. However, having been through so many restructuring and turnaround situations, I will say this: it all boils down to regaining consumer confidence and maintaining credibility.

Thomas Coughlin, President

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Storage tiering for small businesses

February 21, 2011

Drobo has refreshed its new business oriented storage products. The new products include traditional NAS systems but also 2 SAN products using iSCSI. The business products come in 8 drive bay and 12 drive bay configurations. The 12 bay storage system support tiered storage using SSDs and HDDs in the 12 drive bays. New Drobo products reflect increased interest by large storage companies and small storage suppliers in the small business market.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Ericsson and Akamai – Cloud Computing Emerging – Enabling Content

February 17, 2011

Ericsson Forecasts Data Surge | online.wsj.com

The Ericsson-Akamai deal may have some far reaching consequences.

Thomas Coughlin, President

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Tape storage capacities now at 5 TB

February 16, 2011

Record 5 TB for Tape by Oracle/StorageTek and Fujifilm | www.storagenewsletter.com

Oracle announced that the StorageTek T10000C tape drive. StorageTek T10000C will support 5 TB native storage capacity and 240 MB/s throughput. This is a native tape capacity higher than LTO 5 (1.5 TB) and 3.5-inch HDDs (3.0 TB). This product is used in new Oracle tape libraries that will store over an Exabyte (1,000 petabytes) of content.

Thomas Coughlin, President

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Higher Storage Capacity in Small HDDs

February 16, 2011

Toshiba Expands 1.8” HDD Leadership with Smaller, Larger Capacity Drives | www.businesswire.com

Toshiba announced a single disk 1.8-inch HDD with storage capacities up to 220 GB. A two disk version would be 440 GB (larger than current 320 GB 2-disk product). 1.8-in HDDs are used in some automobile, mobile computer and AV player applications. Could a higher capacity iPod classic be coming?

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Sprint – Score Another One for Dan Hesse and the Sprint Team

February 12, 2011

Sprint gains contract subscribers in 4Q | online.wsj.com

Positive news for Sprint and Dan Hesse. Since the day Dan Hesse joined Sprint, I have expressed confidence in his ability to turnaround the company because he has done it before.

James MeyersChief Executive Officer Alpha Media 
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

The Multichannel Cord Cutting Mystery

February 8, 2011

Hulu Reworks Its Script as Digital Change Hits TV - Hulu Online Cable Move? | online.wsj.com

1. To what extent does the "cord-cutting" phenomenon present a credible threat to the pay TV industry; or has the trend been oversimplified, overhyped and overstated.2. The digital terrestrial transition of 2009 drew many former over-the-air only viewers into the pay TV fold as the multichannel players, such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and DISH, offered great incentives.

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