Western Digital has been striving to grow in the hard disk drive (HDD) enterprise market. It gains manufacturing and sales scale — which in a commodity marketplace can only be a benefit. Analyst: “This acquisition should keep WD in the pole position for a very long time” Both Western Digital and Hitachi GST have been profitable, with Western Digital in the black since 2001. The deal will likely face significant hurdles in trying to rationalize a significant overlap in HDD products, analyst says.”]