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Western Digital announces – strong performance and ready for Windows 8

July 21, 2011
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  • They shipped 53.8 million units in the June quarter, up 8% sequentially and 8.2% from the year-ago period.
  • Gross margins improved by 130 basis points to 19.5%.
  • Revenues totaled $2.4 billion, net income was $158 million and cash flow from operations improved sequentially from $313 million to $447 million.
    • Here was the interesting quote:
    We believe that 2012 could be a stronger period for the industry and for WD for several reasons: An acceleration of the commercial PC refresh as part of an overall macro reinvestment cycle; the potential for better consumer confidence translating into stronger discretionary spending; the planned launch of redesigned, feature-rich PCs enabled by Windows 8 and our continued favorable standing with customers as one of the preferred suppliers of the world’s most cost-effective storage solutions for the massive amounts of content being generated on the client and in the cloud.
    Interesting – they are betting on a strong Windows 8 powered 2012. Amen to that!]]>

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