Western Digital in October announced plans to acquire SanDisk for some $19 billion in a deal that — once finalized — will marry leaders in the traditional hard drive and the emerging flash memory markets. Sumit Sadana, SanDisk’s chief strategy officer and general manager of its Enterprise Solutions unit, spoke recently with IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant to share insights on the merger and to explore the evolving role of flash in corporate data centers.

What continues to hold enterprise back with flash? Just the price perception issue?

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