Despite the lack of taste of the prior comment, I think the guy has a point.
This isn't that much of a new.
HOWEVER, its great to see advances from WD in the connectivity area. As one of the founders of storage and transfer methods (Parallel-ATA, and other related protocols) its a huge gap you must fill right now. Sure, the guys at WD make IMO the best hard drives, but what about linking together your storage to make it actually work?
Networking is closely tied to storage.
Glad to hear about this, even if it isnt really news, is relevant for the company.