IT Governance in the Cloud Era
Enterprise IT often faces dueling forces. While the cloud and a proliferation of smart devices have opened new opportunities for data access, storage, and insights, they also introduce the potential for security risks and unprecedented data management challenges. Enterprise data is no longer confined within an organization’s network and infrastructure. Data could reside in an […]
November 30, 2022 • 6 min read Data
M.2 SSD: The Form Factor of the Future, Today
Flash memory comes in all shapes and sizes thanks to the power of semiconductors and NAND wafers. This flexibility inspired many form factors, from flash drives to SD cards, to push storage forward. The M.2 SSD (pronounced m-dot-two) became one of the most prolific form factors on the market, thanks to its unparalleled speed and […]
November 15, 2022 • 6 min read Products
A Semi-Charmed Kind of Drive
When Kryz Reid, lead guitarist for rock band Third Eye Blind, goes on tour, he packs a short list of essential items. First, his collection of guitars are carefully stowed in the touring rig. His personal gear bag includes a smorgasbord of consumer electronics products he can’t live without. In that gear bag are cameras, […]
November 8, 2022 • 6 min read Data
A Labor of Logic: Real-time Embedded Systems
From controlling elevators, stoplights, the valves of your washing machine, or even how long your toaster toasts, embedded computing is everywhere. Real-time embedded systems are a subset of embedded computing that must complete critical processes within a rigid deadline. Think of a car’s airbag deployment system. If the microcontroller doesn’t detect a collision or electronically […]
November 3, 2022 • 6 min read Technology
Karin Werder: Opportunity in Change
Karin Werder, VP of product management, tackles HDD technology after years of innovating embedded flash products.
October 25, 2022 • 6 min read People
Reframing the Shot: 8K Films and Data Management
8K films are forcing filmmakers to rethink their approach to digital filmmaking, particularly their data management and workflows.
October 20, 2022 • 5 min read Data
David Hall: Constraints are Opportunities for Innovation
David Hall is a tech innovator and inventor. While his official title is that of a distinguished engineer, his colleagues call him a visionary, an influencer, a tech evangelist, and an instigator. But his journey to tech visionary is far from typical. From Iowa to innovation Hall was born in a small town in Iowa […]
October 12, 2022 • 7 min read People
Building the Future: Manufacturing’s Sustainable Reset
The Fourth Industrial Revolution presents a unique opportunity to reimagine industrial manufacturing as more sustainable and equitable.
October 7, 2022 • 5 min read Technology
The Invention of the SD Card: When Tiny Storage Met Tech Giants
In 2014, at the National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation award ceremony, former President Barack Obama took a SanDisk SD card from his pocket and held it for the audience to see. The 512GB card was a gift from SanDisk’s former CEO, Eli Harari, who was awarded a medal that day. […]
September 29, 2022 • 8 min read Technology
How Hooi Bin Lim Chases What’s Next
As director of packaging engineering within Western Digital’s global operations, Hooi Bin Lim operates on a scale of microns or, as she describes, technologies as thin as sheets of paper. An innovator driven to uncover what’s next, Lim is responsible for development and qualification of System-in-a-Package (SiP). A SiP is a component inside a storage device containing […]
September 21, 2022 • 5 min read People