Western Digital is excited to announce the new Ultrastar® DC SS530 SAS SSD, our company’s highest-density drive and the fastest dual-port SAS SSD on the market. The Ultrastar DC SS530 doubles the maximum capacity compared to the prior-generation SAS SSD to a whopping 15.36TB1. Its performance sets new industry records among SAS SSDs with up […]
July 25, 2018 • 5 min read Data
There’s no question the automotive industry is changing as we speak. These changes will impact how we’ll travel, how we’ll use our cars, what new services will be offered, and which players will make up the evolving automotive ecosystem. There’s already been disruption in the broader transportation industry. Ride-sharing services have devastated the taxi industry […]
July 16, 2018 • 6 min read Data
A few weeks ago our team traveled to London to join the 600+ exhibitors and over 27,000 security professionals at IFSEC International. In addition to launching the industry’s highest capacity, deep-learning-capable, surveillance-class drive, Western Digital® Purple 12TB drive, I was able to walk the show floor. Here are the top 5 surveillance industry trends and takeaways for […]
July 13, 2018 • 8 min read Data
A New Benchmark With Real Business Impact Using SQL Server 2017 on Linux and the Power of NVMe™. Another TPC-H Benchmark™ with SQL Server 2017 on Linux by Western Digital? Yes! Today we are pleased to announce that Western Digital and Cisco set the first 3,000GB world record using a two-socket server and the first […]
July 12, 2018 • 5 min read Data
The Symbiotics Design™ approach is an integrated approach to our complete technology portfolio, allowing us to create increasingly specialized environments for data to thrive, whether it’s the immediate results from Fast Data or the breakthrough insights and precision from Big Data. Our products and solutions are purpose-built, tuned and optimized for a full range of data-centric applications.
June 28, 2018 • 4 min read Data
How can we help create value from data? Since a large percentage of the world’s data lives on our products, we believe that Western Digital is in a unique position to drive innovation around data. We look forward to sharing the excitement of our activities.
June 27, 2018 • 2 min read People
Christopher Bergey, Senior VP of Devices Products at Western Digital, spoke at Compuforum 2018 on “Edge Computing – The Future of Memory and Cloud” on June 6th in Taipei. This is the fifth year Western Digital has been invited by Trendforce to share thoughts on market trends and outlooks with nearly 300 attendees. This year’s […]
June 21, 2018 • 7 min read Data
Today at IFSEC London, Western Digital expanded its surveillance portfolio with the introduction of the industry’s highest capacity, deep-learning capable surveillance-class drive: Western Digital® WD Purple 12TB with HelioSeal™ technology. This new surveillance-optimized drive provides the capacity and performance to access and transform recorded video data into valuable insights. What’s Driving Data Growth in Surveillance? […]
June 19, 2018 • 4 min read Data
Blockchain is the buzzword of the day thanks to the current frenzy over cryptocurrencies. But it’s much bigger. Blockchain can be – and perhaps will be – used for recording every type of smart asset transaction, across many industries. I sat down with Steve Wong (@SteveWongLA) to understand what you need to know about blockchain […]
June 18, 2018 • 5 min read Technology
We’re starting to see the rise of a new computing model called edge computing. The basic idea behind edge computing is to take some of the power of cloud computing and bring it closer to our devices that are located near the end, or edge, of the network. But cloud computing isn't going away — far from it.
June 13, 2018 • 7 min read Data
