Deploying Oracle databases on Scalable VMware Virtual SAN 6
Working with Oracle database deployments, from earlier versions such as Oracle 7x to the latest Oracle database 12c , I have witnessed how storage systems have evolved to support Oracle database critical workloads. Previously, traditional storage arrays, built with spinning hard disk drives, were able to manage the performance requirements. But the increase in the […]
September 2, 2015 • 5 min read Data
Three Ways AI will Solve Hollywood’s Data Problem
AI and Machine Learning may solve some of the media industry’s biggest challenges. But before they can do that, the industry needs to understand what exactly AI can do, and what it can't. Data Scientist Yves Bergquist explains the epic changes ahead.
May 11, 2017 • 5 min read Technology
One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital
As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements.
July 30, 2019 • 8 min read Data
Step Into the Office of the CTO
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
Modern Negatives: Recovering Photos in the Data Era
A photographer's close call has deep lessons about backing up and recovering data. Here's how to avoid her outcome.
March 28, 2022 • 5 min read Data
Building a Data Center on the Moon
If you haven’t been following the New Space Age closely, the next few decades may knock your socks off. Anticipated is a permanent presence on the moon, a commercial space station, private citizens traveling to orbit, space-based medical treatments, deep space travel, and a flurry of activity involving mining, producing, and exploiting space resources. No one can […]
February 2, 2023 • 5 min read Technology
Our 40-Team Shortlist for the Data Innovation Bazaar
963 startups entered. Only 40 remain. Find out how our shortlisted teams are using data from agriculture to smart video at the Data Innovation Bazaar.
July 22, 2020 • 6 min read People
NVMe™ and Data Warehouse Workloads – is it Ready to Dominate?
Abandoning the decades-old SAS and SATA software protocol stacks, NVMe is the new kid on the block. Will it dominate the data warehouse workload space?
September 22, 2017 • 5 min read Data
Western Digital Employees around the World Volunteer for Earth Day
Protecting our planet takes the collective effort of a global community of like-minded environmental advocates. To bring this vision to life, nearly 1 billion from around the world come together each year on Earth Day – the world’s largest civic-focused day of action1. This worldwide event began in 1970, as millions of citizens took to […]
April 22, 2019 • 3 min read People
How UltraSMR Makes the Industry’s Highest Capacity Drives
Last May, Western Digital introduced its 26TB hard drive, the industry’s highest capacity drive available. It allows cloud-scale customers to achieve the ginormous capacities required for today’s massive data storage needs. The storage leader’s unceasing capacity gains are made possible by integrating multiple technology innovations. One such compilation is UltraSMR, which helped bring the 26TB […]
January 4, 2023 • 9 min read Technology