Your Data Infrastructure Deserves Better Storage Enclosures
Starting storage server design from the ground up allowed us to rethink a few design elements. Here's how we managed to reduce drive vibration by up to 63%.
February 13, 2019 • 5 min read Data
In 2039, Could Fully Autonomous and Connected Cars Exist?
Western Digital and WIRED hosted an automotive industry event to explore autonomous driving, connected cars, and policy in 2039 with Uber, Cruise, and more.
December 16, 2019 • 6 min read Technology
Innovating to 11: Western Digital Increases HDD Capacity, Not Size
As data centers and enterprises continue to face increased demands on their storage infrastructures, innovations in HDD technology consistently strive to deliver the capacity gains required to meet those demands, such as those currently propelled by the AI Data Cycle. AI systems process and generate vast amounts of data that must be stored efficiently. HDDs […]
October 15, 2024 • 7 min read Products
Neil Robertson: Finding the Right Mix for Innovation
Neil Robertson is always on the lookout for the next big thing. As vice president of physical science research at Western Digital, Robertson is responsible for uncovering breakthrough technologies and bringing innovative ideas to fruition. Robertson manages teams of chemical, electrical, materials science, physics, and mechanical engineers who together investigate potential future data storage technologies. […]
June 25, 2024 • 6 min read People
The Small Satellite (Smallsat) Revolution
It's a new space age of small hardware and big data. Thousands of small satellites will launch in the coming years creating a tsunami of space data.
October 11, 2021 • 6 min read Technology
Keep Your Backup Appliances From Multiplying Like Rabbits
Your first backup appliance was great, but how did you feel about your fifth? Most backup appliances can’t scale to meet the capacity needs of a digital company. Learn about our partnership with StorReduce that enables primary backups to be stored directly on private or hybrid cloud, so you can retain your data at scale, at lower costs.
March 27, 2018 • 7 min read Data
The Next Evolution of SSD: SanDisk Professional Introduces PRO-BLADE
SanDisk Professional introduces the PRO-BLADE modular SSD ecosystem, including the 4TB Mag and two new enclosures, the PRO-BLADE Transport and PRO-BLADE Desktop Station.
May 31, 2022 • 8 min read Products
The Future is Composable – A Conversation with DriveScale
Ahead of FMS, we sat down with DriveScale, to talk about open composability, the future of IT infrastructure and the dynamic behavior of data-intensive computing.
July 31, 2019 • 4 min read Data
Datascape: Cyber Daze
Cyber Monday, Alibaba Singles Day, Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, Holiday Online Shopping. Let me boil it down into two words: Cyber Daze. It is worse (and better) than you think. Cyber Monday has morphed from one day into two full months with sales that will surpass $100B according to Adobe’s reckoning. To put this […]
November 29, 2017 • 5 min read Data
On WD Red NAS Drives
We are now making it easier for users to match the right drive with their applications and workloads – from moderate small office/home office (SOHO) workloads to intensive small- and medium-business (SMB) use, as well as more demanding environments.
June 23, 2020 • 8 min read Data