A Green Start: The Data Center’s Role in Climate Change
Just as factories fueled the growth of the Industrial Revolution, the data center is at the core of the Information Age. Entertainment, public services, and private communications are all stored or mediated by it, and as more users join virtual spaces, the demand for fast and reliable digital services grows. But, data centers come with […]
February 27, 2024 • 6 min read Data
What is the IoT Data Journey?
At CompuForum 2020, CheChung Lin shared the journey of IoT data and how to maximize its value through purpose-built data storage. Learn more here.
July 23, 2020 • 5 min read Technology
4 Things You Didn’t Know About Western Digital Data Center Systems
As you look beyond the highlights of our business momentum and growth to understand who Western Digital is, I want to share four key aspects you may not know about us and our data center systems business.
March 25, 2019 • 7 min read Data
Not All Data is Created Equal – Best Practices for Building a Data Strategy
Developing a data strategy is critical in both managing diverse datasets and aligning data to drive actionable business insights. But how do you do it?
June 28, 2019 • 4 min read Data
Why Cold Storage Is So Hot Right Now
With exponential data growth, cold storage is emerging as a cost-effective way to store secondary data for the long haul.
May 10, 2021 • 5 min read Products
5 Ways to Gain Business Competitiveness Using Data Analytics
Data analytics isn’t a dark art, but it does take some work. Consider these five different ways of leveraging data analytics to drive your business forward.
May 20, 2019 • 5 min read Data
100 Trillion Data Points – Western Digital Wins CIO 100 Awards
Today we’re celebrating! First, our team was named a winner of the CIO 100award, recognizing the innovative ways in which we use IT to deliver business value. Second, Western Digital’s CIO, Steve Phillpott, has been selected as one of 11 new members of the CIO Hall of Fame, acknowledged for his significant accomplishments as a senior technology leader.
March 9, 2020 • 3 min read Data
The Eclectic Past and Diverse Future of Data Science
So much data and not enough professionals to analyze it. How the budding data science industry is preparing for a demanding future.
June 27, 2022 • 5 min read Data
Turn Big Data into Fast Data Using Oracle NoSQL and Fusion ioMemory
NoSQL database systems need to be cost effective so they can scale appropriately and deliver a good return on investment. Prasad Venkatachar compares the performance acceleration and consolidation cost benefits of Fusion ioMemory vs. hard disk drives.
October 23, 2015 • 7 min read Data
The Demise of the Centralized Data Center
The centralized data center model is increasingly outmoded as new types of data, such as sensor, log, IoT, audio, video and edge architectures provide the opportunity for improving operations, customer interaction and market understanding.
September 20, 2019 • 3 min read Data