Be You & Flourish with Western Digital
You may have seen a few of our people on billboards and social media, as well as in airports and at conferences. These are our employees—the very same people who discover new solutions, bring technology to life, assure quality products and support the business.
September 25, 2018 • 2 min read People
What You Missed During Flash Memory Summit
For being our first show as a unified Western Digital company, I’d call this Flash Memory Summit a success. Here's an overview of what you missed at the event.
August 16, 2016 • 2 min read Data
Optimizing Storage for Android Developers with RealStoragePathLibrary
Device Proliferation and Application Development One of the biggest concerns in the Android ecosystem is the proliferation of multiple variants of the Android platform. This makes it difficult for developers to write apps that work consistently across the ecosystem. Google is doing a good job in solving this fragmentation issue by providing compatibility libraries, though […]
February 26, 2015 • 5 min read Data
A Trillion Pictures: How We Got Here
Photographers will snap one trillion digital images this year, according to Josh Haftel, Senior Product Manager for Mobile Photography Solutions at Adobe. Put another way, that’s 83 billion images per month, 114 million per hour or 31,709 per second. A photographer and software developer, Haftel delivered a quick sketch of the history of photography during […]
December 15, 2015 • 3 min read Data
Future Proof Storage 2015: A Snapshot of the Future of Mobile
The mobile market is once again on the verge of major changes. 4K Ultra HD, RAW photography and new applications along with advances such as rapid sequential write speed are turning smartphones from the point-and-shoot camera of choice to full-fledged systems for high-end photography and video. The memory content found on premium phones is expected […]
October 20, 2015 • 3 min read Data
HPC Matters
HPC Matters is the theme for one of the coolest events I attend each year, Supercomputing. This year’s show in New Orleans, LA, promises to show more innovation, excitement and promise. New Orleans is a wonderful town with incredible food and awesome music. It is a great back drop for this type of conference and […]
November 12, 2014 • 4 min read Data
SanDisk and Open Source?
Last April, SanDisk® joined the Linux Foundation as a supporter and enabler of the Open Source ecosystem. Many people who I’ve met with have asked me what is SanDisk going to do with Open Source technology? And why is SanDisk interested? Open Source as a Business Strategy For anyone following Open Source technology, this week […]
November 13, 2014 • 3 min read Data
What Will It Take to Bring RAW Photography to Mobile?
Shenzhen, China—There’s little debate over the benefits of shooting in RAW format. Pictures taken in low light or indoors look more clean and crisp while outdoor shots pop with the colors you remember seeing when taking the picture. These advantages partly explain why RAW remains the default choice of professionals. “RAW photography really is the […]
November 20, 2015 • 4 min read Data
VDI and its Deployment: Three Strategies
There are three distinct ways VDI is deployed: VDI–in-a-box, VDI in network storage and VDI in software-defined storage. Flash plays a key role in each deployment architecture, improving user experience, accelerating performance and reducing costs. Biswapati Bhattacharjee shares how.
June 16, 2015 • 5 min read Data
More Choice Than Ever: Flash Storage for VMware Virtual SAN
There are so many choices available today as to how to adopt all-flash Virtual SAN. And that means customers can deploy the most efficient infrastructure for their workload needs.
June 25, 2015 • 3 min read Data