Awards


100 Trillion Data Points – Western Digital Wins CIO 100 Awards

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

Western Digital’s Bruce Terris Named IEEE Fellow

Western Digital’s Bruce Terris Named IEEE Fellow

Bruce’s recognition by the IEEE is a great honor, and we are extremely proud that he could realize his scientific vision within Western Digital. The application of magnetism in data storage devices is one of the key areas of today’s innovation.

February 12, 2020 • 4 min read People

Western Digital Execs Honored as CRN Channel Chiefs

Western Digital Execs Honored as CRN Channel Chiefs

It’s very cool when your company is recognized for its innovations in technology, but it’s just as exciting when the people who make it successful are honored for their achievements.  Today, we are thrilled to share that not one, but TWO, of our channel executives have been honored by CRN® magazine as 2018 Channel Chiefs! […]

February 13, 2018 • 6 min read Data

Western Digital Honored in IoT Innovator Awards

Western Digital Honored in IoT Innovator Awards

IoT Innovator, a publication dedicated to the Internet of Things market, has unveiled the winners of its 2017 IoT Innovator Awards. The IoT Innovator Awards honor the best of Internet of Things businesses and products across the globe. We are honored to report Western Digital has been recognized as a bronze award winner in the […]

October 23, 2017 • 5 min read Technology

Solving Real-World Challenges: SanDisk® Engineer Wins Award From MIT

Solving Real-World Challenges: SanDisk® Engineer Wins Award From MIT

We’re proud to announce that Weng-Hong Teh, director of SSD Assembly/Packaging Technology Development, won the 2015 Ernst A. Guillemin SM Thesis Prize from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for best electrical engineering thesis for an idea that potentially could cut millions of dollars from the cost of making semiconductors. SanDisk Semiconductor Shanghai, in fact is currently […]

January 4, 2016 • 4 min read Data

SanDisk® Powers 5 of the 10 Coolest Flash Products of the Year

SanDisk® Powers 5 of the 10 Coolest Flash Products of the Year

Everybody in the industry is glued to magazine websites at this time of the year to see if any of their products and achievements made it into the year’s end lists. What were remarkable achievements in the industry? Did we stand out? Who were the trendsetters, and what were the products that were making waves […]

December 18, 2014 • 3 min read Data