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Why Fast Data Matters, and How to Get On Board

Why Fast Data Matters, and How to Get On Board

Speed is only one imperative in remaining relevant in the market. Once you build an infrastructure that enables data to move faster and more seamlessly, you also unlock the keys to ensuring you remain competitive. ‌

March 31, 2019 • 4 min read Data

Top 5 Surveillance Industry Trends from IFSEC International

Top 5 Surveillance Industry Trends from IFSEC International

A few weeks ago our team traveled to London to join the 600+ exhibitors and over 27,000 security professionals at IFSEC International. In addition to launching the industry’s highest capacity, deep-learning-capable, surveillance-class drive, Western Digital® Purple 12TB drive, I was able to walk the show floor. Here are the top 5 surveillance industry trends and takeaways for […]

July 13, 2018 • 8 min read Data

What is Symbiotics Design™?

What is Symbiotics Design™?

The Symbiotics Design™ approach is an integrated approach to our complete technology portfolio, allowing us to create increasingly specialized environments for data to thrive, whether it’s the immediate results from Fast Data or the breakthrough insights and precision from Big Data. Our products and solutions are purpose-built, tuned and optimized for a full range of data-centric applications.

June 28, 2018 • 4 min read Data

The “Invisible” Technology Behind AI

The “Invisible” Technology Behind AI

You’d be hard pressed to find a topic that’s hotter in the world of technology than artificial intelligence, or AI. Virtually every company in the tech world (and many outside of it!) seems to be touting the addition of AI-based features to their new devices, applications, or services. Of course, it’s easy to understand why. […]

January 23, 2018 • 6 min read Technology

2018 Data Trends – How Data Will Change

2018 Data Trends – How Data Will Change

Data is changing. Big Data is getting faster; Fast Data is getting bigger. Our bloggers look at the dynamic landscape ahead, and share their insight into 2018 data trends.

January 11, 2018 • 8 min read People

Driving the Next Decade of Data Technology Innovations

Driving the Next Decade of Data Technology Innovations

Flash memory and capacity HDD will continue to coexist, with Western Digital well positioned across the full spectrum of opportunities. “We’re in a strong position to define the future of data-centric compute architectures.” — Mike Cordano As the scale of data continues to increase through Big Data and Fast Data demands, and the diversity of […]

October 11, 2017 • 1 min read Data

Big Data and Fast Data Create a Bifurcation of Technology

Big Data and Fast Data Create a Bifurcation of Technology

As the scale of data continues to increase, and the diversity of application workloads expand, the world will need new data storage technologies and architectures. “We needed to rethink how data is captured, preserved, accessed and transformed.” — Mike Cordano Data is now used in a variety of ways and these different ways create unique […]

October 11, 2017 • 2 min read Data

Make Fast Data A Priority

Make Fast Data A Priority

Today’s customers are accustomed to incredibly fast-paced standards when it comes to online services. John Scaramuzzo explains why infrastructure needs to respond as fast as the user to make sure revenue is not lost.

September 22, 2015 • 4 min read Data