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Jodi Washington: Creator of Awesome Experiences
It’s all about the experience. Jodi Washington knows this. She embodies this sentiment whether at work or at play. When a colleague emails her, they are met immediately with a cheeky reply: “Email is so 2020,” leading to a live link inviting the sender to “Hit me up in Teams to find me in a […]
July 16, 2024 • 6 min read People
10 Questions with a Director of Operations
Cat Pham is the director of operations for consumer solutions in Western Digital’s Flash Business Unit. She’s a well-traveled Bay Area native who enjoys cooking different ethnic foods and volunteering her time at church and with a nonprofit organization that services homeless youth in Silicon Valley. Her 3-year-old daughter also keeps her on her toes […]
July 2, 2024 • 2 min read People
10 Questions With an Environmental Health and Safety Director
Kaleena Gong serves as the Flash Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) director at Western Digital. She has a deep love for animals, especially German Shepherds, and is a proud owner of two. Her hobbies include fitness, photography, continuous learning, board games, traveling, and exploring various culinary delights. 1. What does a director of environmental health and […]
February 13, 2024 • 2 min read People
Neta Corem: The Power of Belief
From a young age, Neta Corem, senior manager of product management at Western Digital, understood the value of confidence. Growing up in the countryside of Israel, Corem was surrounded by nature and a spirit of self-reliance. “My love of nature was always there, and my father always encouraged me to handle technical things,” said Corem. […]
September 5, 2023 • 5 min read People
NVMe-oF Full Speed Ahead
As users expect fast response times from increasingly massive amounts of data, data center architects at cloud service providers and OEMs are furthering their investment in NVMe™ and NVMe-oF™ into their IT infrastructures. Western Digital launched its next step in NVMe and NVMe-oF with enhanced versions of its OpenFlex™ Data24 NVMe-oF storage platform, next-generation RapidFlex […]
August 8, 2023 • 6 min read Products
Inventor Grishma Shah: The Art of Scaling NAND
Grishma Shah thrives on creativity. Initially aspiring to be an artist or architect, Shah instead took a different route. “I realized I don’t have to be in the arts or architecture fields to be creative,” said Shah. “You can apply creativity to anything you do.” Today, Shah is a distinguished engineer at Western Digital. She […]
May 16, 2023 • 5 min read People
From Floor to Door: Barcodes Are Running Our World
When a baby is born in a hospital, one of the first things they’ll receive is a barcode. It may not be the most poignant gift for the profound experience of birth, but barcodes help ensure a baby is matched to the right mother. They link lab results to a patient’s record. And they are […]
March 14, 2023 • 7 min read Technology
Robotics Data: Harnessing a New Technology
Industries are embracing robots to assist in dirty, dangerous, and difficult jobs. Robotics data helps power this new development.
March 1, 2023 • 7 min read Data
Calling All Plankton: Real-Time AI Goes Out to the Ocean
The ocean is in constant flux. Tides and currents swoosh and swirl in mercurial cycles, cascading nutrients and dispersing life through the vast waters. This dynamism makes the ocean so fascinating, but it also makes it difficult to study. Now scientists are finding new ways to explore the ocean’s lifecycle by leveraging advances in storage […]
January 10, 2023 • 12 min read Data
How Data Unlocks the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are an eventuality powered by incredible feats of engineering and an endless stream of data points.
December 7, 2022 • 6 min read Data