IoT


What Dark Data Can Teach Us About Healthcare

What Dark Data Can Teach Us About Healthcare

From the advent of IoT wearables to fitness tracking devices, to the introduction of high-resolution imaging and on-demand digital patient information – healthcare has been undergoing dramatic digital disruption with a staggering growth and diversity of data. With the recent release of the white paper “Value of Data: Embracing Dark Data” we interviewed two of […]

December 5, 2018 • 6 min read Technology

Introducing the New WesternDigital.com

Introducing the New WesternDigital.com

This morning we launched a fully redesigned westerndigital.com—and it’s more than a visual makeover. This new site truly reflects who Western Digital is today. If you have been witness to Western Digital for the past six years, you might be familiar with our journey. We have made some notable acquisitions with HGST, SanDisk and Tegile. […]

November 12, 2018 • 3 min read People

3D NAND and How the Data Explosion Defines the Future

3D NAND and How the Data Explosion Defines the Future

At the recent China Flash Market Summit, Christopher Bergey, Senior Vice President of Devices Products at Western Digital, delivered a keynote address on the future of storage and memory technology. How is the data explosion driving innovation such as 3D NAND? Keep reading to find out! As the data universe continues to expand, it’s exciting […]

October 11, 2018 • 6 min read Data

How Edge Computing is Redefining Cloud Technologies

How Edge Computing is Redefining Cloud Technologies

Christopher Bergey, Senior VP of Devices Products at Western Digital, spoke at Compuforum 2018 on “Edge Computing – The Future of Memory and Cloud” on June 6th in Taipei. This is the fifth year Western Digital has been invited by Trendforce to share thoughts on market trends and outlooks with nearly 300 attendees. This year’s […]

June 21, 2018 • 7 min read Data

Edge Computing is Reshaping the Cloud

Edge Computing is Reshaping the Cloud

We’re starting to see the rise of a new computing model called edge computing. The basic idea behind edge computing is to take some of the power of cloud computing and bring it closer to our devices that are located near the end, or edge, of the network. But cloud computing isn't going away — far from it.

June 13, 2018 • 7 min read Data

Automotive Data – Edge to Cloud

Automotive Data – Edge to Cloud

Oded Sagee is speaking at T.U. Automotive in Detroit today, June 6th, on “Data is the New Horsepower”. It used to be the engine that turned heads at an auto show, race track or car dealership. Is it a V8? Is it turbo charged? How much torque can I expect? But emerging automotive applications such […]

June 6, 2018 • 5 min read Data

The Value of Blockchain & the IoT Data Marketplace

The Value of Blockchain & the IoT Data Marketplace

Blockchain is powering emerging technologies and will enable the marketplaces of the future due to three key capabilities: access control; security; and transparency. The powerful capabilities of this technology will unlock the potential of the multi-billion dollar IoT data marketplace in the coming years and decades.

May 31, 2018 • 3 min read Technology

Untapped Data – Getting More from IoT Data at the Edge and in the Cloud

Untapped Data – Getting More from IoT Data at the Edge and in the Cloud

Industry analysts estimate there will be 29 billion connected devices by 2021, and by 2025 a person will be interacting with a connected device 4800 times a day. That’s one in every 18 seconds! What’s more interesting, perhaps even shocking, is that despite the many yottabytes of data collected by these connected devices, very little […]

May 16, 2018 • 5 min read Technology

Western Digital Named one of 50 Most Innovative IoT Companies

Western Digital Named one of 50 Most Innovative IoT Companies

We’re excited to share that Western Digital has been named among one of the 50 most innovative IoT companies by IoTInnovator.com. This list honors the “most cutting-edge companies dotting the IoT landscape” and is selected by IoT Innovator’s international editorial panel. One industry analyst predicts that by 2020 over 30 billion end point devices will be connected […]

March 26, 2018 • 3 min read Technology