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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
The Tech Enabling the MMO Gaming Experience
MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) Gaming is big business. In 2017, an estimated $30 billion USD was spent on MMO gaming. That number is projected to grow even further. Players located across the globe simultaneously interact with these MMO games, including Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). Using their own computers, players access these games via their Internet […]
September 11, 2018 • 5 min read Data
Accelerate Containerized Databases with Western Digital® SSDs and Red Hat® CNS
Software may have eaten the world but, thanks to DevOps’ focus on scalability and need for continuous deployment, containers are taking a bite of that software dominance. Containers are a way of packaging applications, or even individual services, in a way that makes them fast and easy to deploy for developers, while at the same […]
August 16, 2018 • 3 min read Data
Scale with Confidence: Ultrastar DC SS530 SAS SSDs
Western Digital is excited to announce the new Ultrastar® DC SS530 SAS SSD, our company’s highest-density drive and the fastest dual-port SAS SSD on the market. The Ultrastar DC SS530 doubles the maximum capacity compared to the prior-generation SAS SSD to a whopping 15.36TB1. Its performance sets new industry records among SAS SSDs with up […]
July 25, 2018 • 5 min read Data
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
Making Data Thrive with NVMe™
The data surges caused by today’s IoT devices or big e-commerce promotions do not have to take us down! Businesses need to rethink how data is captured, preserved, accessed and transformed. NVMe™ is one of the hottest topics for data center architectures in 2018, and one of great interest on this blog. We’ve shared a […]
May 25, 2018 • 3 min read Data
Powering the Gaming Experience with NVMe™
The world of gaming is changing dramatically. New technologies are bringing ultra-high resolutions, higher frame rates, computed virtual field of view and ultimately, incredible immersive experiences! But fueling these enhancements requires strong hardware components that can support large graphics, 4K/8K video, and VR/AR content. This week at PAX East in Boston, MA, Western Digital launched […]
April 5, 2018 • 4 min read Data
6 NVMe™ Features for Enterprise & Edge Storage
It’s not only performance that makes NVMe a game changer. NVMe also has some very innovative features that bring unique benefits to existing workloads and open possibilities for new applications. Here are 6 NVMe features you should be aware of.
March 13, 2018 • 6 min read Data
Baking Storage in Early at Embedded World
Recipe for Success Thanks to the rapid growth of IoT and Edge Compute in recent years, Embedded World has become one of the most important trade events in the industry. Engineers, designers, developers, suppliers and manufacturers converge to discuss the latest trends and the hottest technologies for the products and services that will shape the […]
February 27, 2018 • 5 min read Data
Enabling Data to Thrive in Content Delivery Networks
Today, Western Digital introduced a purpose-built SATA SSD for read-intensive workloads, typical in environments like content delivery networks (CDNs). But before I share some product specifics, let’s take a quick look at what CDNs make possible. Several exciting, major sporting events are set to take place in 2018 that will captivate audiences across the globe. […]
January 31, 2018 • 4 min read Data