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The AI Data Cycle: Understanding the Optimal Storage Mix for AI Workloads at Scale

While AI is transforming lives and inspiring a world of new applications, at its core, it’s fundamentally about data utilization and data generation. As the AI industry builds-out a massive new infrastructure to tra Read more…

Only a Fraction of 160 Zettabyte ‘Datasphere’ to Be Stored

Think you've seen big data? Think again. The amount of data created in the universe will skyrocket from 16 zettabytes this year to more than 160 zettabytes by 2025, according to a new IDC report sponsored by Seagate. Luc Read more…

U.N. Launches Climate Data Challenge

Big data, data analytics, cloud and other environmental technology companies have signed up to support a United Nations-sponsored climate data challenge. U.N. Global Pulse, organizer of the big data initiative, and data storage vendor Western Digital Corp., announced a partnership on Thursday (March 9) to launch the "Data for Climate Action" challenge. Read more…

Object Storage Ecosystem Grows While Standardizing and Consolidating, IDC Says

The object storage system landscape has changed dramatically in the past year thanks to consolidation of the players involved and technological standardization, IDC says in its latest report. Object-based storage syst Read more…

Is Spinning Disk Going Extinct? Experts Weigh In

There's no doubt about it: Spinning disk is getting squeezed. As fast solid state drives (SSDs) get cheaper and tape drives get bigger, the sweet spot where spinning hard disk drives (HDDs) make sense gets smaller every Read more…

This Just In

Kioxia and Sandisk Unveil Next-Gen 3D Flash Memory Tech Achieving 4.8Gb/s NAND Interface Speed

Feb 21, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21, 2025 — Kioxia Corporation and Sandisk Corporation have pioneered a state-of-the-art 3D flash memory technology, setting the industry benchmark with a 4.8Gb/s NAND interface speed, superior power efficiency, and heightened density. Read more…

Western Digital Introduces New AI Data Cycle Storage Framework to Help Customers Capture the Value of AI

Jun 7, 2024 |

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2024 — Fueling the next wave of AI innovation, Western Digital has introduced a six-stage AI Data Cycle framework that defines the optimal storage mix for AI workloads at scale. Read more…

Western Digital Unveils ArmorLock Security Platform

Sep 3, 2020 |

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 3, 2020 — Underscoring its mission to enable the world to solve its biggest data challenges by building a data infrastructure with next-gen security, Western Digital introduced the ArmorLock Security Platform. Read more…

DriveScale Announces Support for Western Digital’s OpenFlex Architecture

May 5, 2020 |

SUNNYVALE, Calif.May 5, 2020 — DriveScale, Inc., developer of elastic bare metal cloud infrastructure, announced its support for Western Digital’s OpenFlex composable architecture. Read more…

Quantum Completes Acquisition of ActiveScale Object Storage Business

Mar 17, 2020 |

SAN JOSE, Calif.March 17, 2020 — Quantum Corporation announced it has completed its acquisition of the ActiveScale object storage business from Western Digital Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Digital Corp. Read more…

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