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World Backup Day - WD My Passport and Sandisk iXpand Luxe

Today is World Backup Day, a reminder of the importance of protecting your data. Find out how Western Digital can help. #WorldBackupDay.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 31st Mar 2021

Gaming

Western Digital WD_Black P50 Game Drive revisited

Journalist tests WD_Black P50 Game Drive portable SSD and discovers it falls far short of the advertised top speed of 2000MB/s.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Mon, 31st Aug 2020

Western Digital

Western Digital introduces new My Passport SSD

Western Digital launches new My Passport SSD with fast data access and compact design for business users, casual users and content creators.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Aug 2020

DataCentre infrastructure

Western Digital adds top tech to data centre solutions

Worldwide availability of 16TB and 18TB capacities for Ultrastar HDDs, WD Gold HDDs and Ultrastar storage platforms.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Jul 2020

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Western Digital WD_Black P50 Game Drive

Western Digital's WD_Black P50 Game Drive offers impressive speeds but falls short of its 2000 MB/s promise when connected via USB. Ideal for PC gamers.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Jul 2020

Storage

WD's new bunch-of-flash shared storage solution

New Ultrastar NVMe SSDs and RapidFlex NVMe-oF controllers are standalone solutions that combine creating the OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2020

Storage

Acronis deploys Western Digital storage to meet data center demand

Acronis chooses Western Digital's storage platforms to meet capacity demands and long-term expansion plans. @Acronis @WesternDigital.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2020

Storage

Leader appointed Western Digital distributor for Australia and New Zealand

Leader Computers appointed as Western Digital distributor for Australia and New Zealand, expanding storage solutions for SMBs and enterprises across the region.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Feb 2020

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Western Digital speeds up your gaming with the WD_Black P10 Game Drive

With the WD_Black USB Game Drive, veteran hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital seeks to solve gamers' storage dilemma.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Jan 2020

Storage

IDC names DDN fastest-growing all-flash array vendor

DDN has been recognised by IDC as the fastest-growing supplier of all-flash arrays for H1 2019, thanks to organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Dec 2019

Hyperscale

Western Digital unveils 20TB mechanical HDDs

Western Digital debuts its 20TB Ultrastar DC HC650 SMR and 18TB Ultrastar DC HC550 CMR HDDs for data centres, with full production planned for early 2020.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Sep 2019

Storage

Western Digital capitalises on the data economy with new ActiveScale capabilities

Western Digital has extended the capabilities of ActiveScale storage system portfolio in order to provide more options for exabyte-scale data growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Aug 2019

Storage

Western Digital expands storage system capabilities

Research shows that most data goes unstored or unanalysed, data siloes persist, governance remains inadequate, and a disproportionate amount of time is spent.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Aug 2019

Storage

Western Digital updates flash data centre systems portfolio

IntelliFlash family additions and OS 3.10 enhancements deliver industry's highest performing NVMe all-flash arrays.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jul 2019

Storage

Western Digital welcomes in zettabyte-scale era with Zoned Storage

Western Digital launches Zoned Storage initiative to create open and scalable data center architectures for the zettabyte-scale era.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 19th Jun 2019

Hyperscale

Western Digital goes all in on Zoned Storage to face zettabyte era

Zoned storage architecture leverages standardisation of ZNS and SMR enabling more efficient, zettabyte-scale architectures for data centre customers.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Jun 2019

Data Analytics

Western Digital addresses increasing data demands

Western Digital unveils a pioneering 256GB e.MMC using 64-Layer 3D NAND TLC technology, addressing the burgeoning data storage needs of the automotive industry.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 13th May 2019