Western Digital expands its Hard Drives and External Storage Solutions to 8TB

 

New Line of Storage Solutions Feature HelioSeal Technology for Optimal Performance, High Capacity and Added Reliability for NAS, Surveillance and Personal Storage

Western Digital Corporation, a world leader in storage solutions, today announced the expansion of its award-winning portfolio of performance storage solutions with 8TB capacity drives for NAS, video surveillance and desktop external applications. Increasingly centralized, rich-content, which continues to grow in popularity among enterprises, small business and consumers alike, is driving demand for greater storage capacities.

New My Book Pro is WD's fastest external solution

New Thunderbolt Drive Offers up to 12 TB of Storage for Professional Content Creators

WD^®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, today introduced the My Book® Pro storage device, providing professionals and enthusiasts who must efficiently manage large amounts of digital content with up to 435 MB/s transfer rates on WD’s fastest external storage solution yet. 
 

With capacity options including 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB and 12 TB, the power of two 7200 RPM WD drives with Intel’s Thunderbolt™ 2 technology and a hot-swappable hardware RAID controller, the My Book Pro device enables creative professionals and enthusiasts alike to focus on what they love doing by significantly cutting the time to transfer large videos, photos and audio files. 

Western Digital Announces Acquisition Of SanDisk

Western Digital acquires SanDisk

Western Digital® Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) and SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Western Digital will acquire all of the outstanding shares of SanDisk for a combination of cash and stock. 

The offer values SanDisk common stock at US$86.50 per share or a total equity value of approximately US$19 billion, using a five-day volume weighted average price ending on October 20, 2015 of US$79.60 per share of Western Digital common stock. If the previously announced investment in Western Digital by Unisplendour Corporation Limited closes prior to this acquisition, Western Digital will pay US$85.10 per share in cash and 0.0176 shares of Western Digital common stock per share of SanDisk common stock; and if the Unisplendour transaction has not closed or has been terminated, US$67.50 in cash and 0.2387 shares of Western Digital common stock per share of SanDisk common stock. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

WD and Milestone partner to provide video surveillance solutions for business and consumers

Milestone Arcus Video Surveillance Software Available with My Cloud Business Series Systems

WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and a worldwide leader in storage solutions, and Milestone Systems, the security industry leader in video management software, announced today a partnership to deliver video surveillance solutions to businesses and consumers.

WD® expands its performance level desktop hard drives to 6 TB capacity

WD Black Hard Drives Offer Inspiring Performance for Gamers, Enthusiasts and Creative Professionals

WD®, a Western Digital company and a world leader in hard drives, today announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Black™ line of performance hard drives up to 6 TB capacity. Shipping now, the 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive is the perfect solution for gamers and professionals in need of high-performance desktop systems and workstations.

WD redesigns World's No. 1 selling portable Hard Drive

New My Passport Drives Now Feature Up to 3 TB Capacity and Easier Backup Software

WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions, today introduced the new, redesigned My Passport® Ultra portable hard drives and My Passport for Mac drives. With the My Passport line now in its 7th generation, the My Passport Ultra and My Passport for Mac portable hard drives are now available in capacities up to 3 TB and in four stylish colors - Classic Black, Brilliant White, Wild Berry and Noble Blue.
     

“With more photos being taken than ever before, it’s critical to have a high capacity, reliable external storage solution that you can carry everywhere,” said Tony Tate, general manager and vice president of Content Storage Solutions at WD. “The latest generation My Passport drives deliver an easier automatic back-up experience, hardware-based encryption for security and higher capacities than ever before.”

WD® scales up surveillance-class Hard Drive line

New WD Purple™NV 3.5-inch Drives Equipped for NVR Surveillance-system Environments

WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and storage industry leader, today introduced WD Purple™ NV, a purpose-built line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity 4 TB and 6 TB hard drives for the greater demands of scalable network video recorder (NVR) surveillance systems.

Compared with standard WD Purple drives, the new member of the WD’s surveillance video recording family of drives, WD Purple NV, is designed for larger-scale network surveillance systems utilizing higher hard drive bay counts and greater numbers of attached cameras, which demand increased storage capacity and durability. The new drives’ high capacities also enable long video retention periods for analysis and reference. WD Purple NV is also designed to withstand the demands of always-on digital NVR recording environments. It offers low power consumption and many advanced performance features typically reserved for higher end surveillance storage.

WD simplifies TV recording and playback with 1 TB of fast, mobile storage

New My Passport AV-TV Hard Drives Plug-and-play with Recordable TVs for High-Quality Capture and Viewing of Hundreds of Hours of Entertainment

WD^®, a Western Digital company, and world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport^® AV-TV, a high-performance, compact media drive designed to simplify storage and playback of hundreds of hours of TV entertainment by connecting the My Passport AV-TV to TV’s with a USB recording feature.

      

The My Passport AV-TV offers plug-and-play simplicity for easy integration and is available in 500 GB and 1 TB capacities. My Passport AV-TV is engineered for AV applications with high-speed error recovery and continuous streaming command support, providing accurate recording and smooth video playback of recorded content. Additionally, My Passport AV-TV uses less power and stays cool - even in a hot entertainment center full of electronic devices.

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Win the Ultimate Drive Getaway with WD

WD PHL launches its 

WD Ultimate Drive Giveaway Promo

WD® in the Philippines is set to drive the market in berserk with its WD Ultimate Drive Giveaway promo!

Get a chance to win a brand new Suzuki Alto 800, one of the three Kymco Visar 110 motorcycles, and WD pillows and umbrellas in every purchase of any WD Internal drives (WD Blue™, WD Green™, WD Black™, and WD Red™) in participating dealers/resellers, nationwide.

Interested participants may register by following this SMS format: WD_REG_NAME/ADDRESS/EMAIL ADDRESS and send to 2948.

Followed by this SMS format to submit their entries: WD_DATE OF PURCHASE/STORE/DRIVE MODEL/DRIVE SERIAL NUMBER and send to 2948

The number of entries a participant get depends on the WD internal drive model purchased:

WD INTERNAL DRIVE MODEL	NUMBER OF TICKETS
WD 500GB (all colors)	1 ticket
WD 1TB (all colors)	2 tickets
WD 2TB (all colors)	2 tickets
WD 3 and 4TB (all colors)	3 tickets

One brand new Suzuki Alto 800 for the grand prize winner, three (3) Kymco Visar 110 motorcycles for three (3) minor winners, and WD pillows and umbrellas for consolation prizes will be given away.

This promo runs from September 1 to November 30, 2013.

Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 9588, Series of 2013.

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http://wdthepowerofchoice.com/promotions_and_events/full_details/62.

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MY PASSPORT® SLIM™ first 2TB thin drive with metal case and hardware encryption

Exclusive WD SmartWare™ Pro Data Protection with Local and Cloud Storage Backup via Dropbox Provides ‘Ultimate Mobile Storage Solution’

WD^®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, today announced the availability of its My Passport^® Slim™ line of portable hard drives, the first thin drives to offer up to 2 TB capacity, a metal enclosure, and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.  The included WD SmartWare Pro data protection software allows users to back up their data to their My Passport Slim and keep an extra copy in their Dropbox account for peace-of-mind. The software also lets users back up their Dropbox[1] account to the My Passport Slim. These features make the My Passport Slim an ideal choice for protecting, storing, and enjoying digital content on the go.

      
Available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, the My Passport Slim measures a scant 4.33 x 3.14 x 0.48-inches*, giving mobile consumers an easy and convenient way to transport their favorite music, movies, photos and documents.

*Measurement for 1TB. 2TB measures 4.33 x 3.14 x 0.7-inches

WD® introduces new ultra-compact network storage plus servers

WD Sentinel™ DS5100 and DS6100 Provide Small Businesses with an Intel-based Windows Server, Pre-populated with WD Enterprise-Class Hard Drives at an Affordable Price

WD^®, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC) and world leader in digital storage solutions, expanded today its small- and medium-sized (SMB) storage solution portfolio with the introduction of the new WD Sentinel™ DS5100 and WD Sentinel DS6100 (S-series) ultra-compact network storage plus servers. The WD Sentinel S-series feature high-performance Intel® Xeon® processors and are pre-installed with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. All WD Sentinel network storage products feature WD enterprise-class hard drives and these 4-bay WD Sentinel S-series desktop appliances offer up to 16 TB of raw storage. Additionally, unlike traditional NAS systems, the WD Sentinel S-series allow small businesses to run line-of-business applications on their network storage platform.

      

WD®’S new line of external desktop drives offer extreme capacities and data protection features

New My Book® Family of Drives offers up to 4 TB for Rich Content Collectors and Protects that Data with Automatic, Cloud and Complete System Backup

WD^®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, has redesigned its popular My Book^® and My Book for Mac lines of external desktop drives to provide as much as 4 TB storage capacity and enhanced data protection for those who create and collect large volumes of data, video, music and photos. 

With USB 3.0 for speed, the new My Book lines are available in 2 TB, 3 TB and 4 TB capacities for the largest content collections. At any point in time, anything can happen to one’s data. Whether it’s a lost notebook or destructive virus, it’s critical to keep data safe and maintain a backup of important documents and valued content. 

WD® designs first enterprise-class hard drives for exploding scale-out datacenter market

Cost-Effective, High Capacity, Low Power Drive Validated in WD’s Real-World Hadoop^® Environment; also Ideal for SMB and Mid-Sized NAS Deployments

WD^®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and world leader for storage deployed in datacenters, today announced availability of its innovative WD Se™ line of hard drives, the first designed for scale-out datacenter deployments. Built on an enterprise-grade platform for reliable 24x7x365 datacenter operation, WD Se is tailored to deliver the right combination of performance, reliability and robustness for large-scale replicated environments, mid-sized network attached storage (NAS) deployment, and backup/archiving applications.

WD Se is a true enterprise-class drive with the right blend of affordability and capabilities to address the massive growth of semi-structured data, which is accelerating the scale-out of datacenters of all sizes. Now shipping in capacities up to 4 TB, the new WD Se hard drives enables customers to balance their data growth challenges in multi-drive enclosures without compromising enterprise-class features.

Welcome Western Digital's first 5mm 2.5-inch HDD

WD® Shipping World's First 
5 mm 2.5-inch Hard Drive 
 First in a Family of High-performance and Slim Drives for Ultra-portable Devices Feature Innovative Mechanical Designs and Solid State Hybrid Drive Technology

WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and world leader in storage and connected-life products, today announced it is shipping the world’s first ultra-slim 2.5-inch, 5 mm hard drives and solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) , which are designed for integration into the slimmest devices and space-constrained computing environments. With 500 GB of storage capacity and models with high performance-enabling solid state hybrid drive technology, this slim product line helps to address the tradeoffs system designers often make between capacity, physical size and performance.

“With the launch of our new WD Blue™ 5 mm ultra slim hard drives and our WD Black™ SSHD products, currently shipping to OEMs, WD is delivering to our customers a variety of solutions that maximize storage capacity and volumetric efficiency, as well as performance and system responsiveness, for consumers,” said Matt Rutledge, vice president of WD’s client computing business unit. “Our engineering team took a clean-sheet approach with 5 mm to deliver an ultra-thin hard drive that enables a world of possibilities and applications for mobile computing and beyond.” 

Win WD My Passport 500GB

WD SALUTE TO GRADUATES 

PHOTO CONTEST 2013

PRIZES
There will be five (5) Winners of WD My Passport 500GB and ten (10) winners of Starbucks Gift Certificate worth 200 pesos each.

The contest is open to all college and university graduating students’ age eighteen (18) to twenty seven (27) years old or above with supporting documents that he/she is a graduate (i.e Identification Card, Form 138, Transcript of Records, or Certificate of Diploma).