WD stories
Synnex New Zealand's revenue soars to $103 million, up 55% despite a 30% dip in profit due to increased staff and operating costs.
Data recovery provider believes new appointments and use of its online portal will help double partners across New Zealand over the next six months.
Most large firms are treating AI storage as a cost and reliability challenge, with 87% prioritising capacity growth and TCO control.
Hyperscale customers are already testing hard drives designed to keep firmware and device trust intact as quantum computing threats grow.
Rising AI storage demand is putting data-centre energy use under scrutiny as Western Digital reports progress on emissions, materials and recycling.
World Backup Day prompts warnings that untested restores and AI-era data demands are leaving mid-sized firms dangerously exposed.
VDURA and WD certify Ultrastar hybrid arrays with VDURA Data Platform, targeting cheaper petabyte-scale AI and HPC storage.
WD is unifying its creator-focused external storage under the G-DRIVE name, phasing out SanDisk Professional branding across the range.
WD maps a path to 100TB-plus hard drives, unveiling faster, lower-power designs as cloud data centres scale storage for AI workloads.
Western Digital unveiled the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch portable HDDs, including a 6TB WD My Passport, WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive, and SanDisk G-DRIVE ArmorATD.
The WD My Passport SSD is a high-speed, palm-sized portable storage device that offers impressive performance and a sleek design.
Journalist tests WD_Black P50 Game Drive portable SSD and discovers it falls far short of the advertised top speed of 2000MB/s.
Western Digital's EX4100 NAS offers user-friendly storage and sharing capabilities for homes and small businesses.
New Zealanders can now enjoy WD TV, a budget-friendly option for streaming PC content to TVs, boasting versatile connectivity but with a tiny, finicky remote.
Australia's AI data-centre boom is forcing storage vendors to cut power use and costs, with WD betting on hard drives over flash.
