Western Digital to Demonstrate How It is Disrupting the Economics of Data with Hybrid Workflows at AWS re:INVENT 2017
November 20 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) will be showcasing how
enterprises can unlock greater value from data by leveraging the
scalability, flexibility and economic value of hybrid cloud for
their workflows. Hear how Western Digital’s HGST-branded
ActiveScale™ P100 and X100 object storage systems are specifically
designed for petabyte-scale datasets, how they facilitate storing
data forever, and leverage the company’s unique component-to-system
vertical innovation to disrupt the economics of data. With Amazon®
S3™ compatibility, the ActiveScale System enables enterprises to
easily leverage the public cloud in a hybrid configuration for
cloud-native applications—an approach proven to be economical and
easy to manage at scale – without sacrificing the security, robust
functionality and integration available with on-premises
storage.
When: November 27 – December 1, 2017
Where: AWS re:INVENT 2017, Las Vegas, Venetian Expo Hall,
HGST Booth #127
Learn:
- How Western Digital, an innovator in
storage, together with AWS, are disrupting the economics of data
for analytical and backup workloads in Big Data and Fast Data
applications.
- How to increase storage efficiency and
enjoy savings of up to 70 percent over traditional backup methods
when leveraging on-premises object storage and Amazon S3.
- How to augment existing local storage
capabilities with the ability to burst analytical workloads to the
cloud for processing, while retaining a copy of the data on
site.
- How ActiveScale Systems, and its
certified independent software vendors, such as StorReduce, Primary
Data, and Elastifile, to name a few, help create hybrid cloud
workflows that increase storage efficiency while decreasing total
cost of ownership (TCO).
Speaking Sessions:
- Mon., November 27 from 11:30 AM – 12:30
PM PT, Hiroshi Kobayashi, senior solution architect at Western
Digital, will be participating in a breakout session (AMF304)
titled “Optimizing Design and Engineering Performance in the Cloud
for Manufacturing”.
- Wed., November 29 at 4:35 PM PT,
Stefaan Vervaet, senior director of Cloud Strategies at Western
Digital, will be hosting a demo session (DEM67) titled “Your data
can live forever: How the storage pioneer and Amazon change
the economics of data for backup and analytics.”
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About Western Digital
Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. The
company is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture,
preserve, access and transform an ever-increasing diversity of
data. Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile
sensors to personal devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver
the possibilities of data. Western Digital® data-centric solutions
are marketed under the G-Technology®, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegile™,
Upthere™ and WD® brands.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements relating to the performance capabilities of
our ActiveScale Systems. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements, including but not limited to, the risks detailed in our
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including our
most recent Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on Nov. 7, 2017, to which
your attention is directed. You should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements and Western Digital undertakes no
obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
© 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, G-Technology,
SanDisk, Tegile, Upthere, WD, and ActiveScale are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its
affiliates in the US and/or other countries. All other marks are
the property of their respective owners.
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Western DigitalErin HartinCell:
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