Western Digital Continues to Drive Capacity and Improve TCO for Cloud and Enterprise Data Centers
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Posted on April 19, 2018 at 3:14:01 AM
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Data Centers</h1> <table class="spacer" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><td height="24px" style="-moz-hyphens:auto;-webkit-hyphens:auto;Margin:0;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#0a0a0a;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:400;hyphens:auto;line-height:24px;margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-wrap:break-word"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th><th class="expander" style="Margin:0;color:#0a0a0a;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.3;margin:0;padding:0!important;text-align:left;visibility:hidden;width:0"></th></tr></table></th> </tr></tbody></table> <table class="row content" 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<p>Enabling new lower levels of total cost of ownership (TCO) for cloud and enterprise customers, <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=7VDqtAz2AW-2FeY7XnbvsasTC2XY3KoYZTWShmDOhLL2iuWXHpbe0MzwtlDQKyxj2VUd482y3-2Fn7-2BAZfMrD5Zpm4Edw9ko-2FXhPdDYcFVGeF0JfcnuBtWED5aX2Db3SuDSpeC6W-2BOusItKfwnPceQ71wN3LtV175cGICMC0lteB9SMPPWO0IR88LrBGMEKZktU-2F_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvN5QKZE7Aj23g4yI8cx-2Bop-2FW7OBXGYI3dVBrgC-2B61oiPgMx6gcgZwf8Q3-2B61YHx5f8PxYunL22aYO47oxSQ8y8z-2FCmcg5xz543yLRE-2BoNiYh8-2FsD88YoV4XatOC1QnEvsD-2F0na1Nt-2FbE9IYRy7ct6vQ-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">Western Digital Corporation</a> (NASDAQ: WDC) today introduced the <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDVOUCAOruvSruR2Fg3iKszsezdQM-2BsDmapY-2FFBi7Fetw-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvozdfGC4j5UIiAvYR-2F-2FdZ-2BTskU0C1ea8ANt2CKEVEAJSc3OGvh042x3AgoJVC2gzXchuIrLhGLa2xkaTkxvpqIF7LJ7R0i-2Blk7akfpkphIcBgFPMck88RYo8pKtP0aIZv7R4nLFagiQCSjAmeIl-2F2tQ-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">Ultrastar<sup>®</sup></a> DC HC530 hard drive - at 14TB, no other CMR (conventional magnetic recording) hard drive in the industry offers a higher capacity. The breadth and depth of big data is driving the universal need for higher capacities across a broad spectrum of applications and workloads. Built on Western Digital's fifth-generation HelioSeal technology, the Ultrastar DC HC530 drive is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density, watt/TB and $/TB are critical parameters for creating the most cost-efficient infrastructure.</p>
<p>The data explosion caused by big data, IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning, rich content and fast data applications is challenging hyperscale cloud data centers and enterprises to efficiently build massive petabyte-scale infrastructures. This ability to cost-effectively scale-up or scale-out is business critical, not only for cloud service providers but for organizations leveraging big data analytics and machine learning in medical, science, agriculture and other fields seeking innovation, discoveries and unique insights, as well as for creating new business models.</p>
<p><span class="xn-person">Brendan Collins</span>, vice president of marketing, Devices, Western Digital, said, "Our enterprise and hyperscale cloud customers demand reliability with the highest capacities and densities to deliver the lowest TCO for business-critical applications. Having invented, brought to market and delivered five generations of industry-leading innovations in helium technology, and with more than 27 million drives shipped, our ability to maintain high quality and reliability have made us the trusted partner of top-tier cloud providers, Internet giants and OEMs around the world."</p>
<p>A follow-on to the <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDXpulTsYq-2BH6JDfel9bGsmw-3D-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7Hvl-2FvP5aU9NcslJx297aSV6n5sk-2BT6g-2FiQNbnnem5mFGfTwxNZHa2oxbUYRx-2BrlbGP6ktvGGOu49pFY5HKbszLiiTlmpqqWrskfHiJA2ECkIw2W2bJILhbyEyegEqS-2FH-2B7-2B8r7mpwq8rfZfW-2FUC1DCLg-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">industry's first 14TB SMR</a> (shingled magnetic recording) drive, the Ultrastar DC HC530 is a 14TB CMR drive that delivers drop-in simplicity for random write workloads in enterprise and cloud data centers. Since 2014, the company's unique, patented HelioSeal process seals helium in the drive to provide unbeatable capacity, exceptional power efficiency and long-term data center reliability. Its low-power design does not compromise performance, while contributing to its overall TCO advantages. Both SAS and SATA interfaces will be available.</p>
<p><span class="xn-money">Tencent</span>, a leading global Internet service provider based in <span class="xn-location">China</span> is adopting Western Digital's HelioSeal-based hard drives for their <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud data centers. Huang Bing Qi, director of <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud, said, "As the volume of data continues to expand, our customers look to us to provide speed, agility and longevity for a variety of applications, workloads and outcomes. Western Digital's helium-filled HDDs provide the low-power and high-capacity we need to meet these demands in a cost-efficient and reliable manner. <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud has already deployed 12TB HelioSeal HDDs and we are excited to work with Western Digital to qualify the new 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530 drives."</p>
<p><b>Features a</b><b>nd Specifications</b> </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>HelioSeal: Western Digital's fifth generation helium-based drives, based on the exclusive HelioSeal technology</li>
<li>Available with either 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA interface</li>
<li>Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording (TDMR) and improved Dual Stage Micro Actuator provides optimal head positioning and rotational vibration robustness</li>
<li>Data Protection: Helps protect end user data with encryption (Self Encrypting Drive)</li>
<li>Reliability: Amongst the industry's highest MTBF rating at <span class="xn-money">2.5M</span> hours and comes with a 5-year limited warranty</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Availability</b> </p>
<p>The Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB HDD is currently shipping to select hyperscale cloud customers for qualification. Limited qualification samples are available now to qualified customers. For more information on the Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB drive, visit: <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDVOUCAOruvSruR2Fg3iKszsezdQM-2BsDmapY-2FFBi7Fetw-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvPXcQ-2F3IVuU8CUEr7KXCLMgrhTGBUVgfseAtr6o2j8oRg-2BNGCxghCox7DmSbho57r6CJeOig5MJp5w11OFQyQ8aJ0yr4j0hwv86k0TGtm5RnaYi1cm7JQBJRKg4VOhycBXMQms9Afpn4zhtRUtgbRVw-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-dc-hc530</a>.</p>
<p>The Ultrastar DC HC530 drives will also be available in the company's high-density <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWRq10beSIgLDr9PI6ne6V5K_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7Hv2Cy-2F2Z1iVc9Q-2Fv2edlgY5sAyy-2Bn8lL7dJn7wC8IkwwyRWEl-2FXD6vhZfW4T1qHmNtQMP-2B-2B16z4po7dEG9iQwOupClwQM8fBHhln-2FYd0R0bbunDccVDSSg-2BTeblT-2F-2B1i9uXlS2-2Foih6R95fjOQ5NMCCg-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">data center platforms</a> designed for next-generation disaggregated storage and software-defined storage (SDS) systems.</p>
<p><b>About Western Digital</b> </p>
<p>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-Technologyâ¢, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegileâ¢, Upthereâ¢, and WD® brands.</p>
<p><b>Forward-Looking Statements</b> </p>
<p>This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the development, performance and capacity, capabilities, applications, and availability of the 14TB Ultrastar Helium HDD, the HelioSeal platform, the Ultrastar Data102 and Data60 data center platforms and adoption of our products by customers. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among others: volatility in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,, including our most recently filed periodic report to which your attention is directed. The company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this release.</p>
<p>© 2018 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, G-Technology, SanDisk, Tegile, Upthere, WD, HelioSeal, and Ultrastar 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.</p>
<p>As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. Product specifications subject to change without notice. Not all products are available in all regions of the world.</p>
<p><b>Company</b> <b>contacts:</b><br> <span class="xn-person">Javed Ansari</span><br> Western Digital Corporation<br> +91-9871629983<br> <a href="mailto:Javed.Ansari@wdc.com" rel="nofollow">Javed.Ansari@wdc.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><b><i>New 14TB HelioSeal</i></b><b><i><sup>®</sup></i></b><b><i> </i></b> <b><i>Design Boosts Quality, Reliability, Power Efficiency and Added Robustness to Enable an Environment for Big Data to Thrive</i></b> </p>
<p>Enabling new lower levels of total cost of ownership (TCO) for cloud and enterprise customers, <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=7VDqtAz2AW-2FeY7XnbvsasTC2XY3KoYZTWShmDOhLL2iuWXHpbe0MzwtlDQKyxj2VUd482y3-2Fn7-2BAZfMrD5Zpm4Edw9ko-2FXhPdDYcFVGeF0JfcnuBtWED5aX2Db3SuDSpeC6W-2BOusItKfwnPceQ71wN3LtV175cGICMC0lteB9SMPPWO0IR88LrBGMEKZktU-2F_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvN5QKZE7Aj23g4yI8cx-2Bop-2FW7OBXGYI3dVBrgC-2B61oiPgMx6gcgZwf8Q3-2B61YHx5f8PxYunL22aYO47oxSQ8y8z-2FCmcg5xz543yLRE-2BoNiYh8-2FsD88YoV4XatOC1QnEvsD-2F0na1Nt-2FbE9IYRy7ct6vQ-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">Western Digital Corporation</a> (NASDAQ: WDC) today introduced the <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDVOUCAOruvSruR2Fg3iKszsezdQM-2BsDmapY-2FFBi7Fetw-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvozdfGC4j5UIiAvYR-2F-2FdZ-2BTskU0C1ea8ANt2CKEVEAJSc3OGvh042x3AgoJVC2gzXchuIrLhGLa2xkaTkxvpqIF7LJ7R0i-2Blk7akfpkphIcBgFPMck88RYo8pKtP0aIZv7R4nLFagiQCSjAmeIl-2F2tQ-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">Ultrastar<sup>®</sup></a> DC HC530 hard drive - at 14TB, no other CMR (conventional magnetic recording) hard drive in the industry offers a higher capacity. The breadth and depth of big data is driving the universal need for higher capacities across a broad spectrum of applications and workloads. Built on Western Digital's fifth-generation HelioSeal technology, the Ultrastar DC HC530 drive is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density, watt/TB and $/TB are critical parameters for creating the most cost-efficient infrastructure.</p>
<p>The data explosion caused by big data, IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning, rich content and fast data applications is challenging hyperscale cloud data centers and enterprises to efficiently build massive petabyte-scale infrastructures. This ability to cost-effectively scale-up or scale-out is business critical, not only for cloud service providers but for organizations leveraging big data analytics and machine learning in medical, science, agriculture and other fields seeking innovation, discoveries and unique insights, as well as for creating new business models.</p>
<p><span class="xn-person">Brendan Collins</span>, vice president of marketing, Devices, Western Digital, said, "Our enterprise and hyperscale cloud customers demand reliability with the highest capacities and densities to deliver the lowest TCO for business-critical applications. Having invented, brought to market and delivered five generations of industry-leading innovations in helium technology, and with more than 27 million drives shipped, our ability to maintain high quality and reliability have made us the trusted partner of top-tier cloud providers, Internet giants and OEMs around the world."</p>
<p>A follow-on to the <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDXpulTsYq-2BH6JDfel9bGsmw-3D-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7Hvl-2FvP5aU9NcslJx297aSV6n5sk-2BT6g-2FiQNbnnem5mFGfTwxNZHa2oxbUYRx-2BrlbGP6ktvGGOu49pFY5HKbszLiiTlmpqqWrskfHiJA2ECkIw2W2bJILhbyEyegEqS-2FH-2B7-2B8r7mpwq8rfZfW-2FUC1DCLg-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">industry's first 14TB SMR</a> (shingled magnetic recording) drive, the Ultrastar DC HC530 is a 14TB CMR drive that delivers drop-in simplicity for random write workloads in enterprise and cloud data centers. Since 2014, the company's unique, patented HelioSeal process seals helium in the drive to provide unbeatable capacity, exceptional power efficiency and long-term data center reliability. Its low-power design does not compromise performance, while contributing to its overall TCO advantages. Both SAS and SATA interfaces will be available.</p>
<p><span class="xn-money">Tencent</span>, a leading global Internet service provider based in <span class="xn-location">China</span> is adopting Western Digital's HelioSeal-based hard drives for their <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud data centers. Huang Bing Qi, director of <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud, said, "As the volume of data continues to expand, our customers look to us to provide speed, agility and longevity for a variety of applications, workloads and outcomes. Western Digital's helium-filled HDDs provide the low-power and high-capacity we need to meet these demands in a cost-efficient and reliable manner. <span class="xn-money">Tencent</span> Cloud has already deployed 12TB HelioSeal HDDs and we are excited to work with Western Digital to qualify the new 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530 drives."</p>
<p><b>Features a</b><b>nd Specifications</b> </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>HelioSeal: Western Digital's fifth generation helium-based drives, based on the exclusive HelioSeal technology</li>
<li>Available with either 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA interface</li>
<li>Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording (TDMR) and improved Dual Stage Micro Actuator provides optimal head positioning and rotational vibration robustness</li>
<li>Data Protection: Helps protect end user data with encryption (Self Encrypting Drive)</li>
<li>Reliability: Amongst the industry's highest MTBF rating at <span class="xn-money">2.5M</span> hours and comes with a 5-year limited warranty</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Availability</b> </p>
<p>The Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB HDD is currently shipping to select hyperscale cloud customers for qualification. Limited qualification samples are available now to qualified customers. For more information on the Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB drive, visit: <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWQUCUxynr2lTo8ecG6xuFsDVOUCAOruvSruR2Fg3iKszsezdQM-2BsDmapY-2FFBi7Fetw-3D_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7HvPXcQ-2F3IVuU8CUEr7KXCLMgrhTGBUVgfseAtr6o2j8oRg-2BNGCxghCox7DmSbho57r6CJeOig5MJp5w11OFQyQ8aJ0yr4j0hwv86k0TGtm5RnaYi1cm7JQBJRKg4VOhycBXMQms9Afpn4zhtRUtgbRVw-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-dc-hc530</a>.</p>
<p>The Ultrastar DC HC530 drives will also be available in the company's high-density <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=TwIh0OIjG8BOSB67uKqqjxsDRICe23R1yALOK1v7-2BWRq10beSIgLDr9PI6ne6V5K_q1N77mbql2CxsoEfo2fFiZ6dnlev64IGUSa1KT1DDw1MuprZmQ6aap9NY9k0Le75sbLeBCsGkQD1-2FIwpNrOGteOc-2BwtsaTTtzK5O-2Fk0aI5YKbAgY7ISqqW-2BE-2FfjJ9mmGqDR0uCmWr4-2BF7SBlcGxJ5LFUBrMBxBswJ6mq0Ok9SP1uLbR7rVgZiMafcjh2o7Hv2Cy-2F2Z1iVc9Q-2Fv2edlgY5sAyy-2Bn8lL7dJn7wC8IkwwyRWEl-2FXD6vhZfW4T1qHmNtQMP-2B-2B16z4po7dEG9iQwOupClwQM8fBHhln-2FYd0R0bbunDccVDSSg-2BTeblT-2F-2B1i9uXlS2-2Foih6R95fjOQ5NMCCg-3D-3D" rel="nofollow">data center platforms</a> designed for next-generation disaggregated storage and software-defined storage (SDS) systems.</p>
<p><b>About Western Digital</b> </p>
<p>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-Technologyâ¢, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegileâ¢, Upthereâ¢, and WD® brands.</p>
<p><b>Forward-Looking Statements</b> </p>
<p>This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the development, performance and capacity, capabilities, applications, and availability of the 14TB Ultrastar Helium HDD, the HelioSeal platform, the Ultrastar Data102 and Data60 data center platforms and adoption of our products by customers. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among others: volatility in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,, including our most recently filed periodic report to which your attention is directed. The company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this release.</p>
<p>© 2018 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, G-Technology, SanDisk, Tegile, Upthere, WD, HelioSeal, and Ultrastar 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.</p>
<p>As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. Product specifications subject to change without notice. Not all products are available in all regions of the world.</p>
<p><b>Company</b> <b>contacts:</b><br> <span class="xn-person">Javed Ansari</span><br> Western Digital Corporation<br> +91-9871629983<br> <a href="mailto:Javed.Ansari@wdc.com" rel="nofollow">Javed.Ansari@wdc.com</a></p>
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