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Western Digital Details Mission to Unlock the Potential of Data
Company Unveils New Flash and HDD Offerings Inspired by All of the Ways People Use Data SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- What’s Next Western Digital Event –
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCompany Unveils New Flash and HDD Offerings Inspired by All of the Ways People Use Data\n\n SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWhat’s Next Western Digital Event – At its What’s Next Western Digital event held today at The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) detailed its mission to unlock the potential of data by harnessing the possibility to use it. In a series of keynotes delivered by company leaders, Western Digital also unveiled breakthrough HDD and Flash innovations inspired by the ways individuals and businesses use data to create what’s next.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220509005255/en/At its What's Next Western Digital event, the company introduced the industry’s first 22TB CMR and 26TB UltraSMR HDDs, and a new family of high-capacity PCIe® Gen4 NVMe™ SSDs. (Photo: Business Wire)\nIn his opening remarks, David Goeckeler, CEO of Western Digital, commented on the rapidly expanding market that stems from modern computing. The growth of the cloud, the explosion of connected intelligent devices, and the ever-expanding amount of digital information created with these devices each day around the world, all demand more and more storage capacity.\n\n“Everything we do starts with the belief in human potential as it intersects digital innovation and in turn, creates possibility,” said Goeckeler. “Inspired by the many ways in which our customers use data and empowered by our strong go-to-market engine, we uniquely address the broad storage needs of our diverse customers, at any scale — from the smallest intelligent devices to the largest public clouds.”\n\nJoined onstage by partners including AMD, Intel and Microsoft, Rob Soderbery, EVP and GM of the Flash Business Unit at Western Digital, reinforced the company’s commitment to deliver the purpose-built solutions that power the most important and exciting digital applications in the world today.\n\n“Innovating into the future starts with the right tools. We know that when people are given the tools to push boundaries, they are unstoppable,” said Soderbery. “From autonomous cars, artificial intelligence and augmented reality to computing, streaming and gaming, our flash products help to fuel our customers’ potential and allow them to perform at their best.”\n\nEVP and GM of t...