Western Digital Corporation Presents Innovative Storage Solutions At Cloud Expo 2016 New York

WDC's Data Center Systems Business Unit to Discuss How Active Data Delivers Value and Accelerates Insights; Company to Demonstrate its Object Storage System for Better Backup and Archiving in the Cloud

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Jun 07, 2016, 08:00 ET

IRVINE, Calif., June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding on discussions around best storage practices for cloud services, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) announces that it will deliver presentations on the benefits of active data and breakthroughs in backup and archiving in the cloud at Cloud Expo 2016 (@CloudExpo) this week in New York. Additionally, the company will showcase its award-winning, object store-based HGST Active Archive System in Booth 313.

HGST (formerly Hitachi GST and now a Western Digital company) provides a wide range of products that includes hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services that store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data.

Executives from Western Digital Corporation will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate how object storage is used to capture, store, and retrieve disparate data types with a single system. Each session will explore how the simplification of data management will lead to time and resource savings, and accelerate data-driven insight.

Where/When:		Cloud Expo 2016: New York
		June 7 – 9, 2016
		Javits Center
		Booth 313

Speaking Session Information:

	Who:	Scott Cleland, senior director of Product Marketing, Data Center Systems, WDC
	Topic:	Keep Your Data Active
	Date:	Tuesday, June 7, 2016
	Time:	11:00 to 11:35 a.m. ET
	Where:	Javits Center, Track 5: Big Data \| Analytics

	Who:	Scott Cleland, senior director of Product Marketing, Data Center Systems, WDC
	Topic:	Cats Herding: Why It's Time for a Millennial Approach to Storage
	Date:	Tuesday, June 7, 2016
	Time:	3:10 to 3:55 p.m. ET
	Where:	Javits Center, Track 5: Big Data \| Analytics

	Who:	Jeff Greenwald, senior director of Marketing, Data Center Systems, WDC
	Topic:	Backup as a Service
	Date:	Wednesday, June 8, 2016
	Time:	11:30 to 11:50 a.m. ET
	Where:	Javits Center, Cloud Expo Demo Theater

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About Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading provider of storage technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers.

HGST
HGST (@HGSTStorage), a Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) brand, helps the world harness the power of data. Our smarter storage solutions power the markets and companies that shape our lives—enabling possibilities for the cloud, enterprise and sophisticated infrastructures everywhere. For more information, please visit www.hgst.com #LongLiveData

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