HDD stories
Western Digital completes Flash business separation move
Wed, 26th Feb 2025
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ai
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cleantech
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sustainability
Western Digital has finalised the separation of its Flash business, marking a major milestone as it sets its sights on future data storage innovations.
Western Digital unveils world's highest capacity HDDs
Tue, 22nd Oct 2024
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storage
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edge computing
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western digital
Western Digital has launched the world's highest capacity HDDs, with the UltraSMR reaching 32TB and the ePMR CMR at 26TB, advancing data storage technology.
Acer unveils new Predator Orion 7000 gaming desktop
Fri, 6th Sep 2024
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storage
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gaming
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digital entertainment
Acer debuts its powerful Predator Orion 7000, with top-tier performance features, advanced cooling, and a price starting at AUD $7999.
OVHcloud launches new Bare Metal servers powered by AMD EPYC
Thu, 27th Jun 2024
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saas
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storage
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virtualisation
OVHcloud unveils its third-generation Bare Metal Advance servers, powered by AMD's EPYC 4004 Series, starting at EUR €84.99/month, aimed at SMBs.
Western Digital unveils AI Data Cycle Storage Framework
Fri, 7th Jun 2024
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storage
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data analytics
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genai
Western Digital has launched an AI Data Cycle Storage Framework to boost AI infrastructure, alongside advanced SSDs and HDDs for efficient AI data management.
Hetzner Online unveils affordable high-capacity storage servers
Fri, 3rd May 2024
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storage
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital entertainment
Germany's Hetzner Online introduces a range of cost-effective dedicated storage servers, offering different performance levels and designed for large-scale data storage applications.
Seagate launches SkyHawk AI 24TB drive for AI-enabled edge security
Thu, 8th Feb 2024
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surveillance
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edge security
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ai
Seagate Technology launches the SkyHawk AI 24TB hard drive, custom-built for handling mass data requirements in AI-enabled video imaging and edge security applications.
SNS revolutionises media production with HDDs of up to 22TB
Thu, 16th Nov 2023
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cto
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western digital
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hdd
Studio Network Solutions (SNS) ups the game in media workshops, now offering a colossal 22TB HDDs on their EVO systems.
Seagate rolls out 18TB helium-based Exos-X18 enterprise drives
Fri, 25th Sep 2020
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storage
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seagate
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hdd
Seagate is now shipping the 18 terabyte (TB) helium-based enterprise drive, which is a new additions to Seagate’s Exos-X18 family.
Western Digital adds top tech to data centre solutions
Tue, 14th Jul 2020
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Worldwide availability of 16TB and 18TB capacities for Ultrastar HDDs, WD Gold HDDs and Ultrastar storage platforms.
Are hard disk drives damaged by smoke recoverable?
Fri, 5th Apr 2019
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dr
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hyperscale
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dc
The old saying ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ is certainly an apt proverb in IT circles - ESET shares some advice for recovering smoke-damaged HDDs.
EMEA external storage market hits record high, Dell EMC on top
Thu, 14th Mar 2019
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storage
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hdd
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enterprise storage
The EMEA external storage market hit record highs in Q4 2018, growing 16.4% in USD, with Dell EMC leading the surge in flash-array deployments.
Seagate launches new 12TB ‘Guardian’ HDD range
Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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storage
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personal computing devices
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pc hardware
Seagate says the new drives offer the highest capacity and performance in the industry, among network-attached storage (NAS) and desktop HDDs.
'163ZB of annual data by 2025' - Seagate responds with 10K HDD for data centers
Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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seagate
IT decision makers must decide what data to save and secure long-term to meet evolving customer needs and regulatory requirements.
Seagate holds strong, delivers bumper $2.8 billion revenue
Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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seagate
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hdd
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financial results
Seagate last week released its official financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, bringing in $2.8 billion.
Seagate expects $2.9 billion revenue from cloud capacity and HDD shipments
Fri, 14th Oct 2016
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storage
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cloud storage
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seagate
Seagate has reported its preliminary financials for its first quarter of 2017, expecting revenue generation of approximately $2.8 billion.
Seagate expects $2.6 billion HDD revenue, plans to cut jobs
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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fintech
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seagate
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hdd
Seagate expects to report approximately $2.65 billion in revenue for it's fiscal fourth quarter and year-end 2016, driven by its HDD shipments.
Seagate targets cloud data centers with 10TB helium-filled drive
Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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seagate
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hdd
Seagate has unveiled its first 10TB enterprise capacity hard disk drive as the vendor seeks to address storage demands of cloud-based data centers.
‘My Passport Slim’ released
Thu, 28th Nov 2013
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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personal computing devices
Western Digital's sleek 'My Passport Slim' hits the shelves, a nifty portable hard drive in 1TB and 2TB sizes, just in time for Christmas.
Acronis launches new disk management tools
Thu, 21st Oct 2010
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acronis
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hdd
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windows 7
Acronis has launched Disk Director 11 Advanced Server and Workstation tools, promising to cut IT admin time for hard drive management and boost data safety.