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Hi! It's been a few years, but I'm working with Western Digital again and have some updates to request for this article. I've broken them out by section. I'm also happy to reformat or reorganize these requests however is helpful.

Lead

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Delete "data center systems" from second sentence, as Western Digital no longer offers data center systems (source; also cited in proposed addition to 2010s History below).

Update final sentence with a better source, and to reflect that hard drives are no longer Western Digital's primary focus.

Current:
It is also one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers, along with its primary competitor Seagate Technology.[1]
Proposed:
It is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers, along with producing SSDs and flash memory devices. Its competitors include data management and storage companies like Seagate Technology and Micron Technology.[2]

History

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I propose a full rewrite of the first four, largely unsourced subsections of this section (1970s–2000s). I've gone through the contents of this section and provided sources for as much information as I could, while revising or removing unsourced or incorrect information. Here is a full mockup of my proposed edits. Here is a mockup with all the changes to the current text highlighted and struck through. All of the changes have been made to reflect the availability of independent, secondary sources, and to align the text with Wikipedia's standards for writing and formatting.

2010s

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Adding after In September 2017, Western Digital acquired Tegile Systems, maker of flash memory storage arrays.[3]:

Western Digital rebranded Tegile as IntelliFlash[4] and sold it to DataDirect Networks in September 2019.[5]

Products

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Adding an introductory paragraph of context before the subsections:

Western Digital sells hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs), and other memory devices, as well as software to support these products. In addition to client products, the company also sells data center products, including capacity and performance enterprise HDDs, enterprise SSDs,[6] JBOD/JBOF platforms,[7] and composable disaggregated infrastructure.[8]
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Western Digital sells hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs), and other memory devices, as well as software to support these products. In addition to client products, the company also sells data center products, including capacity and performance enterprise HDDs, enterprise SSDs,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mellor |first1=Chris |title=Western Digital upgrades NVMe SSDs, recruits composable allies |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/08/05/western-digital-nvme-of-ssds/ |accessdate=9 June 2020 |work=Blocks & Files |date=5 August 2019}}</ref> [[JBOD]]/JBOF platforms,<ref>{{cite news |title=Acronis deploys Western Digital storage to meet data center demand |url=https://datacenternews.us/story/acronis-deploys-western-digital-storage-to-meet-data-center-demand |accessdate=9 June 2020 |work=DataCenterNews |date=24 March 2020}}</ref> and [[composable disaggregated infrastructure]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=James Alan |title=Hyper-converged and composable architectures transform IT |url=https://searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com/feature/Hyper-converged-and-composable-architectures-transform-IT |accessdate=10 June 2020 |work=TechTarget |date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

Hard drives

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Deleting at end of section (poorly written and doesn't pertain to hard drives):

Western Digital sells data center software and system solutions.[buzzword][9] Including an enterprise-class Ultrastar product line.[10]


Software

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New subsection, with proposed text:

Western Digital offers several software products for use with its hardware, including:
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Western Digital offers several software products for use with its hardware, including:

*WD SmartWare for automated data backup to external drives and [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cockerham |first1=Ryan |title=What Is WD SmartWare? |url=https://www.techwalla.com/13713503/whats-a-vlog |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=Techwalla |date=31 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fingas |first1=Jon |title=WD SmartWare Pro automates backups to both Dropbox and external drives |url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/04/16/wd-smartware-pro-automates-backups-to-both-dropbox-and-hdds/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=Engadget |date=16 April 2013}}</ref>
*A Western Digital edition of [[Acronis True Image]] for drive backup, recovery, and imaging<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sag |first1=Anshel |title=Western Digital Gives Away Free Acronis True Image to Customers |url=http://vrworld.com/2010/09/13/western-digital-gives-away-free-acronis-true-image-to-customers/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=VR World |date=13 September 2010}}</ref>
*Software embedded in its Ultrastar line of [[SSDs]] that enables them to function as [[virtual memory]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mellor |first1=Chris |title=Western Digital: And when I pull the covers off, behold as NAND becomes virtual DRAM |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/12/western_digital_me200/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=The Register |date=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Condon |first1=Stephanie |title=Western Digital jumps into in-memory computing segment |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/western-digital-jumps-into-in-memory-computing-segment/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=ZDNet |date=12 November 2018}}</ref>

Acquisitions

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Add acquisition to table:

Acquisition date Company Product types Price Refs
March 8, 2012 HGST HDD, SSD $3.9 billion [16]
January 22, 2013 Arkeia Software Backup Software —
September 12, 2013 sTec SSD $340,000,000 [17][18]
October 17, 2013 Virident SSD, system and software $685,000,000 [19][20]
March 16, 2015 Amplidata Software  — [21]
May 12, 2016 SanDisk SSD, system and software, NAND flash, embedded $19 billion [22]
August 28, 2017 Upthere Flash, persistent, cloud services  — [23]
September 2017 Tegile Flash, persistent, cloud services  — [24][25]
September 11, 2019 Kazan Networks Flash storage technology  — [26]


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|- scope="row" | {{dts|2019|09|11}} | Kazan Networks | Flash storage technology | — | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kovar |first1=Joseph F. |title=Western Digital Acquires NVMe-oF Startup Kazan |url=https://www.crn.com/news/data-center/western-digital-acquires-nvme-of-startup-kazan |accessdate=20 March 2020 |work=CRN |date=11 September 2019}}</ref>

References

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References

  1. ^ Disk Drive Industry Update: Volume 76, Needham Company, June 14, 2011
  2. ^ Deagon, Brian (27 March 2020). "WDC Stock: Is It A Buy Right Now? Here's What Earnings, Western Digital Stock Charts Show". Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ Gagliordi, Natalie (August 29, 2017). "Western Digital buys flash storage company Tegile Systems". ZDNet. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Tintri saviour to acquire former Tegile business". CRN. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ Mellor, Chris (20 September 2019). "Western Digital: We're just about DDN with these data centre systems". The Register. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Mellor, Chris (5 August 2019). "Western Digital upgrades NVMe SSDs, recruits composable allies". Blocks & Files. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Acronis deploys Western Digital storage to meet data center demand". DataCenterNews. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ Miller, James Alan (10 February 2020). "Hyper-converged and composable architectures transform IT". TechTarget. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ Dignan, Larry (15 November 2016). "Western Digital's data center unit adds to scale-out storage portfolio". ZDNet. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. ^ Wong, Wylie (12 October 2017). "Western Digital Aims Largest Hard Drive Ever at World's Largest Data Centers". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  11. ^ Cockerham, Ryan (31 March 2015). "What Is WD SmartWare?". Techwalla. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  12. ^ Fingas, Jon (16 April 2013). "WD SmartWare Pro automates backups to both Dropbox and external drives". Engadget. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  13. ^ Sag, Anshel (13 September 2010). "Western Digital Gives Away Free Acronis True Image to Customers". VR World. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  14. ^ Mellor, Chris (12 November 2018). "Western Digital: And when I pull the covers off, behold as NAND becomes virtual DRAM". The Register. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  15. ^ Condon, Stephanie (12 November 2018). "Western Digital jumps into in-memory computing segment". ZDNet. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  16. ^ Ribeiro, John (8 March 2012). "Western Digital Closes Hitachi GST Acquisition, to Operate Separate Subsidiaries". PCWorld. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  17. ^ Vättö, Kristian (24 June 2013). "Western Digital Acquires STEC". AnandTech. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  18. ^ Doulatramani, Chandni (24 June 2013). "Western Digital buys Stec to build solid-state business". Reuters. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  19. ^ Alawadhi, Neha (9 September 2013). "Western Digital buys flash memory maker Virident, focus now on Fusion-io". Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  20. ^ Dignan, Larry (9 September 2013). "Western Digital buys Virident Systems for $685 million, bolsters enterprise efforts". ZDNet. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  21. ^ Harris, Robin (3 March 2015). "WD's HGST buys Amplidata". ZDNet. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19B".
  23. ^ Kastrenakes, Jacob (28 August 2017). "Western Digital buys Upthere to build better cloud storage features". The Verge. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Western Digital buys up Tegile Systems to add to its Data Center Systems business". V3. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  25. ^ Mellor, Chris (July 27, 2018). "If you were a firm-swallowing storage giant, how WD you digest them all?". The Register. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  26. ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (11 September 2019). "Western Digital Acquires NVMe-oF Startup Kazan". CRN. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

Due to my COI, I won't be editing the article directly. Thank you for any help or feedback you can share!

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