New My Cloud OS 3 Puts Control of Content into the Hands
of Consumers with Greater Photo Sharing, Backup and
Synchronization
BERLIN, Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IFA
-- WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and
a worldwide leader in storage solutions, today introduced
significant enhancements to WD's family of My Cloud® personal
storage devices, including a new, redesigned My Cloud OS 3
operating system, Software Developer Kit (SDK) enabling enhanced
app integration and a dual-drive My Cloud Mirror personal cloud
storage offering increased memory and faster processing performance
than previous generations.
WD's My Cloud OS 3 features an intuitive user interface
delivering a rich content-sharing experience, and back-up and sync
capabilities that elevate the personal cloud NAS offering while
retaining the privacy and control unique to personal cloud devices
physically located in the home or office.
"We know our personal cloud customers place the highest value on
their personal content and enjoy the peace of mind from backing up
PCs, smart phones and tablets to and centralizing content on their
My Cloud systems," said Jim Welsh, executive vice president
and general manager of Content Solutions business at WD. "They tell
us they are confident in the privacy, control and anywhere access
we provide them with the My Cloud OS. Now, with My Cloud OS 3,
we've made users' management of their digital lives easier than
ever before."
My Cloud OS 3 features powerful new photo and video capabilities
via two new user experiences: MyCloud.com and My Cloud Albums app.
MyCloud.com provides users global access to their My Cloud via an
intuitive web browser-based user interface and enables file
collaboration, comprehensive access management and a photos and
videos gallery view. My Cloud Albums, available for download late
September on iTunes and Google Play stores, allows a My Cloud OS 3
user to send a link to a common location, or "album", on the My
Cloud to all their friends and family.
My Cloud OS 3's new WD Sync™ feature syncs data across multiple
PCs and notebooks, ensuring that important files are up to date and
available to users from almost any device. The new OS also allows
users to set up automatic camera-roll backup of photos from
smartphones and tablets and offers a new transfer tool that enables
users to easily and quickly move their files to My Cloud devices.
The OS also includes Chromebook and Chromecast support.
As part of the My Cloud OS 3 launch, WD has introduced My Cloud
Device SDK and My Cloud API enabling developers to build new
extensions, features and capabilities within the My Cloud ecosystem
of personal cloud storage devices. The My Cloud Device SDK, based
on the Docker™ open platform technology, ensures developers can
easily access and collaborate to create customized experiences.
Partners already developing extensions and new features based on
the new SDK include Plex and Milestone.
In addition to new software upgrades, WD has also introduced a
new version of My Cloud Mirror personal cloud storage devices,
featuring two hard drives set to Mirror Mode (RAID 1), ensuring
content is stored on one drive and automatically duplicated to a
second drive. My Cloud Mirror personal cloud storage includes the
new features announced for My Cloud OS 3 and an improved processor
and 512 MB RAM for faster file transfers and application
support.
Attendees of the annual IFA Consumer Electronics Unlimited show
in Berlin September 4-9, 2015, can visit the WD booth
(#103) in Hall 11.2 of the Berlin ExpoCenter for a demo and
hands-on experience with the new My Cloud OS 3, My Cloud Device SDK
and My Cloud API.
Pricing and Availability
WD My Cloud OS 3 will be available at the end of the month as a
free download on current My Cloud personal cloud storage devices.
My Cloud devices supporting the new OS 3 include: My Cloud, My
Cloud Mirror, My Cloud Expert Series EX2/EX4, My Cloud Expert
Series EX2100/EX4100 and My Cloud Business Series DL2100/DL4100.
Customers can also download the new WD My Cloud mobile apps, which
are now available on the iTunes and Google Play stores. All WD My
Cloud devices are available today in the WD store at wdstore.com
and at select retailers and distributors. Access to My Cloud Device
SDK and My Cloud API will be available to interested developers
late September.
My Cloud Mirror will have a Manufactured Suggested Retail Price
(MSRP) of 4 TB $309.99, 6 TB
$379.99, 8 TB $429.99 and is available for pre-orders today in
the WD store at wdstore.com and at select retailers and
distributors beginning on September
30th.
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements relating to the estimated availability later this fall
of the new version of the My Cloud Mirror personal cloud storage
device and the My Cloud Device SDK and My Cloud API. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to, the risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities
and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not
limited to, our most recent annual report on Form 10-K to which
your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak as
of the date hereof, and WD undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.
About WD
WD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and
storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the
company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and
solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and
integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing
systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as
well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD's
leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media
players and software solutions empower people around the world to
easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on
multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered
in Irvine, California. For more
information, please visit the company's website at www.wd.com.
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of
products and services that empower people to create, manage,
experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and
manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home
entertainment products under the WD, HGST and G-Technology brands.
Visit the Investor section of the company's website
(www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and
investor information.
Apps, services, and other features are subject to change
based on your location, software version, device model, and third
party service providers.
Western Digital, WD, My Cloud and the WD logo are registered
trademarks and WD Sync is a trademark of Western Digital
Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other marks may
be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown
may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in
all regions of the world. As used for storage capacity, one
gigabyte = one billion bytes; one terabyte = one trillion bytes.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating
environment.
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