SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping the world
harness the power of data, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:
WDC), with its HGST (@HGSTstorage) Active Archive System, today
announced that it has joined the Active Archive Alliance, a
non-profit industry association dedicated to expanding awareness
about evolving technologies that enable reliable and efficient
online access to archived data. As a member of the alliance,
Western Digital Corporation will collaborate with companies like
FujiFilm and HP to provide its expertise in innovative enterprise
archive storage systems and solutions that enable users to derive
greater value from data than traditional archive storage.
"Organizations today need rapid access to increasing amounts of
data across multiple locations and platforms, and they require
real-time, easy access to data archives," said Barbara Murphy, vice president of marketing for
the Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit at HGST, a Western Digital
Corporation brand. "To address this, active archives need to be
highly reliable and cost effective while supporting new and legacy
requirements. With the HGST Active Archive System, we own the
entire stack from the drive to the object store, so we bring a
unique perspective about cloud-scale architecture to the Active
Archive Alliance team."
The HGST Active Archive System is a fully self-contained object
storage system that enables customers to add storage as easily as
rolling another rack into place and connecting it to the network,
all with industry-leading power efficiency and a total cost of
ownership that beats white box economics. WDC's collaboration with
the Active Archive Alliance will help drive deeper insights into
the evolving landscape of data archiving and the need to instantly
access data over longer periods of time.
"We are pleased to welcome Western Digital Corporation to the
Active Archive Alliance," said Peter
Faulhaber, CEO of Fujifilm Recording Media, USA and chairman of the Active Archive
Alliance Board of Directors. "As the complexity of long-term data
storage increases, end users are seeking to optimize their IT
infrastructure. Western Digital clearly understands this need and
is bringing another dimension to the types of active archive
solutions available with their innovative centralized management
platform."
For more information about the HGST Active Archive System, visit
http://www.hgst.com/products/systems/hgst-active-archive-system.
For more information about the Active Archive Alliance, visit
www.activearchive.com.
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About Western Digital Corporation
Western Digital
Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading developer and
manufacturer of storage 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 effective
technology deployment, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our
products are marketed under the HGST and WD brands to OEMs,
distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and
consumers. For more information, please visit www.hgst.com and
www.wd.com.
About HGST
HGST (@HGSTStorage) branded 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.
About The Active Archive Alliance
The Active Archive
Alliance is a collaborative industry alliance dedicated to
promoting active archives for simplified, access to all of your
data, all of the time. Launched in early 2010, the Active
Archive Alliance is a vendor neutral organization open to leading
providers of active archive technologies including file systems,
active archive applications, cloud storage, high density tape and
disk storage. Active Archive Alliance members provide active
archive solutions, best practices, and industry testimonials so
that organizations can achieve fast, active access to all their
data in the most cost effective manner. Active Archive Alliance
members include Crossroads Systems, DataDirect Networks, Fujifilm,
HGST, HP, Quantum and Spectra Logic. Visit www.activearchive.com
for more information.
Long Live Data is a trademark of HGST, Inc. and its affiliates
in the United States and/or other
countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective
owners.
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