Talk:Western Digital

message: Guys, I am seeing some company employees are involved with the update & writing of this Wiki article.
Does anyone have approximate info when 3 TB or larger HDDs will be released for laptops, with standard laptop HDD physical size/width? I.e. under 1 cm, and not the 14-15 mm HDDs that are available now, which won't fit into most laptops. 
Thanks in advance for any comments & info on this. Naki (talk) 13:25, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been 2+ years now since I wrote this, no 3 TB laptop HDDs in standard laptop form factor in sight? Will they ever be coming, does anyone have a wild guess? :) Yes, I know 4 TB, 8 TB SATA3 SSDs exist now but despite that I am still interested in such laptop HDDs anyway. Naki (talk) 15:49, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Any info? It has been a while since standard 2 TB laptop HDDs were the max (still are?), despite "normal" desktop i.e. 3.5" HDDs reaching 22 or even more TB!? Are laptop HDDs dead now, does anyone have some insider info? I know most new laptops do not ship with any HDDs anymore, as least for most parts of the world - only with an SSD. I would think with 30 TB HDDs around the corner, some nice new, bigger HDDs in the smaller 2.5" factor would make sense, no? And why not revive 1.8" HDDs too, I think they may still be a good fit in some scenarios? (obviously not in phones). Naki (talk) 14:52, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insider info -- 3+ TB laptop HDDs? 

message: 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.Disk Drive Industry Update: Volume 76, Needham Company, June 14, 2011
: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.
-- Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  01:12, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead

message: Adding after In September 2017, Western Digital acquired Tegile Systems, maker of flash memory storage arrays.: 
:Western Digital rebranded Tegile as IntelliFlash and sold it to DataDirect Networks in September 2019.
-- Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hubcapp (talk) 10:12, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: 2010s

message: Deleting in middle of section (poorly written and doesn't pertain to hard drives):
:Western Digital sells data center software and system solutions  including an enterprise-class Ultrastar product line.
-- Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved this out of "Hard drives" section to "Other products" section, but I agree its poorly written, and probably should be rewritten to somehow otherwise note the specific "data center software and system solutions" that Western Digital offers. Hubcapp (talk) 08:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Hard drives

message: Add acquisition to table:
Acquisition date	Company        	Product types                                 	Price       	Refs
                	HGST           	HDD, SSD                                      	$3.9 billion	
January 22, 2013	Arkeia Software	Backup Software                               	—           	
                	sTec           	SSD                                           	$           	
                	Virident       	SSD, system and software                      	$           	
                	Amplidata      	Software                                      	 —     	
                	SanDisk        	SSD, system and software, NAND flash, embedded	$19 billion 	
                	Upthere        	Flash, persistent, cloud services             	 —     	
                	Tegile         	Flash, persistent, cloud services             	 —     	
                	Kazan Networks 	Flash storage technology                      	 —     	
|- scope="row"
| 
| Kazan Networks
| Flash storage technology
| —
| 
-- Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  01:12, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Acquisitions

message: Due to my COI, I won't be editing the article directly. Thank you for any help or feedback you can share! Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I see you've done some of the requested changes but not others. Have you declined those changes or simply not looked at them? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:02, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think I might have thought they were unnecessary -- I can't remember why I didn't implement them. Feel free to look at them yourself. P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  20:16, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Where are WD production plants located? --0dorkmann (talk) 11:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question