Sep 11, 2019 20 saw western digital invest heavily in flash storage with the acquisitions of stec, virident, velobit, and arkeia software. Western digital expands enterprise flash storage portfolio. The acquisition furthers hgsts strategy to address the changing needs of enterprise customers by delivering. Cloud computing delivers shared resources, software and information to users. Western digital corporation is an american computer hard disk drive manufacturer and data. Acquisitions helped double western digitals stock price. This page contains a listing of free software downloads that are available from western digital. Phillips, a motorola employee, as general digital, initially a manufacturer of mos test equipment. Wdc announced today that it has completed the acquisition of virident systems, inc. Western digital buys flash memory maker virident, focus now on. Western digital to acquire stec to expand in enterprise ssds. Western digital announces acquisition of upthere pc. It designs, manufactures and sells data technology products, including storage devices, data center systems and cloud storage services. Western digital corp has announced that it has completed the asset acquisition of upthere, a leading cloud services company providing new and better ways to keep, find and share whats important and meaningful to consumers.
Our products are marketed under the hgst, wd and gtechnology brand names. The year before, western digital acquired hitachi gst, or hgst, in a. Virident systems acquired by western digital logo of virident systems. Western digital was founded on april 23, 1970, by alvin b. Velobit will be folded into western digitals hgst subsidiary, the companies said. Virident will be integrated into hgst, a whollyowned subsidiary of western digital. Flash gold rush continues as western digital buys virident. Western digital completes acquisition of stec, inc. This deal also meant that the company gained a greater presence in the. It produces network backup software for 200 platforms including windows, macintosh, linux, aix, bsd and hpux, and also a backup appliance, integrating its software with disk storage and network connectivity.
Western digital has acquired in 2 different us states, and 2 countries. Virident will be integrated into hgst, a wholly owned subsidiary of western. Western digital to buy virident, may mess up seagates virident. Phillips, a motorola employee, as general digital, initially and briefly a manufacturer of mos test equipment. Provides information about software published by western digital and a variety of different software among several categories. Western digital acquires cloud services company upthere.
On october 17, 20, we acquired virident, a provider of serverside flash. The allcash acquisition, conducted by western digital subsidiary hgst, gives the. Western digital was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in irvine, california. Western digital plans to acquire stec to boost its presence in the market for enterprise solidstate drives. In september 20, western digital announced a merger agreement where virident will be acquired by hgst, in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of western. Wd subsidiary hgst acquires skyera, further expands flash. Western digital acquires allflash array vendor skyera. Logo of virident systems acquired by western digital. The companys most targeted sectors include technology hardware 50% and software 43%. Western digital acquires flash storage specialist virident.
Western digital acquires virident to further extend hgsts. Aug 29, 2017 the acquisitions of amplidata, stec, velobit, inc. Western digital acquires virident to increase flash. Viridents operations will be integrated into wds hgst. Sep 09, 20 western digital is one of two remaining major players in the market hard disk drives seagate is the other, and seeking to position itself for the emergence of ssd solid state drives. List of western digitals 12 acquisitions, including kazan networks. Western digital announces acquisition of upthere business wire. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement under which stec will be acquired.
Western digital acquires virident to increase flash storage. Around july 1971, it adopted its current name and soon introduced its. They may be shareware or freeware titles and are available for immediate download. Western digitals hgst acquires flash maker skyera data. Western digital announced on july 10 that it acquired lincoln, mass. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. Velobit will be folded into western digital s hgst subsidiary, the companies said.
Its subsidiaries design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the wd, hgst and gtechnology brands. Furthermore, velobit was also added to increase the storage makers capability in the flash based software acceleration space. Oct 18, 20 western digital buys virident hitachi is the largest acquisition western digital has ever made, for the past two decades anyhow, but the company isnt stopping there. Western digital continues buying into ssds, acquires virident. Why western digital may want to acquire sandisk yahoo finance. Western digitals acquisition of sandisk officially closes. Western digitals hgst acquires skyera, plans enterprise. In december 2014, western digital acquired skyera, a flash storage array manufacturer. With the acquisition of hitachi global storage technologies hgst, now a fully owned subsidiary of western digital, it has expanded research and development resources as well as a broader product portfolio, greater manufacturing scale, and larger geographic footprint. Jan 22, 20 arkeia software acquired by western digital. Virident systems, an enterprise flash storage company. Western digital subsidiary, hgst formerly known as hitachi global storage technologies acquired flash storage hardware and software.
That year, western digital bought the hard drive production assets of pc. Virident will be integrated into hgst, a whollyowned subsidiary of western digital the acquisition furthers hgsts strategy to address the changing needs of enterprise customers by delivering. Dec 15, 2014 western digitals hgst acquires skyera, plans enterprise flash solutions. Western digital is one of two remaining major players in the market hard disk drives seagate is the other, and seeking to position itself for the emergence of ssd solid state drives. Around july 1971, it adopted its current name and soon introduced its first product. Aug 28, 2017 about western digital western digital is an industryleading provider of data storage technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. It rapidly became a speciality semiconductor maker, with startup capital provided by several individual investors and industrial giant emerson elect. Wd is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access. Western digitals plan to acquire virident for its pcie flash storage. Virident, a provider of serverside flash storage solutions, will be acquired by hgst hitachi global storage technologies, a whollyowned subsidiary of.
Western digital licensed the fusioniosandisk ion accelerator software to one. Western digital corporation abbreviated wdc, commonly known as simply western digital and wd is an american computer hard disk drive manufacturer and data storage company. Western digital acquires virident to further extend hgsts flash storage offerings. Western digital completes acquisition of virident techpowerup. Sep, 20 with stecs technological acumen added to the mix, and the likely inclusion of virident further down the line serverside flash storage expert, western digital, through hgst, it building up its. Western digital continues acquisition spree with tegile. In september 20 western digital acquired virident systems a leading. Western digital provides data storage solutions, including systems, hdd, flash ssd, memory and personal data solutions to help customers capture and preserve their most valued data. Western digital is continuing its acquisition spree of flash storage.