Western digital has acquired in 2 different us states, and 2 countries. The companys most targeted sectors include technology hardware 50% and software 43%. Wdc announced today that it has completed the acquisition of virident systems, inc. Western digital was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in irvine, california.
Western digital to acquire stec to expand in enterprise ssds. Western digitals hgst acquires skyera, plans enterprise. Western digital acquires allflash array vendor skyera. Virident systems acquired by western digital logo of virident systems. Aug 28, 2017 western digital has today announced that it purchased upthere for an undisclosed amount.
Our products are marketed under the hgst, wd and gtechnology brand names. It rapidly became a speciality semiconductor maker, with startup capital provided by several individual investors and industrial giant emerson elect. Western digital announces acquisition of upthere business wire. 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. That year, western digital bought the hard drive production assets of pc. Dec 16, 2014 hgst with western digital in its financial background recently acquired virident and stec for its broad storage portfolio and ip. Western digital is continuing its acquisition spree of flash storage. Western digital acquires virident to further extend hgsts. Western digital announced on july 10 that it acquired lincoln, mass. In december 2014, western digital acquired skyera, a flash storage array manufacturer. Virident systems, an enterprise flash storage company.
Western digital acquires flash storage specialist virident. Western digital subsidiary, hgst formerly known as hitachi global storage technologies acquired flash storage hardware and software. Western digital announces acquisition of upthere pc. The acquisition furthers hgsts strategy to address the changing needs of enterprise customers by delivering. Virident, a provider of serverside flash storage solutions, will be acquired by hgst hitachi global storage technologies, a whollyowned subsidiary of. Data center drives high capacity drives western digital. Western digital wdc acquires cloudstorage startup upthere. It designs, manufactures and sells data technology products, including storage devices, data center systems and cloud storage services. Velobit will be folded into western digitals hgst subsidiary, the companies said. Wd is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access. Its subsidiaries design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the wd, hgst and gtechnology brands.
Western digital buys flash memory maker virident, focus now on. Western digitals plan to acquire virident for its pcie flash storage. This deal also meant that the company gained a greater presence in the. Western digital to buy virident, may mess up seagates virident. Jan 22, 20 arkeia software acquired by western digital. It rapidly became a speciality semiconductor maker, with startup capital provided by several individual investors and industrial giant emerson electric. Western digital corporation is an american computer hard disk drive manufacturer and data. Western digital continues acquisition spree with tegile buy. 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. The year before, western digital acquired hitachi gst, or hgst, in a. Western digital acquires virident to increase flash storage.
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. In september 20 western digital acquired virident systems a leading. Flash gold rush continues as western digital buys virident. Western digital acquires virident to increase flash. Western digital continues ssd efforts, acquires virident. 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. Why western digital may want to acquire sandisk yahoo finance. 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. 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.
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. Western digital completes acquisition of virident techpowerup. Western digital buys flash storage company virident. Virident will be integrated into hgst, a whollyowned subsidiary of western digital. In september 20, western digital announced a merger agreement where virident will be acquired by hgst, in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of western. Western digital licensed the fusioniosandisk ion accelerator software to one. Acquisitions helped double western digitals stock price. Sep 11, 2019 20 saw western digital invest heavily in flash storage with the acquisitions of stec, virident, velobit, and arkeia software. Phillips, a motorola employee, as general digital, initially a manufacturer of mos test equipment. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement under which stec will be acquired. Western digitals hgst acquires flash maker skyera data. Cloud computing delivers shared resources, software and information to users.
Provides information about software published by western digital and a variety of different software among several categories. Western digital continues acquisition spree with tegile. The allcash acquisition, conducted by western digital subsidiary hgst, gives the. Western digital acquires cloud services company upthere. Velobit will be folded into western digital s hgst subsidiary, the companies said. Western digital acquires virident to further extend hgsts flash storage offerings. Around july 1971, it adopted its current name and soon introduced its. On october 17, 20, we acquired virident, a provider of serverside flash. Western digital completes acquisition of stec, inc. Virident will be integrated into hgst, a wholly owned subsidiary of western. Western digital continues buying into ssds, acquires virident.
Around july 1971, it adopted its current name and soon introduced its first product. With the move, western digital also gets viridents software, which will be integrated throughout hgsts portfolio. Western digital was founded on april 23, 1970, by alvin b. Western digital plans to acquire stec to boost its presence in the market for enterprise solidstate drives. Logo of virident systems acquired by western digital. They may be shareware or freeware titles and are available for immediate download. Phillips, a motorola employee, as general digital, initially and briefly a manufacturer of mos test equipment. Western digital wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Western digital expands enterprise flash storage portfolio. Wd subsidiary hgst acquires skyera, further expands flash. 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.
This page contains a listing of free software downloads that are available from western digital. 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. List of western digitals 12 acquisitions, including kazan networks. 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. Aug 29, 2017 the acquisitions of amplidata, stec, velobit, inc. Western digital mergers and acquisitions summary mergr. Viridents operations will be integrated into wds hgst. Dec 15, 2014 western digitals hgst acquires skyera, plans enterprise flash solutions. Furthermore, velobit was also added to increase the storage makers capability in the flash based software acceleration space. List of all wd firmware and software available for download.