WESTERN DIGITAL SHOWCASES SURVEILLANCE-CLASS HARD DRIVE LINE AT INTERSEC 2016

Western Digital, a world leader in storage solutions, today announced its participation at Intersec 2016, where it will exhibit its wide range of high capacity WD Purple™ hard drives that are engineered for 24/7 always-on, high-definition surveillance systems.

The announcement comes at a time when the region is witnessing significant uptake of advanced CCTV surveillance systems and technology as part of growing security, compliance and smart-city initiatives. Against this context, a recent report by Research and Markets indicated that the video surveillance storage market is projected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 22.41% to reach USD 18.28 billion by 2020, as enterprises and governments across the world continue to switch from traditional analogue-based solutions to IP technology. 

“Western Digital is proud to bring its wide range of purpose-built WD Purple hard drives to Intersec 2016. We understand the growing value of surveillance across this region and want to help our customers achieve the most ROI from their surveillance investments with the right storage technologies to achieve their objectives. Over the past year, we have witnessed phenomenal demand for our WD Purple drives from individuals and property owners, as well as from leading public and private sector organizations as the demands from surveillance systems evolve beyond monitoring to offering real time, quality video for analysis and insights. We look forward to showcasing the class-leading video performance and reliability of the WD Purple drives at Intersec Dubai,” said Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director – Middle East, Africa & India, WD.

The WD Purple range of surveillance storage have been tested to be compatible in a wide-range of security systems and are designed for high temperature, always-on, surveillance security systems to help ensure reliability and quality video play back. Featuring IntelliSeek™ and AllFrame™ technologies, the WD Purple surveillance-class drive delivers premium reliabilityand peace-of-mind for your home and business surveillance systemf.

The Western Digital booth will be located in the UK Pavilion, stand number S1-G38 in Sheikh Saeed Hall at Dubai World Trade Centre and will also be present along with its surveillance partners Hikvision Digital Technology, WatchNET International Trading, IP Tech, Milestone and Nirsun Technology. 

To learn more about WD's Purple surveillance hard drive click here.

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.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the growth of the surveillance storage market and demand for surveillance storage products.  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.