Media Alert: HGST at SNW Europe, Booths #128 and #132

SAN JOSE, Calif. and FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced it will present on and demonstrate how its storage solutions are powering the cloud at this week's SNW Europe in Frankfurt, Germany.  In his presentation titled "The Challenges of Delivering New World Applications from the Data Center," Manfred Berger, HGST senior manager of cloud and mobility, will explain how current and future storage technologies fit into cloud computing and hyperscale data centers to help improve performance and lower total cost of ownership.  Enterprise storage leader HGST also will also demonstrate how its high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and enterprise-class hard-disk drive (HDDs) are helping cloud data centers manage explosive petabyte (PB) growth while balancing the right mix of performance, capacity and power to efficiently scale.

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About HGST
HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data. HGST addresses customers' rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Cloud, Datacenter, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.hgst.com.  

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