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Western Digital (Tegile) Named a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State ArraysWestern Digital Corp. (News - Alert) (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that Western Digital (Tegile) was recognized as a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays for the fourth year in a row.* "We believe that our position as a Visionary in this Gartner (News - Alert) Magic Quadrant is a testament to the exceptional customer value that IntelliFlash™, our award-winning portfolio of solid-state arrays, delivers in the market," said Narayan Venkat, vice president of marketing, Western Digital's Data Center Systems business unit. "We are investing heavily in our data center systems business to expand our NVMe™ and high-density all-flash array offerings, and accelerate innovation in data management for various Big Data and Fast Data applications in the enterprise, including real-time analytics, machine learning and AI." As part of the Western Digital family of brands, IntelliFlash all-flash arrays leverage the power of the company's Symbiotics Design™ approach. This unique approach enables innovation and optimization across multiple technologies and software and hardware design points - from silicon to devices to systems - to deliver breakthrough value in workload acceleration for a full range of data-centric applications.
IntelliFlash Product Family The Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays evaluates vendors that offer solid-state arrays. Each vendor in the Magic Quadrant is evaluated based on its ability to execute (product or service, overall viability, sales execution/pricing, market responsiveness/record, marketing execution, customer experience, and operations) and its completeness of vision (market understanding, marketing strategy, sales strategy, offering (product) strategy, business model, vertical/industry strategy, innovation, and geographic strategy). To access a complimentary copy of the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, click here. Visit Western Digital at the Flash Memory Summit 2018 in Santa Clara, California, August 7-9, 2018 (booth #207). Become an Enterprise Channel Partner (News - Alert): Solution providers are encouraged to apply for the award-winning Western Digital Enterprise Partner Program and gain access to a comprehensive selection of resources to help create solutions and services that target specific markets and customer needs while growing their business and maximizing profitability.
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Western Digital: *Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, Valdis Filks, John Monroe, Joseph Unsworth, Santhosh Rao, 23 July 2018. In the 2015, 2016, and 2017 reports, Western Digital was listed as Tegile because Western Digital acquired the company in September 2017.
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