Western Digital Offers SMB Windows Storage Server Solution

Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) has announced it will be offering a small-office storage server product and has signed an OEM software agreement with Microsoft Corporation.

As noted in this Market Watch news release, the agreement includes the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system software. Combining its leading storage technologies with Microsoft's operating system, Western Digital plans to deliver a complete storage solution for the small business market with a product that simplifies connection, protection and collaboration online for small businesses and the information technology services organizations that support them.

 

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"’By combining Microsoft's platform with WD's strength in the storage market, the two organizations bring extraordinary synergies that boost productivity and efficiency for small business. With this, WD will offer storage solutions for small business that provides centralized, online shared storage capable of meeting the storage requirements of the small business owners in today's fast paced business environment,’ said Thomas Gallivan, WD's vice president of marketing for SMB branded products.”

Read the Full News Release at Market Watch