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Sandisk retires WD_BLACK and WD Blue for Optimus SSDs ranges

Sandisk scraps WD_BLACK and WD Blue SSD lines, unifying its internal NVMe range under a new three-tier SANDISK Optimus brand.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Jan 2026

Data Protection

Dell predicts surge in agentic & sovereign AI in APAC

Dell forecasts APAC shift from AI pilots to agentic and sovereign platforms, with tighter governance and large-scale production rollouts.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Tue, 16th Dec 2025

Marketing Technologies

Sandisk launches Creator Series storage for digital professionals

Sandisk unveils Creator Series storage, offering mobile and desktop solutions tailored for digital professionals and content creators in Australia.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Nov 2025

Hyperscale

Western Digital expands AI & HPC storage with new solutions

Western Digital broadens AI and HPC storage with new UltraSMR tech and partnerships, enabling scalable, efficient data solutions beyond hyperscalers.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Nov 2025

Sandisk

RØDE Creator of the Year Awards return with USD $200,000 prize pool

RØDE announces the 2025 Creator of the Year Awards, offering over USD $200,000 in prizes to celebrate global digital content creators across major platforms.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Oct 2025

Storage

Western Digital unveils new AI-ready storage & open lab upgrade

Western Digital unveils major storage upgrades, including OCCL 2.0 and new systems, to boost AI, machine learning and cloud environment capacity.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Tue, 20th May 2025

Disaster Recovery

World Backup Day - WD My Passport and Sandisk iXpand Luxe

Today is World Backup Day, a reminder of the importance of protecting your data. Find out how Western Digital can help. #WorldBackupDay.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 31st Mar 2021

Gaming

Hands-on Review: SanDisk Extreme Pro portable SSD

Sandisk Extreme Pro portable SSD offers blazing fast speeds, but its full potential is limited by current USB technology.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Jan 2021

Storage

SanDisk looks to transform data centres with flash-integrated solutions

SanDisk has launched a new collaborative platform for SanDisk and data centre partners to work together on delivering flash based storage solutions.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 11th May 2016

Storage

IBM and SanDisk collaborate on all-flash storage solution

IBM and SanDisk unveils a pioneering all-flash storage, tackling data center woes with scale, agility, and unparalleled economics.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016

Storage

SanDisk builds wireless flash drive for today's customer

SanDisk launches wireless mobile flash drive with capacity of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB or 128GB, designed to meet growing storage needs at an affordable price.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 22nd Jul 2015

Sandisk

Distribution Central takes on Fusion-io

Distribution Central has signed to bring a select range of SanDisk's Fusion-io data centre acceleration solutions to market in New Zealand.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Wed, 22nd Oct 2014

Gaming

Review: Sandisk Extreme II SSD (240Gb)

The SanDisk Extreme II SSD is the latest SSD to throw its hat in the ring to try to tempt performance users away from the traditional HDD.

By Greig Strafford • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2013

Gaming

Review: Sandisk Ultra Plus SSD 256GB

The Sandisk Ultra Plus SSD is a midrange SSD aimed at the consumer market and offers double the storage space for a similar cost to the 'performance' SSDs.

By Greig Strafford • 2 min read • Sat, 29th Jun 2013

Gaming

Review: Sandisk Mobile Ultra 8G

Sandisk's Mobile Ultra 8G excels in mobile data storage, offering user-friendly swaps between phone and PC despite its easy-to-lose size.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2009

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Gaming

Sandisk unveils new Creator & WD_BLACK storage ahead of holidays

Sandisk launches new Creator and WD_BLACK storage devices, catering to content creators, gamers, and adventurers ahead of the festive season.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2025

Smart Cities

Leading at the speed of innovation: Why it's time for PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs

Sandisk launches WD_BLACK SN8100, a PCIe Gen 5 SSD offering up to 14,900 MB/s read speeds, built for high-demand tasks and future-ready storage needs.

By Simon Whitford • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Aug 2025