Western Digital Corporation

Irvine, CA United States

  (NYSE: WDC)

Company Description

When it comes to data storage, Western Digital has drive. The company is one of the largest independent makers of hard-disk drives, which record, store, and recall volumes of data. Drives for PCs account for most of Western Digital's sales, although the company also makes devices used in servers, cloud computing data centers, and home entertainment products such as set-top boxes and video game consoles. The company sells to manufacturers and through retailers and distributors. About half of its sales are to OEMs. The company counts PC giant Dell among its customers. Western Digital gets more than half of its sales from the Asia/Pacific region.