WD Delivers World’s Most Power-Efficient High-Capacity

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WD, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and world leader in storage today introduced new datacenter hard drives that deliver to today’s modern datacenter architects the lowest power consumption of any high-capacity 3.5-inch hard drive available today. The WD Re+™ hard drive family is the newestcomponent of WD’s full, tiered portfolio of high-capacity datacenter storage devices. Further expanding that portfolio willbe 6 terabyte (TB) capacitiesfor WD’spopular WD Re™ and WD Se™ datacenter product lines, providing customers a spectrum of capabilities, tiered totheirvaried demands of application intensity, power optimization and cost efficiency.

In the modern datacenter, the total cost of ownership (TCO) formula is comprised of capacity, price, power consumption and the relationships between these variables. The WD Re+ drive provides the mostpower efficient andhigh-intensity high-capacity platform available today.

With power consumption a primaryconsideration in today’slarge web-scale cloud infrastructures,and the WD Re+ drive consuming only 6 wattsfor 6 TB, customers’ TCOsincrease and savings for large deployments could be millions of dollars per year.
“Dollarsand watts are the finite currenciesin the modern datacenter,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president of storage technology at WD. “With a leading watt-per-gigabyte ratio and the long-trusted reliability of the WD Re hard drive platform, WD Re+ offers our customers having limited power budgets a WD Re-class choice for tier-2, high-intensity storage applications.Massive, scale-out deployments must deliver tremendous value to customers across a range of applications, while providing a healthy return to the infrastructure owner. WD is focused on offering that value across its portfolio.”

Maynilad Holds World Water Day 2015 Run: Let's Run for Water and Sustainable Development

 

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Maynilad is presenting the “World Water Day 2015 : Let’s Run for Water and Sustainable Development” organized by Runners Republiq and RG Events this March 22, 2015 at the CCP Complex, Pasay City.

The event is expected to draw some 4,000 runners, including employees of 25 private organizations and government agencies led by DENR.

As culminating activity for the week-long celebration of World Water Day 2015 from March 16 to 22, the run aims to inspire Filipinos to do their part in promoting greater access to clean water and environmental responsibility. The initiative also aims to create awareness on the role of water in meeting all development needs. 

Race categories include 1K and 3K for fun runners, as well as 5K, 10K and 21K for competitive runners.

A special touch to the event shall be a symbolic 1K fun walk, wherein the participants shall be carrying saplings throughout the race. These saplings shall be the planted in Maynilad’s La Mesa Water Treatment Plant Compound, the facility that produces drinking water for 8.9 million people daily. 

SCG Showcases ‘The Inspiration of Living’ at WorldBex 2015

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SCG continues to celebrate its legacy as one of ASEAN’s sustainable business leaders as it participates in the 20thWorldBex, Asia’s largest building and construction exposition. From March 11 to 15, 2015, SCGand its subsidiaries will be showcasing its latest collection of innovative products at the World Trade Center, Manila.

With the theme “Experiencethe Inspiration of Living,”SCG, Mariwasa and COTTO will be showcasing its world-class, top-quality products and innovations to inspire Filipinos to create beautiful homes that are reflective of their lifestyles.

“Self-expression is something that Filipinos value highly, and this is reflected in the way they dress, the music they listen to and even in how their homes are designed,” said Mariwasa Siam-Ceramics VP for Sales and Marketing Jakkrit Suwansilp. “As an industry leader for over a century, we at SCG are committed to deliver world-class quality products and services that will aide Filipinos in creating a home that truly reflect their individual styles.”

To let consumers truly experience the inspiration of living, SCG will be hosting an Architect showcase during WorldBex 2015. Here, one of the Philippines most renowned architects, Jose Ramon Carunungan, principal architect and environmental planner of renowned local architecture firm, Carunungan & Partners Co., will showcase his expertise in architectural design. With 29 years of industry experience, Arch’t. Carunungan will be joining SCG at WorldBex 2015 by creating various design spaces using the SCG Smartboard, as well as how it can be applied to different designs based on the user’s preference.