{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"152151","rtpr_id":"nBw1lv9hqa-20260924","ticker":"NEGG","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["NEGG"],"title":"Newegg Business Partners with Western Digital to Help IT Teams Scale Storage for AI-Driven NAS Environments","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-24T13:00:01.922Z","article_body":"Newegg Business Partners with Western Digital to Help IT Teams Scale Storage\nfor AI-Driven NAS Environments\n\nNewegg (Newegg Commerce, Inc., NASDAQ: NEGG), a global leader in computer and\ntechnology products, today announced that Newegg Business will help IT teams\nchoose and deploy storage built to keep up with AI-driven data growth. Newegg\nBusiness will host a live webinar in collaboration with Western Digital,\n\"Realize the Full Power of Your AI NAS with WD Red® Pro\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fevent.on24.com%2Fwcc%2Fr%2F5475994%2FAC6B22CC5D997C36964097BEDBC6A1FC&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=Realize+the+Full+Power+of+Your+AI+NAS+with+WD+Red%26%23174%3B+Pro&index=1&md5=f6aa249cf4092734db705fe02cd8e52e)\n,\" on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PT.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/)\n\nNewegg Business and Western Digital's live webinar on September 30 shows IT\nteams how WD Red® Pro HDDs help AI-powered NAS systems keep up with growing\ndata demands.\n\nAI-powered NAS systems bring intelligent automation, advanced data management,\nand enhanced security to centralized storage, but that added intelligence\ncomes at a cost. These systems also generate significantly more data to store,\nmanage, and protect. The webinar looks at how WD Red® Pro HDDs, purpose-built\nfor network attached storage, are designed to meet that demand in\nhigh-intensity, 24×7 multi-user environments.\n\n\"We keep seeing organizations run into the same wall. Their NAS is smart, but\nthe storage behind it wasn't built for how much data AI creates,\" said Ivan\nMcClain, Marketing Manager, Newegg Business. \"By working with Western Digital,\nour goal is to help customers get ahead of that.\"\n\nMarc Tanguay, Technical Product Marketing Manager at Western Digital, will\nlead the session, covering how WD Red® Pro delivers a workload rate of up to\n550TB/yr(1), up to 2.5 million hours MTBF(2), and Time-Limited Error Recovery\n(TLER) to support uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems. Brad\nWarbiany, Director of Product Marketing at Western Digital, will join for a\nlive Q&A. The discussion will also cover capacity points from 2TB to\n26TB(3) and a 5-year limited warranty(4), giving IT teams a path to scale\nstorage alongside organizational growth.\n\nAttendees Will Learn How To\n\n\n * Handle the demands of high-intensity, 24×7 multi-user NAS environments\n\n * Help ensure uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems\n\n * Plan capacity that scales with organizational growth\n\n * Source and deploy the right drives without the guesswork\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n * IT decision makers planning AI NAS deployments or a storage refresh\n\n * System administrators and engineers running 24×7 multi-user NAS and RAID\nenvironments\n\n * Procurement teams sourcing NAS drives and assessing capacity economics\n\n * SMB business owners who need enterprise-class reliability without\nenterprise-grade pricing\n\nRegistrants unable to attend live will receive access to the on-demand\nrecording following the event.\n\nDisclaimers\n\n\n 1. Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the\nhard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred × (8760 / recorded\npower-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and\nsoftware components and configurations.\n\n 2. Projected Values. When final, MTBF are based on a sample population and are\nestimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under\ntypical operating conditions, workload of 220TB/year and drive temperature of\n40°C. Derating of MTBF will occur above these parameters, up to 550TB writes\nper year. MTBF do not predict an individual drive’s reliability and do not\nconstitute a warranty.\n\n 3. 1MB = 1 million bytes, 1GB = 1 billion bytes, 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual\nuser capacity may be less depending on operating environment.\n\n 4. See \nhttps://www.westerndigital.com/support/store/warranty-policy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerndigital.com%2Fsupport%2Fstore%2Fwarranty-policy&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerndigital.com%2Fsupport%2Fstore%2Fwarranty-policy&index=2&md5=ced66286ca43cc1d775daf027c069de0)\n\nfor region-specific warranty details.\n\nAbout Newegg\n\nNewegg is the go-to destination for tech enthusiasts and businesses ready to\npower what's next. For more than two decades, we've served builders, gamers,\nand IT professionals with a wide selection of PC hardware, consumer\nelectronics, gaming peripherals, and lifestyle technology. Today, that\nincludes the servers, workstations, and AI infrastructure that businesses rely\non, along with the marketing, supply chain, and technical solutions that\nindependent sellers use to grow.\n\nNewegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG) was founded in 2001 and is headquartered\nin Diamond Bar, California. For more information, please visit Newegg.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewegg.com%2F&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=Newegg.com&index=3&md5=16127ec6160d3beb6ec8c0b3d0971d40)\n.\n\nAbout WD\n\nWD, also known as Western Digital, builds the storage infrastructure that\npowers certainty in the AI-driven data economy. At the forefront of\ninnovation, WD partners with the world's leading hyperscalers, cloud service\nproviders, and enterprises to deliver reliable storage solutions that are\nproven and trusted at scale. Driven by a culture of innovation and execution,\nWD helps customers store, protect, and use the world's data with confidence.\nFollow WD on LinkedIn and learn more at www.wd.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wd.com%2F&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=www.wd.com&index=4&md5=e8360e089d13a4ce47b0c754683643a4)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/)\n\nJohnson Nei\n\nNewegg Inc.\n\npublic_relations@newegg.com (mailto:public_relations@newegg.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw1lv9hqa-20260924","title":"Newegg Business Partners with Western Digital to Help IT Teams Scale Storage for AI-Driven NAS Environments","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"NEGG","created":"2026-09-24T13:00:01.922Z","tickers":["NEGG"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Newegg Business Partners with Western Digital to Help IT Teams Scale Storage\nfor AI-Driven NAS Environments\n\nNewegg (Newegg Commerce, Inc., NASDAQ: NEGG), a global leader in computer and\ntechnology products, today announced that Newegg Business will help IT teams\nchoose and deploy storage built to keep up with AI-driven data growth. Newegg\nBusiness will host a live webinar in collaboration with Western Digital,\n\"Realize the Full Power of Your AI NAS with WD Red® Pro\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fevent.on24.com%2Fwcc%2Fr%2F5475994%2FAC6B22CC5D997C36964097BEDBC6A1FC&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=Realize+the+Full+Power+of+Your+AI+NAS+with+WD+Red%26%23174%3B+Pro&index=1&md5=f6aa249cf4092734db705fe02cd8e52e)\n,\" on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PT.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/)\n\nNewegg Business and Western Digital's live webinar on September 30 shows IT\nteams how WD Red® Pro HDDs help AI-powered NAS systems keep up with growing\ndata demands.\n\nAI-powered NAS systems bring intelligent automation, advanced data management,\nand enhanced security to centralized storage, but that added intelligence\ncomes at a cost. These systems also generate significantly more data to store,\nmanage, and protect. The webinar looks at how WD Red® Pro HDDs, purpose-built\nfor network attached storage, are designed to meet that demand in\nhigh-intensity, 24×7 multi-user environments.\n\n\"We keep seeing organizations run into the same wall. Their NAS is smart, but\nthe storage behind it wasn't built for how much data AI creates,\" said Ivan\nMcClain, Marketing Manager, Newegg Business. \"By working with Western Digital,\nour goal is to help customers get ahead of that.\"\n\nMarc Tanguay, Technical Product Marketing Manager at Western Digital, will\nlead the session, covering how WD Red® Pro delivers a workload rate of up to\n550TB/yr(1), up to 2.5 million hours MTBF(2), and Time-Limited Error Recovery\n(TLER) to support uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems. Brad\nWarbiany, Director of Product Marketing at Western Digital, will join for a\nlive Q&A. The discussion will also cover capacity points from 2TB to\n26TB(3) and a 5-year limited warranty(4), giving IT teams a path to scale\nstorage alongside organizational growth.\n\nAttendees Will Learn How To\n\n\n * Handle the demands of high-intensity, 24×7 multi-user NAS environments\n\n * Help ensure uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems\n\n * Plan capacity that scales with organizational growth\n\n * Source and deploy the right drives without the guesswork\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n * IT decision makers planning AI NAS deployments or a storage refresh\n\n * System administrators and engineers running 24×7 multi-user NAS and RAID\nenvironments\n\n * Procurement teams sourcing NAS drives and assessing capacity economics\n\n * SMB business owners who need enterprise-class reliability without\nenterprise-grade pricing\n\nRegistrants unable to attend live will receive access to the on-demand\nrecording following the event.\n\nDisclaimers\n\n\n 1. Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the\nhard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred × (8760 / recorded\npower-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and\nsoftware components and configurations.\n\n 2. Projected Values. When final, MTBF are based on a sample population and are\nestimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under\ntypical operating conditions, workload of 220TB/year and drive temperature of\n40°C. Derating of MTBF will occur above these parameters, up to 550TB writes\nper year. MTBF do not predict an individual drive’s reliability and do not\nconstitute a warranty.\n\n 3. 1MB = 1 million bytes, 1GB = 1 billion bytes, 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual\nuser capacity may be less depending on operating environment.\n\n 4. See \nhttps://www.westerndigital.com/support/store/warranty-policy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerndigital.com%2Fsupport%2Fstore%2Fwarranty-policy&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerndigital.com%2Fsupport%2Fstore%2Fwarranty-policy&index=2&md5=ced66286ca43cc1d775daf027c069de0)\n\nfor region-specific warranty details.\n\nAbout Newegg\n\nNewegg is the go-to destination for tech enthusiasts and businesses ready to\npower what's next. For more than two decades, we've served builders, gamers,\nand IT professionals with a wide selection of PC hardware, consumer\nelectronics, gaming peripherals, and lifestyle technology. Today, that\nincludes the servers, workstations, and AI infrastructure that businesses rely\non, along with the marketing, supply chain, and technical solutions that\nindependent sellers use to grow.\n\nNewegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG) was founded in 2001 and is headquartered\nin Diamond Bar, California. For more information, please visit Newegg.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewegg.com%2F&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=Newegg.com&index=3&md5=16127ec6160d3beb6ec8c0b3d0971d40)\n.\n\nAbout WD\n\nWD, also known as Western Digital, builds the storage infrastructure that\npowers certainty in the AI-driven data economy. At the forefront of\ninnovation, WD partners with the world's leading hyperscalers, cloud service\nproviders, and enterprises to deliver reliable storage solutions that are\nproven and trusted at scale. Driven by a culture of innovation and execution,\nWD helps customers store, protect, and use the world's data with confidence.\nFollow WD on LinkedIn and learn more at www.wd.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wd.com%2F&esheet=54609984&newsitemid=20260924202025&lan=en-US&anchor=www.wd.com&index=4&md5=e8360e089d13a4ce47b0c754683643a4)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/)\n\nJohnson Nei\n\nNewegg Inc.\n\npublic_relations@newegg.com (mailto:public_relations@newegg.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-24T13:00:02.001643881Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790254802001},"received_at":"2026-09-24T13:00:02.051Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260924202025/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"140949","press_release_id":"152151","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Broadline Retail","sector":"Consumer Discretionary"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"Newegg Business announced a co-hosted webinar with Western Digital on September 30, 2026, aimed at IT teams deploying AI-driven NAS storage using WD Red Pro HDDs.\n\nThe session covers drive specifications including up to 550TB/yr workload rates, 2.5 million hours MTBF, and capacities from 2TB to 26TB.\n\nThe release is promotional marketing for Newegg's B2B channel rather than a commercial agreement with disclosed financial terms, so direct financial impact is likely minimal.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine B2B marketing collaboration with Western Digital -- no disclosed financial terms."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"mtbf_hours":"up to 2.5 million hours","capacity_range":"2TB to 26TB","warranty_years":5,"workload_rate_tb_per_year":"up to 550TB/yr"}},"quotedText":"We keep seeing organizations run into the same wall. 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