WD Ranked as Top IT Vendor by North American Distributors

Western Digital
Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it was ranked by major information
technology distributors in North America as one of the vendors most important
to their businesses in a recent survey conducted by VARBusiness magazine. WD
was the only hard drive company amongst the top five vendors, which included
Microsoft, Intel, HP and IBM.
North America's 33 largest IT distributors, based on revenue, were asked
to name their top vendor lines, as well as their fastest growing vendors. WD
was ranked in the top five by both measures.
The survey was part of VARBusiness' recent editorial feature titled
"Special Report: The State of Distribution," published in its print issue
dated September 19, 2005, and on its Web site at:
http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/research/research.jhtml?articleId=171000177.
"Storage is central to many value-added resellers' businesses, and
distributors know the hallmarks of great vendors: high quality, responsive
service and consistent availability of products," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice
president/publisher, VARBusiness magazine.
"Recognition from North America's major distributors tells us that they
value high product quality and reliability and superior service and support,"
said Stacy Hand, director of marketing, worldwide distribution, of WD. "It
also underscores our commitment to delivering hard drive product attributes
that matter most to distributors' customers: high performance and cool and
quiet operation. Our SelectWD reseller program in North America embodies our
commitment to supporting distributors' and value-added resellers' businesses,
and is being replicated across the globe."

About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides
products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and
use digital information. The company's core business produces reliable, high-
performance hard drives that keep users' data close-at-hand and secure from
loss.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to
leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital
and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site
(http://www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor
information.

Western Digital is a registered trademark and WD and the WD logo are
trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All other brand and product
names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.

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