TAIPEI, Taiwan and IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 1,
2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Acer, the world's fourth largest
personal computer company and a private cloud solution provider,
and WD®, a world leader in storage solutions, today announced that
WD's My Cloud™ NAS is now part of Acer's BYOC™ (Build Your Own
Cloud) ecosystem. Available immediately, Acer BYOC™ users can
seamlessly access files on their My Cloud NAS from their PC or
mobile device anywhere – using Acer's abFiles app.
"We are excited to welcome WD to the BYOC ecosystem," said
Maverick Shih, President, BYOC Business Group, Acer. "The
availability of abFiles for the My Cloud platform allows our joint
customers to enjoy seamless file management across their personal
devices, with all of their files always at their fingertips,
regardless of whether the file is on their PC or their NAS
drive."
"We are delighted to be partnering with Acer to the benefit of
our mutual customers," said Sven
Rathjen, VP of Marketing, Content Solutions, WD. "Now our
customers can find abFiles on the My Cloud app center to download
for free, and incorporate their My Cloud into Acer's BYOC
ecosystem."
Add Your My Cloud NAS to Your Own Cloud with Acer
abFiles
Acer abFiles makes it easy to access files stored on a user's PC
or NAS from any of their devices over a wireless or mobile network,
making file management on the go easier than ever. After installing
the abFiles app on their My Cloud NAS (supported models: My Cloud
Mirror, My Cloud Expert Series and My Cloud Business Series), the
user will only need to sign-in with their Acer ID through the web
administration interface, and the My Cloud will be added to their
personal BYOC setup, with files readily accessible from any of
their connected devices. Users retain the privacy and control of
their files as they are located on NAS devices physically in their
home or office under their control rather than in a remote
datacenter.
About Acer
Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software +
services company dedicated to the research, design, marketing,
sale, and support of innovative products that enhance people's
lives. Acer's product offerings include PCs, displays, projectors,
servers, tablets, smartphones, and wearables. The company is also
developing cloud solutions to bring together the Internet of
Things. Acer employs 7,000 people and ranks No. 4 for total PCs
globally (IDC 2014). Revenues for 2014 reached US$10.39 billion. Please visit www.acer.com for
more information.
About WD
WD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and
storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the
company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and
solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and
integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing
systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as
well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD's
leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media
players and software solutions empower people around the world to
easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on
multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered
in Irvine, California. For more
information, please visit the company's website at www.wd.com.
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of
products and services that empower people to create, manage,
experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and
manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home
entertainment products under the WD, HGST and G-Technology brands.
Visit the Investor section of the company's website
(www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and
investor information.
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registered trademarks of Acer Inc., Western Digital, WD, My Cloud,
and the WD logo are registered trademarks of Western Digital
Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other
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