Western Digital Corporation announced that the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for the quarter ending June 28, 2013, of $0.25 per share of common stock. The cash dividend will be paid on July 15, 2013, to the company's stockholders of record as of June 28, 2013.

Western Digital announced the availability of the My Passport(R) Ultra(TM) line of portable hard drives, which combine additional layers of data protection with super-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, a slim, compact design and four color choices to offer mobile consumers the safest and easiest way to protect their digital content while traveling. Available in 500 GB, 1 TB and new 2 TB capacities, My Passport Ultra portable hard drives have built-in WD SmartWare(TM) Pro backup software with Dropbox integration, hardware encryption and password protection to safeguard against unauthorized drive access. A protective pouch is included with the My Passport Ultra to help shield it from the daily knocks encountered by today's mobile consumer.

WD and SanDisk Corporation announced that the two companies are collaborating to introduce hybrid storage devices that feature best-in-class flash memory technology from SanDisk and best-in-class hard drive technology from WD.  SanDisk is supplying a SanDisk iSSD(TM) storage device for the WD Black(TM) solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), the thin 2.5-inch SSHD solution, which utilizes both WD proprietary hybrid technology and industry standard SATA IO technology. The SanDisk iSSD brings an elegant balance of performance, low power consumption, cost, reliability, and a compact form factor to this SSHD, which will offer ample storage to meet consumers' growing appetite for digital content as well as flash-enabled speed, data throughput and responsiveness -- all within ultra-slim form factors.