Storage

Mon, May 21, 2012 - The privately held company offers remote file access and synchronization for a range of devices including tablets

Thu, May 17, 2012 - Israel is where the USB flash drive was invented and where innovative companies such as Anobit and XtremIO are drawing American companies to their shores in droves to get a piece of the intellectual property pie.

Tue, May 15, 2012 - Although the standard for DDR4 memory won't be finalized until summer, several companies are already preparing to ship modules that will boost performance in data centers and on consumer devices.

Thu, May 10, 2012 - Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure is no longer reliant solely on the company's own storage infrastructure, giving customers a range of new options that won't tie customers into one vendor.

Thu, May 10, 2012 - Advancing its roadmap toward increased use of flash storage, EMC today announced that it has purchased start-up all-flash array maker XtremIO.

Wed, May 09, 2012 - Pogoplug launched a service today that allows small and medium-sized businesses, as well as home users, to turn their PCs and servers into pools of storage accessible from the Web.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - The Big Data hype machine is in full swing. While the promise is great, Big Data projects also can be an expensive trap if you fail to prove the business case or give your vendors leverage over you.

Fri, May 04, 2012 - Physical discs took another step towards extinction late Thursday after Microsoft announced that DVD playback will not be available by default on Windows 8. The new move adds another wrinkle to Microsoft's previous disclosure that Windows Media Center, the company's PC-based entertainment hub software, would not be included in default configurations of Windows 8. Windows Media Player will continue to be offered in all versions of Windows 8, but without DVD playback capability.

Thu, May 03, 2012 - The main developers behind the popular Ceph open-source storage framework announced today that they have created a new company, dubbed Inktank, to provide paid support and consulting for the system.

Wed, May 02, 2012 - New app makes uploading files to Amazon Cloud Drive storage handier than it used to be.

Wed, May 02, 2012 - Developers using the software development kit of cloud storage vendor Dropbox are having their iOS apps rejected by at Apple.

Wed, May 02, 2012 - Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions -- who owns your data, how data can be used and what happens if the data is lost or stolen -- are ones enterprise IT executives should be asking, too.

Wed, May 02, 2012 - Although Fibre Channel is seeing single-digit growth rates, Ethernet for storage is exploding

Tue, May 01, 2012 - One reporter said the belated arrival of Google Drive meant that it missed its window of opportunity to capitalize on the market. Others argue that Google Drive does not show enough to differentiate itself from competitors, especially Microsoft Skydrive and Dropbox.