Storage

Maximizing storage resources and preserving data in the workplace

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Google Dumps Data Silos, Announces a Unified Storage Pool for Gmail and Drive

Chafe at those Gmail storage limits no more: Now, all your Google Drive space is your Gmail and Google+ Photo storage space, too. Full Story »
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Microsoft Improves Photo Management in Skydrive

Upload speed for photos has been increased

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Box to Revamp Document Viewing with Crocodoc Acquisition

Box plans to integrate Crocodocs' HTML5 document viewing technology into its enterprise cloud storage and file sharing application

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More Data Isn't Always Better, Says Nate Silver

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

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Fusion-io CEO Resigns, is Replaced By Former HP Executive Robison

The flash storage company's co-founder and chief marketing officer has also resigned

Early Adopters

Getting the Most Out of Flash Storage

As powerful and beneficial as flash storage can be, many organizations are overspending on capacity they don't need, deploying flash in the wrong places, and inefficiently spending on flash applications that are not appropriate for their real business objectives.

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Malwarebytes Adds Antivirus Scanning to Cloud Backup Software

Left-field antivirus firm Malwarebytes has launched the first ex-beta version of Secure Backup, a cloud security system designed to scan users' files for infection before storing them in the cloud.

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EMC's Syncplicity to Gain Hybrid-cloud Storage Capability

The file management and synchronization system will be able to work with both public and on-premises storage

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Supersize Your Free Cloud Storage to 100GB or More

Massive amounts of cloud storage for zero money. All this can be yours, with the right strategy and a little help from your friends.

Editor's Letter

Seagate's Central Hits a Home Run in the NAS Game

A look at the latest network-attached storage (NAS) appliance from Seagate, which is designed to easily connect to your home network to provide a centralized storage location for your data -- documents, photos, music, videos, etc.

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Verizon Rolls Out Mostly Pointless Cloud-Storage Service

Verizon Wireless has announced a cloud-storage service to compete with Dropbox, Google Drive, and SkyDrive, but why would anyone use it?

How To

How IT Can Achieve Operational Resiliency

Today's complex IT environments make maintaining 'always on' availability more challenging than ever before, even as IT has become central to most business operations. IDC's David Tapper says organizations must adopt a plan for achieving operational resiliency.

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How to Build a Bulletproof Cloud Backup System Without Spending a Dime

The no-cost guide to backing up photos, documents, music, and more.

How To

Will Fault Tolerant Servers Improve Your Virtualized Environment?

Companies are turning to fault tolerant servers as a way to improve uptime without experiencing the downtime associated with high availability solutions. But fault tolerant technology may not be right for every enterprise.

How To

How Genomic Research Could Improve Healthcare

The cost of mapping an individual genome is quickly dropping. The potential benefits for improving the care individual patients as well as entire populations are immense. So, too, are the obstacles to getting all stakeholders--healthcare providers, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies and the patients themselves--to share what they've learned.