Storage

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google is preparing to launch a long-rumored cloud storage service that tramples a bit on products and services offered by Google partners. A Wall Street Journal report citing "people familiar with the matter" says the new "Drive" service will be launched by Google in the coming weeks or months. What does that mean for other companies that Google works closely with?

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google is rumoured to be on the verge of launching a new cloud-based storage product, which has been described as the search giant's answer to Dropbox.

Wed, February 08, 2012 - European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

Wed, February 08, 2012 - Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.

Tue, February 07, 2012 - Maingear's Titan 17 packs Intel's Core i7-3960X desktop processor

Mon, February 06, 2012 - The server-based flash cache will come in bigger cards, SSDs and less expensive media later this year, the company says

Mon, February 06, 2012 - It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

Sun, February 05, 2012 - VFCache, code-named Lightning, will provide flash storage as cache on PCIe cards inside servers

Wed, February 01, 2012 - The file transfer acceleration technology could help enterprises cut local storage out of remote sites

Tue, January 31, 2012 - Efforts are intensifying to retrieve data belonging to potentially millions of users of Megaupload's online storage service following the company's dramatic shuttering by U.S. law enforcement authorities earlier this month.

Mon, January 30, 2012 - While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful -- and accessible.

Thu, January 26, 2012 - Companies from IBM to Amazon are turning to Hadoop to manage the surge in data that needs storing. Our CEO Michael Friendenberg says the buzz around Hadoop is no joke.

Wed, January 25, 2012 - All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010.

Wed, January 25, 2012 - The global supply of hard disk drives may be slow to rebound, with a ripple effect that's threatening small businesses and PC makers. The shortage may also drive demand for SSDs.