Storage

New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators.

By Robert L. Scheier | 25 March, 2013 10:17

Tags: Line, Data storage, storage, storage hardware, CIO, Storage Management, storage software

How big is the sound of music?

Music fans and major recording artists are adopting lossless audio file formats to keep copies of their music thats as close to a master recording as possible, leading to multi-terabyte-sized home music storage systems.

By Lucas Mearian | 21 March, 2013 10:07

Tags: Data storage, storage, storage hardware, Volkswagen

Tape storage finds new life in the enterprise and beyond

Tape is not dead - far from it. In fact, many enterprises depend on it for cost-effective long-term storage. Tape is also finding new applications in the virtualized and increasingly video-centric world of IT. As enterprises deal with bigger sets of data, tape will play a vital role going forward.

By Stephen Lawson | 23 January, 2013 15:45

Tags: applications, storage, Technology Topics | Storage, tape storage, LTO-6 specification, data mining, software, big data, Technology Topics, video storage

'Black swan' predictions for 2013 include solar storm

If you are making a list of tech predictions for next year, as this story does, it may be a good idea to put the solar maximum on this list. The next one is expected in 2013, says NASA.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 20 December, 2012 11:05

Tags: Government IT, disaster recovery, applications, cyberwarfare, software

13 events that defined Cisco's 2012

From software defined networking challenges to killing Cius and corporate restricting moves, it was a busy year for Cisco.

By Jim Duffy | 12 December, 2012 17:58

Tags: year-end 2012, Linksys, Networking, Cius, Application Control Engine, John Chambers, VMware, LAN & WAN, emc, Cisco software, Cisco Systems, SDN, cisco

2012: The year in quotes

Some of the most memorable IT-related quotes were uttered in courtrooms this year, which involved a steady stream of legal challenges about intellectual property. In no particular order, these are some of the comments that stuck with us as 2012 winds to a close.

By Nancy Weil | 12 December, 2012 13:45

Tags: sharp, Civil lawsuits, EDRi, mark hurd, International Telecommunication Union, internet, Mergers and acquisitions, samsung, Google, Janis Sharp, legal, government, William Lee, business issues, Gary McKinnon, Oracle, RiTeng Computer Accessory Co., personnel, Tyler Ochoa, intellectual property, steve ballmer, smartphones, software, Lucy Koh, amazon, foxconn, larry ellison, Apple, Santa Clara University School of Law, eric schmidt, Roger Kay, Werner Vogels, storage, Meg Whitman, YEAR END, Hewlett-Packard, William Alsup, consumer electronics, security

"The Human Face of Big Data" offers a geek-out-worthy coffee-table book

"The Human Face of Big Data" is an ambitious and attractive new large-format book that aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a glimpse of how powerful new data processing capabilities are changing people's lives. Author Rick Smolan is a photographer who gained fame for his "Day in the Life" series, which included an edition focused on the Internet in 1996, "24 Hours in Cyberspace." He says that his latest work is based on the premise that "our planet is beginning to develop a nervous system."

By Elizabeth Heichler | 30 November, 2012 21:25

Tags: storage, hardware systems, software, big data

Hurricane Sandy leaves wounded servers in its wake

Data recovery experts have been kept busy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a slew of data centers underwater, damaging equipment and threatening a significant loss of business-critical data.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 November, 2012 11:09

Tags: Hudson, Configuration / maintenance, disaster recovery, applications, hardware systems, software, Data Center

New York, New Jersey financial sector well prepared for Hurricane Sandy

Lessons from 9/11 have helped ensure the financial services sector in New York and New Jersey is prepared for disasters, and even shorted the time to recover when regional events happen.

By Lucas Mearian | 27 October, 2012 10:14

Tags: disaster recovery, applications, NYSE Euronext, New York Stock Exchange, software, Euronext, Kno, cloud computing, internet, AccuWeather, virtualization, Gartner, Financial IT

Storage systems get supersized

Old storage architectures with general-purpose controllers that service all the new functions along with the normal I/O workload won't be able to scale. Here's why storage systems will need to become full-scale storage computers. Insider (registration required)

Could gas shortage pop WD's helium drive plans?

With worldwide demand and prices at an all-time high, Western Digital's plans to use helium in its drives may be ill-timed as the world's reserves are quickly drawing down.

JavaScript training for every employee? One company says yes

One software company is requiring all its employees -- from the CEO on down -- to learn JavaScript. The goal: A better understanding of what customers and engineers need.

Opinion: Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? No! It's a phablet!

If there's one thing that annoys me it's the obsessive miniaturisation of electronic products. Although I don't have anything like RSI or arthritis or poor motor skills, with most teeny digital devices my fingers become inaccurate banana-like appendages stabbing at the minuscule keys with a success rate of maybe 50 per cent at best.

Review: The first Android tablet that could replace an iPad

Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 offers significant ease-of-use improvements, plus pen computing the iPad can't match

Flash storage can help some IT operations, despite cost

A small but growing universe of enterprise IT shops are adopting -- or at least evaluating -- flash storage technology, and they're finding that it can be cost-effective in spite of its high price tag.

White House order on emergency communications riles privacy group

An Executive Order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group is expressing concern.

Bye bye, corporate phone

Once a status symbol and a perk, the subsidized corporate phone is being phased out as users demand their own devices - and are willing to pay for the privilege.

Dell's strategy for Wyse unit: hire, not fire

Dell completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology just last month and is now hiring, and not cutting, employees.

Hadoop becomes critical cog in the big data machine

As more and more companies use Hadoop to handle big data, anticipation for forthcoming Version 2.0 grows

Microsoft makes 'radical' move by designing, selling own Surface tablets

Microsoft introduced its own tablet line on Monday, dubbed "Surface," breaking with a 37-year tradition of never competing directly with the hardware partners that have helped make Windows the most successful operating system ever.