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News about solid state drives
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Encrypted solid state drives protect laptop data
Vendors are touting solid state replacement drives as a way to protect corporate data in the event of a laptop being lost or stolen, and to boost performance at the same time.
By Tom Henderson | 24 January, 2012 02:18
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How We Tested Solid State Drives
We used two identical Lenovo T520 notebooks, that use an Intel i5 chipset, as our test bed. We used a network boot to load a copy of Windows 7 onto the notebook after we entered HDD Master and User passwords onto each drive and formatted them for NTFS.
By Tom Henderson | 23 January, 2012 16:32
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InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies
Everyone is a trend watcher. But at a certain point, to determine which trends will actually weave their way into the fabric of business computing, you need to first take a hard look at the technologies that gave life to the latest buzz phrases.
By InfoWorld staff | 21 November, 2011 22:10
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Sun claims fastest storage array on planet
Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced upgrades to its Sun Storage 7000 family of disk arrays that double the performance and capacity from a maximum of 288TB to 576TB in a 4U (7-in) space. The company is also now offering high-speed InfiniBand connectivity to its array and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA).
By Lucas Mearian | 18 November, 2009 09:53
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Intel, Micron announce denser, multi-bit SSD tech
Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. announced today that they have developed a new 3-bit-per-cell, NAND flash memory technology using Micron's 34-nanometer lithography process.
By Lucas Mearian | 11 August, 2009 22:12
Features about solid state drives
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Western Digital drive creates dilemma for laptop buyers
It's pretty much a given that solid state drives (SSDs) are the future of PC storage, and that hard drives are on the way out. But if you're buying a laptop today, which option is best?
By Jeff Bertolucci | 28 July, 2009 08:52
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Windows 7 will scream with new SSD drives
With Intel introducing new faster and cheaper SSD drives coinciding with Windows 7's release to manufacturing, it might make sense to include one with your next computer purchase. After all, Windows 7 is the first Microsoft OS to include native enhancements for SSDs.
By Michael Scalisi | 25 July, 2009 00:12
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SSD performance -- is a slowdown inevitable?
The recent revelation that Intel Corp.'s consumer-class solid-state disk (SSD) drives suffer from fragmentation that can cause a significant performance degradation raises the question: Do all SSDs slow down with use over time?
By Lucas Mearian | 11 May, 2009 08:50
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Solid state not yet on solid ground
Companies are slowly starting to more closely evaluate solid-state storage technologies, though most are still waiting for the cost to come down before implementing it.
By Todd R. Weiss | 14 October, 2008 08:59
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