• Seagate: Solid-state disks are doomed (at least for now)

  Hard disk manufacturer Seagate has published an extraordinary report all but proving that solid-state disk (SSD) technology will remain niche for the next decade or two, at least.

  By Keir Thomas | 27 January, 2011 12:02

  Tags: Drives, green technology, Seagate Technology, SSD, storage, usb storage

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  Need large-capacity data storage? Try your intestine.

  If you needed to score 900,000GB of data, how much do you think your storage system would weigh?

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 20 January, 2011 02:57

  Tags: Drives, external hard drive, hard drives, hardware security components, hdd, internal hard drive, storage, usb storage

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  Protecting data on portable drives

  It is almost mind-boggling how much data can be stored on a portable drive or USB thumb drive. As convenient as it is it to be able to carry 1TB of data in your pocket, though, portable drives are also easily lost or stolen, and gallivanting about can take its toll on the data. It is important to protect the portable drives and the data they contain.

  By Tony Bradley | 11 January, 2011 03:43

  Tags: applications, data protection, external hard drive, portable hard drive, security, software, storage, usb storage, western digital

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  Fearing more Wikileaks, military bans DVDs, thumb drives

  Removable media such as CDs, DVDs and USB drives are no longer allowed on classified military computers.

  By Jared Newman | 11 December, 2010 05:39

  Tags: Drives, firewalls, hard drives, hardware security components, hdd, network security, security, storage, storage accessory, usb, usb storage

• SanDisk Launches its Smallest-Ever USB Flash Drive

  Memory maker SanDisk has ousted its latest USB flash drive, claiming it's the smallest that the company has ever released.

  By Chris Brandrick | 28 July, 2010 07:43

  Tags: flash memory, Personal storage peripherals, sandisk, storage, usb storage

• Bigger is not always better with hard drive storage

  Seagate announced a breakthrough in hard drive storage -- blowing past the previous 2.2 Terabyte limitation to develop the first 3Tb hard drive. While that is impressive from a technology standpoint, 3Tb is a lot of data to entrust to a single device. It may not be wise for businesses to place all of their data 'eggs' in a single 3Tb (or larger) 'basket'.

  By Tony Bradley | 30 June, 2010 05:33

  Tags: Microsoft, Seagate Technology, storage, usb storage

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  Eliminating Tape

  When it comes to storage and backup, the old tape may not ‘cut the mustard’ in today’s world. But how does one move on from tape? This Computerworld Australia Guide, sponsored by EMC, examines whether the Cloud will provide a viable long-term archiving option to magnetic tape. This guide also looks at eliminating tape by examining storage and backup alternatives, taking examples of organisations that have managed to overcome problems with tape. Read more.

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  Architecting the Oracle VM solution using the Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliances and Oracle Sun Servers

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  Virtualise, Manage, Backup, Consolidate

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  Staying ahead of the storage explosion