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  • Storage administrators demand simplicity

    Posted March 25, 2013 - 9:53 am

    IT staffers at all levels are now tasked with managing data storage. They demand simplicity (but want power, too).
  • New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

    Posted March 25, 2013 - 6:17 am

    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.
  • How big is the sound of music?

    Posted March 21, 2013 - 6:07 am

    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.
  • Tape Storage Finds New Life in the Enterprise and Beyond

    Posted January 23, 2013 - 11:45 am

    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.
  • 2012: The year in quotes

    Posted December 12, 2012 - 9:45 am

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

    Posted November 30, 2012 - 5:25 pm

    "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."
  • A tour of DreamWorks Studios' data center

    Posted October 20, 2012 - 7:20 am

    DreamWorks Studios is busy producing eight to 10 films at any given time, and each film produces 120,000 frames of film and uses 200TB of storage. In recent years, 150 engineers have been working on creating software that can take advantage of 25,000 CPUs in a parallel fashion.
  • Creating cohesive storage management

    Posted October 8, 2012 - 2:43 pm

    Vendors of storage management tools are moving toward a 'single pane of glass' product that can automatically provision, resize, back up and recover storage across multiple public and private clouds, across systems from different vendors and for virtual machines running hypervisors from multiple vendors.
  • Hello cloud storage, goodbye Rolodex (and other workplace trends)

    Posted September 26, 2012 - 3:17 pm

    LinkedIn names the top workplace trends and items headed for obsolescence--and also lists what's becoming mainstream. Here's a look at those items, plus three tips for ensuring you don't go the way of the fax machine.
  • 7 hard truths about the NoSQL revolution

    Posted July 16, 2012 - 5:04 pm

    Forgoing features for speed has its trade-offs as these NoSQL data store shortcomings show
  • Spotlight on Big Data

    Posted July 2, 2012 - 4:41 pm

    Digital data is expected to continually double every 20 months until the year 2020. How is your business poised to analyze it?
  • Can flash live up to the hype?

    Posted June 26, 2012 - 10:58 am

    The popularity of flash memory has soared over the last year because flash has definite advantages over conventional media. It often isn't clear however, what distinguishes one flash offering from another. Here is a review of four common flash design implementations, each of which has strengths and weaknesses.
  • Could cloud computing change how we communicate?

    Posted June 26, 2012 - 10:12 am

    At least one CIO has already done away with email and Office.
  • Google Drive begs the question: Who owns your data in the cloud?

    Posted May 3, 2012 - 7:26 am

    Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions -- who owns your data, how data can be used and what happens if the data is lost or stolen -- are ones enterprise IT executives should be asking, too.
  • Spotlight on storage

    Posted April 30, 2012 - 9:18 pm

    28% of IT leaders expect to significantly increase spending on Storage Area Networks in the next 12 months. Here's what you need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
  • Best practices for selecting storage services for big data

    Posted April 25, 2012 - 10:07 am

    Big data is fueling the need for ever-growing storage repositories. If you're looking to meet scalability concerns without breaking the bank, selecting a storage platform that can meet the needs of big data can be a challenge--but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one.
  • How to use Hadoop to overcome storage limitations

    Posted April 19, 2012 - 8:50 pm

    Big data is all about storing and accessing large amounts of structured and unstructured data. However, where to put that data and how to access it have become the biggest challenges for enterprises looking to leverage the information. If you haven't yet considererd the open source Hadoop platform, now's the time.
  • Big data tools and vendors

    Posted February 21, 2012 - 3:27 pm

    While big data systems offer flexibilities of scale at far more affordable prices then ever before, long-time data experts are also quick to point out that these newfangled big data systems are making use of techniques and processes that were once part of the data warehousing hype that once garnered IT's attention.
  • Can storage be sexy?

    Posted February 15, 2012 - 5:59 am

    The most quotidian of tech products might still have some design flair.
  • The small world of big data

    Posted February 2, 2012 - 2:34 pm

    The evolution of big data, Hadoop, and related technologies is interesting, but not just from a purely esoteric standpoint. Understanding how these technologies fit together will give users a better idea of which solution is right for them.
  • Need more storage? Upgrade your drive

    Posted January 28, 2012 - 8:08 am

    When you have a new drive, it may seem like you have virtually limitless storage. Eventually you will fill it up and need to expand capacity. Here are your options.
  • How to work with firehose data

    Posted January 27, 2012 - 9:00 am

    Some data comes in at a constant, and even massive, rate. How can IT systems contend with such data flows, while still analyzing that data? PostgreSQL expert Josh Berkus outlines the important guidelines.
  • Hard drive shortage may have far-reaching effects

    Posted January 25, 2012 - 11:26 am

    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.
  • Rumble in the cloud: 5 cloud storage services compared

    Posted December 1, 2011 - 8:00 am

    Clouds aren't just for IT departments looking to cut costs anymore. Today, free and low-cost cloud services are available for everyone. But which is right for you?
  • The challenges of managing mountains of information

    Posted October 18, 2011 - 11:08 am

    If you think the storage systems in your data centers are out of control, imagine having 449 billion objects in your database, or having to add 40 terabytes of new data each week.

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