storage - News, Features, and Slideshows

• 5 disruptive storage technologies for 2020

  Leading-edge technologies, including intent-based storage management, promise to change the way IT organisations store, manage and use data.

• Object storage in the cloud: Is back-up needed?

  Block storage in the cloud that is not properly backed up can result in lost data, and while object storage in the cloud is more resilient.

• The sharper edge of computing, powered by micro-modular data centres and 5G networks

  Here’s a simple question. Can today’s networks handle tomorrow’s massive data?

• Microsoft beefs up OneDrive security

  Microsoft has announced changes to its OneDrive storage service that will let consumers protect some or even all of their cloud-stored documents.

• Telcos look to new game plan in the 5G era

  No doubt, top of mind for most of the big telco players in Australia are the business opportunities associated with rapidly emerging technologies, and in particular 5G.

• Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily

  FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly Encryption" refers to the encrypting/decrypting of data as it is written to or read from your hard disk.

• How to pick NAS for any business

  Network-attached storage (NAS) can make your business easier to run and more efficient in multiple ways.

• Creating a live USB drive from a live CD image

  Although live CDs have a lot of advantages, they don't fit in your pocket easily, which means you may not always have one around when you need it. Fortunately, most live CD images can be installed onto a USB flash drive, giving you most of the benefits of a live CD.

• Disaster-proof your PC: image your drive

  Last week I told you how to make a new computer hassle-free; to wit, I described how to create a system-repair disc, dump the junkware, and set up security. Now that you've got your PC just the way you want it, it's time to perform what I consider to be the ultimate hassle-prevention steps: imaging your hard drive and setting up a backup routine.

• Restore data after motherboard death

  Peter's motherboard died. How can he retrieve the data on his hard drive?

• The network matters for storage innovation

  Enterprise customers face real problems every day with their storage infrastructure. They need to keep their businesses up and running non-stop and meet demands from customers, while managing growth and protecting their digital assets from malicious breaches.

• Tintri covers the bases — all-flash and hybrid-flash storage

  Choice is, to mangle a marketing line, the choice of a new generation. Tintri aims to offer it in spades to storage customers.

• Google cloud ''loses'' data (sky falling; film at 11)

  Google is sorry to report it's lost some cloud customers' data. Lightning struck four times near its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center. From cloud to cloud, as't were, causing some storage to go bye-bye...

• Replace your NAS with cloud storage: the 8 key requirements

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• 9 hot enterprise storage companies to watch

  Amidst all the venture investments this year in startups that generate gobs of data -- from those focused on everything from apps to drones to the Internet of Things to Big Data -- are a batch of newcomers aiming to help organizations store and access all that information. Yes, storage companies are pulling in big bucks in 2015, as they did in 2014, and a couple have even double-dipped this year and announced two rounds of funding.

Whitepapers about storage

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  Deduplication: The hidden truth and what it may be costing you

  Data growth is something we all have to contend with. We have to store more and more data for longer and longer time to satisfy business or regulatory requirements. Not all deduplication technologies are created equal. Download this whitepaper and see why choosing the right one can save storage space by up to a factor of 10.

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  Regional Storage Configuration in SaaS Backup for Office 365

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  Mordernise With Dell EMC Unity

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  Simplifying Storage to Speed Innovation in the Cloud Era