http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/storage.html The latest storage news, analysis and in-depth features from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-data-storage-speed-255864.html?source=nww_rss European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred. Tim Greene 2012-02-08T10:19:20-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2012/012312-solid-state-drives-test-254897.html?source=nww_rss 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. Tom Henderson, ExtremeLabs, Inc. 2012-01-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2012/011812-data-bloat-255012.html?source=nww_rss It is estimated that unstructured data -- everything from email to spreadsheets, documents and digital media -- accounts for at least 90% of an organization's data. You systems are bloated with everything from personal iTunes playlists to the early versions of that PowerPoint presentation you delivered in March. To make matters worse, analysts at Gartner and IDC predict that data growth in IT organizations will grow by as much as 800% in the next five years. Rick Clark, president and CEO, APTARE 2012-01-18T10:29:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/010612-windows8-storage-254615.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical storage reservoir and ensures resiliency by backing up data on at least two physical disks. Tim Greene 2012-01-06T01:59:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/121311-converging-san-traffic-254023.html?source=nww_rss Most organizations today use dedicated storage networks in the data center, but the concept of leveraging converged network infrastructure to provide organizational storage services is gaining steam. David Klebanov, technical solutions architect, CCIE #13791, Cisco Systems 2011-12-13T10:31:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/112211-storage-companies-253360.html?source=nww_rss From storage for virtual machines to cheap all-flash hardware, here are seven movers and shakers in the network storage market today. Brad Reed 2011-11-22T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/hgg/112111-coolyule-storage-253150.html?source=nww_rss There’s a lot of shiny and flashy gadgets and home entertainment devices that will entice most of the population during the holidays – cameras, music players, camcorders and tablets are sure to be this season’s top sellers once again. But once gift recipients start to create content, listen to music, download apps or record videos, they will eventually need a good, safe and reliable digital place to store their stuff. That’s where storage comes in – it’s not always the sexiest product category, but there’s a lot of new innovations in storage that we think will make good gifts as well: Network World Staff 2011-11-21T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/101011-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss After wrestling with DSL modems for the last two issues, Gibbs finally gets to check out the QNAP T-1079 Pro NAS and he likes what he finds. Mark Gibbs 2011-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/100411-red-hat-gluster-251571.html?source=nww_rss Red Hat announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS systems into massively scalable pools of storage, in a cash deal valued at about $136 million. Gluster is also a contributor to the OpenStack cloud project and Red Hat is promising this involvement will continue. Indeed, Red Hat is now uncharacteristically saying its support of OpenStack will grow even beyond Gluster to the next release of Fedora. Julie Bort 2011-10-04T02:25:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/stor/2011/092611stor2.html?source=nww_rss This newsletter is bittersweet. Network World is retiring some of its newsletter at the end of this month. That means that I'll too be leaving a newsletter I've been writing for over seven years. But that's not the end of storage for me. Deni Connor 2011-09-28T12:00:00-04:00