Network Storage News
Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the...
Seagate to buy external drive maker LaCie
Seagate today announced plans to acquire LaCie, a French maker of external consumer hard drive products, in an all-cash deal worth about $186 million.
60TB disk drives could be a reality in 2016
Advanced technologies such as HAMR could mean disk drive capacities from 30TB to 60TB by 2016, according to a new report by IHS iSuppli.
EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management
EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum.
New mobile DRAM standard for 4G networks offers 50% performance boost
The specification for next-generation mobile DRAM was published, offering smartphone, tablet and ultra-thin notebook makers a 50% increase in memory...
Paging Mr. Phelps: This SSD will self-destruct....
SSD maker RunCore's InVincible SSD can wipe your data using one of two methods: overwriting the entire disk with meaningless code or frying it...
Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation
Israel is where the USB flash drive was invented and where innovative companies such as Anobit and XtremIO are drawing American companies to their...
Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers high-availability option
Pure Storage today announced the second generation of its all-flash array, which can now be configured for high availability.
New DDR4 memory to boost tablet, server performance
Although the standard for DDR4 memory won't be finalized until summer, several companies are already preparing to ship modules that will boost...
Pixorial leads with Google Drive: will developers follow?
When Pixorial updated its video-sharing iOS app last month, the company added a feature its competitors couldn't yet match: Integration with the...
Microsoft touts Win8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems
Microsoft has revamped the way Windows 8 monitors hard disk operations and detects problems in an effort to make the diagnostic and repair process...
Oracle tweaks storage options for virtual desktop infrastructure
Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure is no longer reliant solely on the company's own storage infrastructure, giving customers a range of new...
EMC buys flash-array start-up XtremIO
EMC today confirmed that it is buying out XtremIO, the maker of flash devices, in a deal pegged at $430 million.
Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information
Recognizing that health information exchanges will be built by public and private efforts, the U.S. government office in charge of Health IT said it...
Review: Dell EqualLogic SANs make the most of automated tiering
Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays
Google Drive Begs the Question: Who Owns Your Data in the Cloud?
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...
VMware takes on Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive
VMware is offering a private-cloud based platform for document sharing and device syncing that could rival Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft...
Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?
Expensive and specialized Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks...
Is Google Drive ready for prime time?
In summing up the experts' thoughts, Network World's Brad Reed put it rather succinctly about the emergence of Google Drive: “We like it, but...
Dropbox Boosts Free Storage Limit to 5GB to Match Google Drive
Dropbox boosted its free storage limit from 2GB to 5GB with the introduction of a new digital image offering.
Is Google Drive ready for prime time?
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