Enterprise Storage

EC approves Seagate acquisition of Samsung drive business

The European Commission concluded that a merger of the hard disk drive makers will not impede competition

The challenges of managing mountains of information

Jazz Montreux Festival plans 1.2PB archive for 40 years of music

Object-based storage will serve up performance footage to cafés, students

Western Digital extends suspension of operations in Thailand

Competitor Seagate has warned of component shortages because of the floods

Viking combines DRAM module with flash for auto backup

New memory module is said to alleviate the need of a traditional backup power pack

Dell ends 10-year reseller relationship with EMC

The contract was due to expire in 2013

Table salt found to boost data storage density

Salt could theoretically increase drive capacities to more than 20TB

Western Digital’s new drives expand laptop storage to 1TB

SOS Online Backup launches cloud backup for Facebook, devices

Service will store data from mobile devices and desktop computers; will extend service to Twitter, Gmail by year's end

Thailand floods may affect global electronics production

Companies like Western Digital and ON Semiconductor have suspended production