Samsung launches 1g-weighing 512GB SSD
Samsung has launched the PM971 series of SSD in a single ball grid array (BGA) package that weighs only 1 gram but packs 512GB of memory.
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NetApp preps new ONTAP storage OS to support 15TB solid state drives
ONTAP 9 is one of NetApp's strategic products being used to get the company growing again.
Four cost-effective alternatives to public cloud storage
Listening to cloud vendors, you'd think it isn't possible for enterprise data center storage to compete on cost. That's just wrong. Here are four companies that offer lower-cost alternatives to the big cloud services.
AWS hits back at Microsoft Azure with 2TB RAM X1 instance primed for SAP HANA
Amazon and Microsoft are vying over who's got the biggest RAM and best instance to run big-data applications in the cloud.
EMC to leave Microsoft beef behind after Dell merger
VCE's outspoken president said he is willing to make a friendly wager that when EMC and Dell officially merge, Microsoft will be looked after.
IBM's phase-change memory breakthrough brings DRAM speed at lower costs
Researchers for IBM have achieved 3-bit PCM storage, combining the speed and endurance of DRAM with the low-cost density of flash.
Tintri VMstore T5000: All-flash and VM-aware
Tintri's new all-flash storage array uses VM-aware software that pushes it to the top of the pile in terms of delivering and managing performance.
Disk drive reliability: What we've learned from a billion hours
Disk drives may be down, but they're not out - we'll be using them for decades to come. The good folks at online backup service Backblaze have accumulated over 1,000,000,000 hours of drive reliability stats in the last three years. Here's what they've learned.
Storage vendor taps blockchain technology for data protection
Singapore-based data storage and security vendor, Acronis, says it has set up a research and development team to build data protection tools based on blockchain technology.
Western Digital completes SanDisk purchase
The approximately $16 billion transaction sees SanDisk become a product line within Western Digital.
How smart storage will rescue big data
IBM researchers are demoing an intelligent storage system that works something like your brain: It's easier to remember something important, like a beautiful sunset over the Grand Canyon, than the last time you waited for a traffic light. Here's how it works.
Dropbox appeals to colleges with Dropbox Education
The new offering comes with 15 GB of shared storage per user and costs $49 per user a year.
Box for Government makes its debut, complete with FedRAMP compliance
Box has been pursuing industry-specific certifications that would make it possible to deploy the Box platform at scale within heavily regulated industries.
Dell-EMC to converge APAC channel initiatives
Dell and EMC will begin operations as a combined entity something me between July and October, pending the necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, and run one consolidated channel programme from February 2017.
EMC unfazed by compeition from Huawei's 'young' enterprise biz
With its enterprise business still in the early stage and focus on consumers, Huawei currently presents little competition to EMC, says CTO John Roese, who once led Huawei's Futurewei business.
New Microsoft SharePoint mobile, OneDrive Universal Windows Platform apps to start rolling out in May
Microsoft is beginning its roll out of new SharePoint mobile and One Drive Universal Windows Platform apps, starting this month. Here's what else is on its SharePoint roadmap.
Budget 1TB SSDs (May 2016)
Forget HDDs, SSDs are the future of storage! Here's how to add 1TB high-performance storage to your PC for as little as $250.
Best high-performance storage devices for your PC or Mac
While cloud storage has appeared just in time to offer free (or at least cheap) and easy access to gigabytes of storage space, many like to keep their data close to hand. Here are some of the best storage devices money can buy that will help you keep your data safe and organized.
How to secure your computer and online accounts in 10 simple steps
Data breaches, hacks, and vulnerable software makes it easier than ever for a hacker to get access to your data. These simple steps can help mitigate it happening in the first place.
Drone wars at NAB 2015
At last week's NAB show one of the hottest areas was video drones. One button orbit of a fixed point? 6k cinema-quality video? Palm-sized HD? Underwater video? Yep, and more! Here's a gallery of what will fly past in the year ahead.
Inside the National Computational Infrastructure: Gallery
Located in Canberra, the National Computational Infrastructure stores and manages access to more than 10 petabytes of national and international data sets, including from the Bureau of Meteorology, the World Climate Research Programme, and observation data from NASA.
The 11 best high-performance storage devices
While the cloud has appeared just in time to offer free (or at least cheap) and easy access to gigabytes of storage space, some people like to keep their data close to hand. Here are some of the best storage devices money can buy that will help you keep your data safe.
Best NAS drives for work and play
If you have serious storage requirements, and you make protecting your data a high priority, then here are six of the very best NAS (Network Attached Storage) drives for work and play.
Six Clicks: My favorite Windows storage utilities
As Windows devices have become smaller, lighter, and more mobile, the nature of storage has changed. These six expert-level utilities make it possible to manage and maintain data on any Windows device.
10 technologies that made me more productive in 2014
Hardware. Software. Services. We live in amazing times, and the technologies we use every day would have been considered magical just a few short years ago. Here are 10 small pieces of magic that made my life easier this year.
The very best tech you can buy for $200 or less
Buying tech on a budget? These 15 gadgets are the very best on the market for their price — from speakers to content streamers, coffee machines, and computer peripherals.
'Must-have' MacBook Air and MacBook Pro accessories
When it comes to portable systems, thin and light is the modern day mantra, and they don't come much thinner or lighter than the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro. But being thin and light brings with it compromises, but by adding a few essential accessories into the mix, you can create a mobile working platform that is second to none.
Build a budget (sub-$300) PC
Back due to popular demand – all the parts you need to build a sub-$300 PC. Want a good, solid PC but don't want to spend the earth or trust an OEM with the job? Read on.
Portable storage devices: Gigabytes (and terabytes) that fit in your pocket
While the cloud has appeared just in time to offer free and easy access to gigabytes of storage space, some people like to keep their data close to hand. Here are some of the best portable storage devices money can buy that will help you keep your data safe.
Back up your iPhone photos: Eight affordable (or free) cloud options
Even new handsets can break or go missing. Safeguard your precious photos with easy-to-use cloud services that deliver massive amounts of storage for low or no cost.
Best storage devices: From USB flash drives to RAID units
While the cloud has appeared just in time to offer free and easy access to gigabytes of storage space, some people like to keep their data close to hand. Here are some of the best storage devices money can buy that will help you keep your data safe.
Big data deluge? Smart storage to the rescue
IBM researchers are demoing an intelligent storage system that works something like your brain. Here's how it works.
Here's how much RAM your Windows 10 PC really needs
Is there a case for more than 8GB of RAM? Sure there is, but the bang for the buck trails off.
How to really erase any drive
Securely erasing drives before you sell a computer keeps your personal information from falling into the wrong hands. Good news: it's easier than ever to fully erase data.
Hardware 2.0: Destroying hard drives
Erasing functioning hard drives is easy, but how do you prevent data from being recovered from dead or dying hard drives?
Intro: The Evolution of Enterprise Storage
Introduction video for the July 2015 special feature on enterprise storage
Video: ioSafe's rugged storage demo
ioSafe's CEO Robb Moore visited ZDNet UK's offices to show off the company's fireproof, waterproof, shockproof, crushproof and theftproof external hard drives and SSDs
Apple launches digital textbooks
At an Apple press event in New York City, executives from the company announce a new initiative to reinvent textbooks. The new software will attempt to unify online databases and the printed word into a single tool for students.
Larry Ellison announces Oracle Public Cloud
At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison discusses the company's new cloud offering. Ellison says: “The key difference is that our cloud is based on industry standards and supports full operability with other clouds and data centers on-premise."
eBay to build its own private cloud
At the RSA 2011 conference here in San Francisco, technology futurist Paul Saffo talks to eBay's chief security information officer about how the company's intent on building an eBay version in the cloud to handle its growth. The private cloud will have the ability to run in its own data center or with a third-party data center.
Oracle's Mark Hurd announces upgrade to Exadata
At the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, new company President Mark Hurd introduces Exadata X2-8, an upgrade to the current Exadata system. The new system offers better processor performance, more memory, and full database encryption.
The Future Of... Clothes
Would you like to charge your mobile phone without ever having to plug into an electrical outlet? The University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University are both developing materials to enable the storage of energy inside clothing. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explores the schools' work on "smart" clothes.
Oracle announces Exadata 2
At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer. He says the new database computer is designed for online transaction processing and data warehousing. He adds that Exadata 2 can do faster processing at a much lower cost than can its biggest competitor, IBM.
Just how safe is storage in the cloud?
Experts address the issue of confidence in the cloud for important data storage
Data-access speeds under the spotlight
Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it?
MEEM, First Take: Convenient smartphone backup, at a cost
A charger cable that also backs up and restores your phone, MEEM is easy to use and works well. The only drawback is a relatively steep price.
SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad, First Take: Useful but complicated
This Lightning and USB 2.0 flash drive is useful, but also shows how iOS makes it complicated to work with files.
Acronis Disk Director 12, First Take: Windows 8.x, UEFI support
The latest version of Disk Director gives PC enthusiasts and IT departments the tools to handle the latest hardware and software platforms.
LSI Nytro MegaRAID 8120-4i review: Performance boost for servers with direct attached storage
With two high-performance memory modules onboard, this implementation of LSI's popular MegaRAID HBA uses flash to cache frequently accessed data, boosting storage performance without the upheaval or cost of switching from magnetic disk to SSD.
Dell Compellent Storage Centre 6.4 review: MLC support brings down the cost
This major update of Dell's Compellent storage technology adds an additional tier of low-cost MLC SSD drives. Also in the mix is a new high-density HDD enclosure, plus deduplication and compression for the Fluid File system clustering option.
Barracuda Backup 490 review: All-in-one backup and recovery of physical and virtual resources
With everything needed to take backups and recover data in one self-contained appliance, Barracuda Backup is an economic and easy-to-use solution. It also offers scalable replication both to other appliances and the cloud, with fast live booting of backup images locally or in the cloud another key benefit.
ioSafe Solo review
The ioSafe Solo is bulkier, heavier, slower and more expensive than less robust external drives. But it works well enough, and if you need your data to survive being burned and flooded, you can put your trust in this device.
ioSafe Rugged Portable review
The ioSafe Rugged Portable isn't the smallest, lightest, fastest or most affordable external hard drive, but it performs well enough and is extremely rugged. If you really need to protect your data on the road, look no further.
Drobo B1200i review
Network storage doesn't come much easier than this, with very little expertise needed to manage the 12-bay Drobo B1200i. It's also fast, with three iSCSI ports, lots of redundancy and data-aware tiering — just like enterprise products costing a great deal more.
Synology RackStation RS3412xs
A scalable network storage appliance best suited to datacentres in mid-sized companies, the RackStation RS3412xs lacks enterprise-class features — but that's reflected in the price.
D-Link ShareCenter Pro 1100
D-Link's no-frills approach to NAS will be attractive to businesses who need the storage basics without unnecessary complications. But those looking for a 'do-anything' system should look elsewhere.
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ v2
The ReadyNAS NV+ v2 is nicely designed and built, and Netgear's X-RAID2 technology does a good job of managing the 4-bay array discreetly. The web-based management tool's redesigned UI is an improvement, but we'd like to see more more add-ons for the new ARM-based platform.
QNAP Turbo NAS TS-419P II
The QNAP TS-419P II holds its own on features in the competitive NAS market, although it's let down in some of the smaller details such as locking drive bays.
Thecus N4200PRO
The N4200PRO is a flexible four-bay NAS enclosure with some good extras. It's fairly easy to manage, has a wide range of modular applications and performs well. The integrated mini-UPS is a great idea, giving added peace of mind in critical environments.
Synology DiskStation DS3611xs
A highly scalable and very flexible NAS/iSCSI appliance, Synology's DS3611xs has performance and capacity to spare. It will appeal to mid-sized companies requiring fast and reliable access to large amounts of data.
