Storage touches everything from the data center to your iPhone. A key trend: Solid state drive adoption. Key players: EMC, NetApp, Seagate, Sandisk and Western Digital.
Apple claims its new and improved codec delivers the same quality with half the file size, or better quality with the same size. OK, but the real question is, should you care? Only sometimes.
Lenovo revamped its data center strategy, launched a bevy of products, and set out to be the No. 1 supercomputing vendor. Here's a look at the plan.
The ThinkSystem brand will include servers, storage and networking. ThinkAgile is focused on software-defined data centers and integrated and converged systems.
Over the next several months, Dropbox will turn on five new regional accelerators across key regions.
This massive and long overdue file system upgrade from HFS+ promises higher performance, better data integrity, and a vastly improved Time Machine.
Having survived the "startup chasm", the storage vendor now needs to pump up its focus on Asia-Pacific where enterprises have shown readiness to embrace disruptive technology.
Few companies know what's in their unstructured data, who created it or where it's stored. DataGravity for Virtualisation can reveal all this and more, and use that insight to better protect and secure...
We're starting to see some 10Gig Ethernet devices (it's a signature feature on the upcoming iMac Pro). But is 10GigE accessible now? We dive in and find out.
Pure Storage acknowledges its exclusive focus on storage is a challenge among Asia-Pacific companies looking for complete data centre offerings, but points to partnerships as the answer.
The update is the latest in a series of admin features Dropbox has rolled out over the last year as part of its Admin X initiative.
Pure Storage, which is growing at a breakneck pace due to the move to all-flash storage arrays, launched a new AI engine called Meta in a bid to create self-driving storage.
Microsoft is opening up testing of its OneDrive Files On-Demand feature to Windows Insider testers, ahead of its debut in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
First, Apple admitted it goofed on the aging Mac Pro, and it promised a new, flexible version next year. Then, it pre-announced the iMac Pro -- due in December -- at WWDC 2017. Apple is running scared in the pro market. Why?
The memory company said its ReRAM can provide zippy speeds thanks to minimal error correction.
The pecking order and market share is starting to shift in the networking market, and storage demand is fueled by hyper scale data centers.
Microsoft is shutting down its Docs.com site in December and advising affected users to go with LinkedIn's SlideShare and/or OneDrive for their file storage needs instead.
Here's everything you need to know about securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and even iOS and Android devices.
Looking to build a high-end PC around AMD's eight-core Ryzen 7 1800X processor? Here's what you need.
Looking to build a high-end PC around AMD's new Ryzen 7 1800X processor? Here's what you need.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The ThinkSystem brand will include servers, storage and networking. ThinkAgile is focused on software-defined data centers and integrated and converged systems.
Editor Dong Ngo explains why the tiny My Passport SSD portable drive from WD is a huge deal.
To get the full benefits of the data age, it will take new investments and creativity to ensure data storage can keep up with demand, argues Kushagra Vaid, GM and Distinguished Engineer in Microsoft's Azure division.
As data generation increases, businesses need to carefully consider what data is worth collecting and storing, says Akhil Gupta, VP of Infrastructure of Dropbox.
You've heard about the big IT failures like the British Airways shutdown at Heathrow this week. But there are hidden factors that can sap productivity and kill innovation. To learn more, and how AI might help, read on.
With all the griping about the new MacBook Pros, how does the mid-range MacBook stack up? Here's the pros and cons on this tiny notebook.
Got an old PC? Here's how to breathe new life into your old desktop system.
Drones are creating more content than ever before, and managing that surge of data is about to get easier.
DNA storage could allow vast amounts of data to be stored for thousands of years.
CNET editor Dong Ngo explains why the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate GT is the bulkiest little storage device that you keep wishing you could afford.
A new discovery could pave the way for magnetic storage systems that are smaller, denser, and more powerful, according to IBM Research.
Synthetic DNA could be the answer to the world's accelerating data-storage needs, and now researchers have shown that it can have a much higher density than previously demonstrated.
Where does old-school file sharing fit in the rapidly changing world of mobile and cloud services? In this video, David Gewirtz takes a first look at a NAS appliance that implements a hybrid cloud storage environment right inside a little black box.
At the 2016 Structure Conference in San Francisco, the chief strategy officer of Box, Jeetu Patel, spoke with ZDNet about what it takes to turn a product into a successful platform.
Jeetu Patel, chief strategy officer at Box, spoke with ZDNet at the 2016 Structure Conference in San Francisco about the race to turn products into platforms.
The latest version of Disk Director gives PC enthusiasts and IT departments the tools to handle the latest hardware and software platforms.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's hard to fault the Drobo B800i, which combines good looks, performance and functionality with ease of use. It's not cheap, but for the money it's one of the best small-business iSCSI appliances you can buy.
A very scalable NAS appliance, the RS2211+ benefits from the add-on extras found on other Synology storage devices, which should appeal to small businesses. However, it lacks some storage-specific features that enterprise customers may be looking for.
