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.
Give your old Mac a new lease of life with OWC's new Aura Pro X2 SSD.
I went to NAB 19, the premier show for content creators, last week to check out what's happening in storage. That world has changed. Here's what I found.
Non-volatile Solid State Drives (SSDs) revolutionized data storage. Will Intel's non-volatile DIMMs do the same to servers? Researchers at UC San Diego just released their test results. Here's what you need to know.
The first era of Box was about file storage and collaboration. The next era revolves around being the content management layer in a broader cloud stack.
Hyperconverged infrastructure is driving growth for the broader category, according to IDC.
Pure said that Compuverde will enhance its file storage capabilities and allow it to target hybrid architectures.
Flash memory cards and SSD technology come in many form factors and are used in a wide array of devices, making it a challenge to sort out the best options. This ebook offers an in-depth look at the most...
Rack-scale integration (RSI) could bring cloud economics to enterprise data centers. But storage is a sticking point. A new software stack makes remote flash almost equivalent to local flash. Here's what you need to know.
Our digital society is under attack from malevolent forces creating realistic looking fake text, images, and video. Can real artificial intelligence overcome evil fake news?
Non-volatile RAM has been promised for years, but now Intel is close to officially launching their version, 3D Xpoint. What will it mean to you?
Microsoft researchers reveal an apparatus for automating the storage and retrieval of data stored in DNA.
The memory market and DRAM and NAND pricing hasn't gone so well for Micron, but the company is optimistic about future demand on many fronts.
Storage vendors promote extreme "hero" performance numbers for what their products - when brand new - can achieve. But what about YOUR workload? Here's a FREE workload profiler that will analyze your Windows, Linux, or macOS workload, so you know exactly how much performance you need.
Alongside the iMac upgrade, Apple also silently updated the iMac Pro, making it even easier to spend more than $15,000 on a Mac.
Pure Storage is expanding its AIRI lineup of systems for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads.
This is the first storage drive in the WD Blue line to go from SSD to NVMe, and has been optimized for content creators and PC enthusiasts to offer the capacity they need at a competitive price.
If you have any sensitive data at all - and these days who doesn't? - at some point you are going to need to find a way to securely wipe it. It's a face of life. Here's a quick guide to securely wiping data off iPhones, iPads, Android devices, hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and flash drives.
All it takes is a single click to carry out a whole raft of basic maintenance tasks on your Mac with the new and updated CleanMyMac X. Updated to include a handy new feature called Space Lens.
If you're looking for a fast, ultra-rugged, secure encrypted portable storage drive that's available in both HDD and SSD flavors, look no further than Apricorn's new Aegis Fortress L3.
Is your old Mac feeling its age? Have boot times spiraled from seconds to minutes? Are you starting to think that it might be time to buy a new Mac? Not so fast! Here's how you can give your old Mac a new lease of life.
Are you constantly running out of space on your iPhone? Don't have space for that photo you want to take or that app you want to install? Here are some tips to help you. (Updated for iOS 12)
We live in an age where a little bit of paranoia is healthy and making sure that out personal information is safely and securely erased off devices we've used is a good thing. Here's a quick guide to securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and even iOS and Android devices.
All it takes is a single click to carry out a whole raft of basic maintenance tasks on your Mac with the new and updated CleanMyMac X.
Now that AMD's flagship Intel-beating 32-core, 64-thread 2nd-gen Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is out, let's take a look at what it takes to build a super desktop system around this silicon. Not included in this build is a case, and the cost of the Windows 10 operating system.
Samsung has come out swinging hard against the iPhone with the Galaxy Note 9, putting some significant pressure on Apple to raise its game with the next release.
The Apricorn Aegis Padlock SSD fits into the palm of your hand, yet features AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption, a wear-resistant keypad, and the case is impervious to dust, grit and water.
There's what feels like an infinite amount of iPhone accessories on the market. Some are good. Some are OK. Many are just awful. But a select few are amazing. Here are the iPhone accessories that I rely on daily. There's also a special offer here for Hardware 2.0 readers.
Maybe you're super-paranoid, or maybe you just want to sell your old device and have piece of mind. Either way, being able to delete data is a valuable skill. 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.
I've owned countless USB flash drives over the years, but none come close to being as cool - or as useful - as the Aegis Secure Key 3z with built-in hardware-based encryption.
There's what feels like an infinite amount of iPhone accessories on the market. Some are good. Some are OK. Many are just awful. But a select few are amazing. Here are the iPhone accessories that I rely on daily.
Running out of space on your iPhone or iPad? Here are tips and tricks to help your free up precious gigabytes.
Microsoft believes synthetic DNA could be the next big leap in long-term data storage. Read more: https://zd.net/2Jv8oHT
Update Intel Windows graphics drivers, and stop using Intel Matrix Storage Manager and USB 3.0 Creator Utility.
The new microSD Express format will deliver up to 985MB/s data transfer rates.
The new service offers centralised backup in the cloud and on-premises.
Intel to exit joint venture with Micron at a time of its choosing in the next six to twelve months.
LG Chem will invest 1.2 trillion won -- around $1.07 billion -- to expand its battery factories in Nanjing to meet rising demand for electric vehicles and home appliances in China.
The Inspiron 7000 comes with adaptive thermal technology that detects how and where the 2-in-1 is being used, and adjusts the heat profile accordingly.
The 'reserved storage' coming with the next Windows 10 version is another reason to avoid PCs with little storage.
Dell has improved its webcam in the XPS 13, which it claims was the one complaint it received about the previous model, with the device priced at $900 and powered by a quad-core 8th gen Intel processor.
USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks.
Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has unveiled plans to build a 75,000 square metre data centre in central Bangkok through a joint venture partnership with Thai industrial platform provider, TICON.
The software vendor's cloud customers in Southeast Asia now can tap its Azure Availability Zones in Singapore, giving them access to a region with at least three separate physical data locations.
Its seventh such facility in Singapore, the data centre will be STT Telemedia Global Data Centres' largest in the country, spanning 27,000 square metres and touting a load capacity of more than 30 megawatt.
Microsoft unblocks the Windows 10 October 2018 Update for one group, but several other blocks remain in place.
Cloud storage has solved a lot of problems. But it's created a huge new one: how to find files that can be scattered across several clouds as well as on-premise file servers. Read more: https://zd.net/2QzdLoq
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.
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USB Type-C gets authentication to protect against malicious devices
Hardware
Micron to scoop up Intel portion of IM Flash for $1.5 billion
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Windows 10 graphics: Intel warns, patch 19 severe driver flaws now
Cloud
Watch out MongoDB: AWS launches fully-managed document database service
