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  • IBM revamps storage line

    IBM today launched its "largest ever" range of new storage products, in an attempt to meet a market demand for storage the technology giant said would grow over the next decade.

  • EMC pushes storage saviour at Australian launch

    Storage czar EMC has pinned its hopes for increased revenue on the Next Big Acronym, CAS, or content addressed storage, which had its Australian launch in Canberra last night.

  • New EMC disk storage mimics tape

    To help companies handle data backup and recovery tasks, storage specialist EMC plans to unveil a product that is based on disk drives but acts as a tape device.

  • Microsoft takes disk-based backup for a spin

    Taking another step into data storage, Microsoft on Friday unveiled software for backing up files on disk-based systems.

  • Hitachi claims leap in drive density

    Hitachi Global Storage will come out with hard drives containing 230 gigabits of data per square inch, the company is expected to announce on Monday, which could mean a 20GB iPod mini.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Storage licensing doesn't add up

    A fledgling user group claims plenty of storage vendors are unfairly using per terabyte pricing/licensing models for storage software, despite the explosion in data growth.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The $5 budget challenge

    The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.

  • What's the magic price point for SSDs?

    Ever since Anand Lal Shimpi described using SSD drives as the single most noticeable upgrade you can do to your computer, I've been looking for the right price point to follow his example and make the SSD move. But at what price?

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Will you manage in the exabyte era?

    Mammoth growth in storage volumes is a fact of life, but even so it's helpful to pause occasionally and try and work out whether our information strategies have fallen hopelessly out of step with the pace of technological growth and changes in costs.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Why Time Capsule could be a bitter pill for business

    Apple also used the event to launch its latest bid for storage supremacy: the Time Capsule. For Mac-loving households, this might be good news, but as a business storage solution it leaves a lot to be desired.

Features and Case Studies (40)

  • Hitachi claims leap in drive density

    Hitachi Global Storage will come out with hard drives containing 230 gigabits of data per square inch, the company is expected to announce on Monday, which could mean a 20GB iPod mini.

  • Future of storage: Is disk dead?

    Storage hardware can't keep indefinitely storing more bits in the same amount of space. When will we run out of disk space, and what will we do when it happens?

  • Four mid-range servers compared

    What's the best mid-range server on the market? We put machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lenovo through their paces in our labs.

  • Managing data at Melbourne IT

    Managing data can be difficult, especially if you have almost 500 terabytes of storage and spend $10,000 a month on backup tapes. This case study looks at how Melbourne IT, one of Australia's biggest web hosting companies, handles storage

  • Storage-starved SMBs get pampered

    Australian SMBs are hungry for storage, yet have been left underserved by major storage vendors. However, increasing demand for digital marketing and fast access to information is causing vendors to take notice of this once-neglected sector.

Reviews (20)

  • Nanotech points way to petabyte disk drives

    Nickel whiskers promise disks with a thousand times more storage than today's finest.

  • Learning the hard way

    Hard drive failure can happen any time, but is your back (up) covered to minimise the loss?

  • HighPoint RocketRAID 2340

    HighPoint's RocketRAID 2340 is designed for those running a file server on the cheap. While it doesn't haul massive throughput thanks to its lack of hardware grunt, and the lack of Solaris support is lamentable, for the price it does the job admirably.

  • Four mid-range servers compared

    What's the best mid-range server on the market? We put machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lenovo through their paces in our labs.

  • Reviews Roundup: The best SMB rack NAS

    Network attached storage appliances come in all shapes and sizes: in this review roundup we look at what five of the leading vendors have to offer the small to medium-sized business.

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