Innovation in storage technology has led to a new world of choices. Although this will eventually pay off in much higher capacity and better performance, the long learning curves, coupled with the scary consequences of betting on the wrong technology, are keeping many IT managers awake at night.
Korean electronics giant Samsung has made a US$5.85 billion hostile bid to acquire US-based computer chip maker SanDisk.
Microsoft has confirmed that Startkey, which enables users to carry their personal Windows applications and settings on a flash drive, will be available later this year.
IBM researchers gave ZDNet.com.au's sister site CNET News.com an insight its latest "racetrack" memory, which IBM promises will bring a 100 fold increase in density by storing data in long magnetised nanowires rather than disks.
Japanese memory chip manufacturer Toshiba announced yesterday that it will be showcasing a 128 GB NAND-flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.
Pronouncing that a given device doesn't need any more storage is a near-foolproof recipe for looking stupid somewhere down the line. However, I'm sceptical that many people need a 16GB mini-SD card for their phone.
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SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.
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The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.
Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.
At Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, announces a MacBook Pro that features a nonremovable battery designed to last about eight hours between charges. The starting price of the new notebook, which comes with either 4GBs or 8GBs of memory, is $2,799, the same as that of the old 17-inch model. It is set to begin shipping by the end of the month.
SanDisk's fingerprint-reading Cruzer Profile memory key can make data safe and secure, but it's big, heavy, and awkward to use.
SanDisk is refreshing its line of removable flash memory cards with higher capacity CompactFlash cards and smaller versions of the Secure Digital card format.
Sony and Samsung Electronics have agreed to expand a licensing agreement surrounding the Memory Stick removable card format, a move that could help broaden its reach into different products.
A group of consumer electronics firms have developed a postage stamp-sized format for memory cards.
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