Seagate demos hard disk drive with an NVMe interface. Yup, one with spinning platters
Oh look, it's the promise of multiple actuators again
Storage17 Nov 2021 | 48
Storage
Snowflake wrestles Python, chases China, and ingests unstructured data
Cloudy analytics contender is also having a look at Amazon's Graviton silicon
Storage16 Nov 2021 |
Remember SoftRAM 95? Compression app claimed to double memory in Windows but actually did nothing at all
Microsoft's Raymond Chen was tasked with digging into the issue
Storage15 Nov 2021 | 107
New year, new OS: OneDrive support axed for old versions of Windows from 1 Jan 2022
It'll be 10 and 11 only if you want that personal file synchronisation action
Storage08 Nov 2021 | 41
Microsoft finally remembers Windows on Arm is a thing, reveals native OneDrive client
Ignite In preview. For Insiders. By end of 2021. Two full years after Surface Pro X
Storage03 Nov 2021 |
Sovereignty? We've heard of it. UK government gives contract to store MI5, MI6 and GCHQ's data to AWS
Hands up who wants to do that info migration
Storage26 Oct 2021 | 79
Memory maker Micron moots $150bn mega manufacturing moneybag
AI and 5G to fuel demand for new plants and R&D
Storage20 Oct 2021 | 2
DRAM, it stacks up: SK hynix rolls out 819GB/s HBM3 tech
Kit using the chips to appear next year at the earliest
Storage20 Oct 2021 | 1
Fatal Attraction: Lovely collection, really, but it does not belong anywhere near magnetic storage media
On Call Your PC is not a fridge
Storage08 Oct 2021 | 165
VMware to kill SD cards and USB drives as vSphere boot options
Storage capacity of your hosts could take a hit
Storage04 Oct 2021 | 39
Memory maker Micron offers hope for PC parts supply returning 'in the coming months'
Oh, and boasts over record-breaking return from IoT segment, too
Storage29 Sep 2021 |
Cloudflare R2 Storage service takes direct aim at Amazon S3, hits on price and portability
Updated Networking biz says it won't charge for most egress fees, pledges to undercut
Storage28 Sep 2021 | 4
Fivetran snags $565m funding round as Snowflake attempts to eat its lunch with in-house data integration tools
Also buys data replication company HVR for $700m
Storage21 Sep 2021 |
Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services
On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders
Storage17 Sep 2021 | 5
Speciality electronics outfit boasts of 64-fold density increase for its latest space-ready MRAM parts
Takes Avalanche's latest STT-MRAM tech and packs it into rad-hard ceramic squares
Storage15 Sep 2021 | 9
Boffins unveil SSD-Insider++, promise ransomware detection and recovery right in your storage
Firmware-based system recovers encrypted data in seconds, but manufacturers are proving reluctant
Storage09 Sep 2021 | 35
If your storage admin is a bit excitable today, be kind: 45TB LTO-9 tape media and drives just debuted
Fujifilm and HPE selling cartridges, Quantum selling drives, IBM tape libraries add support
Storage08 Sep 2021 | 17
DRAM-as-cache is too expensive for even Facebook – Zuck now blending it with NVM SSD drives
Open-sources the tool it uses to make that happen and says Intel, Samsung, Open Compute, Western Digital and others are keen to play
Storage03 Sep 2021 | 3
Western Digital unveils 20TB OptiNAND hard drive, pledges 50TB to follow
New flash-and-platter architecture offers 'breakthrough in storage that works differently,' firm claims
Storage01 Sep 2021 | 37
Et tu, Samsung? Electronics giant accused of quietly switching SSD components
Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict
Storage28 Aug 2021 | 49
After quietly switching to slower NAND in an NVMe SSD, Western Digital promises to be a bit louder next time
Stealthy flash, firmware transplant in WD Blue SN550 attracts attention
Storage27 Aug 2021 | 52
Samsung splurges $200bn to bring 'new future order' over next few years – meaning chips, pharma, comms
Apparently the revolution is now, and it is well funded
Storage24 Aug 2021 | 2
Another big year for tape as ... oops. 2020 sales dropped 8% thanks to 'global shutdowns'
Massive shift requiring masses of backup... not backed up in cold storage medium's numbers
Storage19 Aug 2021 | 24
SK hynix to create US-HQ'd NewCo for Intel's outgoing $9bn NAND biz
Chipzilla exec and vineyard owner Robert Crooke to run operation … in between picking grapes
Storage05 Aug 2021 |
Ch-ch-ch-Chia! HDD sales soar to record levels as latest crypto craze sweeps Europe
Knock-on effect for NAS and SSD devices too
Storage05 Aug 2021 | 69
UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz
Number of 'strong remaining competitors' within the market planning expansions of their own, says CMA
Storage30 Jul 2021 | 4
Thanks for the memory: Add Samsung to the list of tech giants raking it in despite supply concerns
Turns out that Austin factory shutdown was nothing but a blip
Storage29 Jul 2021 |
SK Hynix hits 3-year revenue high as extreme ultraviolet production kicks off in earnest
Commercial EUV LPDDR4 modules in the works now, but the 1anm node is still being treated as a test-bed
Storage27 Jul 2021 | 11
Gartner dumps IBM from 2021 enterprise backup'n'recovery MQ leader corner
Updated Big Blue is the only leading supplier from 2020 to lose ground
Storage20 Jul 2021 | 3
India bans Mastercard from signing up new customers
Alleges it blew a deadline to secure data – by almost three years
Storage15 Jul 2021 | 21
HPE gobbles up Ampool to add SQL grunt to Ezmeral
Acquisition will bring query processing for data sources
Storage09 Jul 2021 |
Teradata customers express terror as field-based hardware support outsourced to IBM on both sides of the pond
Sources fear Big Blue lacks knowledge to keep systems running smoothly
Storage09 Jul 2021 | 15
Micron announces EUV fabs by 2024 as it flogs Utah facility to Texas Instruments
Oh, and it would like everyone to know it had a fantastic sales quarter, natch
Storage01 Jul 2021 | 3
Backblaze, long a champion of home-grown hardware, succumbs to the lure of commodity servers
Exabyte-tending cloud storage outfit’s new data centre was built on Dell storage servers, but its own kit will live on
Storage28 Jun 2021 | 2
Snowflake agrees it's good to share... on its platform, while Databricks opts for a more vendor-neutral approach
Enterprise newcomer has its work cut out in the data marketplace field
Storage10 Jun 2021 |
SK Hynix admits to DRAM defects, smacks down rumour it botched big batches
Admits 'potential losses' may result, says they won’t be significant
Storage09 Jun 2021 | 5
Snowflake targets Java and Scala devs, will soon slither after Pythonistas too
Snowflake Summit Cloud data outfit realises SQL-centric approach won’t attract the developers it needs to grow
Storage08 Jun 2021 | 1
Proof-of-space cryptocurrency Chia triggers HDD sales boom in Europe
Residents near Western Digital, Seagate HQs deafened by popping of Champagne corks
Storage08 Jun 2021 | 49
Latest on iCloud storage 'outsourcing' lawsuit against Apple: Damages class certified
Plaintiffs say they would've gone elsewhere had they known iGiant was just using Amazon, Microsoft or Google
Storage04 Jun 2021 | 13
Seagate finds sets of two heads are cheaper than one in its new and very fast MACH.2 dual-actuator hard disks
Looks forward to nicely lowered costs as production ramps up, but they're still hyperscaler-only for now
Storage04 Jun 2021 | 43
Leaving Spark behind, Databricks enters new territory as it eyes 2021 IPO
Will its vision for unified analytics fly?
Storage01 Jun 2021 | 2
Home Office slams PNC tech team: 'Inadequate testing' of new code contributed to loss of 413,000 records
Poorly defined business requirements, failure in documentation, independent report finds
Storage26 May 2021 | 33
We’ve found them! Govt reinstates records previously missing from the Police National Computer
November scripting error havoc finally fixed
Storage25 May 2021 | 21
10+ users can lead to washout: Data lakes struggle with SQL concurrency, says Gartner
We're working on it, Spark backer Databricks declares
Storage24 May 2021 | 7
Big red buttons and very bad language: A primer for life in the IT world
Who, Me? Guess what I learned at school today, Mummy!
Storage24 May 2021 | 114
Europe gives SK Hynix the nod to gobble up Intel's NAND flash and solid-state drive biz
I have you now, Samsung
Storage22 May 2021 | 4
Cisco discloses self-sabotaging SSD bug that causes rolling outages for some Firepower appliances
Boxes stop working, admins may be locked out after 28,224 hours – and then every 1,008 hours after that
Storage20 May 2021 | 7
US-based hard disk drive suppliers face further scrutiny over whether they've shipped proscribed HDDs to Huawei
Updated The Wicker man: US Commerce Committee senator questions Toshiba, Seagate and WD
Storage12 May 2021 | 8
Fibre Channel is still around. And now it's end-to-end at a sizzling-ish 64Gbit/s
Broadcom unveils an HBA to complete the set of seventh-gen kit
Storage12 May 2021 | 6
HPE debuts storage-as-a-service platform based on a new storage array: Alletra
The race to keep up with AWSs and Microsoft of this world.
Storage04 May 2021 | 3
Oh no it isn't... Oh yes it is... Microsoft confirms OneDrive lives on under Windows 7
Panto season comes early in Redmond as TLS tweaks revive software
Storage29 Apr 2021 | 7
UK's Competition and Markets Authority sticks probe in SK Hynix's $9bn proposed buy of Intel's NAND and SSD units
Regulator inviting comments on implications for local goods and services
Storage28 Apr 2021 | 6
Salesman who helped land Veritas UK's 'largest ever' deal was lawfully docked £275k in commission, says judge
You win some, then you lose some
Storage26 Apr 2021 | 36
Microsoft OneDrive for Windows 7 drives off a cliff for business users
Accidental borkage ... or a not-so-subtle hint that it really is time to move on?
Storage15 Apr 2021 | 43
Microsoft drops 64-bit OneDrive into the pool: Windows on ARM fans need not apply. As usual
Up to 18.4 million petabytes... which should be useful to someone
Storage09 Apr 2021 | 32
Seagate claims it shipped its third zettabyte of storage in record time
36 years to hit 1 ZB. Then, like buses, none for ages, then 2 ZB almost at once
Storage07 Apr 2021 | 20
Micron chief warns 'severe shortage' of DRAM expected to continue this year
And drought in Taiwan threatens supply. Good news for firm's wallet, not so much for chip buyers
Storage01 Apr 2021 | 9
Hitachi slurps GlobalLogic for $9.6bn to bolster IoT prospects
Capitalizing on preparing digitally novice businesses for post COVID era
Storage01 Apr 2021 | 1
Samsung aims first 512GB DDR5 DRAM chip built on High-K/Metal Gate tech at HPC, AI markets
Double the bandwidth of DDR4, with 13% less power consumption
Storage25 Mar 2021 | 4
SUSE says tschüss to Ceph-based enterprise storage product – it's Rancher's Longhorn from here on out
Existing customers will continue to receive support, however
Storage25 Mar 2021 | 7
Biting the hand that feeds IT
