Network Storage

SpaceMonger 3 aims to control cloud storage costs

EdgeRunner has released SpaceMonger 3.0, bringing the power of Treemap analysis to the challenge of managing local, shared network and cloud storage. SpaceMonger creates a visual Treemap graphic, simplifying the task of freeing up space and avoiding increased storage costs with its user-friendly toolset for finding the files and folders hogging your storage space.

IBM Research sets Big Data record

IBM researchers have demonstrated a new record of 85.9 billion bits of data per square inch in areal data density on low-cost linear magnetic particulate tape — a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies for Big Data.

Metalogix acquires Idera’s SharePoint business

Metalogix has acquired Idera’s SharePoint business, including the backup and monitoring products  SharePoint Backup and SharePoint Diagnostic Manager. 

Ontrack 11 adds power to destroy

Kroll Ontrack has updated its Ontrack EasyRecovery data recovery software adding the ability to permanently delete data at the file/folder level, and support for data recovery and permanent data destruction in virtual environments. 

Tandberg Data announces RDX WORM Media

Tandberg Data has added WORM (Write Once Read Many) functionality to its RDX media as a new technology designed to replace magneto-optical drives, CDs and DVDs. 

 

SharePoint data and document recovery

Metalogix has  announced the release of StoragePoint 4.2, its integrated SharePoint storage, backup and recovery solution offering automated backup, either on-premises or in the cloud, and the ability to granularly restore lost content all the way down to the document level.

 

Quantum leap needed to store our digital lives

Thinking beyond your corporate network, how much online online storage is required to hold all of the data associated with your digital life?
According to US academic Professor Vladimir Shalaev of Purdue University, that figure has grown astronomically in recent decades.

Seagate claims hard drive speed record

It is generally acknowledged that solid state hard drives offer a performance boost to computing speed, but the additional cost and limited capacity has prevented  widespread uptake. Seagate says a new hybrid drive technology it has developed offers a solution that provides  a 3X increase in random performance over existing solutions.

How not to be paranoid about backups

DISUK has announced Paranoia3, its in-line tape encryption hardware appliance to protect data backed up to off-site locations.  The appliance comes in either SCSI or fibre channel versions.

Securing USB card use on the network

Germany's SEH Technology has come up with a solution to providing secure network access to data on SD cards and USB portable media, the mySND-120 File Access Server.

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