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Bit rot: The new problem threatening companies’ archives
When DVDs came on the market in the mid-1990s, it wasn’t just the movie fans that were happy — IT pros thought they’d been given a great data storage medium. But are DVDs really suitable for storing...
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Need some help getting your business to go paperless? Here’s a fact that should turn higher-ups’ heads: Most of your peers, vendors and customers are doing it. The push for paperless recordkeeping is...
View ArticleCompany releases first USB 3.0 flash drives
Devices using the next generation of USB are starting to appear, and their performance looks impressive. Super Talent Technology has announced the December launch of the first flash drives to use USB...
View ArticleCan a server be too cold?
Keeping servers from overheating means a lot to IT, but a recent study offers some counter-intuitive advice. Researchers at Google published a paper not long ago that showed servers failing at a much...
View ArticleTop data center breakdowns of 2009
Here’s a top ten list your company does not want to be on. As the world becomes ever more dependent on the availability of centrally stored data, the chance of something going wrong keeps growing. And,...
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Don’t buy the hype: Firms not ready for cloud storage
Despite all the marketing hoopla, a new survey says businesses aren’t lining up to ink deals with cloud storage vendors. Their main concern: data security. Vendors have pushed cloud storage as a...
View ArticleMagnetic tape: Back from the grave?
Magnetic tape storage for digital data is now 60 years old — and it looks its age. But in the days of flash memory and super-fast hard disks, this old-fashioned storage technology is about to get a big...
View ArticleThe risks of saving too much data
Saving data can go too far, according to the results of a recent survey from security software company Symantec. The study found that many companies have no clear digital retention policy, and, as a...
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