Data-access speeds under the spotlight 
Video Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it? [04 Nov 2009]
Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage
Video Four experts assess the likelihood of viable enterprise solid-state disks [02 Nov 2009]
Intel pulls SSD firmware over Windows 7 clash
News Users of Intel's first 34nm solid-state drives have reported serious problems when installing new firmware for the drives on Windows 7 systems [28 Oct 2009]
Chapter and verse on the big challenges in storage
Video Four experts offer their take on the top issues in data management [20 Oct 2009]
HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault
Review Don't let its size or consumer heritage fool you: the StorageWorks X510 is a powerful backup, sharing and remote access solution that's ideal for smaller offices with limited IT support. [19 Oct 2009]
IBM adds flash to storage virtualisation
News The new version of IBM's SAN Volume Controller allows enterprises to integrate solid-state drives into a virtualised storage environment [19 Oct 2009]
Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array
News The F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage [13 Oct 2009]
HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault
Blog At first glance, HP's newly-announced StorageWorks X500 Data Vault range of NAS devices bear more than a passing resemblance to its recently-updated range of MediaSmart Servers that are powered by... [30 Sep 2009]
USB 3.0 external hard drive: Buffalo DriveStation HD-UX3
Blog Hot on the heels of the first certified USB 3.0 product to become commercially available NEC's µPD720200 host controller chip is what Buffalo Technology claims is the first device you'll be... [28 Sep 2009]
Dialogue Box 7.2: From Ramac to SSD
Video Charles and Rupert outline the development of hard disk and solid-state storage from the 1950s to the present day [25 Sep 2009]
LaCie 12big
Blog Storage vendor LaCie has been showing off its new 12big rack-mounted storage box aimed at media and graphics companies. LaCie, best-known for its standalone storage systems, says that there's... [24 Sep 2009]
Intel predicts imminent SSD mass adoption
News IDF 2009: Although hard disks are generally more economical, a pricing breakthrough may bring SSDs to the corporate desktop in large numbers, according to the chipmaker [24 Sep 2009]
Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs
News One of the modules, made using a 32nm manufacturing process, uses the newly announced mini-Sata interface specification that is intended for SSDs in netbooks and other portable devices [22 Sep 2009]
Seagate Barracuda XT: third-generation SATA
Blog Seagate has announced global shipment of its new flagship 3.5in. desktop hard drive, the 2TB Barracuda XT. This four-platter, 7,200rpm drive not only includes a hefty 64MB cache, but is also the... [22 Sep 2009]
HP pushes integration with new Blade Switches
News HP adds networking infrastructure to its blade product line, following industry moves to tighter integration both of products and business units [17 Sep 2009]
Data Robotics DroboPro
Review DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want? [17 Sep 2009]
Pliant unveils family of enterprise-ready SSDs
News Pliant's Lightning drives sport software architecture and a proprietary ASIC controller design promising to improve performance and reliability while reducing cost and energy consumption [15 Sep 2009]
The best of both worlds: Adaptec MaxIQ SSD caching
Blog Solid State Drives (SSDs) are far faster than hard disk drives; they also use less power and generate less heat, but are far more expensive (especially for the enterprise-grade Single Layer Cell,... [14 Sep 2009]
HDS delivers 2PB in mid-range network storage
News Hitachi Data Systems launches two new NAS devices built on BlueArc hardware, offering a maximum capacity of up to two petabytes [08 Sep 2009]
From The Labs: How to break a big USB stick
Video From The Labs switches to accident investigation mode as Rupert Goodwins explains what happened to the 256GB USB stick lent to him by Charles McLellan [04 Sep 2009]
Western Digital ships high-speed 2TB hard drive
News The hardware maker launches the Caviar Black and RE4 high-performance, 7,200rpm, 2TB hard drives for desktop and enterprise use [03 Sep 2009]
NetApp refreshes datacentre OS for the cloud
News The storage firm has combined its Data Ontap 7 enterprise platform and Data Ontap GX clustered computing platform into a single codebase tailored to cloud deployments [26 Aug 2009]
Teradata puts data in 'hot' storage
News The datawarehousing provider has released a virtual storage tool that gives priority to the data accessed most by a business [25 Aug 2009]
Hitachi ships fastest 2TB disk drive
News The Deskstar 7K2000 is the first 2TB drive to run at 7,200 rpm, competing with 2TB products from Seagate and Western Digital [06 Aug 2009]
Toshiba to launch first 64GB SDXC card
News The manufacturer says the memory card will be the largest and fastest yet in the SDXC format [05 Aug 2009]
Kingston's Big Stick
Blog When we saw the press release announcing Kingston's 256GB Data Traveler 300 USB Flash drive, we had to get one if only to verify that this thing really does deliver a quarter of a terabyte of... [04 Aug 2009]
EMC wins Data Domain storage acquisition battle
Blog After a good old fashioned bidding battle, storage company EMC has won control of storage company Data Domain over rival suitor storage company NetApp. DataDomain is best known for its... [09 Jul 2009]
Compact Hot Flashes
Blog No not a new medical condition. Well I spent the day at home yesterday working on a code project for a system release I'm about to do. It was a nice change of pace from having to ride home @ 5... [24 Jun 2009]
HP surprised by Oracle's Sun purchase
Blog In a time when the modern IT executive stays almost locked to a Blackberry it is hard to catch them by a surprising bit of news. All the more gratifying then to catch out a few of them at the... [21 Apr 2009]
HP launches all-in-one data system Matrix
Blog HP has launched data BladeSystem Matrix as a converged system that offers software, server, storage and networking in one package intended to make it easy to install a complete data centre... [21 Apr 2009]
