Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Table salt found to boost data storage density

2011 tech industry graveyard | Western Digital's new drives expand laptop storage to 1TB

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Table salt found to boost data storage density
The National University of Singapore and the Data Storage Institute have come up with a way to use NaCl (salt) to increase bit storage density on hard drive platters to 3.3 Tbit/in. or more than five times what a Seagate 4TB hard drive has today. Read More


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Future-Proofing Your Data Center with Scalable Density
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2011 tech industry graveyard
WebOS, Cisco Flip camera, Google Labs and the rest: Our list of IT companies, technologies and ideas killed off or headed for the end of life Read More


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Sifting thru Thorny Energy Management Issues
Learn how intelligent PDUs can provide real-time, accurate ratings for all server, power protection, and distribution & cooling systems. Learn More

Western Digital's new drives expand laptop storage to 1TB
Whether you have a Windows- or OS X-based laptop, one glaring flaw in either genre (and in laptops in general) is the capacity of the hard drive. A year ago, it became possible to pump up a desktop computer with a 3TB drive, but your laptop hit a wall at 750GB. And if you are a true media maven, even 750GB could be a bit confining at times for everything you want to store. Read More


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Ensure Smart Card Security in a KVM Switch
Selecting a smart card-enabled KVM system? Choose one that supports PKI authentication to multiple servers from a single location and makes the necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. This White Paper examines best practices when evaluating a Smart Card solution. Learn More

SOS Online Backup launches cloud backup for Facebook, devices
SOS Online Backup today announced a cloud backup service for Facebook, mobile devices and desktop computers that allows web-based access to files as well as unlimited multiple versions of those files. Read More

IBM to sell global data migration engine, NAS/iSCSI SAN
IBM plans to roll out software on its midrange and high-end clustered storage arrays that allows policy-based migration, backups and data deletion. The company also will announce that its V7000 series array can perform both file- and block-based data transfers. Read More

Thunderbolt vs. SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Intel will tell you its new high-speed interconnect technology, Thunderbolt, is not in competition with Universal Serial Bus (USB), the ubiquitous standard for connecting computers with other devices. Read More



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