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RNS faces up to the effects of bad data

RNS faces up to the effects of bad data

The Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service has flagged data quality issues that make comparisons between its hospitals and others state and nationwide difficult.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2009 1:37PM Storage
Mythical Gdrive surfaces in Google code

Mythical Gdrive surfaces in Google code

It would appear Google has its own Loch Ness monster, with mysterious sightings suggesting the existence of Google GDrive, Google's mythical online storage service.
Sylvie Barak Feb 2 2009 12:40AM Storage
New encryption standards pitched

New encryption standards pitched

The Trusted Computing Group has put forward specifications for three new storage encryption standards.
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2009 3:08PM Storage
McAfee highlights perils of offshoring sensitive data

McAfee highlights perils of offshoring sensitive data

Global companies may have lost over US$1 trillion worth of intellectual property last year owing to data theft, according to new research from McAfee presented today at the World Economic Forum.
Phil Muncaster Jan 30 2009 6:27AM Storage
EMC hopes to defy industry slowdown

EMC hopes to defy industry slowdown

Storage specialist EMC is keeping an optimistic outlook for 2009. The company on Tuesday issued a final report for its 2008 fiscal year, noting a 12 per cent rise in revenues.
Shaun Nichols Jan 28 2009 3:01PM Storage
Seagate fix breaks hard drives

Seagate fix breaks hard drives

Storage firm Seagate has received a raft of complaints following a firmware update that rendered many 500GB hard drives in its Barracuda 7200.11 range completely inaccessible.
Ian Williams Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Storage
Data management will be priority in 2009

Data management will be priority in 2009

Changes relating to different aspects of data management have been highlighted as key trends in the IT industry for 2009 in a report by consultancy Deloitte.
Angelica Mari Jan 21 2009 6:29AM Storage
Storage-hungry consumers turn to online services

Storage-hungry consumers turn to online services

The use of online storage services is set to explode as people store a growing amount of information from a huge variety of sources, according to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).
Ian Williams Jan 17 2009 9:13AM Storage
Diskeeper launches solid state drive optimiser

Diskeeper launches solid state drive optimiser

Storage maintenance firm Diskeeper has unveiled what it claims is the first optimiser designed exclusively for solid state drives (SSDs), promising faster performance and extended lifespan.
Ian Williams Jan 14 2009 6:42AM Storage
Vizioncore tool manages virtual machine storage allocation

Vizioncore tool manages virtual machine storage allocation

Vizioncore has released a tool that can optimise the size of virtual machines, enabling businesses to reclaim significant amounts of storage space, the company claimed.
Daniel Robinson Jan 14 2009 6:42AM Storage
Aussie data centre disaster recovery skips virtual servers

Aussie data centre disaster recovery skips virtual servers

Almost one in three disaster recovery plans in Aussie data centres don’t cover virtual servers, according to a new Symantec report.
Ry Crozier Jan 13 2009 12:01AM Storage
Financial firms' data security found wanting

Financial firms' data security found wanting

New PwC research urges increased vigilance.
Phil Muncaster Jan 12 2009 6:52AM Storage
Kingston unveils first solid state drives

Kingston unveils first solid state drives

Kingston is making its first foray into the solid state drive (SSD) market using technology developed by Intel.
Ian Williams Jan 9 2009 2:39AM Storage
Samsung releases green solid state drive

Samsung releases green solid state drive

Samsung has used the Storage Visions 2009 show in Las Vegas to demonstrate an enterprise-level 2.5in 100GB solid state drive (SSD) designed to handle applications such as online order processing and video on demand.
David Neal Jan 8 2009 6:55AM Storage
Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive

Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive

Toshiba has unveiled the world's first 2.5in 512GB solid state drive (SSD), designed to provide a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, and gaming and home entertainment systems.
Ian Williams Dec 19 2008 6:18AM Storage
Yahoo cuts data retention times

Yahoo cuts data retention times

In an attempt to bolster trust with its users, Yahoo has revamped its global data retention policy, promising to anonymise user log data within 90 days, half the period stipulated by the EU.
Ian Williams Dec 18 2008 2:51PM Storage
Fibre channel switch prices rise

Fibre channel switch prices rise

Overall prices for fibre channel switches rose for the first time since 2002, but the downturn on host bus adapters continues, according to analyst firm Dell’Oro Group.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2008 12:38PM Storage
Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon has moved its SimpleDB online database service out of beta, claiming that new features have reduced the cost of data storage from US$1.50 to US$0.25 per gigabyte per month.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
UNSW offers students 500 times more email storage

UNSW offers students 500 times more email storage

The University of New South Wales has abandoned its UniMail system - which gave users just 20Mbit of storage - for a newer, smarter system hosted in the U.S.
Staff Writers Nov 28 2008 6:27AM Storage
Amazon shares public data

Amazon shares public data

Amazon is setting up a cloud data service to help people share, access and use public data, even asking the general public to submit their own data sets.
Sylvie Barak Nov 25 2008 6:23AM Storage

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