Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesMicrosoft’s Project Silica stores data in silica glass, similar to the crystals in ‘Superman’ films. In fact, ‘Superman’ already played a major role in the forward-looking project. By Robert Sheldon The 1978 Superman movie has found a home in a piece of quartz glass that’s 2 mm thick and 75 mm square in area — about the size of a drink coaster.
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is an electronic interface standard that defines the connection between a bus on a computer’s motherboard and the computer’s disk storage devices. By Robert Sheldon and Sonia Lelii The IDE interface was originally based on the IBM PC Industry Standard Architecture 16-bit bus standard, but it has since been implemented in computers that use other bus standards. In November 1990, the American National Standards
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBlockchain storage is a way of saving data in a decentralized network, which utilizes the unused hard disk space of users across the world to store files. The decentralized infrastructure is an alternative to centralized cloud storage and can solve many problems found in a centralized system. By TechTarget Contributor How blockchain storage works Blockchain relies on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The DLT acts as a
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA terabyte comprises more than 1 trillion bytes. Discover how the storage measurement scale was created and where a terabyte stands among other units of measurement today. By Erin Sullivan and James Alan Miller As the amount of data we generate continues to grow, so does the list of units to measure it. The humble byte is now attached to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA ransomware attack on cloud storage can have catastrophic effects. Cloud storage is still online, which means it is susceptible to some cyberattacks, so users must be careful. By Brien Posey Ransomware has been a persistent threat to organizations of all sizes. As companies increasingly transition to cloud-based platforms, they must consider how ransomware can attack cloud storage. There are
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile Microsoft 365 users face storage limits across the platform, there are ways to increase capacity. It’s also important to understand the limits in the first place. By Brien Posey Microsoft 365 is one of the world’s most popular SaaS applications, and organizations of all sizes store vast amounts of data in its cloud. However, it is important to know
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDecentralized storage technology can be confusing and complicated. These best practices, however, can help with implementation in enterprise IT infrastructure. By Brien Posey Decentralization is one of the hottest trends in cloud storage. Rather than storing all of an organization’s data in a single location, decentralization breaks the data up into fragments and scatters them across many cloud storage devices.
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesWhy choose between public cloud and private systems when you can have both? With hybrid cloud, enterprises can address workload requirements, business demands and budgetary needs. By Stephen J. Bigelow Organizations are migrating workloads to the public cloud, as well as implementing private clouds in-house. As these forms of cloud computing take hold, large and small businesses are focused on
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen evaluating archiving services, you must determine what you need to archive, requirements around that data and how to make the most cost-effective selection. By Paul Kirvan Long-term data archiving can and should be an important piece of an organization’s data storage strategy and policy. If it’s too costly to manage a brick-and-mortar data archive, consider using one or more
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud NAS (network attached storage) is remote storage that is accessed over the internet as if it is local. By Paul Kirvan The storage is usually hosted by a third-party service provider, who charges the customer a fee based on capacity and bandwidth. Many enterprises use a similar chargeback method for their off-site storage. Cloud NAS is often used for backup and
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