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Western Digital vs Seagate: we take a look at the two storage giants 06/07/2009 15:30:00
We see which storage company when it comes to internal, external and media-focussed hard drives

When it comes to storage, Western Digital and Seagate are perhaps the two most recognisable brands in the market. They rival each other in nearly every segment of the storage market and try to outdo each other with innovations in ease of use and power efficiency. We've pitched these two storage giants against each other and taken a look at some of the key differences between their products.
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Cloud control systems tame the ether 03/07/2009 03:56:00
3tera, Enomaly, Kaavo, and RightScale take myriad and mixed approaches to managing virtual servers in the sky

Signifying a formless haze of computing power and storage that is somewhere "out there," computerdom's current buzzword is as difficult to get one's arms around as a real cloud. A seemingly limitless pool of processors and memory and disk space, and you just scoop out what you need. Sounds great, doesn't it?
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Aster rolls out data warehousing appliances 30/06/2009 06:52:00
Pricing starts at $50,000 for up to 1TB of data

Seeking to cater to more customer tastes in the increasingly crowded market for large-scale data warehousing and analysis, startup Aster Data Systems on Monday announced a new series of appliances that combine Aster's nCluster database and hardware in a preconfigured package.
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Blu-Ray, I hardly know ye 23/06/2009 23:29:00
Poor consumer education could be Blu-ray's downfall in the market

There was a time when it looked like HD-DVD would be winner in the battle to bring high-definition to computers and video players. Then the momentum suddenly swung to a competing standard called Blu-ray. Now, it looks like Blu-Ray is in trouble, but not from HD-DVD.
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Busting the nine myths of cloud computing 22/06/2009 20:27:00
Vendor hype and IT self-delusion can quickly lead to disappointment. If you're considering a cloud strategy, don't get fooled by these false premises

Wherever you turn, someone's ready to tell (or sell) you something related to cloud computing. Cutting through the myths is essential to deciding whether, when, and how the cloud is right for you. Here's our top list of myths; we welcome your suggestions and feedback in our cloud myths discussion area**URL TK**:
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Review: Hard disk vs. solid-state drive -- is an SSD worth the money? 19/06/2009 07:57:00
SSDs have the speed, but HDDs have the capacity

Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head that must seek out data on a platter like on a hard disk drive (HDD), they are faster in reading and, in most cases, writing data.
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Data center derby heats up 16/06/2009 00:17:00
A look at how Cisco, HP, IBM and Oracle are competing in the server market

Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up with Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.
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Researchers speed up the chase for cooler data centers 11/06/2009 00:36:00

With energy costs rising and data centers at the core of IT strategy for many companies, cooling the growing number of computers jammed into data centers is an issue that has taken center stage.
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Future bright for cloud computing 10/06/2009 12:36:00
Small and medium businesses stand to benefit from cloud computing investments

The definition of cloud computing can be nebulous. Some call it utility computing, some refer to it as software-as-a-service, still others call it grid computing (which was actually its first name, denoted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Gartner defines cloud computing as "a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT capabilities are provided as a service to multiple customers using Internet technologies." Sound simple enough?
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SpaceSniffer identifies hard drive hogs 04/06/2009 00:40:00
Use this free tool to better manage your storage space

"Where did all my space go?" This question has been asked by every computer user since the days of the 5.25" floppy (probably since the days of the ENIAC), and SpaceSniffer is a fast, free, easy, way to answer it. While SpaceSniffer in itself does nothing to reclaim space, it does provide you with a very good overview of what's occupying the nether reaches of your hard disk.
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Inside D-Link's xStack DSN-3200-10 iSCSI SAN array 04/06/2009 16:54:00
We take a look into D-Link's 3U SAN array to see what makes it tick

We have already opened D-Link's 2U xStack DSN-2100-10 Storage Area Network (SAN) array. The D-Link xStack DSN-3200-10 is a larger, 3U SAN array that provides increased storage, greater network flexibility and better reliability in case of power failures.