HP Offers Feast of Thin Computing
By Christopher Saunders | Data Storage Article Published November 18, 2009
The computer maker unveiled a full offering of thin-client solutions aimed at the emerging trend toward cloud computing and virtualization.

Cloud Storage Allies: EMC, Intel
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published November 3, 2009
The alliance between EMC and Intel will improve the energy efficiency of EMC's Atmos cloud storage system.

Cloud Storage for Business: Fair to Partly Cloudy
By Henry Newman | Data Storage Article Published October 29, 2009
Amid the onrush of cloud storage offerings, serious questions linger.

IBM Integrates Tivoli, Developer Tools
By Sean Michael Kerner | Data Storage Article Published October 29, 2009
The integration of development and operations could possibly benefit application lifecycle management.

Chip Vendors Leave '08 Wreck Behind
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published October 28, 2009
Chip makers are expected to see an increase in year-over-year sales in Q4.

Computer DRAM Vendors See Upturn
By | Data Storage Article Published October 23, 2009
The DRAM industry saw strong sequential growth, with recovery likely to continue through 2010.

AMD's New Chips Target Desktop Trends
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published October 20, 2009
AMD's new Athlon II processors are designed for emerging form factors in the desktop PC market.

Cloud Storage Industry Sets Standards
By Larry Barrett | Data Storage Article Published October 15, 2009
The newly formed Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) will work to create consensus on technical specifications for the emerging cloud storage industry.

How to Reduce Hard Drive Crashes
By Paul Rubens | Data Storage Article Published October 14, 2009
Hard drive crashes can be far less common if you follow these simple tips.

Oracle's Integration Play: Beyond Databases
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published October 13, 2009
When Oracle acquires companies -- a frequent occurrence -- it takes products and increases investment in them, it does not decrease them, executives claim.

IBM DB2 Upgrade Targets Oracle
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published October 12, 2009
Going into Oracle's Openworld, Big Blue's upgrade targets Exadata 2 servers, built on Sun hardware.

IBM Unveils Storage Cloud for Enterprises
By Larry Barrett | Data Storage Article Published October 7, 2009
IBM launched a private cloud-based storage and archiving application for enterprise customers.

Microsoft Opens Massive Chicago Datacenter
By Stuart J. Johnston | Data Storage Article Published October 2, 2009
The massive facility is part of Microsoft's cloud computing initiative.

RAID's Era May Be Fading
By Henry Newman | Data Storage Article Published September 25, 2009
The limitations of RAID technology are becoming painfully clear.

USB 3.0 Debuts: 10 Times Faster than 2.0
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 25, 2009
The new USB protocol debuted at a major industry confab hosted by Intel.

17 Notably Bad Products from Great Tech Companies
By David Strom | Data Storage Article Published September 24, 2009
As these products demonstrate, even the best tech companies can lay an egg on occasion.

Oracle Q1 Results: Profit OK, Revenue Not
By Larry Barrett | Data Storage Article Published September 17, 2009
The database giant's financial results in Q1 were on target, though investors weren't thrilled.

Oracle Ends PC Alliance with HP
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published September 16, 2009
Oracle is about to acquire Sun Microsystems, a rival of HP, hence the end of an alliance.

Big Changes at Intel
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published September 14, 2009
The dominant chip maker is restructuring its business in the wake of a major departure.

AMD Touts New Chip Branding Strategy
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 11, 2009
Consumers don't know hyperthreading from hyperbole and don't care about gigahertz anymore, AMD claims, as it move in a new direction.

Dell Unveils Servers for SMBs
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 9, 2009
Dell claims the servers offers lower management costs.

Intel Unveils Core i5 Processors: High End Desktop
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 8, 2009
The new processors will also serve the low end server market.

Cisco Lands Big Datacenter Contract
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 4, 2009
Cisco's Unified Computing System (USC) scored a big win with a construction company that will use it to consolidate five facilities into one.

Q2 Server Sales: Glum and Gloomy
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 3, 2009
Despite the bad news, a research firm sees some sunlight between the clouds.

Intel, AMD Prep Six-Core PC Chips
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published September 3, 2009
By the end of this year both major chipmakers are expected to releases six-core chips for desktop computers.

Oracle 11g New Release: Frugality
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published September 2, 2009
While the 2007 release of Oracle's database solution focused on innovation, this year's is all about keeping costs low.

Why I Lust After an Apple HDTV
By Don Reisinger | Data Storage Article Published August 31, 2009
No, the product doesn't exist yet, but one expert greatly wishes it did.

Is Apple's MobileMe Worth the Money?
By Ryan Fass | Data Storage Article Published August 24, 2009
Given that Apple’s MobileMe tools are largely available for free elsewhere, is the service worth $99 a year?

Forget Netbooks, Desktops Rule
By Don Reisinger | Data Storage Article Published August 20, 2009
The headlines keep coming about Netbooks, yet the small units' capabilities still pale in comparison to good old-fashioned desktops.

HP: Services Hot, Software-Hardware Not
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published August 19, 2009
The tech giant's financial results reflected larger trends throughout the technology industry.

Data Storage for Fun and Profit
By Drew Robb | Data Storage Article Published July 31, 2009
Tools that drive effectiveness, such as dedupe and virtualization, can directly deliver money to an organization's bottom line.

Apple Tablet to Debut With New Album Format?
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published July 29, 2009
The major labels will launch a new digital album format about the same time that Apple debuts its tablet this fall, according to sources.

Slow File Access Slows Remote Staff
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published July 29, 2009
While many workers would prefer to work off-site, accessing files is a major slowdown.

IT Worldwide on the Rebound
By Kenneth Corbin | Data Storage Article Published July 28, 2009
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is trumpeting the good news.

Solid State Drives Preparing to Dominate
By Paul Rubens | Data Storage Article Published July 22, 2009
Conventional hard drives will go the way of the doo-doo bird in server and enterprise market.

SMBs Hurt by Lack of IT Budget
By Stuart J. Johnston | Data Storage Article Published July 22, 2009
Budget cuts are particularly tough on the IT capabilities of small businesses.

PC Sales Plunge
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published July 16, 2009
The desktop market suffered a jaw-dropping 18 percent year-over-year fall .

Citrix Unveils Free Hyper-V Storage Management
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published July 13, 2009
StorageLink offers easy access to storage devices for streamlined management through storage configuration.

5 Ways to Use Your Old PC
By Eric Geier | Data Storage Article Published July 13, 2009
Turn your old PC into something useful again -- like a wireless hotspot.

Data Storage Market Sees Green Shoots
By Paul Shread | Data Storage Article Published July 9, 2009
The gloom remains in the data storage market, yet better times may perhaps be beckoning.

Taking a Second Look at Apple Xserve
By Drew Robb | Data Storage Article Published July 9, 2009
Apple's line of servers don't get a lot of press, yet Apple has bee working on its server products.

Debunking the Blade Server Myth
By Scott Alan Miller | Data Storage Article Published July 7, 2009
Blade servers will become the de facto standard in even the smallest datacenters, but in the meantime they’re not the best option for every business.

Data Storage, Virtualization and the Cloud
By Marty Foltyn | Data Storage Article Published July 7, 2009
The world of data storage is being changed by new developments in virtualization and cloud computing.

Oracle Unveils Fusion Middleware 11g
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published July 1, 2009
Vendor chest-thumping aside, this release represents a gargantuan investment in software development.

Hatachi Boosts Mid Market Storage Options
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published June 30, 2009
Hitachi's Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 comes in three models, aimed at the mid-range market as well as the enterprise.

EMC Extends Data Domain Bidding
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published June 29, 2009
The bidding period was set to expire yet EMC opted to extend it three weeks.

Data Storage Industry: "Intense Vendor Jockeying"
By Drew Robb | Data Storage Article Published June 25, 2009
A look inside the turbulence churning through the once staid data storage industry.

Cloud and Virtualization: Connected, Not Fused
By Amy Newman | Data Storage Article Published June 18, 2009
With the increased penetration of virtualization and cloud computing, the technology is well out of the concept stage and into fruition.

Postgres More Compatible with Oracle
By Sean Michael Kerner | Data Storage Article Published June 17, 2009
The new release of Postgres Plus Advanced Server integrates more closely with Oracle than past iterations.

Tech Industry vs. Free: Who Survives?
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published June 16, 2009
Competing with an ever expanding array of free offerings, tech companies face big challenges.

Research Firm: Tech Stalled Until Next Year
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published June 12, 2009
The year 2010 is the soonest that the tech sector will see a recovery, according to Gartner.

Cisco Pushes Unified Computing
By Sean Michael Kerner | Data Storage Article Published June 4, 2009
Cisco is expanding its UCS product portfolio with a new 'C' series that includes three new rack servers.

IT Gets More Scrutiny (and More Headaches)
By Drew Robb | Data Storage Article Published May 21, 2009
Long ago, IT existed in a ivory silo that wasn't visited much. Not anymore.

Google to Launch Amazon S3 Competitor
By Sean Michael Kerner | Data Storage Article Published May 20, 2009
A Google exec says a major cloud storage service will be unveiled within weeks.

AT&T to Enter Cloud Storage Market
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published May 18, 2009
The telecom will use EMC's technology to enter the fast-growing market for cloud-based data storage.

Sybase Unveils Data Storage Upgrade
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published May 11, 2009
Sybase released a new version of its Replication Server, which aids with data compliance requirements.

Oracle Believes in Sun's Hardware Biz
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published May 8, 2009
To the great relief of many Sun staffers, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that he has no plans to eliminate Sun's hardware.

Online Data Storage to Surge
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published May 4, 2009
Online storage is set to become ever more popular, as all the data on those jam-packed packed hard drives needs to shuttled off to somewhere.

Intel Unveils Data Center Monitoring Kit
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published May 1, 2009
Intel has released the Data Center Manager, an application development kit for tracking data center power use.

EMC May Soon Debut 'Tigon'
By Paul Shread | Data Storage Article Published April 11, 2009
One industry source says that he thinks EMC will announce a new high-end Symmetrix array, the DMX-5, codenamed "Tigon."

Intel: Will Stimulus Stimulate Chips?
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published April 8, 2009
Intel head Craig Barrett said it's unclear when the buyers will come back.

Chips Sales Still Downbeat
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published April 6, 2009
The first quarter of 2009 wasn't much better than the remarkably bad 2008.

Cloud Computing: External or Internal?
By Paul Rubens | Data Storage Article Published April 2, 2009
Cloud computing can take place either inside a company's tech infrastructure or outside. Which is best for your company?

Cloudera CEO: Hadoop, Open Source and the Cloud
By James Maguire | Data Storage Article Published April 2, 2009
An interview with the CEO of Cloudera, a tech start-up that hopes to bring the popular data processing engine to a larger audience.

Nvidia Countersues Intel
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published March 27, 2009
Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia's licensing rights.

Dell's China Sales Take a Leap
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published March 26, 2009
The computer marker's sales in China jumped a whopping 28 percent.

Online Backup: How to Pick the Best
By Gerry Blackwell | Data Storage Article Published March 25, 2009
Online back-up services are now plentiful and cheap. Here's a guide to selecting the best service.

Dell Debuts Servers for Penny Pinchers
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published March 25, 2009
Dell claims its new server and storage offerings will help companies squeezed by bottom line concerns.

Is Wall Street's Datacenter Headache Curable?
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published March 24, 2009
Datacenter pros at financial services firms deal with new challenges as the bottom line demands cheaper yet still more efficient IT support.

Dell: IBM-Sun Good For Us
By Reuters | Data Storage Article Published March 24, 2009
IBM's potential acquisition of Sun Microsystems is creating doubt about Sun's Solaris sales, moving more customers to Dell's x86 boxes.

Cisco's Bold Blade Server Gambit
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published March 17, 2009
Cisco has a chance to leverage virtualization, observers say, allowing it to steal turf from other players.

Google Tips Hand on GDrive Plans
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published February 3, 2009
Source code with comment lines outline what GDrive is and will be used for, if it ever ships.

Cost-Cutting Storage Strategies for Small Businesses
By Drew Robb | Data Storage Article Published January 15, 2009
As data relentlessly accumulates, small businesses need to find ways to store and protect. We take a look at cost-saving strategies and new technology on the immediate horizon.

Ready to Carry Terabytes in Your Pocket?
By Andy Patrizio | Data Storage Article Published January 14, 2009
SanDisk, Sony see multi-terabyte memory sticks over the horizon. Maybe not this year but soon.

7-Zip: The Digital Equivalent of a Sledgehammer and Crowbar
By Wayne Kawamoto | Data Storage Article Published January 13, 2009
A good compression tool like the freeware 7-Zip can be a helpful friend that saves storage space and reduces upload and download file transfer times. The real question is how 7-Zip stacks up against its well-entrenched competition, WinZip and PKZip.

Network Attached Storage: Iomega StorCenter ix2 Review
By Joseph Moran | Data Storage Article Published December 24, 2008
Iomega’s StorCenter ix2 doesn’t give you removable drives or remote access to data (yet), but it offers user-friendly interface and a few other appealing tricks.

Optimal Database Setup Hardware Guide
By Denny Cherry | Data Storage Article Published December 18, 2008
Storage, processor and RAM rules of thumb for databases that will 'serve' you well for years to come.