Ethan Miller, professor of computer science, directs the Center for Research in Storage Systems (CRSS). (Photo by Elena Zhukova) Rekha Pitchumani, a computer science graduate student in the Baskin ...

The explosion in data collection has led to challenges in storing enormous amounts of data. This is particularly true for archival data, with many popular methods of data storage—such as optical disks ...

Sue Poremba is a freelance writer focusing primarily on security and technology issues and occasionally blogs for Rackspace Hosting. The term “big data” may be a bit of a misnomer. For some companies, ...

When employees can’t efficiently access what they need, companies pay the price. In part, that comes in the form of what ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Data volumes aren’t just growing, they’re ...

As the datasphere grows, data storage solutions struggle to keep pace. Experts are looking for ways to address this global data storage crisis. Image: sdecoret/Adobe Stock The datasphere, defined by ...

Even established businesses with substantial IT budgets make critical backup mistakes that can cost millions in lost data and expose organizations to catastrophic failures.

In most companies, data storage has long been viewed as a necessary evil--technology plugged in to back up data in case of a disaster. But that thinking is evolving, as the type of data stored and ...

As mobile devices, such as smartphones, take on a larger role in our lives, they need to handle more complicated tasks and computations. Due to limited computational, storage and energy resources, ...

Michael Wu is GM and President of Phison Technology Inc. (USA), a leading provider of NAND controllers and NAND storage solutions. From gaming manufacturers to electric car companies, nearly everyone ...

Computer scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing a new approach to online “deep storage” of digital data that promises to have many advantages over traditional backup ...

Quantum computing will process massive amounts of information. Workloads could include diagnostic simulations and analysis at speeds far greater than existing computing. But, to be fully effective, ...