Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes
Worries about uncertainty, even as AI pushes revenue and profit higher
On-Prem23 May 2025 | 21
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Partner content HPE expands storage guarantee program with new SLAs for cyber resilience, zero data loss, energy efficiency
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Commvault fixes critical Command Center issue after flaw finder alert
Pay-to-play security on CVSS 10 issue is now fixed
Patches13 May 2025 |
FreeBSD fans rally round zVault upstart
Community fork picks up where TrueNAS CORE left off
Storage12 May 2025 | 14
37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions
Industry ‘pulled a fast one convincing everyone cloud is the only way’ says CTO David Heinemeier Hansson
PaaS + IaaS09 May 2025 | 157
Can't get no satisfaction in cyber recovery? Minimum viability is the answer
You might find you can get what you need. At least with a little planning
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Your graphics card's so fat, it's got its own gravity alert
Asus implements droop detector for PCIe slots as GPUs now so heavy they risk toppling out
Personal Tech30 Apr 2025 | 87
Backblaze denies 'sham accounting' claims as short sellers circle
Cloud storage biz says 'baseless allegations' are attempts by analysts to profit
Storage29 Apr 2025 | 16
US biz stockpilers boost SK Hynix top line as memory market undergoes structural change
'Inventory accumulation' as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures
Storage24 Apr 2025 |
Microsoft OneDrive file sync apps for Windows, Mac broken for 10 months
Updated Users, unsurprisingly, are not pleased and feel forgotten amid Redmond's Copilot frenzy
OSes14 Apr 2025 | 68
Trump's tariff turmoil leaves IT projects in deep freeze
World War Fee Investment delays are inevitable as uncertainty clouds US trade policy, warns investment bank
CxO14 Apr 2025 | 121
Musk's DOGE muzzled on X over tape storage baloney
Comment 70 years old, yes. Obsolete? Not by a long shot
Storage08 Apr 2025 | 225
30 minutes to pwn town: Are speedy responses more important than backups for recovery?
The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays
Disaster Recovery Week04 Apr 2025 | 4
When disaster strikes, proper preparation prevents poor performance
It's going to happen to you one day, so get your ducks in a row
Disaster Recovery Week03 Apr 2025 | 10
Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare
Comment Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure
Disaster Recovery Week03 Apr 2025 | 6
Nvidia's latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you're a data scientist with $3,000 to spare
Analysis But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone?
On-Prem31 Mar 2025 | 18
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Why high-performance object storage is needed for modern data-intensive workloads
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Tech support session saved files, but probably ended a marriage
On Call Self-described 'visionary' made life hell for our hero, then some oily vids returned the favor
Personal Tech28 Mar 2025 | 117
Even Google struggles to balance fast-but-pricey flash and cheap-but-slow hard disks
Reveals it ‘dramatically improved IOPS and throughput’ of its own storage with homebrew 'L4' automation and cache
Off-Prem27 Mar 2025 | 11
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Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’
Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed
Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt
Comment When 'AI-powered' means 'mostly humans and bad decisions'
Torvalds' typing taste test touches tactile tragedy
Opinion There’s something wrong with keyboard design, but we can’t put our finger on it
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop
Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budget
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds
Nothing like insecure code in security suites
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
Barriers stack up: Datacenter capacity, egress fees, platform skills, variety of cloud services. It won't happen, say analysts
DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air
800-watt demo breaks distance record for optical energy transmission
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Google admits it deleted some customer data after 'technical issue'
Maps Timeline info wanders off forever for users without encrypted backups
Personal Tech24 Mar 2025 | 39
AI puts value in data. So how do we get it out?
How HPE is helping to manage storage complexity
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No peace for Gandi this past weekend, after storage SNAFU breaks email and more
Oh, and Musk blames ‘Ukraine area’ for X downtime
Storage11 Mar 2025 | 21
Quad goals: Meta proposes QLC SSDs as a new storage tier in datacenters
Trying to find a middle ground between spinning rust and performant TLC
Storage07 Mar 2025 | 6
HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs
Thousands brace for layoffs as shares slide 20%
On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 15
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes
Presumably hosted by AWS?
Disaster Recovery Week04 Mar 2025 | 23
One stupid keystroke exposed sysadmin to inappropriate information he could not unsee
On Call Turns out you can be too careful checking that backups worked
Storage28 Feb 2025 | 180
Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say
After fifteen years of big hype, less than 25% of orgs measure value of data, analytics
Databases21 Feb 2025 | 24
DIMM techies weren’t allowed to leave the building until proven to not be pilferers
On Call Who knew a script could make RAM re-appear?
Storage21 Feb 2025 | 129
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz
Storage19 Feb 2025 | 40
NAND flash prices plunge amid supply glut, factory output cut
Flaky demand for PCs and smartphones blamed
Storage17 Feb 2025 | 14
Backup software vendor Veeam deleted forum data after restoration SNAFU
DevOps team did the dirty on a database
Disaster Recovery Week17 Feb 2025 | 7
Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime
On Call Outsourcing is not supposed to involve taking clients' hardware out of their building to your house
Storage14 Feb 2025 | 118
WD told to pay half a billion in patent damages before biz splits
With drivemaker poised to become 2 publicly traded companies, judge says he has 'concerns' over restructuring
Storage13 Feb 2025 | 11
Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare
Interview Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully
Disaster Recovery Week12 Feb 2025 | 16
I was told to make backups, not test them. Why does that make you look so worried?
On Call Shabby admin invented 'transparent tape' – a terrible storage medium but a magic tool for unlocking IT budgets
Storage07 Feb 2025 | 196
Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant'
When cloud customers don't clean up after themselves, part 97
CSO04 Feb 2025 | 33
Memories fade. Archives burn. All signal eventually becomes noise
Column But where are the comprehensive archives to protect digital works, or allow us to memorialize friends?
Storage29 Jan 2025 | 104
SK hynix wobbles on market uncertainty, despite record 2024 earnings
Shares slide at 'most profitable' company in Korea as world worries over geopolitics
Storage23 Jan 2025 |
OpenZFS 2.3 is here, with RAID expansion and faster dedup
Coming soon to April's TrueNAS SCALE release, dubbed 'Fangtooth'
Storage23 Jan 2025 | 38
Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud went down 'hard' today
Same, Big A, same
SaaS21 Jan 2025 | 11
AWS declares it's Iceberg all the way until customers say otherwise
Cloud giant explains its thinking behind support for Apache open table format
Databases20 Jan 2025 |
Tech support fill-in given no budget, no help, no training, and no empathy for his plight
On Call Fixed the problem anyway – with no approval for a purchase and no permission to use a device
Storage17 Jan 2025 | 86
Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days
'Codefinger' crims on the hunt for compromised keys
Research13 Jan 2025 | 5
The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match
How much RAM does an enthusiast really need?
Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 127
The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month
Kind old Microsoft is worried about security and compliance ... nothing to do with a free storage loophole
Storage07 Jan 2025 | 36
US logic in question, but perhaps American memory can still prevail
Comment With Intel's foundry future in doubt, Micron takes center stage in US Chips Act push
Storage03 Jan 2025 | 10
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains
Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province?
Science09 Dec 2024 | 48
AWS introduces S3 Tables, a new bucket type for data analytics
Re:Invent One of the most significant API changes since S3 was launched, AWS VP tells us
Storage03 Dec 2024 | 3
Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators
Updated 140 Middle Kingdom firms added to US trade blacklist
Storage03 Dec 2024 | 7
Chinese boffins find way to use diamonds as super-dense and durable storage medium
Looks better on your beloved's finger than a Blu-ray, too
Storage29 Nov 2024 | 55
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China
America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties
Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
QNAP NAS users locked out after firmware update snafu
Affected customers gripe about storage biz's tech support
Storage25 Nov 2024 | 22
Undergrad thought he had mastered Unix in weeks. Then he discovered rm -rf
Who, Me? Uni sysadmin who ran the lab he erased was a big part of the problem
Storage18 Nov 2024 | 124
Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users
Consumer champion Which? not amused by fruit-based giant's alleged preference for its own cloud storage
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 40
Amazon leaves Snowcone data migration boxes and older Snowball edge kit out to melt
Don't worry, existing users have another year to use 'em or lose 'em
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 2
Jensen Huang asked SK hynix to give Nvidia 12-layer HBM4 chips earlier
12-layer HBM3E hardly off the manufacturing line
Storage05 Nov 2024 | 1
Floppy discs still run a U.S. metro? Japan steps in with 'project kill floppy'
Hitachi Rail contract inked by SF transport board will kill the throwback
Storage24 Oct 2024 | 43
With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply
How embarrassing for Samsung
AI + ML24 Oct 2024 |
Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems
Production slated for Q1 2025, barring any hiccups
Storage17 Oct 2024 | 7
Microsoft sprinkles AI 'magic' and additional storage tiers on OneDrive
Big emphasis on photos in mobile app
Storage09 Oct 2024 | 15
SK hynix begins mass production of 36 GB 12-layer HBM3E
Should be Jensen Huang's hands in less than 60 days
Storage26 Sep 2024 | 2
Salesforce now owns Own Company after $1.9B bargain hunt
Acquisition of SaaS backup vendor ends mega-merger moratorium
Storage06 Sep 2024 | 3
Thailand spins up approval for Western Digital to make more spinning rust
Kingdom sees growing demand for hard disks and drives to maintain global dominance
Storage27 Aug 2024 |
Demand for AI servers causing a run on enterprise SSDs, hiking prices
Bad news if you're buying personal kit as consumer flash starts getting $$$
Storage13 Aug 2024 | 4
Backblaze sees drive failure rates tick up, asks if AI can help
Puts drive models into focus to assess how often they fall over in their lifetime
Storage06 Aug 2024 | 5
Never put off until tomorrow what someone could erase today
Who, Me? When even tape can't save you, procrastination is a problem
Storage29 Jul 2024 | 48
You had a year to patch this Veeam flaw – and now it's going to hurt some more
LockBit variant targets backup software - which you may remember is supposed to help you recover from ransomware
Patches11 Jul 2024 | 4
Apple, Google ease cross-cloud data transfers, perhaps with costly catch
The joy of cloudy interoperability may be dampened by differently-sized free storage tiers
Off-Prem11 Jul 2024 | 7
Innocent techie jailed for taking hours to fix storage
On Call Hello, hello … what have we here? One very dangerous storage admin, if I'm not mistaken
Storage05 Jul 2024 | 115
Japan's digital minister declares victory against floppy disks
The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines?
Storage03 Jul 2024 | 73
SK hynix pumps billions into HBM chips to meet AI demand
It's already sold out of stock for this year and next
Storage01 Jul 2024 |
Indonesian government didn't have backups of ransomwared data, because DR was only an option
President has ordered a datacenter audit and made backups mandatory
Malware Month01 Jul 2024 | 23
Microsoft makes it harder to avoid OneDrive during new Windows 11 installs
Hey, OneDrive! Leave my files alone
Storage26 Jun 2024 | 95
Fiend touts stolen Neiman Marcus customer info for $150K
Flash clobber chain fashionably late to Snowflake fiasco party
Cyber-crime25 Jun 2024 | 3
Guess how much stored data is ever used or accessed
Interview Not a lot, says NetApp's Matt Watts as he talks file classification, wastage, and power consumption
Storage21 Jun 2024 | 20
In homage to Jurassic Park, researchers store DNA in amber-like polymer
Could be used to solve long term digital data storage problems too
Storage17 Jun 2024 | 8
Synology stretches into a backup appliance, with object stores to come
Computex Would like to vanquish Veeam and Veritas, but tidying up backup rigs is an easier job
Storage06 Jun 2024 | 3
Hudson Rock yanks report fingering Snowflake employee creds snafu for mega-leak
Analysis Cloud storage giant lawyers up against infosec house
Cyber-crime04 Jun 2024 | 18
Snowflake denies miscreants melted its security to steal data from top customers
Updated Infosec house claims Ticketmaster, Santander hit via cloud storage
Cyber-crime31 May 2024 | 20
Blame the SSD price hike on enterprise demand for AI servers
Samsung, SK, Kioxia and others make bank, booking double digit bounces in Q1 revenue
Storage30 May 2024 |
Tape is so dead, 152.9 EB of LTO media shipped last year
Blame AI. No, seriously
Storage27 May 2024 | 101
Micron told to pay $445M in memory patent infringement case
Case brought by Netlist involved DRAM modules in computer systems
Storage24 May 2024 | 8
Hunger for more HBM capacity could cause shortage DRAM-a
Analyst warns of another unfortunate side effect of AI
Storage21 May 2024 |
Nutanix starts thinking outside the VM – with extra help from Dell
NEXT Brings its storage stack to AWS's EKS but still has time to improve its hypervisor
Storage21 May 2024 | 4
Techie invented bits of the box he was fixing, still botched the job
Who, me? This is why all-nighters are a bad idea
Storage20 May 2024 | 73
Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan
Over-50s to get early retirement offer
Storage17 May 2024 | 13
AWS CEO logs off after three years at the helm
Adam Selipsky off on new adventures. What those are, we'll have to wait and see
SaaS14 May 2024 | 2
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal'
So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across market
Storage08 May 2024 | 23
SK hynix's high bandwidth memory buffet fully booked till 2025
Micron also riding the AI wave with 128 GB DDR5 RDIMMs
Storage02 May 2024 | 1
Alibaba Cloud details storage tech that's doubled its VMs per host
Exclusive Using one disk as a write cache eases stresses created by manycore CPUs
Off-Prem02 May 2024 | 3
AWS customer faces staggering charges over S3 bucket misfire
Updated Open source tool fingered for 100 million PUT requests and $1,300 in a day
Storage01 May 2024 | 66
Software support chap survived breaking his customer
Who, Me? Sometimes there's more than enough blame to go around
Software29 Apr 2024 | 89
Huawei and pals reportedly plan to produce high bandwidth memory by 2026
Getting their hands on AI memory one Huawei or another...
Storage26 Apr 2024 | 1
SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom
Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM tech
Storage25 Apr 2024 |
Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand
Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts
Storage23 Apr 2024 | 4
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road
Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan
Storage17 Apr 2024 | 13
Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers
Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I
Storage17 Apr 2024 | 2
Micron says it's first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers
Enhanced data density and speed upgrades, though challenges in endurance remain
Storage16 Apr 2024 | 5
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