Steve Thomas - IT Consultant

Storage firm Western Digital has entered into an agreement with Unisplendour Corporation, a subsidiary of China's Tsinghua University, in a deal which would see the conglomerate own a 15 percent stake in the US firm.








The addition of NVMe has allowed Samsung to significantly boost its consumer SSD performance with its new 950 Pro drive claimed to be able to read 2,500MBps.








Taiwan-based storage firm, Synology, has today launched itself into the networking space, releasing its own router.








Microsoft is previewing a migration service that makes it easier for enterprise organisations to migrate email and data to its cloud.








Apple's new price cuts to iCloud finally bring it within range of its main rivals.








A storage tier between the standard Amazon Simple Storage Service offering and Amazon Glacier has been made available in all AWS regions from today.








For the storage market, the very top, hyperscale-end of the market is the place to be according to the latest quarterly results.








The company has cloud-enabled two key storage products by uncoupling the management software from the hardware.








Businesses on poor internet connections have a new postal option for moving large volumes of data to Google Cloud Storage.








ClearSky Data Dashboard with information about storage. ClearSky Data emerged from stealth today, offering an unusual approach to storage and data lifecycle management. It wants to combine the speed of on-premises storage with the cost and elasticity of a cloud service. While it’s a fully managed service, it involves several layers of storage with an on-premises piece, a local cloud data facility, and longer term public cloud storage.… Read More
Dropbox Dropbox boasts a valuation in the $10 billion range. Last February the company hired a new CFO, which for many startups is a signal that their IPO moment is coming sooner rather than later. Nobody knows for sure of course, and Dropbox isn’t talking, but if the company does decide to move forward with a flotation, it could face several challenges in spite of its strong market presence.… Read More
In the days when it had a low capacity and a short shelf-life, flash memory was a niche product - but now it is growing much faster than expected.