As the digital universe grows, so does the technology designed to help organizations cope with the accumulating data. This ebook highlights the latest developments in storage tech.

From hybrid hard drives to cheaper SSDs to more efficient systems management software, enterprise storage is seeing some dramatic improvements.

Cloud storage is not an alternative to on-premises storage. Instead, it's becoming a way of extending what you already have, without having to invest in new hardware.

UK archiving specialist Arkivum offers long-term data preservation via a mix of on-premises gateways, cloud-based or in-house tape libraries and offline backups. Elsewhere, an archiving price war is brewing between cloud infrastructure giants.

Cheap storage means it's easy to save nearly everything: but beware the hidden costs and complexities.

Before you decide on a cloud storage solution, see how these offerings from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Rackspace, and Dropbox compare when it comes to features and costs.

Setting a clear policy for electronic records management is critical for day-to-day operations, as well as being in compliance with record-keeping laws in the event of litigation.

Enterprises are beginning to look at how to improve the efficiency of their data centre as data plays an increasingly important role in business decisions.

Even while solid-state memory overtakes the consumer sector, magnetic disk storage is still the standard in the enterprise sector. How long before it takes over?

 Docker, CoreOS, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are now working on a new standard for software containers with the help of the Linux Foundation. Other members of this coalition include Apcera, Cisco, EMC, Fujitsu Limited, Goldman Sachs, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Joyent, Mesosphere, Pivotal, Rancher Labs, Red Hat and VMware — that is, virtually everybody who has a stake in building a… Read More

 Storing loads of data is costly, especially if companies can’t figure out the most best ways to manage all that information. Komprise wants to make big data less overwhelming so its clients don’t have to constantly buy more storage. Read More

Regulators and security strategists recommend encrypting data at rest, but few organisations do it, and most get it wrong. Good thing there are bigger problems to tackle first.