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Second Hand Drives On eBay Still Hold Personal Data
Report reveals worryingly amounts of personal data still held on second hand drives for sale
Samsung Targets Enterprise Storage With 30TB SSD
Solid state disk with whopping 30TB capacity begins production run at Samsung factories
Intel 3D NAND SSDs Target Consumer, Business And Data Centre
New more affordable SSDs launched that promise more performance in a smaller footprint
HP Discover: Enterprise Flash At Less Than $2/GB
HP storage leader David Scott reckons $2 per Gigabyte is the tipping point and the end of enterprise hard drives
Samsung Reveals First V-NAND SSD For Enterprises
Samsung unveils its first solid state drive (SSD) products based on its 3D V-NAND technology
EMC Expands Flash Family With New Xtrem Cards
EMC has expanded its line of PCIe-based NAND flash server cards to improve performance for big data
NetApp Solid State Array Aims For Critical Business Apps
NetApp's new solid state flash storage array wants to gobble structured data
Samsung Touts SSD Potential For Green Data Centers
Samsung continues to argue that solid state drives (SSDs) can make for more energy efficient data centres
Toshiba Expands Enterprise SSDs With Three New Drives
Toshiba has expanded its high performance solid state drive lineup for enterprises with three new models
Natural Disasters Contribute To HDD Decline In 2011
IDC figures confirm that natural disasters in both Thailand and Japan impacted the HDD industry in 2011
Micron Introduces First Enterprise 2.5-inch PCIe SSD
The PCIe interface on a hot-swappable 2.5-inch card gives data centre administrators a high-speed option for storage servers
GreenBytes Launches Solid State Storage Array
GreenBytes is targeting SMBs with the launch of a flash storage array that can handle deduplication
Fast SSD Caching And App Monitor Added To IBM XIV Storage System Gen3
IBM has added performance-boosting solid-state caching to its XIV Storage System Gen3, and an monitoring iPhone app
Nimbus Data Launches Big-Scale, Low-Power Solid State Storage System
The E-Class system can support up to 500TB of capacity while consuming only five watts of electricity per terabyte
Another 2012 Price Cut Prediction For Solid-State Drives
Nexsan has forecast a price drop for SSDs, as it offered up an insight to the top SSD trends in 2012
Strong Ultrabook Sales To Drive SSD Growth
Booming sales of ultrabook computers will drive increased shipments of SSDs, IHS has said
SSD Shipments To Double As Prices Fall
SSD shipments are set for a boom period according to IDC, with prices to fall below 64 pence per gigbabyte
STEC Extends Data Centre SSD Range
STEC has expanded its solid-state drive range aimed at enterprises deploying heavy-duty workloads
Companies Urged To Opt For Flash-based Storage
Businesses are being advised to replace their tiered storage with a full SSD-based approach
LSI Makes SSD Move With SandForce Purchase
LSI is bolstering its SSD credentials with the purchase of Flash-storage specialist SandForce
OCZ Takes Solid State Drives To A Terabyte
OCZ has released what it claims is the world's first one terabyte SSD in a 2.5 inch form factor
SSD Adoption Set To Rise, Says IBM Study
IT departments look increasingly set to utilise solid state drives (SSDs), a new report has found
Intel Unveils New SSDs For Enterprise Data Centre
Intel has ramped up production of its solid state drives (SSDs) for enterprises and data centres
Intel Preps SSD Bug Fix For Month End
Intel has revealed it will issue a firmware fix for its SSD 320 drives at the end of this month
Enterprise SSD Keeps Hitachi In The Race
Ultrastar high-endurance NAND flash solid state drives serve as Tier 0 layer for high-transaction applications
Businesses Set To Ramp Up SSD Usage
More and more businesses are planning to deploy solid state drives (SSDs) a survey has revealed
Samsung Beefs Up MRAM With Grandis Buy
Samsung has boosted its solid state memory R&D capabilities with the acquisition of Grandis
Intel Readies Firmware Fix For SSD Bug
Intel is preparing to ship a firmware update in order to fix a problem with one of its solid state drives
Seagate Looks To Enterprise With Speedy Pulsar SSDs
Seagate claims that its new enterprise-class Pulsar solid state drives (SSDs) are the fastest yet