Stories by Lucas Mearian

Will the cloud curb interest in 64GB iPad 2?

With consumers using the cloud service providers more often for their data storage, analysts are raising the prospect that iPad 2 buyers will look to save money by getting versions that have less on-device storage.

Written by Lucas Mearian05 March 11 07:07

Mozy plans to launch apps for Apple iOS, Android platforms

Popular online backup provider Mozy plans to notify customers of its MozyHome service tomorrow that it plans to soon launch mobile applications for Apple iOS- and Android-based devices.

Written by Lucas Mearian02 March 11 09:19

Seagate ships 3TB desktop drive, breaking 2.1TB barrier

Seagate Tuesday released its highly anticipated 3TB desktop hard disk drive, the Barracuda XT, thus eliminating the need to purchase extra hardware or software to overcome the previous 2.1TB drive barrier.

Written by Lucas Mearian02 March 11 03:02

Can data stored on an SSD be secured?

Until a university study emerged last week, few experts suspected that it's more difficult to erase data stored on solid-state drives (SSD) than that on hard disk drives (HDDs).

Written by Lucas Mearian28 Feb. 11 22:03

Researchers create computer that fits on a pen tip

Researchers at the University of Michigan today announced they have created the first prototype for a millimeter-scale computing system that can hold up to a week's worth of data when implanted in something as small as a human eye.

Written by Lucas Mearian24 Feb. 11 09:29

Premier 100 IT Leader profile: Larry Pickett

As CIO at Purdue Pharma LP, Larry Pickett likes to have his head in the cloud, and it's going to save his company a projected $2.5 million over the next five years.

Written by Lucas Mearian19 Feb. 11 03:18

Brain behind IBM's Watson not unlike a human's

IBM's Watson supercomputer, which shellacked Jeopardy's top human champions during airings of the game show this week, is powered by 90 servers and a network-attacked storage (NAS) cluster with 21.6TB of data.

Written by Lucas Mearian19 Feb. 11 05:58

Intel mini-SATA SSD

While I've reviewed many solid-state drives (SSD) in the past, I've never reviewed a mini-SATA (mSATA) SSD. So when Intel sent me one of their first such drives, the Intel Solid-State 310 (which shipped last month), I hoped it would perform like the big boys.

Written by Lucas Mearian16 Feb. 11 02:24

Users frustrated with Seagate's next-gen hybrid drive

Users are complaining that Seagate's Momentus XT hybrid drive, which combines solid-state drive (SSD) technology with a traditional hard drive, has a significant defect that causes it to pause frequently, freeze up and beep a lot.

Written by Lucas Mearian17 Feb. 11 08:17

Seagate has shipped 1 million-plus self-encrypting drives

Seagate Monday announced that it has shipped more than 1 million self-encrypting hard drives (SEDs), and that it has received a key government security rating for its top four lines of laptop and enterprise-class products.

Written by Lucas Mearian15 Feb. 11 05:29

SSD array vendor Violin gets $35M in funding

In a sign of the times for solid-state drive (SSD) popularity, Violin Memory today announced that it has received $35 million in series B investment funding, lead by top investors Toshiba and Juniper Networks.

Written by Lucas Mearian08 Feb. 11 04:58

Mozy's move could bring storm to unlimited cloud storage

Facing consumers with an appetite for cloud storage that has increased 50 per cent over the past year, the world's largest consumer online storage provider said on Monday that it will no longer offer unlimited storage and will increase fees for the limited online storage it's now selling.

Written by Lucas Mearian01 Feb. 11 22:07
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