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Doubling data capacity – saying goodbye to the bit
The battle to increase data storage is set to become a lot more colorful as researchers from Case Western Reserve University believe they have identified another potential technique. Their experiments suggest that polymer films containing two different dyes can be...
50TB flash drives – a blessing and a curse for legacy IT?
Viking Technology has this week announced the release of their first 50TB solid-state drive (SSD) – which also happens to be world’s largest. In fact, this new SSD is larger than any commercially available magnetic disk. Aside from the massive capacity gain, Viking...
IBM Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, NA
IBM is positioned highest in execution and vision by industry analysts as it accelerates shift from systems to services integrator with hybrid cloud ARMONK, N.Y. - 13 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM as a Leader in the...
IBM to Launch the Next Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors in the Cloud
• IBM is the first major cloud provider to launch bare metal servers powered by new Intel Xeon Scalable processors globally. ARMONK, N.Y. - 11 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it will be the first major cloud provider to launch bare metal servers powered...
Breaking the 60-40 barrier for digital transformation
Some time ago, Gartner published some statistics that suggest just 40 percent of the corporate data store is actually in use. The other 60 percent is typically secondary copies, or data held in cold storage. Ironically, digital transformation initiatives rely on using...
U2, Archive Data Storage and You Too
As the second leg of U2's 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree tour kicks off in Europe, one thing is certain - the band and their album sounds as good as ever. And a string of sold out stadiums is proof of the enduring quality of their music. Perhaps what is most amazing is...
Crestmark Closes 13 Transactions Totaling Nearly $17.9 Million in the Second Half of June
TROY, Mich., (July 6, 2017) – Crestmark secured a total of $17,814,000 in financial solutions for 12 new clients in the second half of June. A $100,000 accounts receivable purchase facility was provided on June 16 to a trucking company in California. The financing...
NCE WAS HONORED WITH NEW AWARD AT ‘THE STORRIES’
EL CAJON, Calif. – July 5, 2017 – NCE Group, a global provider of third-party data center maintenance and repair (storage, servers and networking equipment), independent provider of IT storage services, and full supply chain (screen/test/repair) services, announced...
Signs It’s Time to Outsource My IT Administration
As Innovative Companies Grow the Need for Customized IT Support Does Too A full-time IT support employee or team of employees can be an expensive investment with questionable ROI for many small and medium-sized businesses. In-house technical resources are often...
IBM Report: Half of Surveyed Chief Executive Officers Plan to Adopt Cognitive Computing by 2019
73 percent of surveyed CEOs also say cognitive computing will play a key role in their organizations’ future ARMONK, N.Y. - 06 Jul 2017: Cognitive computing has nearly endless possibilities to improve business processes and functions with 73 percent of surveyed CEOs...