• Do you know where your Cloud data is?

  If your data is in the cloud, do you know where it really is?

• 4 ways to beat data bloat

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Ultimate hoarding: Study finds mankind could store 295 exabytes of data

  University of Southern California researchers have put a number on how much information humans can store, communicate and compute: 295 exabytes, give or a take a zettabyte.

• Don't give up on tape yet

  DLT, SuperDLT, LTO, 3480, 3490e, 3590, 3570, TK50, 4mm-DDS, 8mm, AIT, QIC, and 9-track, these are a few of my favorite things. Not exactly how the old song goes, but rest assured that what you have on your old data tapes – regardless of the format – has more staying power and value than your old audio cassettes.

• Yahoo extends YQL Web data query platform

  Yahoo released on Wednesday an extension to its YQL platform for simplifying how Web applications consume data.

• US Airways Flight 1549 passenger grateful for life, and data

  Moments after Paul Jorgensen realized the commercial jet he was aboard was about the crash into the Hudson River, he turned to the passenger next to him, grabbed his arm and asked him, "Are we going to die? He looked me square in the eye and he nodded. He didn't say anything. He just shook his head up and down like saying yes, we're going to die," Jorgensen said.

• Data recovery needn't be your dirty little secret

  Enterprises don't like to discuss how often backups fail to take place, restorations prove unsuccessful and damaged media ships out for data recovery.

Whitepapers about data storage

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  Eliminating Tape

  When it comes to storage and backup, the old tape may not ‘cut the mustard’ in today’s world. But how does one move on from tape? This Computerworld Australia Guide, sponsored by EMC, examines whether the Cloud will provide a viable long-term archiving option to magnetic tape. This guide also looks at eliminating tape by examining storage and backup alternatives, taking examples of organisations that have managed to overcome problems with tape. Read more.

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  2012 Data Backup Strategy Guide

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  Two May Be Better Than One: Why Hard Disk Drives and Flash Belong Together

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  Lower Your IT Costs When You Standardize on Oracle Database 11g