• Samsung mass produces 1.4GB/s PCIe flash cards

  Samsung has started mass shipments of its XP941 PCIe flash drive, a card for untra-slim notebooks that delivers a sequential read performance of 1,400MB/s throughput.

• Apple gives the Mac Pro blazing fast PCIe flash

  Among a flurry of upgrades to products Apple announced today, the Mac Pro high-end desktop will be available later this year with PCIe flash storage, an upgrade that will offer 10X the performance of any hard drive the computer previously sported.

• Apple gives the Mac Pro blazing fast PCIe flash

  Among a flurry of upgrades to products Apple announced today, the Mac Pro high-end desktop will be available later this year with PCIe flash storage, an upgrade that will offer 10X the performance of any hard drive the computer previously sported.

• SugarSync rolls out remote wipe for PCs and Macs

  With the new Remote Wipe feature, both business and individual users can remove all of their synced files from a PC or Mac in the event of a loss or theft.

• Lenovo launches cloud storage service with access to social networks

  Lenovo will enter the cloud storage market with a service that offers a single sign-on ID to access social networks, favorite applications, as well as a file manager with a search engine to help users find files, photos and other digital media.

• Tornadoes and data centers are OK in Oklahoma

  If the question about tornadoes comes up at his Oklahoma City data center, as it sometimes does, Todd Currie, vice president of operations and general manager at Perimeter Technology, has answers. He even has cutout sample of his roof to show how it is built.

• New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

  Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators.

• How big is the sound of music?

  Music fans and major recording artists are adopting lossless audio file formats to keep copies of their music thats as close to a master recording as possible, leading to multi-terabyte-sized home music storage systems.

• 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.

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