Storage
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News
29 Apr 2025
VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features
Veeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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Tip
28 Apr 2025
7 ways to improve your ransomware backup strategy
It's time to review your strategy for ransomware backup and recovery. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Apr 2025
The road to carbon neutrality is paved with efficient backups
Backups are an unavoidable aspect of IT that can contribute to a larger carbon footprint. Learn how your business can transition to a more carbon-neutral backup strategy here. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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News
25 Apr 2025
UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns
The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
24 Apr 2025
Use a business impact analysis questionnaire to get critical data
The quality of the business impact analysis questionnaire will determine how well prepared your organization is for a disaster. Get started with some tips and sample questions. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Apr 2025
What is a clustered network-attached storage (NAS) system?
A clustered network-attached storage (NAS) system is a scale-out storage platform made up of multiple NAS nodes networked together into a single cluster. Continue Reading
By- Rahul Awati
- Robert Sheldon
- Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
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Podcast
24 Apr 2025
Podcast: RSA 2025 to grapple with AI compliance, US and EU regulation
We preview RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks forward to learning lots around compliance and regulation as CIOs wrestle with artificial intelligence and geopolitical upheavals Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Definition
23 Apr 2025
What is Amazon? Definition and company history of Amazon.com
Amazon (Amazon.com) is the world's largest online retailer and one of the largest providers of cloud services. Continue Reading
By- Rahul Awati
- Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
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Feature
23 Apr 2025
Hitachi Vantara: VSP One leads revamped storage portfolio
Storage supplier profile: Block, file and object as part of full-stack IT offer for hybrid cloud and containerised applications comes via VSP One arrays and EverFlex as-a-service options Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Podcast
23 Apr 2025
Podcast: Quantum lacks profitability but it will come, says CEO
Computer Weekly talks to Quantum CEO Jamie Lerner about the company’s expertise in massive volumes of data and a roadmap that includes Myriad, a new file system for forever flash in the AI era Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
22 Apr 2025
Fujitsu targets private AI with Japanese LLM on Nutanix
Fujitsu’s Takane large language model, optimised for Japanese language and business use, is aimed at supporting private AI deployments Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Tip
22 Apr 2025
The ultimate guide to backup deduplication
Backup deduplication can reduce active storage space consumption, decrease backup job times and increase the overall efficiency of a storage infrastructure. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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Tip
21 Apr 2025
Business continuity roles and responsibilities
Business continuity is a vital part of an organization's recovery strategy. Make sure that these BC roles and responsibilities are accounted for when crisis strikes. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Apr 2025
The 2 types of climate risk and how DR teams can prepare
Understanding the two types of climate risk and how to plan for them can help organizations better prepare for disasters and improve their impact on the environment. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Apr 2025
Use backup and business continuity planning to protect data
The data backup strategies and habits you enact during normal business hours might be the difference between maintaining business continuity and a lengthy, difficult recovery. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Apr 2025
Huawei rises in the storage ranks despite sanctions and tariffs
Supplier profile: Huawei has leapfrogged HPE in revenue and market share and broadened its storage offer towards AI, the cloud and as-a-service despite sanctions and tariffs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
15 Apr 2025
Strengthen a business continuity plan with testing exercises
Conduct a business continuity exercise to better understand your organization's BC plan. After the exercise, use our free after-action report template to review how it went. Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2025
Hertz warns UK customers of Cleo-linked data breach
Car hire giant Hertz reveals UK customer data was affected in a cyber incident orchestrated via a series of vulnerabilities in Cleo managed file transfer products Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
15 Apr 2025
Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings
The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Definition
14 Apr 2025
What is a disk image?
A disk image is a compressed file that contains a copy of the entire contents of a computer's hard drive or other storage media, such as optical discs or solid-state drives. Continue Reading
By- Nick Barney, Technology Writer
- Garry Kranz
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14 Apr 2025
VMware backup: Key decision points if you migrate away from VMware
VMware’s pricing changes have spurred some organisations to move to new virtualisation environments, but they’ll need backing up. We look at the key points to consider Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2025
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Blog Post
11 Apr 2025
No Complaints About Automating Compliance
I was recently in London recording some podcasts for a Data Centre client, Asanti, and two of the areas we discussed were – surely not – AI and… compliance. It seems to that Asanti’s Co-Lo ... Continue Reading
By- Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing
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News
11 Apr 2025
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
01 Apr 2025
Backup retention policy best practices: A guide with template
It's critical for an organization to know what data it needs to retain and where to store it. Create a backup retention policy with this free template. Continue Reading
By- Brien Posey
- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
- Paul Crocetti, Executive Editor
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Feature
01 Apr 2025
Dell VxRail vs. Nutanix NX: HCI heavyweights square off
Compare Dell VxRail and Nutanix NX, leading hyperconverged infrastructure platforms, to understand their strengths and ideal applications to best fit your organization's needs. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Mar 2025
10 multi-cloud backup considerations for admins
Using a multi-cloud data backup strategy can be good for data protection, but make sure that the providers are a good fit for your business first. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2025
Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy
Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
31 Mar 2025
UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Definition
31 Mar 2025
What is cloud NAS (cloud network-attached storage)?
Cloud NAS (network-attached storage) is remote storage that is accessed over the internet as if it is local. Continue Reading
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Podcast
31 Mar 2025
Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more
We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese, who argues flash cannot replace spinning disk because it’s too costly to consider for anything but limited, performance-hungry applications Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Answer
28 Mar 2025
Business impact analysis vs. risk assessment explained
Do you know the difference between a business impact analysis and risk assessment? Find out how they differ and why you need to perform both here. Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2025
UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation
Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
27 Mar 2025
Assess and manage the risks of using AI for business
Legal ramifications, public image crises and misleading information are some of the disastrous consequences of incorrectly using AI. If you don't have a policy for managing AI risks, now is the time. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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Definition
26 Mar 2025
What is a virtual hard disk (VHD)?
A virtual hard disk (VHD) is a disk image file format for storing the entire contents of a computer's hard drive. Continue Reading
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Podcast
26 Mar 2025
Podcast: AI data needs scalable flash, but also needs to be FAIR
We talk to Tim Sherbak of Quantum about the demands artificial intelligence puts on storage and the need for data management that can cope with large volumes of data that must be kept for long periods Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
26 Mar 2025
Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation
At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Mar 2025
Explore 9 software-defined storage companies
Software-defined storage offerings are all over the map in uses, features and types of platform. These nine software-defined storage companies include several IT giants. Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2025
Storage players ride the Nvidia bus at GTC 2025
As artificial intelligence’s big beast holds its annual shindig, storage firms line up to launch everything from new array products to validations, certifications and vague ideas around data ecosystems Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
24 Mar 2025
7 areas where AI can support disaster response
Responding to a disaster requires IT teams to move quickly, with no room for error. Find out how AI-based technology can help before, during and after a crisis. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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News
20 Mar 2025
NAS storage: TrueNAS aims to make it big in Europe
Aimed at the SME market, but with NAS systems that go to tens of petabytes, iXsystems brings dual controllers, NVMe and hybrid flash, AI-capable storage, and container support Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
19 Mar 2025
VMware vSAN: What are the VM storage alternatives?
Licensing changes mean VMware vSAN customers are considering whether to move to an alternative to vSAN for VMware storage or away from VMware altogether. We look at the options Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Mar 2025
HPE storage battles hard and smart in challenging market
Storage profile: We look at HPE, which has slipped in the storage supplier rankings, but brings a full range of AI-era storage over a mature cloud and consumption model offer Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
19 Mar 2025
SaaS disaster recovery best practices
Businesses that use SaaS applications hand off some responsibilities of managing that data, but disaster recovery is not one of them. Make sure you have a recovery plan in place. Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
AI pushes data storage need but UK firms struggle to manage it
The rise of AI means potentially almost any corporate data could be useful, but has led to ballooning data volumes and organisations spending more on storage and energy Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
18 Mar 2025
UK under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack
In this week’s Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer’s guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, Sir Martin Sorrell, gives his view on the risks and opportunities of AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Mar 2025
Compare SaaS data retention policies from 5 major providers
How long is your SaaS platform keeping your data? Learn how these five popular vendors handle data retention. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society
Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will win out Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Definition
13 Mar 2025
What is RAID (redundant array of independent disks)?
RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks or solid-state drives (SSDs) to protect data in the case of a drive failure. Continue Reading
By- Paul Kirvan
- Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
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Tip
13 Mar 2025
Explore software-defined storage pros and cons
Software-defined storage gives organizations more flexibility and often lower costs, but be prepared to self-troubleshoot. Get to know the pros and cons of SDS. Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2025
Driving licence data could be used for police facial recognition
The government’s Crime and Policing Bill could allow police to access the UK driving licence database for use in facial recognition watchlists, but the Home Office denies biometric data would be repurposed in this way Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
13 Mar 2025
Supercars team BJR taps Extranet Systems for racing edge
As the demands of motorsports grow, Supercars team Brad Jones Racing turns to IT specialist Extranet Systems to manage crucial areas such as security, backup and disaster recovery Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Mar 2025
What is data preprocessing? Key steps and techniques
Data preprocessing, a component of data preparation, describes any type of processing performed on raw data to prepare it for another data processing procedure. Continue Reading
By- Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
- George Lawton
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Definition
11 Mar 2025
What are optical disks and how do they work?
An optical disk is an electronic data storage medium that can be written to and read from using a low-powered laser beam. Continue Reading
By- Paul Kirvan
- Robert Sheldon
- Rodney Brown, TechTarget
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News
11 Mar 2025
Pure aims at AI beyond the enterprise with FlashBlade//Exa
FlashBlade//Exa targets use cases between the enterprise and hyperscalers with a disaggregated architecture and its DFM flash modules to be available separately for the first time Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
11 Mar 2025
Digitally mapping the world
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how digital twins are mapping our planet to guide strategic decisions such as environmental policies. Liverpool City Council explains how a digital overhaul will transform customer experience. And we find out what it takes to become a cyber security entrepreneur. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Mar 2025
How to assess pandemic risk in 2025
Businesses learned a lot about disaster recovery and risk from COVID-19. The challenge today is to not forget those lessons or become negligent with future pandemics. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Mar 2025
7 data sanitization techniques for better data protection
Data sanitization is an essential aspect of data protection. Good data sanitization practices can help ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Mar 2025
What is computer memory and what are the different types?
Memory is the electronic holding place for the instructions and data a computer needs to reach quickly. It's where information is stored for immediate use. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
- Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
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News
05 Mar 2025
French oceanographers clock up 23 years on Atempo backup software
Oceanogaphic research institute keeps Atempo backup software for near a quarter century with no plans to replace it for protection of critical data helping map the world’s oceans Continue Reading
By- Stéphane Larcher, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
05 Mar 2025
Dell still tops the pile as it deepens enterprise storage offer
The US giant is top dog in revenue and market share as its storage array range – still largely EMC-derived – deepens its cloud, containers and as-a-service options Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Answer
04 Mar 2025
The ultimate guide to SaaS backup
Software-as-a-service applications are everywhere these days. But do you know where your SaaS backups are? Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2025
Flash drive prices bump along, as SAS HDDs gain mystery bounce
Flash drive prices drop again, but slowly, as they bump along after highs in late 2023. Meanwhile, spinning disk HDD prices experience a rare flutter, with SAS cost per gigabyte rising 18% Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Podcast
03 Mar 2025
Podcast: S4Capital’s Martin Sorrell on AI and the enterprise
We talk to Sir Martin Sorrell of S4Capital about the use of artificial intelligence in advertising and marketing and how enterprises can take advantage of the productivity it offers Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
26 Feb 2025
VMware vSAN Max: What you need to know
We look at VMware vSAN Max storage: its best use cases, how to deploy it and on what hardware, the alternatives, and considerations in light of VMware’s Broadcom takeover Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Feb 2025
Everything, everywhere, all at once: automated decision-making in public services
Despite the UK government's fervent embrace of artificial intelligence, there is still little meaningful transparency around the scope of the technology's deployment throughout public services Continue Reading
By- Jasleen Chaggar, Big Brother Watch
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Podcast
26 Feb 2025
Podcast: How to ensure data quality for AI
We talk to Cody David of Syniti about how to ensure data quality in datasets for AI, why a ‘data-first’ attitude is key, and the quick wins an organisation can gain in data quality Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
26 Feb 2025
Scottish police fail to record ethnicity in DNA database
Scottish policing bodies are failing to properly record and publish data on the ethnicity of arrested people, making it impossible to determine whether they are discriminating against certain sections of the population Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
26 Feb 2025
Lord Holmes warns of increasingly ‘urgent’ need to regulate AI
The real-world negative impacts of artificial intelligence will only get worse if the UK does not move to regulate the technology in a way that centres on accountability, trust and public participation, says Lord Holmes Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
25 Feb 2025
6 ways to use AI in IT disaster recovery
AI is everywhere these days, and disaster recovery is no different. IT teams can use AI to mitigate, prevent and recover from disruptions faster than traditional methods. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Feb 2025
What is RAID 0 (disk striping)?
RAID 0 (disk striping) is the process of dividing a body of data into blocks and spreading the data blocks across multiple storage devices, such as hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs), in a redundant array of independent disks group. Continue Reading
By- Rahul Awati
- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
- Kim Hefner, Managing Editor
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E-Zine
25 Feb 2025
Rethinking the route to net zero
In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at the need to apply innovative and long-term thinking to reducing carbon emissions in IT. We find out how retailer Dunelm is benefiting from a programme to attract, retain and support women in tech. And Volvo Cars explains why the future for its vehicles is software-defined. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Feb 2025
What is RAID 5?
RAID 5 is a redundant array of independent disks configuration that uses disk striping with parity. Continue Reading
By- Rahul Awati
- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
- Kim Hefner, Managing Editor
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News
24 Feb 2025
Alibaba bets $53bn on cloud and AI
Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveils massive three-year investment in a move to capitalise on the AI opportunity and position its cloud infrastructure as the backbone for future growth Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Definition
24 Feb 2025
What is a hard disk drive (HDD)?
A computer hard disk drive (HDD) is a non-volatile data storage device. Continue Reading
By- Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
- Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
- Sarah Wilson, Associate Site Editor
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Tip
21 Feb 2025
How to manage and mitigate reputational risk
Believe it or not, there are actually several reasons for a business to care about its reputation. Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2025
UK police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with predictive policing
Amnesty International says predictive policing systems are ‘supercharging racism’ in the UK by taking historically biased data to further target poor and racialised communities Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
20 Feb 2025
Kubernetes: Navigating the pitfalls and pathways to success
Nutanix’s APAC chief technology officer outlines the lessons learned by enterprises adopting Kubernetes, from avoiding cloud lock-in to mastering lifecycle management, and bridging the gap between legacy and cloud-native skillsets Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2025
MSP cuts costs with Scality pay-as-you-go anti-ransomware storage
Autodata gets Scality as-a-service for on-site immutable storage via Artesca, to allow customers to rapidly recover from ransomware and at the same cost per terabyte no matter the volume Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
17 Feb 2025
RAG AI: ‘Do it yourself,’ says NYC data scientist
New York City council data scientist says organisations should get their hands dirty with open source AI as his teams build AI apps to check for duplicates in legislative documents Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
12 Feb 2025
RAID 5 vs. RAID 6: Capacity, performance, durability
RAID 5 and RAID 6 both have their pros and cons. Find out which RAID configuration is right for your organization. Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2025
AI at Leap 2025: Huge potential but a threat to the fabric of society?
Thought leaders in artificial intelligence gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Leap 2025 tech show to set out the next steps for enterprise AI and agentic AI, but also AI’s potential danger to human society Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
12 Feb 2025
Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
Amazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Feb 2025
New componentry extends NetApp ASA and E-series block storage
One-time king of the filers adds anti-ransomware to its more recent block storage families, while also adding in an extra FAS array, all on the back of upgraded components Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
11 Feb 2025
A two-horse race? Competition concerns cloud AWS and Microsoft
In this week’s Computer Weekly, Microsoft and AWS don’t like it, but the UK competition watchdog says their hold on the cloud market is cause for concern. We talk to AutoTrader’s CEO about how to become a digital business. And we go behind the scenes at Zoom to see how AI will revolutionise the former lockdown success story. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Feb 2025
8 ways to use AI for data backup
Evaluate eight ways your organization can implement AI to improve data backups and simplify data protection processes. Continue Reading
By- Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction
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News
10 Feb 2025
Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons
Google has dropped an ethical pledge to not develop artificial intelligence systems that can be used in weapon or surveillance systems Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Tip
07 Feb 2025
How to set up a NAS: A step-by-step configuration guide
Get the most out of your rackmount NAS appliance by setting up admin accounts, permissions and network access; running a diagnostic check; and configuring advanced options. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Feb 2025
People-centered business continuity is critical in the age of AI
Recent crises such as the CrowdStrike outages and California wildfires show why people-centered business continuity is crucial. Learn how to shift the focus to people here. Continue Reading
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Podcast
04 Feb 2025
Podcast: AI to boost drive innovation in 2025
We talk to Jason Feist of Seagate about artificial intelligence and how it is driving drive innovation, the growth of data and how sustainability and energy efficiency is vital to meeting capacity needs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
03 Feb 2025
How to assess and manage geopolitical risk
Geopolitical risks are often linked to international political, social and economic activities. Set policies for global business to better identify risks before they happen. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2025
First international AI safety report published
A global cohort of nearly 100 artificial intelligence experts publish first international AI safety report ahead of the third AI summit, outlining an array of challenges posed by the technology that will be used to inform upcoming discussions Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
28 Jan 2025
Where IT comes from: Behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s European R&D centre
We look inside Pure Storage’s Prague research and development centre, where multi-year projects parallel real lifecycles of deployed hardware and the complexities that arise over time Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
28 Jan 2025
Where IT comes from: Pure Storage’s lean Czech assembly
We look behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s Czechia assembly plant, where change is baked into processes to ensure products are built right and always improving Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
28 Jan 2025
Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?
Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD? Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
28 Jan 2025
Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs
AWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
27 Jan 2025
VMware backup: Key decision points if you migrate away from VMware
VMware’s pricing changes have spurred some organisations to move to new virtualisation environments, but they’ll need backing up. We look at the key points to consider Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jan 2025
What is read-only memory (ROM)?
Read-only memory, or ROM, is a type of computer storage containing non-volatile, permanent data that normally can only be read, not written to. Continue Reading
By- Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
- Kate Brush
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Tip
23 Jan 2025
How to prevent data loss: 4 strategies for better data protection
Reliable, redundant and tested backups are critical to preventing data loss. Implement these four best practices to better protect your data and ensure backups are secure. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2025
ICO launches major review of cookies on UK websites
ICO sets out 2025 goals, including a review of cookie compliance across the UK’s top 1,000 websites, as it seeks to achieve its ultimate goal of giving the public meaningful control over how their data is used Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
23 Jan 2025
UK eVisa system problems persist despite repeated warnings
Travellers are already having issues boarding UK-bound flights, while refugees have been left with no way to prove their immigration status in the UK, just two weeks after the Home Office transitioned to electronic visas Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
22 Jan 2025
Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence
Over 50% of privacy professionals in Europe expect to see less money earmarked for data security initiatives in 2025, and many don’t have faith their organisations are taking the issue seriously, according to an ISACA report Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor