The need for efficiencies after mergers and acquisitions affects all IT operations. But data storage also raises issues ...

A full DNA computer is a step closer, thanks to a new technology that could store petabytes of data in DNA for thousands or even millions of years. The system can also process data, as ...

Making computer data storage cheaper and easier: Technology on track for terabyte discs Date: October 9, 2012 Source: Case Western Reserve University Summary: Researchers have developed technology ...

Unstructured data exists in huge volumes, but often actually it is semi-structured with metadata. We lift the lid on unstructured data and key approaches to its storage.

Researchers find combination for small data storage and tinier computers It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research ...

Racetrack Memory Will Make Your Computer Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger Meet the data storage technique of the near future.

Cambridge scientists have developed a new prototype for computer memory that could make for faster chips that could hold up to 100 times more data. The system is made up of barium bridges between ...

The computer itself was vast -- about 30 feet by 50 feet (9m x 15m) -- and the storage device itself, the very first commercial hard disk drive, was a 1.5-meter cube.