Storage

"When I was a kid, all I wanted was to be able to afford to eat in restaurants like this." – Nick, "Flashdance," Paramount (1983)

This year, the industry will ship more than $25 billion worth of servers and more than 800 million smart devices (desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablets and smartphones). But only the big iron and IT folks care much about the servers.

If you listen to HP's Apotheker and Wall Streeters, there's no reason to care about laptops, less about desktops. Leo is washing his hands of the messy business. But when it comes to tablets and phones, everyone wants to take center stage so people can do their social media stuff, mobile transactions and digital content creation/consumption.

Tablets are projected to enjoy a 123+ percent compound annual growth rate from this year's 31 million iPad and "other" units.

Next year, it's estimated that about one billion smartphones will be sold worldwide (more than 4 billion phones overall).

But in 2014, 291 million notebooks (52% of the computing market) will be sold with China leading the demand curve.

All those devices "you can't live without" let folks create, produce and replicate a whopping 1.8 Zettabytes (1.8 trillion Gigabytes) of content.

Store it…Somewhere
Of course, it's all for nothing without the lowly stagehand…storage.

The way we're using our devices – computers, laptops, smartphones -- content volumes will grow by a factor of nine in the next five years.Read more

"A $40 million computer tells you you're chasing an earthquake, but you don't believe." – Capt Mancuso, "The Hunt for Red October," Paramount Pictures (1990)

One of the toughest jobs in any country, any company is gathering, hoarding, protecting information that may give them an edge against "them."

And we must be doing a helluva' job because organizations and individuals are accumulating data and meta data at an ever-increasing rate.

The sheer volume that's coming at us is causing us to experience information overload…emails to answer, virtual friends to contact, YouTube videos to watch, games to play, movies to sneak, reports to read/digest, stuff you have to find/do in the virtual world…just in case.Read more

Taurus Mini Super-S features increased file transfer speed, reliable data backup, and optimal performance and compatibility in compact size

Aug. 1, 2011 – Akitio, a leading manufacturer of storage solutions, announced today the addition of the Taurus Mini Super-S to the company's innovative line of products. Ideal for audio/video enthusiasts, the Taurus Mini Super-S is a 2.5" dual bay SATA enclosure, compact in size, and is complete with a built-in LCD display and two FW800 ports for daisy chaining.

The Taurus Mini Super-S is equipped with a verstaile interface, featuring eSATA, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 High Speed. To maximize performance and data throughput, "RAID 0-Striping" is a resourceful solution for daily backups and other data transfers. In addition, the "RAID 1-Mirroring" function will automatically create a copy of all data in the event a drive may fail. Read more

Taxes are due April 18. Don't rely solely on your computer to store important information. What if something happens? Verbatim has a variety of data storage products – from CDs/DVDs to portable hard drives and stylish USB drives – all which will keep your files safe, secure and stored for years to come.

Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB Drive
Ultra-portable, ultra-rugged USB drive resistant to water, dust and static discharge

• SIP (System In Package) Technology packs more data in less space
• Handy lanyard keeps USB conveniently on key chains
• Password protection software included
• Available in 2GB – 32GB storage capacities
• Available in Red, Orange, Green, Purple and Black
• Lifetime limited warranty

"Probably. But it's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. 'Thank God we invented the... you know, whatever device.'" – Jeff Megall, Thank You for Smoking, 2005, 20th Century Fox

Ours is a typical American/Silicon Valley family – two early adopters, two chasm straddlers.

Our inventory includes -- four notebooks, three smartphones/one feature phone, one iPad, two looking, three 500GB external HDs, 2TB home storage, various other PC/CE devices.

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reinforced the fact we can be home now and then and that it's not just the new, hot, sexy on-the-go gadgets.

Smartphones, tablets (O.K., iPads) are on everyone's gotta' have list; but they aren't the Alpha-Omega for folks.

Nope. If you're a typical alpha male or female, you have an array of gadgets and a gotta' get list for the rest.Read more

"I am president of the Electronics Club, the Math Club, and the Chess Club. Now if there's a bigger nerd in here, please... point him out." – Brian Parks (The Day After Tomorrow, 2004) 20th Century Fox

Attend CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January and you'll have lots of fun. People are excited, exhilarated even. But the things they're showing aren't even good paperweights without all the great storage advances. That's why we went to the Flash Memory Summit – a little bit of fun, tons of optimism. Then, there's DISKCON – the hard drive show – techie…fact-filled…that's about it.

Terry Rapson summed it up, "Oh, you know what these scientific gatherings are. All dancing girls, wine and parties."

No one stands in long lines late into the night when a new flash or hard drive hits the store, but they're having a tough time producing enough to keep pace with what we're doing with our personal/business things.

The only exciting day was back in 1956 when IBM shipped the 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) storage solution. Read more