Irreverence
Another stolen backup tape
A Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) unencrypted backup tape containing financial data for 458 New Hampshire residents has been stolen and exposed them to identity theft.[more...]
Nation state data protectionism
EMC is planning new data centers for its cloud computing service in Australia, China, Japan and Korea. However, it says, data protectionism by nation states is a potential issue.[more...]
'Generally' does not cut it
The UK government's Ministry of Defence has lost 121 USB memory sticks since 2004, and 6747 laptop computers, 89 of which are known to have been stolen. Yet the MoD insists its security policies are generally 'fit for purpose'. This is bilge; they are not fit for purpose.[more...]
Open the POD bay doors Hal
Following Sun's Blackbox lead, HP has announced its own containerized datacenter, the POD or Performance-Optimized Data Center.[more...]
You mean you couldn't do it before!
Up until now an Xbox 360 DVD game stayed on the DVD although the Xbox has a hard drive. That's going to change as Microsoft adds the ability to copy a game from the slow DVD to the much faster hard drive.[more...]
DVD and Blu-ray sales have both risen this year
Ars Technica - I guess Blocks and Files could be called Ars Storage - has a report that both DVD and Blu-ray sales rose a smidgin in the first half of this year. That means no Blu-ray hike and no DVD fall - yet.[more...]
Apple of Zmanda's eye
Smart and zippy open source backup supplier Zmanda says its custumers can remotely control Zmanda backup software using the smart and zippy new 3G iPhone.[more...]
Dell Storage Logic: A Speculation: What About NAS?
Dell has a block storage line with four product ranges in it and a file storage line with one product range. Why doesn't it come to market with as substantial a NAS (network-attached storage) product line-up as its block storage line-up?[more...]
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Latest Irreverence
Nation state data protectionism
You mean you couldn't do it before!
DVD and Blu-ray sales have both risen this year
Dell Storage Logic: A Speculation: What About NAS?
Is Atrato using Nvidia chips? UPDATE: NO
Texas law turns companies with eDiscovery data into private eyes