Category Archives: Storage

Hard Disk price from 1956 to 2016

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Stefano

I recently came across a very interesting page in which John C. McCallum has collected a huge number of hard disk unit specs along with introduction year and price. Beginning from 1956, with the 24″ IBM sporting a hefty 3.75 … Continue reading →

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From 128 Megabytes to 256 Gigabytes in less than 9 years: a USB-drive story

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Stefano

Can’t remember when I first bought my first USB pendrive. I presume it was something like a 256 Megabytes, acting as an MP3 player and costing some 70 euros (about 90 USD). Back then, it seemed as a lot of … Continue reading →

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Google Drive: this time is for real (will the real cloud storage please stand up?)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Stefano

Get yourself into Google Drive right now by clicking here! Google is introducing its cloud storage service aiming directly Dropbox, SkyDrive and Box.net (along several others). You can get started with 5GB of storage for free—that’s enough to store the … Continue reading →

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Technology Review – March/April 2012 issue: interview with Drew Houston – Dropbox founder – on cloud storage

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Stefano

The latest issue of Technology Review features an interview with Dropbox‘s founder Drew Houston about cloud storage and the future. I love Technology Review and I’m definitely addicted to Dropbox so I’m writing this to spread the (good) news about … Continue reading →

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Cloud computing for business: a well thought-out presentation

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Stefano

If you’re somehow wondering how this crazy little/big thing called Cloud will change your life – and your business, anytime soon, check this Slideshare presentation by Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan. Discovering the value of the cloud for the business View more presentations … Continue reading →

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IBM smashes data storage drive record: 120 petabytes, the biggest hard drive ever?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Stefano

According to a white paper study from IDC there will be 1800 exabytes (EB) of digital data in 2011, up from 220 EB in 2007. Such growth places the data user under tremendous pressure to turn data into actionable insights … Continue reading →

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