Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading ...

Hard disk drives (HDDs) have played a crucial role in shaping the landscape of data storage within the computing industry. From their humble beginnings in the mid-20th century to their peak and ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

Microsoft’s Project Silica can store 5TB of data on glass for 10,000 years, offering a durable, energy-free solution to prevent data rot.

In a new study, scientists at Microsoft Research have shown that they can write information into a lump of borosilicate glass. Their calculations suggest the data trapped inside would be stable for at ...

We had an overwhelming response to our call for predictions regarding the future of enterprise data storage. Here are some of the prognostications we collected: Three years from now, the terms SAN and ...