Microsoft Windows Live Web-based storage gets limited beta nod

30 junio 2007

A limited number of beta users will be able to test a new online storage offering from Microsoft that provides 500MB of space -- far short of the capacity already offered by some of Microsoft's rivals.

The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 1

29 junio 2007

(Source: Diskeeper) This guide will help IT professionals, analysts, and engineers to understand the benefit of a holistic disk defragmentation strategy across the enterprise. It will examine how the pervasive problem of fragmentation affects a computer system and what approaches are effective in reducing these effects. Lastly, the guide will outline the mechanics of automatic defragmentation, and how to select and deploy an automatic defragmentation solution.

Download Chapter 1 of this Guide now and you will receive a copy of Chapter 2 as a bonus.

High-speed SAS hard drive growth set to explode

27 junio 2007

A Gartner report predicts that SAS hard drives are on the verge of replacing models based on older Ultra320 technology.

DDR3 memory standard bows

27 junio 2007

The new standard could dramatically increase RAM capacities in PCs and mobile phones, better supporting, for example, a move to 64-bit PCs.

Dell bundles free online storage with new PCs

27 junio 2007

It might not be as flashy as the colorful new cases introduced yesterday, but a second announcement is apt to brighten Dell customers' worlds in a different way: The company is poised to start offering free online data storage for all new Inspiron and XPS machines.

LSI Fusion-MPT" Architecture

27 junio 2007

(LSI) Fusion-MPT architecture marks the next generation of I/O architecture designed to deliver the highest performance available today while reducing time to market, integration, and certification time.