Good growth for entry-level storage in 2013

Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments grew 13,6% year-over-year in 2013, finishing the year with 75,2-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage Tracker. Annual shipment values...

Backup, archiving and records management

There is no doubt that data management and preservation are critically important to business. However, there may be misconceptions when it comes to the process around the differences between backup, archiving and records management, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet....

SSD growth doesn’t stop storage decline

A near-doubling of the market for solid-state drives (SSDs) in 2013 was unable to help the computer-related storage industry last year, which slid 5% in shipments because of continuing contractions in the hard-disk drive and optical disk drive segments, according to a...

Attix5 rolls out backup services for SkyNet

Attix5, a global provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, has provided much-needed online backup services to one of its clients, SkyNet Worldwide Express. SkyNet is a global express courier network and services provider. The two companies forged a...
SA a nation in ‘digital chaos’

SA a nation in ‘digital chaos’

South Africa is a nation in “digital chaos”, with only sheer luck preventing more users from losing precious personal photos, videos and files. That’s the verdict of digital storage company WD, which has released the results of a study that found...