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Everpix shutdown illustrates risks of cloud storage, importance of physical archiving

For all of its scalability and flexibility, cloud storage continues to exhibit fundamental shortcomings that render it unsuitable for many backup and archiving workflows. The recently announced surprise shutdown of photo backup service Everpix is a case in point.

Data archiving solutions provide answer to OS X Mavericks external drive issue

There was at least one under-the-hood change in OS X Mavericks that users found unwelcome. The OS has serious issues interacting with external hard disk drives, as well as peripherals that utilize the eSATA and Thunderbolt ports on Macs.

Consumer trends shake up industrial component demands

Consumer market trends have increased the rate of electronic component turnover, creating supply concerns within the industrial sector.

Growth of HD video demonstrates need for reliable storage strategies

Individuals and enterprises are amassing a larger amount of high-definition video content than ever before.

Blu-ray is essential to long-term archiving strategies

Optical disc technology continues to be an essential part of consumer and enterprise archiving strategies.

Virtual storage presents many hazards to data integrity

Many organizations place too much confidence in the security of their cloud or virtual storage solutions. High-performance data archiving services are necessary to back up these systems in case of failure.