Tag: pro
Why bigger data sets doesn’t mean better insights
‘Data is the new oil’ was term coined by British mathematician Clive Humby 2006. It’s become an overused phrase largely meaning that if your organization has access to vast amounts of data, you can use it to aid decision making and drive results. While there is great truth in that…
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Bridging the gap between security and developers
Regardless of what you need, there is an app for that. In fact, there are 1.81 million apps on Apple’s App Store in 2024, according to Business of Apps. This growing trend has spread from our pockets to our businesses with more adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) and…
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1200TB SSD modules are in the pipeline thanks to Pure Storage — but you definitely won’t be able to plug one in your workstation PC and it will be shockingly expensive
In March 2023, we reported that Pure Storage planned to sell 300TB SSDs within three years. While 300TB is unquestionably an impressive amount of storage, the company has revealed that it expects to be able to deliver 1200TB SSD modules… eventually. Shawn Rosemarin, Pure VP for R&D, explained to Blocks…
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Popular SSD vendor uses clever trick to make slower, less durable flash components perform much better — but don’t expect miracles
Although QLC NAND is capable of storing substantial amounts of data, it falls behind in performance when compared to other NAND types. Because it’s denser (housing four bits per cell) than TLC (which accommodates three), it’s typically slower and less robust. Western Digital has employed a smart method to improve…
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Obscure Chinese tablet maker quietly unveiled a tablet with a sought-after feature no other tablet vendor dare launch — a 4K display that not even Apple, Google or Samsung can match
Doogee has unveiled a low cost tablet with a surprising selling point. The Doogee T30 Max, a new and upgraded version of the firm’s T30 series tablet, sports a 12.4 inch IPS 4K Display. Yes, 4K. That’s an impressive achievement for any tablet, let alone one retailing for $329 (or…
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Want to break the geekiest world record of them all? Here’s how engineers spent 75 days to calculate Pi to 105 trillion digits — just in time for Pi day
Engineers at StorageReview decided to do something incredibly geeky for this year’s Pi day (March 14 – 3/14) – beat their own record for calculating Pi. Considering that the previous record, achieved last year, was 100 trillion digits, the challenge was no mean feat. While – spoiler alert – they…
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