Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. This article is more than 2 years old. On September 14, 1956, IBM ...

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When it comes to data storage, density and durability have always moved in opposite directions – the greater the density the shorter the durability. For example, information carved in stone is not ...

Since the turn of the millennium, the tech industry has spent billions to conjure a seductive narrative that the cloud—a term most nontechnical people use to mean everything the internet touches —is ...

Big data is a relatively new phenomenon comprised of a number of disciplines that contribute to making the technology possible. But have you ever wondered how we got here, how big data evolved over ...

It's probably difficult to imagine a time when data storage wasn't simple, seamless and instantly available in the palm of your hand. With smartphones, cloud services, sleek portable devices and ...

Cerabyte’s ceramic-on-glass technology introduces a new era for sustainable digital archiving Permanent media eliminates the energy needs of conventional archival data systems Smartphone-readable ...