Tens of thousands of users are deploying open-source storage software in an effort to avoid pricey proprietary products such as array clustering and disk eraser applications and to get some long-term ...

It’s a cliché by now to say that business runs on data and invariably that data is housed, managed and accessed in the Cloud. Moreover, most businesses now use a multi-cloud approach so as not to lock ...

Big Blue is releasing an open-source version of the software needed to let servers tap into its forthcoming "Storage Tank" technology. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

In 2016, a group of companies banded together to address a key storage management challenge that they and their customers were facing – managing a heterogenous storage footprint that was hampering the ...

Nexenta's new NexentaStor 3.0 is the first commercial storage appliance software to incorporate in-line data dedupe with open-source ZFS, said Evan Powell, CEO of the Portland, Ore.-based storage ...

I'm tired of how system storage works on both Android and iPhone. Over time, it quietly eats into your phone's storage with cached files, system data, and app leftovers, especially when you're already ...

The other smart way to save money is to make a budget and stick with it. Unfortunately, a lot of budgeting software costs ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...