DNA may soon be used for storage

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	DNA may soon be used for storage Researchers at a UK-based bioinformatics school have stored .mp3 and text files in DNA material that they claim can last 10,000 years. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Strengthen Your Business with Cloud Computing This white paper provides a brief overview of cloud computing, explains how midsize companies can benefit, and describes the steps they can take to take advantage of what it has to offer. Learn More In this Issue Cisco gets closer to NetApp, further from VCE SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD review: Fast and inexpensive STEC bumps up enterprise SSDs to 2TB Crucial M4 (512GB): A fast-reading, slow-writing, high-capacity SSD Darlene Storm: Researchers exploit flaw to identify anonymous DNA donors and their families RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Manage your data, not your storage At EMC Isilon, our mission is to enable customers to turn big data into unprecedented opportunity. Today, the challenge to effectively aggregate, store and leverage information into real-time insight has never been greater, but neither has the opportunity to maximize your data's value. And that's where EMC Isilon comes in. Click here to learn more. Cisco gets closer to NetApp, further from VCE Appearing to further distance itself from VCE coalition partners EMC and VMware, Cisco this week expanded collaboration with storage titan NetApp to deepen integration and market reach. Read More SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD review: Fast and inexpensive The SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD, which sports data speeds of up to 530MB/s, is aimed squarely at replacing aging hard drives in existing desktops and laptops. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon M2M and the Cloud: Business Proceed with Caution Machine-to-Machine services are gaining momentum as an efficient way to collect and analyze data from wired and wireless systems across the enterprise. In a Computerworld Quick Pulse survey, more than half of respondents said cloud-based M2M storage would reduce the burden on IT staff Learn More STEC bumps up enterprise SSDs to 2TB Flash storage vendor STEC is super-sizing the kind of flash storage used in smartphones and portable music players, coming out on Monday with 2TB SSDs in configurations for enterprise equipment vendors. Read More Crucial M4 (512GB): A fast-reading, slow-writing, high-capacity SSD The 512GB Crucial M4 is one of the highest-capacity solid-state drives we've tested; it also proved to be one of the faster readers. Using a Marvell 9174 controller, 25nm MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory, and the latest SATA 6Gbps interface, the M4 read our 10GB collection of small files and folders at 416.7 megabytes per second (MBps). The drive was also quick when reading a single large file--it accessed our 10GB test file at 472.8 MBps. Read More Darlene Storm: Researchers exploit flaw to identify anonymous DNA donors and their families There are lots of cool and creepy things happening in the area of DNA. From biological hard drives with a storage density to 2.2 petabytes per gram, to exploiting a vulnerability to expose identities of supposed anonymous genetic donors—and people in their family tree that never donated DNA, to DHS discussing potentially launching a "social conditioning campaign" so people won't freak out about plans to develop and deploy rapid DNA analyzers. Read More
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