Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Cloud computing, storage-as-a-service, solid state flash drives to thrive in 2009

2009: Cloud computing continues to buzz; users enjoy the convenience of storage-as-a-service
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Cloud computing, storage-as-a-service, solid state flash drives to thrive in 2009

Deni Connor By Deni Connor
The beginning of the New Year is normally when industry pundits make predictions of what will be big in storage in the coming year. So in that tradition, here are my predictions of what I am looking forward to hearing more about in 2009. Among the technologies in this category are cloud computing, storage-as-a-service and solid state flash drives. Read full story

Deni Connor is principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW.

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