The best ORMs for database-powered Python apps
Need help choosing the best Python ORM for your projects? Here's what you need to know about SQLAlchemy, PonyORM, Django ORM, Peewee, SQLObject, and Tortoise ORM.
Storage: Features
Features
Five reasons restores can take longer than backups
Backing up data can be fairly quick, but because the steps needed to access the backup and restore it to the live network, restores can be surprisingly slow.
What is data deduplication, and how is it implemented?
By eliminating redundant blocks of data within a dataset – deduplication – enterprises can reduce the size of backups 90-99%.
What is NAS and how do NAS servers excel at corralling unstructured data?
Improvements in network-attached storage density and performance target unstructured data workloads. Here's how a NAS server works, how it is different than a SAN and what IT buyers want in file-level storage.
WD turns to single app portal to create 'mobile moments' for workers
After acquiring two multi-billion-dollar companies, Western Digital had a choice: continue using disparate methods for corporate application access or rip and replace it all with a single portal. It chose the latter.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency may soon underpin cloud storage
Emerging now: P2P networks that use blockchain to manage cloud storage based on the sharing of excess drive and network capacity on PCs and in data centers. Those who share capacity get free storage – and can be paid in cryptocurrency.
New SanDisk microSD card enables an app speed boost for Android users
While the highlight of SanDisk's latest microSD card is it's world-record 400GB capacity, what's overlooked is its improved ability to load and run apps.
Apple's macOS Sierra update hints successor is on schedule
The current pace of releases indicates macOS High Sierra will likely arrive the third week in September.
FAQ: How to get the macOS ‘High Sierra’ public beta
Apple is expected to release the first public beta of macOS High Sierra, the desktop OS due out this fall, by the end of the week. Here's how to get it.
Lenovo's ThinkSystem product barrage targets data centers
Lenovo is taking on Dell EMC and HPE with its biggest portfolio refresh since it acquired IBM's x86 server business three years ago, offering a lineup of servers, switches, SAN arrays and converged systems intended to show that it's a serious contender in the data center and software-defined infrastructure market.
HPE highlights innovation in software-defined IT, security at Discover
At its Discover conference this week, HPE is pulling back the curtains on firmware security and advances in software-defined IT.
Extreme offers glimpse of integrated Avaya, Brocade technology future
Extreme said it expects the Avaya and Brocade deals to push its revenues to over $1 billion for its Fiscal 2018
FAQ: 3D XPoint memory – NAND flash killer or DRAM replacement?
3D XPoint is a new class of non-volatile memory that can boost server and PC performance for real-time data processing. In the future, it will likely take on the data center DRAM’s role.
Blockchain: 'Overhyped' buzzword or real-deal enterprise solution?
While blockchain technology may be a hotspot in data privacy, experts disagree about whether it’s a good fit for enterprises that have traditionally relied on centralized data control.
CW@50: A half-century of data storage (PDF)
A free download that explains how storage went from $1 million to 2 cents per megabyte -- and how it evolved from punch cards to data storage, the internet and smartphones.
CW@50: Data storage comes into its own
The invention of thin-film heads, the rise of storage competitors, and the landscape as it exists today.
CW@50: Data storage goes from $1M to 2 cents per gigabyte (+video)
Over the past 50 years, data storage development has blown past barrier after barrier to give us denser, higher-capacity hard drives (and flash storage) at ever-cheaper costs.
Partner Spotlight on… Melbourne
ARN spoke to partners about the state of play in Victoria’s capital.
The Hot List - Top Aussie partners on the rise
ARN Deputy Editor, Hafizah Osman, asked five partner leaders to file reports on their growing companies.
Understanding how new solid state drive technologies can benefit the data center
By combining SSDs and HDDs in the right mix, performance gains are possible while keeping costs under control
