More articles by Steve Apiki

Are objects the future of storage?

When it comes to data, the king of search has a simple mission: Wherever it is, whatever it is, Google wants control.

Small and mid-sized businesses have much different storage needs than their enterprise counterparts, forcing vendors to overhaul their offerings to tap this fast-growing market.

Redmond's recent moves into the storage market suggest that the software giant may just be getting started.

After a breakout year for continuous data protection technology, we examine the different players and approaches and look at what the future may hold.

Information classification and management is an emerging technology that proponents say could be the the bridge that carries storage users to file-level ILM in the real world.

After three major storage acquisitions in a year, what's Cisco up to?

The convergence of new technologies and trends is making for some interesting times for storage administrators.

Backup tape troubles are opening the door for online backup services, and SMBs and branch offices are signing on.

In the final part of our series on compliance and storage issues, we look at what the future may hold.

With a 70-year history of meeting record-keeping requirements, financial services firms have been at the forefront of electronic communications archiving.

In the second part of our series on compliance and storage issues, we look at the effect that a looming rule mandating electronic records security is having on healthcare providers.

In the first part of a series on regulatory compliance and storage issues, we examine the far-reaching effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Backup tape troubles are opening the door for online backup services, and SMBs and branch offices are signing on.

In the second part of our series on compliance and storage issues, we look at the effect that a looming rule mandating electronic records security is having on healthcare providers.