Drew Robb

Drew Robb is a contributing writer for Datamation, Enterprise Storage Forum, eSecurity Planet, Channel Insider, and eWeek. He has been reporting on all areas of IT for more than 25 years. He has a degree from the University of Strathclyde UK (USUK), and lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
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Is Disk Storage in Trouble?

On the surface, the future of hard disk drives (HDDs) seems secure. They account for the bulk of all...

The Future of Flash Storage

In a world that already has close to 5 ZB of data in existence and will arrive at 44...

Five Technologies Improving Storage Performance

Recently, we’ve covered the facts that storage volumes are set to reach almost obscene levels over the next few...

Why Hard Drives Are Here to Stay...

Storage needs are growing at an incredible rate. Technologies such as mobility, streaming video and the Internet of Things...

Are We Heading for Storage Armageddon?

Many of us remember those old computer messages that no more storage space was available on the hard drive....

Top Ten Ways to Use OpenStack for...

In the first article in this series, we explained what OpenStack is. Now we are following it up with...

Top Ten Tips for DR as a...

In this article, we provide tips for what can be a particularly challenge task: deciding when and how to...

Storage Users Speak: Data Lakes, DR, Big...

To learn about data storage, it’s best to talk to the actual users. It’s not every day you get...

Defining the Future of DR Storage

More and more workloads are being shunted off to the cloud. It appears that the days of having an...