SanDisk pushes MicroSD to 200GB

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	SanDisk's InfiniFlash is a new storage format that will sell for under $1/GB  InfiniFlash is Sandisk's new all-flash platform for applications such as video streaming or high-peformance databasesRead More    WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A New Opportunity for Capacity Planners  Mainframe software costs are the cost driver in many company’s IT budgets and as such an increasing concern. We will describe the difficulty of managing an increasingly complex environment with limited data and small staffs and offer a methodology to safely and sanely identify achievable cost reductions. Learn More In this Issue SanDisk pushes MicroSD to 200GB USB 3.1 flash drives? Don't expect them anytime soon Flash drives in mobile devices to become faster with new standard Google more than doubles free music storage in the cloud AirWatch and Cisco help developers build enterpise-friendly smartphone apps PSA: Grab an easy 200GB of free OneDrive cloud storage WHITE PAPER: BMC Software 10 Steps to Reduce Mainframe MLC Costs  Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. Learn More SanDisk pushes MicroSD to 200GB  The card can hold around 20 hours of high-def video Read More  USB 3.1 flash drives? Don't expect them anytime soon  Mobile devices and PCs will start appearing shortly with USB 3.1 ports, but don’t expect flash drives based on technology to be available anytime soon.Users are waiting for USB 3.1 because of its ability to shuffle data between host devices and peripherals at speeds of up to 10Gbps (bits per second), which is two times that of the existing USB 3.0 protocol. USB 3.1 is also known for its user-friendly Type C cable, which looks the same on both ends so users don’t have to worry about which way to plug.But USB 3.1 technology may be overkill for thumb drives, which are inexpensive. The USB 3.1 chipset is costly, and that may discourage thumb-drive makers from adopting the technology, said Rahman Ismail, chief technology officer for USB Implementers Forum, at the MobileFocus Global event in Barcelona.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  Flash drives in mobile devices to become faster with new standard  Flash drives in mobile devices are set to become faster and secure with a new standard approved by the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association.The new standard, eMMC version 5.1, will lay the groundwork for new mobile storage that will provide faster access to data. Flash drives based on eMMC 5.1 will be able to handle 4K streaming and more data-intensive tasks.Users are storing more multimedia and data files locally, and the need for faster storage has also increased with mobile devices handling more resource-heavy applications. Smartphones and tablets in some cases are replacing PCs as people’s main computing devices.Samsung has started making 64GB, 32GB and 16GB drives based on the new standard. The company is already shipping units to customers, but has not said whether those drives will be used in the Galaxy S6 smartphone, which will be announced early next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu America Fulfilling SMBs Need for Speed  New research shows that there are undercurrents of dissatisfaction among many SMBs regarding their current storage solutions, and many are looking at alternate solutions. Learn more about the research results and why many SMBs are looking at flash arrays' ability to make a difference within their storage infrastructures. Learn more >> Google more than doubles free music storage in the cloud    Google has made its free cloud storage service for music a bit more appealing, especially considering alternatives from Apple and Amazon.Users can now store up to 50,000 songs for free in the cloud through the company’s Google Play Music service, which also provides access to millions of songs through a paid subscription. Previously, the limit for free cloud storage was 20,000 songs.With the growth of apps like Spotify, Rdio and Pandora, more digital music listeners are likely weighing the pros and cons of downloading and storing songs versus streaming them. But the storage boost for Google’s cloud service, announced Wednesday, is a nice option that could help to keep downloading alive, by making it easier for people to listen to their stored songs while they’re out and about.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  AirWatch and Cisco help developers build enterpise-friendly smartphone apps  A group of companies, including Cisco Systems and mobile device management software vendor AirWatch, have joined forces to help enterprises take advantage of features that are integrated in Android and iOS.The companies have launched an initiative called ACE (App Configuration for Enterprise), which provides documentation for developers to help them build applications that can be more easily managed and secured.The first version of the ACE documentation covers six areas: remote app configuration, app tunneling, single sign-on, access control and security policies.There are tips regarding technical approach, security considerations, sample code and best practises. In addition to AirWatch and Cisco, development tool company Xamarin, online-storage vendor Box and ERP provider Workday are also helping get ACE off the ground. The group made the announcement Tuesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  PSA: Grab an easy 200GB of free OneDrive cloud storage  Even if you sign up for Bing Rewards right now only to claim the free OneDrive storage, you can get it. You can also grab a separate free 100GB for one year if you use Dropbox, too. Read More
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