The bulk of digital content in data centers will remain on magnetic storage media either hard disk drives or magnetic tape.

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As a result of its implementation of Granite, the law firm is removing storage media from its remote offices and shutting down its data centers in all but the four hubs.

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Even if Blu-ray were to fail as a packaged media format (anything can happen), it would live on as a data storage format.

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Another issue is that our insatiable demand for more storage leads to denser storage technologies on media that has a finite life and also leads to our using data and hardware formats that may last for an even shorter time than the media.

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In assessing sustainability of data storage growth, the undeniable element lies in the evolution of application technology which encompasses mobile media including everything from a laptops, notebooks, e-readers, tablets and smart phones.

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With the explosion of data resulting from mobile devices, Internet services, social media and business applications, corporate, cloud and big data customers are constantly looking for ways to improve their storage infrastructure costs and their bottom line.

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