Whether it is faster direct attached storage products, personal or home cloud storage devices or improved enterprise and archive storage consumer applications storage capacity, architectures and transport speeds will continue to grow and develop.

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Plug the device into the mains, a router and a hard drive, and it becomes a personal storage cloud.

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In essence these devices offer a very convenient personal storage cloud.

FORBES: Faster Cables and Your Cloud: Some Highlights from the 2013 Storage Visions and CES Conferences