Researchers have discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses ...

If you are looking for a high performance open source storage solution you might be interested in MinIO. Offering S3 compatibility and allowing users to host their data on their own servers. It ...

Traditionally, object storage — which manages data as objects in a storage pool rather than in hierarchical files or blocks — was considered best for backup use cases or data archiving. But the ...

IDC estimates that upwards of 80% of business information is likely to be formed of unstructured data by 2025. And while “unstructured” can be something of a misnomer, because all files have some sort ...