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Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates

HDD companies collaborate for new technology introductions

August 25, 2010

Hitachi GST, Seagate and Western Digital formed the Storage Technology Alliance (STA). The STA was formed to help the companies work together to develop technologies to go beyond 1.5 Tbpsi areal density by 2014 or 2015. The new alliance has similarities to SEMI collaborative technology development projects for semiconductor technology development. The STA is working to bring other HDD companies, Samsung and Toshiba, as well as equipment and component technology into the effort.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Could open source projects be turned into for profit only?

August 14, 2010

Analysis of:Oracle signals an end to OpenSolaris | www.computerworld.com

1. Does Oracle potential announcement of the end of Open Solaris have implications for other open source projects?2. Will this provide an opportunity for larger companies to buy other open source projects?

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

The Tablet is not a PC - Will Microsoft understand that?

July 31, 2010

Analysis of:Microsoft Tablets Could Cannibalize Windows PCs: Analyst | www.eweek.com

1. Microsoft tablets are coming.  Will they be ho hum like the Zune?2. Can Microsoft deliver a new type of device like a tablet or will it be like their last tablet that is really a touch screen PC?

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates

Faster, Cheaper External Storage Coming

July 26, 2010

Analysis of:USB 3.0 chip prices set to drop through the floor | www.techeye.net

Native chips for implementing USB 3.0 connectivity in motherboards will drop dramatically later this year. Chip suppliers for USB 3.0 include NEC, Fresco Logic and Asmedia . Many motherboard manufacturers have announced plans to ship motherboards with USB 3.0 this year. By 2011 we may see a major switch from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 for external storage devices.

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates

Data Security in Flash Devices

July 21, 2010

USB drives, SSDs and other flash-based storage devices are used for storing personal and other sensitive data. Eliminating data on flash devices is required to help protect sensitive data. Traditional secure erase on flash creates endurance issues, crypto-erase is preferred. By the use of enhanced secure erase (or crypto-erase) SSDs should be able to be qualified as FIPS 140 complaint, making them available for many military and government applications.

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates

High Performance Enterprise HDD Market Moves to SAS Interface

July 19, 2010

Analysis of:6 Gbps SAS drives signal end of line for Fibre Channel disk drives | searchstorage.techtarget.com

The Fibre Channel (FC) standards committee plans continual development of the interface from 8 Gbps (current) to 16 Gbps with a roadmap to 32 Gbps. The HDD companies have no plans for going beyond 4 Gbps Fibre Channel hard disk drives. SAS hard disk drives can now support 6 Gbps and have plans to migrate to 12 Gbps. High performance enterprise HDDs are in the process of transitioning from some FC to all SAS interfaces. Projections are that FC HDDs will stop shipping by 2013 or 2014

Thomas CoughlinPresidentCoughlin Associates

2.5-inch HDD Storage Capacities Increase this Year

July 18, 2010

Analysis of:1.5TB 2.5-inch Drives by the End of the Year | www.theregister.co.uk

ProStor, a HDD OEM, has removable RDX disk drive products using 2.5-inch disk drives. The company has indicated that it will have a 1.5 TB RDX product ready by the end of 2010. This means at least one HDD company will need to be shipping 1.5 TB 2.5-inch HDDs for at least OEM qualification by the end of 2010. It is not clear whether a 1.5 TB 2.5-inch HDD will have 2 or 3 disks and thus what areal density will be used.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

iPhone reception loss will become a minor issue

July 18, 2010

Apple will learn from its error. The press coverage will lead to improvements in products as IT will benefit.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Fingerprint sensors on laptops bring "single sign-on" into the users control

July 10, 2010

There is a new wave of fingerprint scanners coming to the market. But this time they are being brought with software to leverage the capability. There is even now a solution by HP for the corporate environment. This emerging trend is worth watching for CIO's and business users.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Call center heading to the cloud?

July 3, 2010

1. Call center usage is rarely constant which provides an advantage to being the cloud.2. Call center volumes can spike which leads to the strength of cloud computing

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