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Milestone moon lander mission targets an otherworldly frontier for DNA data storage

GeekWire

(Astrobotic Photo) A mission to send a commercial lander to the moon , set for launch in a couple of days, will bring the fruition of projects that have been in the works for years — including projects that aim to put DNA into cold storage on the final frontier. The DNA archives demonstrate how data can be packed even more densely.

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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

The Singapore government is advancing a green data center strategy in response to rising demand for computing resources, driven in large part by resource-hungry AI projects. Singapore wants to go beyond that and reduce energy use for air-cooling by raising the temperatures at which servers and storage racks can safely operate.

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Ex-Apple engineers raise $7.5M for new Seattle data storage startup

GeekWire

A trio of former Apple engineers is leading a new data storage platform for developers building machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. million in seed funding from Madrona Venture Group. XetHub lets engineering teams do something similar, but for data storage alongside code in their Git repository.

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University of Washington and Microsoft researchers win award for DNA-based data storage

GeekWire

Microsoft’s Karin Strauss and the University of Washington’s Luis Ceze have earned the 2020 Maurice Wilkes Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture. (UW It’s named after the British computer scientist who built the first operational stored-program computer.

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Adopt AI — and quick! Dell Technologies CEO tells customers

Network World

This includes everything from devices to data centers and cloud, as well as an open ecosystem of technology partners to create AI applications through a traditional purchase or as a subscription to Dell Apex, its collection of multi-cloud services. “AI AI is transforming business at an unprecedented rate.

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Enterprise Storage Solution Provider of Choice: The Case Studies

CIO Business Intelligence

Digitization has transformed traditional companies into data-centric operations with core business applications and systems requiring 100% availability and zero downtime. One company that needs to keep data on a tight leash is Petco, which is a market leader in pet care and wellness products. Infinidat rose to the challenge.

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Cloud increasingly part of the job for storage professionals

Computer Weekly

451 Group research finds storage professionals are less concerned with data growth than last year but increasingly likely to have to manage storage capacity in the cloud

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