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Data Storage Predictions for 2008

Lucas123 writes "IDC just released its predictions for 2008 with regards to data storage trends. Its research shows, among other things, a greater adoption of online backup and archiving services, the 'prevalent' use of full-disk encryption in the data... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Thu, Dec 27 2007

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