Researchers at the University of California, Davis are working to develop next-generation storage memory that will be faster and less costly to produce and that will have higher capacity, greater reliability and reduced power needs than current forms.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Long-term content preservation is a major requirement at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at New York's Ithaca College. With academic programs ranging from television-radio and journalism to integrated marketing communications and documentary studies, the institution generates many terabytes of digital content.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The University of Sussex in the United Kingdom has implemented a new software-defined storage system to improve network performance and support future expansion of its IT infrastructure.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new tool developed by the University of California and several partner organizations helps researchers create data management plans and comply with federal requirements tied to research funding. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oxford University has implemented a hybrid scale-out network-attached storage system to support its high-performance computing center for research.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Facing a dramatic increase in the volume of data generated on campus, Rhode Island's Bryant University is rolling out NaviSite's NaviCloud Vault cloud platform for remote storage.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sony and Panasonic have revealed their latest disc-based storage roadmap, with 300 GB and larger Archival Disc media set to ship beginning next year.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two universities, Canada's McMaster University and the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, have deployed Red Hat Storage to tackle the growing challenges of big data. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The College of Idaho has implemented new storage infrastructure to improve the performance of its virtualized environment. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Atlantis Computing, a developer of software-defined storage solutions, has released Atlantis ILIO USX (unified software-defined storage), which is designed for virtualized server workloads.