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Find a digital storage device that fits your data storage needsBy T.S. Johnson Sweet Potato Pie With so much of our business and personal lives stored on a hard drive, reliable and secure digital storage devices are a necessity. Luckily the market is full of storage devices for whatever your digital file storage needs may be.
When choosing which digital storage device is best for you there are few questions you need to ask:
1. Is the information you need to store in data storage something you need access to regularly and immediately or every now and then?
2. Is your main goal for storage to have a back up of the files on your main computer or to store files that are too big or not readily needed by your business on an everyday basis?
3. When it comes to computer storage devices, is the ease and convenience of the device your foremost concern, or is the price of the device and the amount of data that can be stored your priority?
Use a USB drive for data storage on the go
A USB key is the perfect portable digital storage device. For information that you need to have at your fingertips, USB keys are the most transportable of the computer storage devices. Now available with as much as 4GB of storage, USB drives have become a necessity for business and personal use alike.
Try:
SanDisk’s 4GB Cruzer U3 Micro USB Flash Drives can be bought for under $30 and is small enough to fit on your key chain.
A portable external hard drive to free up disk space
If you're looking for a data storage device that is still portable but can be used for documents and files that you won't need on a regular basis and are too big to keep on your hard drive, then a portable external hard drive is your best option. As far as storage devices go, external hard drives are perfect for storing media files and backing up your computers hard drive.
Try:
Buffalo HD-PS250U2 MiniStation TurboUSB 250GB Portable External Hard Drive is easy to transport, fits into any USB port and cost only $150.00 for 250GB of space.
Online data backup is convenient digital data storage
Using an online backup service is one of the most efficient and convenient of the digital storage devices. Using an online backup service, you can have easily accessible, automated storage of your business files and documents.
Try:
IDrive is one the best of the online computer storage devices. They offer unlimited amount of storage for small businesses at reasonable rates as well as automated backups so you don’t have to worry about a thing.
- Remember there won't be one type of computer storage equipment to fit all of your needs. More than likely you need a combination of storage devices to file all of your data.
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Manufacturer of computer hard drives, removable hard drive, CD-ROM drives, zip drives, sound and I/O boards, video adapters, memory modules and modems. Products are sold to computer industry.
Developer and manufacturer of CD-ROM and DVD network-attached storage towers which allow business or individual users to store information from 300 to 3000 CD-ROMs and from 50 gigabytes to 4.5 terabytes of DVD information on their LAN networks. The storag
Manufacturer of computer rack mount and tower enclosure cabinets for SCSI drives. Includes RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 4 and 5. Product names include Cougar, Lynx, Jaguar and Tiger. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by p
Developer and manufacturer of flash data storage devices, card drives and card readers. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Advanced Computer & Network Corp.
Manufacturer of RAID disk arrays, RAID and network servers, RAID controllers, switches and data extenders. Products are sold to the financial, Internet, and commercial industries, and to the government. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Advanced Digital Information Corp.
Manufacturer of automated tape backup systems for DLT, and LTO technologies, disk arrays, removable hard disk drives, computer boards, chassis, subsystems and adapters. Developer of storage management software, automated media library management and acces
Manufacturer of network storage and data distribution solutions, including network attached storage and CD servers and RAID systems. Products are sold to the networking environment. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM mastering equipment. Products are sold to OEMs, Fortune 1000 companies, and distributors. This company was capitalized by private investment.
American Card Technology, Inc.
Developer and designer of secure multiple application smart card systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of disk arrays and disk and tape storage systems. Products are sold to computer industry. This company was capitalized by private investment.
AuthentiDate Holding Corp. / DocSTAR Division
Manufacturer of DocStar(tm) document storage and retrieval hardware and software turnkey systems. Software runs on Windows and Windows NT systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment, venture capita
Manufacturer of cartridge tape mass storage systems and controllers and reel-to-reel tape controllers. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of networked peripherals for local area networks, including CD-ROM, JAZ, hard disk and MO drives. Manufacturer of CD servers and CD server towers, including SuperCD(tm). Products are Microsoft NT and Novell Netware compatible. Products are so
Benchmark Storage Innovations, Inc.
Manufacturer of mass information storage cartridge tape drives, library and autoloading equipment, and magnetic and cleaning tape. Products are sold to the information storage technology industry. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of computer peripheral and mass storage products including fixed media Winchester hard disk drives, MO disk drive subsystems, Bernoulli disk subsystems, removable hard disk subsystems, RAID systems for networking and CD-recordable drives.
Developer, manufacturer and marketer of the E-Disk(tm) and the E-Disk Cache(tm), solid state bandwidth and I/O intensive mass storage disk devices. The units are designed for use by businesses operating in the network-attached storage NAS and storage area
Online retailer of storage solutions and document management systems.
Designer, manufacturer, marketer and service provider of RAID disk array subsystems and controllers for high performance data storage and imaging digital media markets.
Manufacturer of cartridge and reel-to-reel back-up tape drives. Products are sold to resellers. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of RAID controllers for the open systems market, adapter boards and controller ICs. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of computer peripherals including hard disk drives and CD-ROM drives. Also, a manufacturer of CD-ROM tower servers. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of computer backup systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by venture capital.
Compaq Computer Corp. / Consumer Products Group
Manufacturer of Presario(tm) personal computers. Products are targeted to the home market. Products are targeted to the home market. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
Manufacturer of magnetic computer tape and computer supplies used for data storage on mainframe computers. The company also arranges magnetic media to be duplicated replicated and converted. Products are sold to the software industry.
Computer Systems Technical Support, Inc.
Provider of solutions for computer, electronic and electromechanical systems and components from concept design through manufacturing, assembly, documentation and training to final product delivery and support. Custom design and retrofit products include
Manufacturer of CD-R printers and CopyPro(tm) 3 1/2 inch diskette duplication systems and CD-R handling and duplication equipment. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of optical tape and disk array file storage systems. Provider of systems integration services. Products and services are sold to the computer industry. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of computer storage devices and single board computing products. Products include disk emulators, PCMCA devices and embedded computing devices. Products are sold primarily to OEMs and industrial companies. This company was capitalized by p
Manufacturer and custom designer of RAID storage subsystems for multiple platforms, computer systems and disk-array storage systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Developer and manufacturer of network storage products including network attached storage, CD-ROM, CD-R and DVD solutions, and RAID and storage area network (SAN) systems.
Manufacturer of disk and tape subsystems including tape drives, optical disk drives and hard disk drives. Developer of software for data storage in multiple systems. Products include AIT, 8mm, 4mm, DLT, DTF, magneto-optical, hard disk drive, and RAID tech
Designer and manufacturer of scalable, cross-platform data storage and networking systems for the open systems, network attached computing environment. The products enable the access, transfer and storage of large amounts of video images and data across w
Developer and manufacturer of recording and content distribution media for portable consumer entertainment devices and Internet appliances. The company develops digital media disks that enable consumers to choose how, when and where they obtain and use co
Supplier of tape drives, tape libraries, tape software, media, hard drives and controllers, RAID storage systems, CD-ROM, CD-ROM writers and in high-end graphics adapters and monitors.
Manufacturer of computer disk drives and hard disk/tape backup systems. Products include micro floppy, fixed and removable disk drives. Products are sold through resellers, distributors and government integrators. This company was capitalized by venture c
Manufacturer of disk and cartridge tape drive controllers and RAID controllers. Products are sold to the computer industry.
Manufacturer of VXA(tm) tape storage drives that format data in packets, operates at variable speed and can read data multiple times in one single pass. The VXA-1 drive works with Windows, Linux, Novell, Unix and MacOS. The VXA(tm) technology includes D
Educational & Business Systems, Inc.
Manufacturer of the alphadidact, videodact, and videodact Select computer classroom management system. This equipment is used in training or classroom settings. The instructor can view what the students are doing on their computers and control their compu
http://www.videoclassroom.com/
Provider of software consulting services. Manufacturer of SBus cards for Sun SPARCStations and high speed disk arrays. Products and services are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Essential Data Control Systems, Inc.
Developer and manufacturer of a fan loyalty system which includes card-based interactive fan tracking, incentives and rewards; municipal control systems for water information management; and an agriculture micro-irrigation control system which features sc
Exabyte Corp. / Drives & Storage Media Division
Manufacturer of 8mm and minicartridge tape drives. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
Manufacturer and developer of data storage products including RAID systems, jukeboxes, CD subsystems and management software and CD/DVD-ROM servers. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment and venture c
Fidelity International Technologies, Inc.
Manufacturer of external, portable CD-ROM, optical and hard disk drives. Provider of software and hardware solutions for data storage needs. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Manufacturer of high-performance hard disk drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, high-volume scanners and laser printers. Products are sold to distributors, OEMs, VARs, and systems integrators.
Manufacturer of computer subsystems for digital, audio and video applications. Products are sold to the audio and video industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of centrifugal trash pumps. The company also rents, sells and services pumps. Products are sold to the mining, construction, pulp and paper industries.
Provider of test equipment to disk drive and magnetic head manufacturers.
Manufacturer of personal identity verification terminals and optical disk photo and document storage and retrieval units. Developer of optical disk photo and document library systems software. Parent/holding company with a high-tech operating unit involve
Provider of custom hardware manufacturing and applications and systems software programming services for a wide range of purposes, including entertainment, education, engineering and vertical market business systems. Products include video game computers
Manufacturer of microfiche readers and microfilm readers. Parent company of a high-tech operating unit involved in the development of electronic document management software. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by privat
Manufacturer of both Fibre Channel and SCSI network data storage products for all NAS, SAN, and DAS applications. The MorStar U320(tm) system is a parallel I/O bus capable of 80 MB per second transfer rates. The MorStor NetRAID NAS(tm) device is designed
This is a parent/holding company as well as a developer and manufacturer of airline reservation software and routing card hardware. The software runs on Macintosh, UNIX, Windows, OS/2 and DOS systems.
Manufacturer of CD Torch, a CD writable and duplication system. Provider of CD duplication services. Products and services are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Value-added distributor and systems integrator of optical disk-based information storage and retrieval systems.
International Business Machines Corp. / Storage Systems Division
Manufacturer of a wide range of storage systems and products from the smallest 2.5 inch disk drive for low-end computers to the larger intermediate and high-end direct access storage devices for mainframe computers. The company also manufactures disk arra
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/index.html
Manufacturer of CD-ROM disk drive and caching towers and RAID disk drives. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Provider of custom data collection and embedded systems consulting and manufacturing services.. Data collection systems designed include those using computers interfaced to pressure sensors, barcode scanners and printers, broadcasting equipment, and scale
Manufacturer of CD-ROM disk drive towers, servers and jukeboxes. Products are sold to the education industry and to the government. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM jukeboxes. Products are sold to the military, libraries, and the government. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of hard disk controller computer boards for IBM PC ATs. Products are sold to OEMs and to buyers.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lomasdata
Global manufacturer of innovative electronic disks that provide data storage based on flash memory for the telecommunications market.
Manufacturer of magnetic tape backup/data interchange systems for DOS, UNIX and proprietary computer systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment and venture capital.
Manufacturer of high performance optical hard disk drives including WORM drives and erasable optical drives. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
Manufacturer of specialized computer hardware, specializing in desktop non-linear video editing disk arrays and processors. VideoRaid scsi(tm) is a 2-4 disk array and VideoRaid RT(tm) is a 6 disk array that process video editing. The company also produces
Manufacturer of drum memory devices. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of solid state drives. Products are sold to industrial control manufacturers. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM and digital video disks. Provider of packaging and fulfillment services. Parent/holding company with a high-tech operating unit involved in the development of software management products and digital distribution services for Intran
Micro Design International, Inc.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM disk drives, WORM disk drives, SCSI interfaces, multifunction jukebox disk drives and DAT disk drives for NetWare, Windows, OS/2, DOS, Macintosh and UNIX systems. Also a developer of storage/file utility software. Software runs on m
Manufacturer and designer of patented mass storage paralell port products. The company's signature backpack products include CD-RW, CD-ROM, hard drives and diskette drives. Products are sold to multiple industries.
http://www.micro-solutions.com/
Manufacturer of backup systems, IS managers, streaming tape backup systems, transportable and removable hard disk drives, 3.5 optical drives, mirroring systems, disk array hardware and developer of related software systems, rewritable optical drives and i
Manufacturer of standard and custom CD and tape duplication and conversion systems and CDR handling systems. Developer of Imagemaker(R) and MasterMaker(tm) duplication and publishing software. Software runs on DOS, UNIX, Windows and Windows NT. Products a
Exclusive western hemisphere distributor of peripheral devices and disk drives for the parent company in Japan. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
Manufacturer of 1/2-inch cartridge tape drives. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of high performance fault-tolerant RAID storage systems, solid state disk database accelerators, automated tape libraries and network servers. The company also develops an integrated suite of enterprise backup, archive, data entry software an
NCE Storage Solutions / Emerald Systems
Manufacturer of NetWare loadable modules and developer of software for backup and recovery. Xpress Librarian(tm) is a Windows based backup/restoring software with scheduling automatic backups and disk grooming operations. EmSAVE(tm) is a backup/restoring
Manufacturer of communications equipment for the television broadcast, video security, telecommunications and intelligent transportation markets. Products include automated tape libraries for the computer mass storage and television industries, time-lapse
Manufacturer of hard disk and magnetic tape backup systems and removable and erasable optical disk drives. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of interchange, storage and archival cartridge tape drives that work across a wide variety of platforms. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of Sun SPARC clone workstations, 5.25 inch floppy disk drives, fixed and removable hard disk drives and M-Bus and S-Bus cards and modules. The workstations are UNIX based. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of fault tolerant network servers and storage subsystems. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM arrays and servers for microcomputers and workstations; and provider of memory upgrading services. Products and services are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Manufacturer of RAID disk array systems and provider of network consulting services. Systems are made to be attached directly to computer network systems. Products and services are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of 12-inch WORM disk drives, optical disk drive automated libraries, tape storage systems and tape automated libraries. Provider of tape drive and optical data research and development services. Users can access both sides of the 12-inch disk
Manufacturer of floppy and hard disk controllers, video special effects hardware and video and memory boards; developer of videotext software; and provider of custom applications and systems software programming services. The controllers are used to incr
Manufacturer of CD related equipment and software for professional use in business and networked environments. Products include the UltraPleX 40max, UltraPleX 40Wide, UltraPlex 32 Caddy, PlexWriter 12/10/32S, Plex Writer 12-10-32A and Plex Writer12-4-32.
Manufacturer of computer memory and mass storage devices. The files are mainly stored on CD-ROMs, hard drives and disk arrays along with file management. Developer of upgrade storage software for laptops and desktops. The software runs on various platform
Developer and manufacturer of an ultra-compact USB drive designed for use with personal computers, notebooks and sub-notebooks. The device allows the user to store or transfer huge multimedia data files including digital audio and video file. Developer an
Manufacturer of QUE!, a line of digital optical storage devices based on DVD-RAM, DVD-RAM/R technology. The company also develops a software application that compresses digital video files into MPeg2 and DVD formats. Software runs on PC and Macintosh plat
Manufacturer of 1/2 inch cartridge magnetic tape drives and 4mm and 8mm tape libraries. Developer of tape drive backup software which runs on UNIX and Windows. Products are sold to computer industry.
Manufacturer of RAID (redundant array of independent disks) information storage systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Removable Media Solutions, Inc.
Provider of information technology hardware and software solutions. Products manufactured include CD-ROM and RAID subsystems, removable disk drives and rack mount CPU servers. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by priva
Manufacturer of CD recordable (CD-R), DVD recordable (DVD-R), and digital tape (diskette) production and duplication equipment including diskette and tape duplication equipment, diskette labelers/printers and sleevers and demagnetizers. The company also p
Global provider of high performance, scaleable software solutions for data mining, data marts, data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP).
http://WWW.SANDTECHNOLOGY.COM/
Manufacturer of data storage solutions for application performance and data management.
Manufacturer of add-on memory boards, disk drives and printer controllers. Developer of extended operating systems software, network server and network support system services. The disk drives are Winchester, both fixed and removable. The controllers cont
Silicon Systems & Technologies, Inc.
Manufacturer of computer hardware disk drive storage systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment and venture capital.
Manufacturer of solid state disk emulators which use DRAM memory rather than moving parts. The emulators work on any SCSI based host and HP and IBM mid-range systems. Products are sold to computer industry. This company was capitalized by private investme
Designer and manufacturer of high-performance, real-time storage systems based on Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks(RAID) technology for markets including interactive TV, video-on-demand, medical imaging, data acquisition, supercomputing and post prod
http://www.storageconcepts.com/
Manufacturer of UNIX-based professional workstations and compatible software, as well as microcomputer chips, disk arrays, SPARC(tm) high-end minicomputers, computer motherboards, 3.5 inch disk drives, dual system control ASICs, and network servers. Softw
Manufacturer of a line of products for the on-demand digital printing market including printing architecture, Cluster Printing System(tm), which separates document processing from document printing, allows multiple printing devices to appear as a single h
Manufacturer of 1/4 inch cartridge streaming tape drives. Products are sold to OEMs and nationwide distributors.
TEAC America, Inc. / Data Storage Products Division
Manufacturer of floppy disk drives, cartridge and cassette tape drives and CD-ROM drives. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of online systems solutions including CD-ROM towers and jukeboxes, CD-ROM duplicating systems and image compression kits; and provider of custom drive array manufacturing services. Products feature dockable, swappable CD-ROM drives for easy e
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. / Disk Products Division
Manufacturer of hard disk drives, digital videodisks, videodisk writers, and Winchester disk drives. Products are sold to the computer industry.
Manufacturer of CD-ROM duplication and printing systems. Products are sold to computer hardware and software manufacturers and duplication service companies. This company was capitalized by private investment.
Exclusive U.S. distributor of Thumbdrive(tm), a portable hard disk storage drive. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
Manufacturer of optical jukebox storage libraries and developer of optical storage software. Software runs on UNIX VMS and Windows NT platforms. Products are sold to OEMs, VARs, distributors, and end users. This company was capitalized by venture capital.
Manufacturer of tape drives, printers, terminal controllers, display terminals, workstations and networking boards. Provider of network integration services. Products and services are sold to multiple industries.
Developer of The Wave system, consisting of the WaveMeter, an integrated circuit chip and WaveNet, a central transaction processing network. The WaveMeter will be installed in a computer as original equipment or as an add-on device. It will control and mo
Western Digital Corp. / Drive Engineering Division
Research and developer of mini tape drives and 2-1/2 inch, 3-1/2 inch and 5-1/4 inch floppy disk drives. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of magnetic tape systems, cartridge tape systems, and duplication and backup systems for CD-ROM, cartridge, and standard tapes. Also a supplier to schools of management and student control software. Products are sold to multiple industries.
Manufacturer of data storage devices and interfaces for the original equipment manufacturer market.
Manufacturer and marketer of removable secure data storage subsystems and ruggedized flat panel displays. Disk drive features include Java based, client/server architecture and closed caption scanninng. This company also sells video capture and edit softw
Manufacturer of ZFx86(tm) embedded systems. Products are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by venture capital.
Tips & Advice to help you make your decision on Digital Storage Devices
Storing large files on your computer could cause your operating system to slow down. Eventually, you will run out of room when you save large pictures, movies, and audio files directly to your hard drive. By learning more about digital storage devices, though, you might find that there is a piece of hardware that meets your needs and doesn't cost a lot of money.
There are many digital storage devices that you might want to learn about. External hard drives are a popular option that many individuals and businesses use. Since these hard drives aren't located inside the computer, you can save information to them without having an effect on the operating system or other pieces of ... more
Storing large files on your computer could cause your operating system to slow down. Eventually, you will run out of room when you save large pictures, movies, and audio files directly to your hard drive. By learning more about digital storage devices, though, you might find that there is a piece of hardware that meets your needs and doesn't cost a lot of money.
There are many digital storage devices that you might want to learn about. External hard drives are a popular option that many individuals and businesses use. Since these hard drives aren't located inside the computer, you can save information to them without having an effect on the operating system or other pieces of software. In fact, you can use several external hard drives to organize all of your files. Then you just hook up the one that you want when you need to access certain files.
If you want a more portable option, then you might consider a small USB drive. They aren't as big as external hard drives, but they are still very handy in certain situations.
You can learn more about these devices by visiting the links provided by Business.com on the left side of your screen.