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There are many great places to find more information about data storage topics
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For the best technical training for data storage, see KnowledgeTek!
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Trade Organization and Conferences
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IDEMA is the trade organization for suppliers to the disk storage industry. They offer many classes and seminars through out the year. They also organize DISKCON each September in San Jose.
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Performance Comparisons and A LOT of HDD Links
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Storage Review compares storage performance, prices and features, plus they have a very comprehensive set of links to storage-related companies. Visit the hard disk drive company links at this site and explore.
Brian Berg has compiled an extensive list of storage papers and links.
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Technical Information on Hard Disk Drives and PCs
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AnandTech gives a lot of good comparisons and reviews of various data storage devices.
Another popular source of reviews is Tom's Hardware.
Teardowns of (mostly) Apple products are provided by iFixit.
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Magazines, Newspapers and Journals
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To keep up-to-date with the latest data storage technology, gossip and business visit InfoStor.
Even more recent late-breaking news can often be found in the EETimes.
Most of the technical articles on data storage appear in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. Your company or university probably has these in their library already. If not, visit IEEE.
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To quickly search patents and review their abstracts, go the US Patent and Trademark Office site. They now offer full text of the patents, too (not just the abstracts). Some tips:
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Searchstorage is a custom search engine, focused exclusively on data storage sites.
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