If nanoscale data storage became possible at the level Russell and Xu imagine, the result could be anything from enormously dense enterprise storage systems to tiny iPod-like devices with more than a terabyte of storage space.

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Data storage, if based on the cloud, would allow the user to stream or download the file.

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Commercially manufacturing this kind of nano-hardware data storage still remains years, if not decades, away.

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The consultation is also examining whether the technology exists to enable reliable storage of data, and if proposals for parliamentary oversight are adequate.

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We did some calculations on what would happen if you redesigned a data center with memory-based storage systems.

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We worked with Lab49 on a back-testing strategy using MapReduce and found that if you can avoid moving data to servers or into storage you get much better performance.

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IBM, or if they make only one of their many computing functions (data storage, say) flexible.

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Yet most companies treat all of their data as if it were created equal, storing it on fast, expensive storage as if every bit requires frequent, rapid access.

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But even if customers can truly make informed decisions about the storage and handling of such data, they have no right to consent to the use of data that is collected about passersbys whom they record, intentionally or not.

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