Solid state storage has become a permanent part of the storagehierarchy, improving the overall performance and reducing energy use in a growing number of storage-intensive applications and systems.
Those interested in digital storage and the development of consumer, computer and enterprise technology will want to keep their eyes peeled for development next week and in the future as very useful solid state storage devices assumes greater importance in the overall digital storagehierarchy.
However as more traffic goes though the public Internet it could overwhelm the carrying capacity in many geographic areas, even within the US. As a consequence a new type of network addressable storage appliance in consumer homes and SMB facilities as well as carried by people themselves will play an increasingly important role in the developing storagehierarchy.