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Optics for the cloud: storage in the zettabyte era with Dr. Ant Rowstron and Mark Russinovich
Remember when a hard drive that could hold a terabyte of data was a big deal? Well, we’re now in an era where peta-, exa- and even zetta-bytes are the bytes of the day, and it turns out it’s hard to fit…
In the news | Movieweb
Superman: The Movie Gets Archived on Futuristic Glass Disc by Microsoft
Microsoft and Warner Bros. have partnered to preserve the iconic superhero movie on a piece of glass roughly the size of a coaster. The idea, hopefully, is that this type of storage technology could help to preserve classic movies for…
In the news | Microsoft Research Podcast
Optics for the cloud: storage in the zettabyte era with Dr. Ant Rowstron and Mark Russinovich
Remember when a hard drive that could hold a terabyte of data was a big deal? Well, weâre now in an era where peta-, exa- and even zetta-bytes are the bytes of the day, and it turns out itâs hard…
In the news | CMS WiRE
Microsoft Ignite 2019: Not Your Grandfather’s Microsoft
If you thought Microsoft was simply a productivity company, think again. CEO Satya Nadella kicked off this year’s Microsoft Ignite 2019 Conference in Orlando, Fla. with a big sky vision for the company: “How do we power every person and…
In the news | The Telegraph
From glass to DNA: technologies that could store our data for billions of years
When Elon Musk sent his Tesla Roadster into space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last year, the spacesuit-clad mannequin placed in the driver’s seat had a few essentials packed. A copy of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…
In the news | PCMag
Microsoft Highlights Azure Management, Office Improvements, and More at Ignite
Microsoft has the broadest portfolio of software of any company, and at the firm’s annual Ignite conference, it proved it by introducing a raft of new products and services in cloud, development, security and management, and productivity. These include Azure…
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft: Here’s why we just stored the whole Superman movie inside a bit of glass
The world has been hard at work trying to find solutions to store the 100 zettabytes of data that are expected to hit the cloud by 2023. Microsoft and Warner Bros, for their part, have just demonstrated why they think…
In the news | Short List
Microsoft to send Superman to the Phantom Zone – will archive movie on glass
That small glass disc may not look too impressive or high-tech. But, in fact, it could be a way of storing data for hundreds of years. Storage is often a problem for film and TV studios – normally done on…
In the news | CNET
Microsoft puts classic Superman on a piece of glass to keep it safe
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… the latest concept test for Project Silica, Microsoft’s research project that uses ultrafast laser optics and artificial intelligence to store data on quartz glass. In collaboration with Warner Bros. Entertainment, the team was…