A Brief History of Data Storage

Punch cards were the first effort at Data Storage in a machine language. Punch cards were used to communicate information to equipment “before” computers were developed. The punched holes originally represented a “sequence of instructions” for pieces of equipment, such as textile looms and player pianos. The holes acted as on/off switches. Basile Bouchon developed […]
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by Angela Guess Margaret Dawson, vice president of marketing at Symform has made her predictions for the coming year: “In 2012, it’s all about the data and the cloud, the intersection of these two, and how related high level trends will drive new ways of developing, managing and deploying technology. First we will see continued […]
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