Microsoft announced progress on Project Silica, its research initiative focused on developing durable, long-term quartz glass-based data storage technology. Close up of Writer showing high-speed multi-beam data encoding on laser pulses (Source: Microsoft) Rising global data volumes increase the need for storage that can last for generations. Researchers believe this technology could preserve information for up to 10,000 years. “We’re rethinking how large-scale storage systems are built to make use of the properties of glass … More → The post Microsoft signals breakthrough in data storage that can last for generations appeared first on Help Net Security.