Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. This article is more than 2 years old. On September 14, 1956, IBM ...

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If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

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Big data is a relatively new phenomenon comprised of a number of disciplines that contribute to making the technology possible. But have you ever wondered how we got here, how big data evolved over ...