Tape storage is gaining momentum as AI workloads push backup systems beyond the practical limits of disk. LTO shipments reached 160.3 exabytes in 2025, and capacity shipments jumped 57 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2026, as organizations sought cheaper, lower-power archives with built-in offline protection.

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WinBtrfs 1.10 gives Windows 11 users broader native access to Linux’s Btrfs filesystem, including the ability to write free-space bitmaps and compressed inline files without using Linux kernel code. The release also improves stability after more than two years without a major update, but removes RAID support for removable devices.

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VMware is expanding memory tiering in Cloud Foundation as DRAM and server prices remain high, aiming to help customers run more workloads on existing hardware. The technology shifts inactive memory pages from expensive DRAM to fast NVMe storage, and VMware plans to extend support to Microsoft Radius and very large virtual machines in a future VCF 9.2 release.

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A lightly used Microsoft Loop workspace has grown to 87.88 GB inside its SharePoint Embedded container, despite holding mostly text and a few images. The unexpected 0.64 GB increase over two working days highlights a serious visibility problem for Microsoft 365 administrators: Loop reports the storage consumed, but provides few clues about what is using it.

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Microsoft is preparing a native OneDrive sync engine for macOS that should make both initial account setup and ongoing file synchronization significantly faster. The update also promises lower CPU, memory, and battery usage while making synced files appear more promptly in Finder.

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Anthropic plans to let enterprise customers store the 30 days of data required by its advanced AI models in their own cloud environments instead of on Anthropic’s infrastructure. The change, expected with a new safety system later this year, gives organizations in regulated industries more control without abandoning the retention window intended to detect AI-assisted cyberattacks.

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SQL Server Express users can now move small applications to Azure SQL Database Free Tier with a short workflow that combines SSMS or Visual Studio Code, Azure provisioning, and GitHub Copilot-assisted migration. The option removes Express’s local hardware and maintenance burden, while Microsoft’s preview Azure SQL Developer container provides the same database engine for developers who want to stay local.

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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management is getting a file-level archive action for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. The feature will move inactive files into Microsoft 365 Archive before their retention periods end, reducing active storage use while keeping the content under retention controls; public preview is expected worldwide by mid-September 2026, with general availability targeted by the end of September.

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