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Data Center March 21, 2016 Hard drives are heading the way of floppies, but when? Solid-state drives are making inroads as the default mass storage option in PCs. HP and Toshiba execs weigh in on when SSDs will finally overtake HDDs. Resource of the day Network troubleshooting gets real Bandwidth hogs can be frustrating to troubleshoot, but with SolarWinds® Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack, you can quickly find and fix your network issues. Download the free, fully functional 30-day trial of SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack now! Additional TechRepublic resources 5 things you need to know about EMC's DSSD storage announcement Attention AWS competitors: You can't buy first place How to manage Group Policy updates locally and remotely How to switch between GUI and Core in Windows Server 2012 using PowerShell Fine-tune OS X security and privacy settings Featured multimedia Screenshots: See what's on your network with the help of these five apps Today's recommended downloads Network troubleshooting gets real (SolarWinds) 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study: India (IBM Security Intelligence) A How-to Guide to OAuth & API Security (CA Technologies) IBM Cisco Maintenance Service (Japanese) (IBM) Evaluating file sync and share solutions - 12 questions to ask about security (Sweden) (Dropbox) A special feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Internet of Things: The Security Challenge The Internet of Things is feeding us countless new streams of data to quantify and analyze things in ways that were never before possible. It's also creating serious new security risks in the process. We examine the possibilities and the dangers. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Click the newsletter title below to subscribe. Election Tech 2016 TechRepublic Cover Stories Connect with TechRepublic Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy © 2016 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.