Metadata: the data about the data, the extra goodies, the secret bits that tell you the when, where, and how of a file. Everyone who has used eDiscovery for a while knows some metadata fundamentals.

Modern file formats have provisions to annotate the contents of the file with descriptive information. This development is driven by the need to find a better way to organize data than merely by using ...

Quobyte has announced the launch of its File Query Engine aiming to increase file system metadata querying speeds. The storage solutions provider said its File Query Engine offers a range of ...

Although it didn’t make the keynote cut, one of the bigger news items for developers today is that Apple is rolling out a new file system for storage for all its products: The Apple File System (APFS) ...