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  2. Public Storage - Wikipedia

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    Public Storage is an American international self storage company headquartered in Glendale, California, that is run as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It is the largest brand of self-storage services in the US. [2] In 2008, it was the largest of four publicly traded storage REITs. [3] There are more than 2,200 Public Storage self-storage ...

  3. B. Wayne Hughes - Wikipedia

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    Bradley Wayne Hughes (September 28, 1933 – August 18, 2021) was an American billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman of Public Storage, [1] the largest self-storage company in the U.S. doing business as a real estate investment trust (REIT). [2] At the time of his death, Hughes had an estimated net worth of US$3.3 billion.

  4. Cloud storage - Wikipedia

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    Cloud storage. Cloud storage is a model of computer data storage in which data, said to be on " the cloud ", is stored remotely in logical pools and is accessible to users over a network, typically the Internet. The physical storage spans multiple servers (sometimes in multiple locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and ...

  5. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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    The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...

  6. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The history of water supply and sanitation is one of a logistical challenge to provide clean water and sanitation systems since the dawn of civilization. Where water resources, infrastructure or sanitation systems were insufficient, diseases spread and people fell sick or died prematurely. Astronaut Jack Lousma taking a shower in space, 1974.

  7. History of hard disk drives - Wikipedia

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    History of hard disk drives. Historical lowest retail price of computer memory and storage. In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost. [1] After considering technologies such as wire matrices, rod arrays, drums, drum arrays ...

  8. B. Wayne Hughes Jr. - Wikipedia

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    B. Wayne Hughes (father) Relatives. Tamara Gustavson (sister) B. Wayne Hughes Jr. (born 1958 or 1959) [1] is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the son and namesake of B. Wayne Hughes, the founder and chairman of Public Storage, established in 1972. [2]

  9. Life Storage - Wikipedia

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    Life Storage, Inc. is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Williamsville, New York, that invests in self-storage units. The company was previously known as Sovran Self Storage and Uncle Bob's Self Storage. As of February 2023, the company had over 1,100 facilities in 37 states. [2] It is the 4th largest owner of self-storage units in ...