DISC Archiving Systems announced that it has joined the Optical Archive Group (OPARG).
Millenniata Unveils Blu-ray M-DISCs
Millenniata announced that it plans to offer 25GB Blu-ray M-DISCs in the second quarter of 2013.
Imation Offers DVD and Blu-ray M-DISCs
Millenniata and Imation announced that Imation will co-brand and distribute Millenniata’s DVD and Blu-ray M-DISC optical storage media.
Mitsubishi Rolls Out Archival BD-R XL 100 GB Discs
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (Verbatim) announced its new Enterprise Grade BD-R BDXL 100GB for Archive discs.
OPARG Champions Optical Disc Archiving
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (Verbatim), Pioneer Corporation and Victor Advanced Media (JVC) announced they have established the Optical Archive Group (OPARG) to promote the use of BD-R and DVD-R discs for archival data storage.
Sony Uncorks Optical Disc Archive System
Sony Corporation announced that it will begin shipping its Optical Disc Archive (ODA) storage system across the Asia Pacific region in October 2012.
Dell Europe Offers Millenniata M-DISC
Millenniata announced that Dell EMEA plans to offer M-DISC compatible DVD and Blu-ray recorders in some of its desktop and notebook PCs throughout Europe beginning this month.
RITEK to Manufacture Millenniata M-DISC Media
Millenniata announced that it has entered into a manufacturing and licensing agreement with RITEK Corporation to produce its DVD-compatible M-DISC optical storage media.
hVault Struggles to Keep Inphase Holographic Storage Dream Alive
hVault announced its plans to resurrect the more than decade-long development work of Inphase Technologies and market the first commercially available holographic storage system.
Sony Readies 1.5TB Optical Disc Archive System
Sony announced that it plans to commercialize a next-generation optical storage system that archives up to 1.5TB per disc cartridge.
Vinpower Digitial Offers Millenniata’s M-DISC
Millenniata announced that Vinpower Digital will offer M-DISC compatible duplicators and resell M-DISC media worldwide.
Xerox DVD Duplicators Compatible with Millenniata M-DISC
Vinpower Digital announced that its latest Xerox-branded DVD duplicators will write to Millenniata’s M-DISC archival optical storage media.
Pioneer Unveils BDR-PR1 Archival Blu-ray Writer
Pioneer Japan announced its new BDR-PR1 Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorder, which offers a number of professional-level features aimed at satisfying the needs of the data archiving market.
Electronic Device Advice for Holiday Air Travelers
The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) issued some helpful advice for air travellers flying over the Christmas holidays with digital storage media, photographic film and battery-powered electronic devices.
JVC Launches Archival DVD-R Discs
JVC Advanced Media U.S.A. announced its new Archival Grade DVD-R discs, which were independently tested and certified to comply with the ISO/IEC 10995 standard for estimating the archiving lifetime of writable DVDs.

