Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. and the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that they have demonstrated a world-record areal density of 45.0 Gb/in2 in linear formatted perpendicular magnetic recording media. According to the statement, this development may enable magnetic tapes to eventually store over 50 TB of data, which is roughly 33 times larger than current LTO [...]
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Imation Unveils Secure Storage Products
Imation Corp. announced it is launching a broad portfolio of products to protect information on external hard drives, flash drives, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and similar “at-rest” storage devices from hackers, identity thieves and other electronic intruders. According to the statement, the company’s new Defender Collection line of digital storage products is engineered to meet [...]
Maxell Climbs Aboard LTO Ultrium 5 Bandwagon
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced that it has begun shipping its new LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge, which meets the growing demand for storing and backing-up digital information by offering a maximum storage capacity of 3TB (assuming 2:1 data compression). According to the statement, Maxell recently completed the LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge compliance verification process [...]
More than 3.3 Million LTO Ultrium Tape Drives Shipped
Hewlett-Packard (HP), IBM Corporation and Quantum announced that the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium format continues to maintain high user acceptance rates.
Fujifilm Begins LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Production
Fujifilm Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a division of Fujifilm Corporation, announced it will be one of the first manufacturers in the world to be certified by the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) as successfully completing compliance testing. Fujifilm plans to immediately begin mass production of LTO Ultrium Generation 5 data cartridges. According to [...]
Imation to Ship LTO Ultrium 5 Multi-Terabyte Tape
Imation Corp. announced that it will begin shipping its Imation LTO Ultrium Generation 5 tape cartridges, with nearly double the storage capacity, increased data transfer rates, and a new partitioning functionality over the prior tape generation. According to the statement, this follows certification by the Measurement Analysis Corporation (MAC), an independent testing board for compliance [...]
TDK LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges Pass Certification Testing
TDK Corporation announced that it completed development of its LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridges, the fifth-generation Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium format, and the cartridges recently passed certification testing by the LTO compliance verification entity (CVE). TDK has now started mass production of its LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridges. According to the statement, TDK has long [...]
Sony Shutters Dothan Alabama Plant
Some sad news today. Sony Electronics announced that it plans to shutter its Dothan, Alabama manufacturing plant and move its production to Japan.
Imation Showcases Data Storage Products at West 2010
Imation Corp. announced that it will showcase its range of data storage and data security products and its National Media Lab (NML) in booth 1113 at West 2010, the largest state-of-the-art defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast at the San Diego Convention Center, Feb. 2 – 4, 2010. Co-sponsored by The [...]
Breakthrough May Lead to 35TB Magnetic Tapes
IBM Research and FUJIFILM Corporation announced that they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape, 29.5 billion bits per square inch using barium ferrite (BaFe) particles. According to the statement, this demonstration points to the possibility of eventually developing a single tape cartridge capable of holding 35 terabytes or [...]
