TDK Corporation announced that it will exit the Blu-ray Disc (BD) market early next year.
DISC Archiving Systems Joins Optical Archive Group
DISC Archiving Systems announced that it has joined the Optical Archive Group (OPARG).
Pioneer BDR-2208 Takes Blu-ray Writing to 15x Speed
Pioneer Electronics (USA) announced its new BDR-2208 5.25″ internal half-height Blu-ray BDXL recorder, which writes select BD-R SL (25GB) discs at 15x speed.
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.
Verbatim Launches BD-R XL 100 GB Discs
Verbatim announced that it is launching its new Blu-ray BD-R XL 100GB (triple-layer) discs in Europe.
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.
DIGISTOR Rolls Out Printable BD-R XL 100GB Discs
DIGISTOR announced that it is now shipping its new 4x-speed inkjet hub printable BD-R XL 100 GB Blu-ray recordable discs.
Pioneer Launches BDR-2207 Blu-ray BDXL Writer
Pioneer Electronics announced its new BDR-2207 5.25″ internal half-height Blu-ray BDXL recorder.
DIGISTOR Demos REWIND Blu-ray Archiving Software
DIGISTOR (a division of Sunland International) announced that it will preview its REWIND writable Blu-ray Disc (BD) archiving software at the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 16-19 2012.
StorageQuest Launches Blu-ray Optical Network Appliance
StorageQuest announced its new Optical Network Appliance (ONA), which provides high throughput archiving over the network to an array of up to twenty warm-swappable Blu-ray BDXL writers.
Hie Electronics Unleashes 100TB Blu-ray Storage System
Hie Electronics announced its new TeraStack XL, which employs 100GB Blu-ray BDXL discs to deliver up to 100TB of nearline storage.
TEAC Launches BD-W512SA Blu-ray BDXL Writer
TEAC Europe announced its new BD-W512SA 5.25″ internal half-height Blu-ray BDXL recorder.
Pioneer Unveils BDR-XD04 Portable Blu-ray BDXL Writer
Pioneer Electronics announced its new BDR-XD04 portable Blu-ray Disc (BD) BDXL writer ($149.99).
ASUS Rolls Out Blu-ray BDXL Writer
ASUSTeK Computer announced its new SBW-06C2X-U external Blu-ray BDXL recorder.

