Imation Corp. announced it will showcase its secure data storage products at LandWarNet 2010 through August 5 at the Tampa Convention Center. Sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), LandWarNet is a forum for bringing government and industry together to openly communicate best business practices and government implementations.
Spectra Adds LTO-5 to T-Series Tape Libraries
Spectra Logic announced that it is now shipping LTO-5 drives and Spectra certified LTO-5 media cartridges in its T-Series tape libraries. According to the statement, LTO-5 media cartridges have a native capacity of 1.5 TB (3TB with 2:1 compression) and LTO-5 drives have a native transfer rate of up to 140MBps (280MBps in compressed mode). [...]
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.
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.

