Tandberg Data announced its latest external LTO-5 desktop tape drive, which features a half height design and incorporates a Fibre Channel interface.
Archive of posts tagged Magnetic tape
Imation Unveils LTO Tape Libraries
Imation announced two new Linear Tape-Open (LTO) libraries aimed at the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
Sony to Develop LTO Ultrium 6 Magnetic Tape
Sony Corporation announced that it plans to develop LTO Ultrium 6 magnetic tape technology, which will store 3.2TB of data per cartridge and support a data transfer rate of up to 210MB/sec (native).
Big Blue Stores Big Data
IBM announced its latest automated tape library system, which is capable of storing over 2.7 exabytes of data.
Sony to Resume Blu-ray and Magnetic Tape Production
Sony Corporation issued its latest update on the status of its manufacturing operations affected by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the northern region of Japan on March 11, 2011.
Imation Talks Mobile Storage Security
Imation Corp. that its executive director for advanced technology and product engineering will speak today on mobile storage security at the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) Spring Conference.
Rimage Publishes Archiving White Paper
Rimage Corp has published a new white paper entitled The Advantages of Optical Archiving, which discusses the importance of long-term archival data storage and argues the case for using recordable Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) over magnetic tapes and hard disk drives.
Maxell and Tokyo Tech Promise 50 TB Tapes
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 [...]
Society Creating Zettabytes of Data
EMC Corporation announced results of its new EMC-sponsored IDC study titled “The Digital Universe Decade – Are You Ready?” According to the statement, this fourth update to the Digital Universe data growth rate study measures and forecasts the vast amount of digital information created and copied annually and its implications for individuals and information technology [...]
