Millenniata M-DISC Gaining Traction
Millenniata, Inc. announced that its M-DISC is gaining traction in the archival optical storage market and is available through a growing number of value added resellers (VAR).
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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.
Imation CTO to Address LOC Digital Preservation Meeting
Imation Corp. announced that its Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Dr. Subodh K. Kulkarni has been invited to speak at the 2010 Library of Congress Meeting on “Designing Architectures for Digital Preservation.”
Fujifilm Trumpets Magnetic Tape Archivability
Fujifilm Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. announced that it has demonstrated the long term archivability of it Barium-Ferrite (BaFe) magnetic tape particle technology. According to the statement, the findings from the study have been documented in a new white paper issued by FUJIFILM Corporation.
MAM-A Offers Recordable CDs and DVDs Made in USA
MAM-A Inc. announced that it has expanded its made in USA recordable optical disc product line. According to the statement, the company now offers the full range of its silver and 24kt gold archival CD-R and DVD-R/+R discs with a made in the USA option. Completion of MAM-A’s 2010 capacity expansion at its Colorado Springs …
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ECMA Updates Optical Media Archival Lifetime Standard
ECMA International announced that its 99th General Assembly, held in Tokyo, June 17, 2010, has approved updates to its ECMA-379 standard (3rd edition) for estimating the archival lifetime of optical media as well as ECMA-382 (2nd edition), which defines the physical parameters of DVD-R Dual-Layer (DL) discs.
Panasonic Announces Archival BD-R Discs
Panasonic Solutions Company announced a new line of professional Blu-ray Disc (BD) media designed for secure digital data archiving in professional applications.
Primera Launches Archival DVD Publishers
Primera Technology, Inc. announced its Bravo Archive-Series Disc Publishers at the National Association of Broadcaster’s (NAB) show in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the statement, Bravo Archive-Series Disc Publishers incorporate new recordable drives and media from Millenniata, Inc. Together they deliver a permanent data archival solution. Millenniata projects the useable life of its recorded discs …
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Millenniata DVD Survives U.S. Naval Optical Media Study
Millenniata Inc. announced that its M-DISC was the sole survivor of accelerated life cycle testing performed by the Life Cycle and Environment Engineering Branch of the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAVAIR) at China Lake, CA.
Cranberry DiamonDisc at CES
Cranberry announced that its executives will be on-hand at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) going on this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center. According to the statement, they will meet with interested parties to discuss their new Cranberry DiamonDisc, a writable DVD its creator (Millenniata) claims will “store archival data that last for …
OSTA Publishes Running Optimum Power Control White Paper
The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) announced it has published a new technical white paper entitled “Running Optimum Power Control: Data Integrity in CD-Recording,” authored by Hugh Bennett.