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.
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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.
Folio Photonics Promises Terabyte Optical Discs
Case Western Reserve University announced one of its physics professors and graduate students have launched a company named Folio Photonics, which is aimed at making an optical disc that stores several terabytes of data.
Rimage Unveils 5410N and 3410 Optical Disc Publishing Systems
Rimage Corporation announced its new Professional 5410N and 3410 optical disc publishing systems.
AMI Ordered to Cough Up $1 Million to DVD6C
The DVD6C Licensing Group announced that its authorized agent, Toshiba, has won a court judgment to collect roughly $1 million in royalties and interest due under the DVD6C patent license from American Media International (AMI).
StorageQuest Supports DISC ArXtor Blu-ray Libraries
DISC Archiving Systems announced that StorageQuest’s Archive Manager (SAM) software supports DISC’s new ArXtor Blu-ray iSCSI optical libraries.
Hammacher Schlemmer Offers Memory Card to DVD Photo Converter
Hammacher Schlemmer announced the Memory Card to DVD Photo Converter ($199.95), a device that transfers images directly from a digital still or video camera to a blank DVD.
Optical Disc Archive Advisory Group Expands
Sony Corporation announced that three additional members have joined its Optical Disc Archive Advisory Group (ODAAG), which is charged with promoting the company’s new Optical Disc Archive storage format.
Sony Uncorks Optical Disc Archive System
Sony Corporation announced that it will begin shipping its Optical Disc Archive (ODA) storage system across the Asia Pacific region in October 2012.
Dell Europe Offers Millenniata M-DISC
Millenniata announced that Dell EMEA plans to offer M-DISC compatible DVD and Blu-ray recorders in some of its desktop and notebook PCs throughout Europe beginning this month.
ASTI Updates NAS Data Archiving System
Alliance Storage Technologies (ASTI) announced its upgraded Elite NAS archive appliance, which is equipped with RAID and Ultra Density Optical (UDO) storage capabilities.