Pent-up Demand for Solid-State Storage
IBM announced the findings of a customer survey that suggests there is pent-up demand for solid-state disk technology as a successor to flash and hard disk drives.
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Big Blue Stores Big Data
IBM announced its latest automated tape library system, which is capable of storing over 2.7 exabytes of data.
BDT Licenses RDX Technology from ProStor
ProStor Systems announced that BDT AG has become the latest licensee of ProStor’s RDX Core technology. According to the statement BDT is a major supplier of tape automation systems to OEMs who resell them under their own brands since 1988. Under the license, BDT will develop and market multi-terabyte data protection systems based on the …
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Comcast Delivers the Masters Tournament in 3D
Comcast Corporation announced that it will partner with Augusta National Golf Club to deliver the 2010 Masters Tournament in next-generation 3D across multiple platforms.
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.
Fujifilm Begins LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Production
Fujifilm Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a division of Fujifilm Corporation, announced it will be one of the first manufacturers in the world to be certified by the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) as successfully completing compliance testing. Fujifilm plans to immediately begin mass production of LTO Ultrium Generation 5 data cartridges. According to …
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Imation to Ship LTO Ultrium 5 Multi-Terabyte Tape
Imation Corp. announced that it will begin shipping its Imation LTO Ultrium Generation 5 tape cartridges, with nearly double the storage capacity, increased data transfer rates, and a new partitioning functionality over the prior tape generation. According to the statement, this follows certification by the Measurement Analysis Corporation (MAC), an independent testing board for compliance …
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Imation Commits to RDX Removable Hard Disk Format
Imation Corp. and ProStor Systems announced Imation has extended its RDX license agreement with ProStor Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Imation will have a license to manufacture, market and sell RDX removable hard disk systems through 2020. Further underscoring the company’s commitment, Imation also announced that it has invested $5 million to help …
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Breakthrough May Lead to 35TB Magnetic Tapes
IBM Research and FUJIFILM Corporation announced that they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape, 29.5 billion bits per square inch using barium ferrite (BaFe) particles. According to the statement, this demonstration points to the possibility of eventually developing a single tape cartridge capable of holding 35 terabytes or …
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