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.

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.

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 …

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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 …

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