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Tape Success: The Digital Curator for the Information Age (Horison)

Tape Success: The Digital Curator for the Information Age (Horison)

Since the first successful drive first appeared in 1952, the magnetic tape industry continues to evolve. Markets are shifting as disk slowly encroaches... Read more

1 September, 2010
History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

Magnetic tape As electronics improved, it became possible to record high densities of... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

...40TB hard disk by 2014 or 2015. Tape The continued existence of magnetic tape seems to annoy those people who see it as a 60s... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Computer Production Globally (Supply, Demand, Markets & Trade) 3.0

Computer Production Globally (Supply, Demand, Markets & Trade) 3.0

...Production""Computer Systems Production""Computer Systems Production""Floppy Drives Production""Keyboard Production""Magnetic Tape Production"Countries:==========All major/mid-range playersSource: ======= Data provided by member... Read more

22 April, 2012
EaseTag Tiered Storage Filter Driver SDK 2.1.15

EaseTag Tiered Storage Filter Driver SDK 2.1.15

...expensive (per byte stored) than slower devices, such as optical discs and magnetic tape drives. Tiered Storage Filter systems store the bulk of the enterprise... Read more

13 February, 2012
Analog Noise 1.0

Analog Noise 1.0

...this goal, Analog Noise has 21 sound profiles, including the sound of magnetic tape with various coverings, the sound of vinyl records, and the sound... Read more

16 November, 2011
Loomer Resound 1.5.0

Loomer Resound 1.5.0

...audio delay effect processor that emulates the sound and operation of vintage magnetic-tape echo units. Whilst not a direct copy of any one particular... Read more

13 May, 2011
Virtos S.O.S Backup Database 5.5

Virtos S.O.S Backup Database 5.5

...Server 2003/2007 Brick-Level online e-mails server backup - Use of magnetic tape with multiple drive management - Backups using VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service... Read more

15 March, 2011
Virtos S.O.S Backup Server 5.5

Virtos S.O.S Backup Server 5.5

...S.O.S Backup Server is the ideal software for those using magnetic tape (DAT, DLT, SLR and others). Key features: - Online backup of MySQL... Read more

15 March, 2011
Virtos S.O.S Backup Enterprise 5.5

Virtos S.O.S Backup Enterprise 5.5

...Server 2003/2007 Brick-Level online e-mails server backup - Use of magnetic tape with multiple drive management - Backups using VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service... Read more

15 March, 2011

Photos: ID cards database shredded and burnt

...of the NIR drives will be incinerated after being shredded, while the magnetic tape back-ups of the NIR will be guillotined and also incinerated... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

IBM, Fujifilm tape promises 35TB of storage

IBM and Fujifilm have developed a prototype linear magnetic tape that they say sets a world record for data density and... Read more

25 January, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Magnetic tape prototype makes data leap

Magnetic tape isn't dead, IBM and Fuji Photo would like you to... Read more

16 May, 2006 by Michael Kanellos
It's the end of your data as you know it

It's the end of your data as you know it

...low-cost hard drive is five years, while the usable lifespan for magnetic tape could be as short as 10 years, and optical media such... Read more

23 April, 2007 by Matthew Broersma

All About LTO Tapes....

...LTO is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed as an open alternative to the proprietary... Read more

24 July, 2008

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