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Optical Disc Technology: An A-Z On Laser Light Storage
White Papers Later, tiny, solid state, semiconductor lasers were created, making it possible to manufacture small, inexpensive optical storage devices. But optical discs use light—not just ordinary light, but laser light.
[April 7, 2004, 0:04]
Hungarian Insurer Builds Business Continuance Solution With Cisco Optical And Storage Area Network Technologies
White Papers Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), optical and Storage Area Networking (SAN) technologies will help Allianz Hungary extend its business continuity infrastructure, reduce operational risk and address industry compliance guidelines.
[December 4, 2007, 5:46]
UDO: Why Professional Optical Storage Makes Sense In A Low-Cost Disk World - Disaster Recovery
White Papers Ultra Density Optical (UDO) is the first storage technology designed specifically for professional data archive applications. Based on ultra density, blue laser technology, it is the recognized successor to 5.25-inch MO (Magneto Optical) storage...
[January 2, 2007, 12:39]
Two-Photon Volumetric Optical Disk Storage Systems: Experimental Results And Potentials
White Papers The volume optical storage approach used by Call/Recall relies on recording bits in a volume by using two-photon recording. Recent performance in two-photon volumetric data storage is presented. Experimental results are presented and theoretical...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
TietoEnator To Deliver Managed Data, Storage And Mainframe Connectivity Services With Cisco Multiservice Optical Networking Solution
White Papers Being able to take economic advantage of optical DWDM technology to provide managed SAN extension services with a virtualized core data center requires the ability to automate the process of extending the DWDM network, and rapidly add new services...
[June 6, 2006, 0:00]
Optical Storage Connectivity: Storage Over SONET/SDH
White Papers Regulatory compliance, heightened awareness of the risks associated with inadequate disaster recovery plans, and the quest for more efficient utilization of storage assets are factors driving the interconnection of storage area networks (SANs).
[November 2, 2004, 2:00]
Sony Debuts Blue Discs
News Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. Our customers have been clamouring for an innovative optical storage platform that offers massive capacity, while...
[April 27, 2004, 9:25]
Prototype Holographic Storage Device Unveiled
Talkback Infinite Rewrtiable Atomic Holographic Optical Storage is 3 years away.http://colossalstorage.net terabytes and up, direct replacement for hardrives. All other holographic storage devices and optical drives are WORM devices.
[January 6, 2005, 17:36]
Five Years Ago: 7Gb MO Could Make DVD-RAM Redundant
News Tentatively named AS MO (Advanced Storage Magneto-Optical), the spec is for a 6-7Gb 5.25-inch disk cartridge and has the backing of nine top names in entertainment and data storage. A new magneto-optical specification could cut off DVD-RAM at the...
[February 17, 2002, 6:01]
7Gb MO Could Make DVD-RAM Redundant
News Tentatively named AS MO (Advanced Storage Magneto-Optical), the spec is for a 6-7Gb 5.25-inch disk cartridge and has the backing of nine top names in entertainment and data storage. A new magneto-optical specification could cut off DVD-RAM at the...
[February 20, 1997, 10:21]
China Developing 'super DVD' Format
Talkback Why Rewritable Atomic Holographic Storage Using Reprogrammable Transparent Optical Atomic Switch's ? raw uncompressed TV hours on 10 Terabyte 3.5 in.removable disc DVR.will have highest NLO analog / digital / optical capacity available will have...
[November 19, 2003, 4:00]
Toshiba Unveils New Optical Drives
News The company's storage device division said its new optical disk drives will provide higher media recording speeds for mobile computers. Toshiba's new optical disk drives help OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) continue to build lighter...
[August 27, 2003, 12:20]
Simpsons Swallowed Whole By DVD Of The Future
News The storage medium, called Multiplexed Optical Data Storage or MODS, was revealed at the Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference 2004 in Taiwan on Monday by lecturer Dr Peter Török. After error correction and encoding, this leads to 10 times the data...
[September 27, 2004, 15:40]
A Year Ago: DVD Group Pushes For Common Format
News Later today, the Optical Storage Technology Association hopes to start on the path toward ending that confusion. OSTA became an international trade association in 1992 and promotes optical writeable technologies.
[January 12, 2000, 6:02]
DVD Group Pushes For Common Format
News Later today, the Optical Storage Technology Association hopes to start on the path toward ending that confusion. OSTA became an international trade association in 1992 and promotes optical writeable technologies.
[January 13, 1999, 11:00]
Toshiba, NEC Snub Blu-ray DVD Format
News Toshiba and NEC will present details of their blue-laser format, called Advanced Optical Disc (AOD), this week at the Optical Data Storage 2003 conference in Vancouver, Canada. Toshiba and NEC are demonstrating a new DVD recording technology that...
[May 13, 2003, 11:11]
Cisco Moves To Compete In Metro Networks
News Storage is just growing tremendously and will drive optical [networks] growth in the metropolitan area. Cisco Systems announced new optical networking hardware on Wednesday, the giant's latest move to catch up with rivals in the fast-growing market...
[May 3, 2001, 9:38]
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Solutions: High-Performance And Low-Cost Disk Drives
White Papers This paper describes using Near-Online storage, low-cost Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) disk drives, in the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), to supplement the high-performance disks and complement the use of tape and...
[October 11, 2004, 3:00]
HP Backs Blu-ray DVD Format
News Blue-laser optical disc formats are expected to take over for DVDs, which -- with a storage capacity of 4.7GB -- won't be able to store much high-resolution digital television programming. Our decision to back Blu-ray was largely because of its...
[November 17, 2004, 7:50]
Removable Media Storage Devices
White Papers Magneto-optical and magneto-optical hybrids that use a combination of magnetic and optical properties to increase storage capacity. Optical systems are becoming the PC storage devices most likely to replace the floppy drive standard.
[December 12, 2003, 5:28]
