As data growth continues, but 70 percent of it is never used, efficient archiving systems still have a place, says PoINT Software
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Sony And IBM Smash Tape Storage Record With 330TB
Tape not dead just yet, as Sony and IBM team up to cram more density on magnetic tape storage
Tales In Tech History: The Betamax Revolution
Every week we look back at an iconic piece of technology, and start with one that revolutionise home TV viewing and lost a bitter war - Betamax
Tales In Tech History: Japan Ends VCR Production
End of an era. Japan's last VCR maker to halt production, signalling end for the humble video cassette
How To Fit 200 Million Books Into The Palm Of Your Hand
IBM brandishes 220 terabyte tape cartridge in partnership with Fujifilm, big enough to hold 1.37 trillion mobile text messages
Sony Magnetic Tape Technology Used To Create 185TB Cartridge
Sony tape tech claims to store 148GB per square inch
Quiz Of The Week: Storage!
Take a spin down memory lane with our storage history quiz
Nursery School Loses Pupils’ Data… On Tape
The ICO has slammed a Wolverhampton nursery school which lost records on a tape
Why Does Oracle Want Another Storage Provider?
There are three good reasons, says Chris Preimesberger. The IP is good, Larry Ellison can afford it and egos needed to avoid bruising
IBM Upgrades Archiving Lineup For ‘Big Data’
Big Blue introduces exabyte-capable tape libraries to handle massive data set backup and archiving
Spectra Logic Adds Data Integrity To Tape Storage
Spectra Logic tape-storage systems automatically checks media and data throughout the data's storage life
Gmail Accounts To Be Recovered From Tape
To restore the Gmail accounts it lost at the weekend, Google is going to its tape backup
EMC’s Tape Ball: A New Storage Segment?
While EMC's US audience saw a motorbike leap, the UK got the world's biggest tape ball
StorageTek Library Extension For Mainframes Released
Oracle has released a highly-scalable additional tier of storage for mainframes which can also be used in x86-based systems
Quantum Drive Draws On Sun-Oracle StorageTek Fears
The latest version of Quantum's StorNext is aimed at those who fear Sun StorageTek products face an uncertain future under Oracle
Tape: The Tyrannosaurus Rex Of Backup
Jon Mills dons his palaeontologist’s hat and compares tape to Tyrannosaurus Rex to encourage anyone that doesn't see the need to evolve their backup to reconsider
HP: Deduplication And The Future Of Tape
Data deduplication needs to expand out of the backup market and become more efficient, but many companies are still struggling to phase out tape, according to HP
Future Storage Might Be Just Solid State And Tape
Storage technology will change drastically, but the only way to become more efficient is to understand what you have, and what you need, according to an eWEEK Europe panel debate