The new LTO 9 tape drives and media have been added to the TCO tool, and the ten-year TCO is based on LTO 9 with a future migration to...
Attempting to estimate the cost of long-term data storage can be a daunting task. In this video, George Crump and I discuss the essential...
Reducing carbon emissions is a significant global challenge. Many companies have decided they must incorporate carbon reductions into...
Today’s Information Technology organizations are experiencing unprecedented growth of digital data. Industry analysts are projecting...
In early March, before conferences of all types across the country shut down and social distancing was mandated, I was sitting in a...
As the amount of data organizations create and manage continues to grow, the cost-effective storage of infrequently accessed information...
In conjunction with the availability of LTO 8 tape media, the Fujifilm TCO tool has been significantly enhanced. There are a number of...
Late last year, the initial version of the FujiFilm TCO tool was released. It provided an easy way to quickly compare the cost of storing...
For the storage of “cold” data, that is information that is not going to be accessed frequently, tape storage continues to provide...
The LTO 8 announcement represents a return to the good old days, when the LTO program was running on a two to 2 ½ year announcement cycle...
The LTO Program just released an eBook entitled “Best Practices for Managing Video Workflows” Trust LTO WhitePapers . The Media and...
IBM Research and Sony announced a tape technology demonstration yesterday that would support a potential tape cartridge capacity of 330...
The Computer History Museum ( http://www.computerhistory.org/ ) just released the video history of IBM tape storage including the IBM...
With data archive requirements continually growing, the Cloud is frequently mentioned as a low cost option for storing infrequently...
Yesterday IBM announced a comprehensive set of tape storage offering incorporating the new LTO generation 7 tape drives. The new LTO 7...
The amount of digital information organizations are generating and retaining continues to grow unabated. It was not that long ago that a...
Making storage decisions often requires an estimate of where the underlying technology is going. It’s a bit like driving on a foggy...