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RSS disk tape in newsIBM sets out storage strategy
News The announcements include new tape and disk products. While tape may not be fashionable, it has enjoyed a new lease of life as companies have been forced by legal requirements to store... [08 Sep 2008]
Sun's Schwartz bets on storage
News We want to be in a position to innovate on their behalf, at the system level, beyond the boxes - across blades, racks, disk and tape. Schwartz also reiterated Sun's enthusiasm for tape... [03 Oct 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue tape is about to meet a similar fate: Currys has announced it will no longer be stocking cassettes. The tape was born in... [08 May 2007]
British Library to archive intellectuals' emails
News John would like people to contact him if they "have or are aware of available computer hardware, including disk drives and tape readers, software or manuals from the 1960s to the 1980s and possibly early... [19 Oct 2004]
EMC rewinds on tape stance
News The maker of disk-based storage systems announced that it will resell tape-based devices from Advanced Digital Information as a way of giving customers a less-expensive option for storing non-critical data. [14 Jun 2004]
Data protection finds its way to Dell storage
News In addition to supporting direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area netork (SAN) configurations, GalaxyExpress offers disk-to-disk and... [17 May 2004]
CA and Iomega have treats in store for SMEs
News The product, which includes a tape drive, will be shipped by the end of August, said Chris Romoser, a spokesman for San Diego-based Iomega. NAS technology centres on a hard-disk storage device that sits... [24 Jul 2003]
Disaster recovery estimates differ between business and technology leaders
News One reason that recovery times can be long is that most companies still rely on tape back-up systems as the primary means to resume operations, said Stephen Higgins, EMC's director of business continuity marketing. [14 Jul 2003]
Helpdesk hell: Your reader comments
News After 10 minutes trying to explain what it looked like, they fetched the person who normally changed the backup tape. The user pointed to the 3.5" floppy disk drive and inside was the business card CD ROM. [14 Aug 2002]
HP makes Quantum leap from StorageTek
News HP has decided to drop its main tape storage hardware maker in favour of Compaq's supplier. HP said it will no longer be using StorageTek's disk arrays or libraries despite a years-long OEM agreement... [23 Jul 2002]
NEC targets UK storage market
News The new venture, based in Telford, unveiled a range of optical, tape and floppy disk storage products on opening. Japanese electronics giant NEC has opened a new storage division in the UK to market and... [04 Jul 2002]
Back-up storage makes Quantum leap
News Storage specialist Quantum has released a line of products it claims will revolutionise fail-safe back-up systems by putting data onto disks, not tape. The cost of disk storage has in the past limited... [11 Mar 2002]
Five years 'til storage apocalypse
News Delmege said: "Optical storage has never reached the stage of being cost effective enough and isn't a commercially viable option to a disk and tape balance. Delmege suggested that until better storage... [13 Jul 2001]
Hard drives ditched as Quantum leaps into new sectors
News Late last month Quantum's tape backup and storage group (DSS) warned that results for its fiscal fourth quarter would drop about 20 percent from the previous quarter estimates due to a downturn in IT spending. [02 Apr 2001]
StorageTek boss vows to return the company its core
News Over 50 per cent of the company's revenues are derived from tape storage - a market Martin claims is key to the company's success. The once pure-play tape storage company found itself dabbling in the new... [20 Dec 2000]
