The LTO Program (HPE, IBM and Quantum Corporations) released an updated report on LTO magnetic tape shipments out to 2022. LTO tape is an open tape format developed and enhanced by HPE, IBM and ...

2023 was a strong year for LTO tape technology with a record 152.9 Exabytes* (EB) of new LTO capacity shipped “LTO tape technology continues to realize annual gains. LTO tape utilization is poised to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering Digital Storage Technology & Market. IEEE President in 2024 This blog focuses on two recent announcements. One from the ...

A record 152.9 exabytes of total compressed tape capacity shipped in the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of 3.14 percent over 2022. The figures were released by the LTO Program Technology Provider ...

The Milpitas, Calif.-based tape drive and automation vendor unveiled the latest iteration of its midrange tape technology, DLT-S4, which provides high-capacity backups on what company officials say is ...

When DDS first came out, it stored 2 GB and hard drive capacities were in the tens of MB, so tape had an order of 10-100x the storage capacity of HDDs. Today LTO-4 can store 800 GB and hard drives top ...

Magnetic tape storage has a long history as a storage medium, being the primary way to store computer data from the 1960s to the 1980s. More recently, tape has been most closely associated with backup ...