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  • The Most Interesting Thing in IBM’s Big Storage Announcement
        11/02/2018   News U can Use

    This week IBM made a massive storage announcement covering a variety of impressive offerings. This announcement included huge upgrades to its flash solution (including a noteworthy entry-level offering), Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) updates, a very interesting storage gridlock tool, a bunch of tape updates and a series of new and updated SAP HANA solutions. But the most interesting to me was IBM Spectrum Discover. It is the first use of AI at scale that I’ve seen (I don’t…

  • Fujifilm Introduces TCO Calculator
        11/29/2017   News U can Use

    Valhalla, N.Y., November 29, 2017 FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, the leading global manufacturer of data storage media, today introduced a new proprietary TCO Calculator to help IT professionals assess the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of automated tape systems compared to low-cost disk and cloud-based archive data storage. This free online tool, developed by storage economics expert Brad Johns Consulting and sponsored by Fujifilm, calculates 5- and 10-year scenarios for the Total Cost of…

  • LTO Program outlines generation 8 specifications; extends technology roadmap to 12th generation
        10/23/2017   News U can Use

    LTO Program outlines generation 8 specifications; extends technology roadmap to 12th generation Posted on October 18th, 2017 by Anna Ribeiro The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum, announced on Tuesday specifications of the latest LTO Ultrium format, generation 8, which is now available for licensing by media manufacturers. The LTO Program also released a new LTO technology roadmap, detailing specifications up to twelve (12) generations of tape technology, extending the total capacity of data…

  • Tape still viable as IBM sets new records
        08/10/2017   News U can Use

    IBM Research scientists have achieved a new world record in tape storage, their fifth since 2006 – and the new areal density could see tape becoming competitive for cloud storage. The new record of 201 Gb/in2 (gigabits per square inch) in areal density was achieved on a prototype sputtered magnetic tape developed by Sony Storage Media Solutions. The scientists presented the achievement at the 28th Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC 2017) in Japan. Tape storage is currently the most secure, energy…

  • Tape Storage Advancements Aid HIT Infrastructure Data Demands
        08/06/2017   News U can Use

    Tape Storage Advancements Aid HIT Infrastructure Data Demands Source: Thinkstock   By Elizabeth O’Dowd August 03, 2017 – Healthcare organizations continue to store much of their data on tapes in the face of evolving cloud technology because it is easy to control and secure. Tape storage is also evolving as vendors continue to develop the technology to meet HIT infrastructure storage demands dictated by big data analytics. IBM Research announced its latest achievement in tape storage, expanding the storage capacity to…

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