Magnetic tape may seem like a pretty antiquated data storage technology, but its density and capacity is still hard to beat for big data centers. Now, IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to create a ...

Magnetic tape storage is something many of us will associate with 8-bit microcomputers or 1960s mainframe computers, but it still has a place in the modern data center for long-term backups. It’s ...

LTO’s 40TB cartridge pushes tape storage into the AI-driven future Aramid film gives magnetic tape the strength to expand its lifespan Magnetic tape storage remains the cheapest offline safeguard for ...

Though it's still less than the amount of HDD storage shipped in just three months. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many of you ...

Cramming a full terabyte of storage onto a microSD card the size of a baby fingernail is a remarkable feat, but when it comes to cost and reliability, magnetic tape is still the preferred method for ...

The tech world (and let’s be totally honest, tech journalists) have a recency bias — a type of cognitive skew that places greater importance on whatever is shiny and new. And the temptation is often ...

For over 20 years I have been involved in activities that create industry consortium roadmaps for digital storage technologies. Technology roadmap activities such as these were put on by various ...

Wait a moment — have I stepped into a time machine? We all know that magnetic tape is so….yesterday. Isn’t all storage these days on solid-state or hard-disk drive (HDD) memory? The answer is yes, it ...