Today, we have a question about Linear Tape-Open storage. Reader, Daniel Fader of Fort Lee, N.J., writes, “What’s all this I hear about LTO-3 tape, anyway? How is it different from LTO-2? What about ...

IBM announced the general availability of the industry’s first magnetic tapes and drives based on the LTO-9 Ultrium specification for massive data capacity and resilience. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 9 ...

In a move experts say will level the playing field in the Linear Tape Open technology arena, Quantum Corp. has agreed to purchase Certance, a tape drive and data protection vendor based in Costa Mesa, ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation and Quantum Corporation, ...

The companies behind the LTO (Linear Tape Open) standard recently published a new roadmap that extends the format up to a proposed 1440TB 14th generation. Can it deliver? Tape still has a vital role ...

A few days ago, the Linear Tape Open (LTO) consortium — whose member include Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Quantum — officially released specifications for the next generation of the LTO Ultrium standard, ...

A consortium of companies supporting a tape back-up standard called Linear Tape Open (LTO) Ultrium has introduced the second generation of its technology. The consortium, made up of IBM, ...

Fujifilm, the biggest manufacturer of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape cartridges, has launched software that allows storage arrays to move their contents to tape libraries while retaining access via the ...

Quantum has launched the Scalar i6H tape storage system, aimed at hyperscalers and enterprises that want to use tape to serve data to users. It comes in rack unit format, rather than as a tape library ...