LTO in the News
2010
- The future of backup to tape and a look at LTO-5 tape technology - SearchDataBackup.com: Aug 9, 2010 - Pierre Dorion
- LTO tape media data transfer rate to increase in smaller increments through LTO-8 tape - SearchDataBackup.com: Aug 2, 2010 - Andrew Burton
- 10 tips for boosting network performance - Infoworld: Jun 1, 2010 - Matt Prigge, Paul Venezia
- A Great Decade For Tape - Network Computing; May 25, 2010 – George Crump
- LTO-5 tape and LTFS position format for archiving - SearchStorageChannel.com; May 20, 2010 – Eric Slack
- HP StorageWorks Ultrium 3000 SAS review - PC PRO - May 17, 2010 - Dave Mitchell
- LTO Tape Drives: More than 3 Million Served - ITJungle.com; March 23, 2010 – Alex Woodie
- From Tapeless Back To Tape - VTechnology.com; March 19, 2010 – Craig Johnston
- Tape storage and backup suits us fine, says City firm's backup chief" – Interview with Anish Taank, network infrastructure engineer at Tradition. - SearchStorage.co.UK; March 10, 2010 – Antony Adshead, UK Bureau Chief
- The Lowdown on Backups: Sometimes, tape backups can save the day - Law.com; March 1, 2010 – Craig Ball, Law Technology News Editor
- Visual effects studio opts for LTO-4 tape drives, shuns disk; and more - SearchStorage.co.uk; February 25, 2010 - Antony Adshead, UK Bureau Chief
- LTO Tape Technology Continues to Evolve with LTO-5 - SearchDataBackup.com; February 18, 2010
Includes podcast with W. Curtis Preston, executive editor at TechTarget, and independent backup expert, who talks about the pros and cons of LTO technology, the differences between LTO-3, 4, and 5, and if LTO-5 is predicted to catch on in the data storage world. - Tape is dead! Long live tape! - InfoWorld, January 2010
- LTO Program outlines upcoming generation 5 specifications for licensing - Computer Technology Review, January 2010
- LTO-5 Breathes New Life into Tape Storage - Enterprise Storage Forum, January 2010
2009
- For long-term video archiving, tape is still king - Broadcast Engineering, December 2009
- Top five tape storage backup and recovery tips of 2009 - Searchdatabackup, December 2009
- Data backup security strategies: A tutorial on cloud security, encryption and data destruction - Searchdatabackup, November 2009
- Why Do I Hate Tape Backup? - Computer Technology Review, November 2009 (it's a good article, despite the headline)
- Storage encryption: Leaving compliance out of the discussion - SearchStorageChannel.com, October 2009
- Getting the Group Together - Studio Monthly, October 2009
- Tape backup vs. disk backup at customer sites - SearchStorageChannel.com, September 2009
- Appliances for an IT-Based World - TV Technology, September 2009
- Tape storage: lean and green - and still thriving - Computerworld, August 2009
- Media Distributors Exposes New Archival Production Values for Reality Show Pilot 'Group' Using Archive Station - Digital Game Developer, July 2009
- LTO Tape Offers Outstanding Performance - Article Alley, June 2009
- LTO-4 Tape Technology Finally Catching On- Tape Storage Isn't Dead Yet - Tech Target, June 2009
- Here Comes LTO-5 Technology, Ready or Not - Tech Target, May 2009
- Sense and Sensitivity About Tape and Disc - Infostor, April 2009
- Tape Is Still the Greenest Storage Around - IT Business Edge, April 2009
- The State of Tape Technologues and Data Backup Today - Storage Magazine, March 2009
- Tape Is Green - Express Computer, January 2009
2008
- 2009: Do More With Less - Storage Magazine, December 2008
- LTO-4 Encryption Secures Data - Infostor, November 2008
- Date Center Encryption Is Key to Security - Information Week, October 2008
- LTO-4 encryption secures data - InfoStor, 8/1/2008
- Saving the Planet, One Storage System at a Time - Enterprise Storage Forum, 8/21/2008
- Tape is alive and well for storage - VNUNET.com, 10/16/2008
- Economy and capacity at odds - Storage Magazine, 10/1/2008
- LTO top tape format by far: Survey says - Storage Magazine, 9/1/2008
- Stuck on tape - Government Computer News, 9/1/2008
- Saving the Planet, One Storage System at a Time - Enterprise Storage Forum, 8/21/2008
- The advantages of tape for data backup - SearchDataBackup.com, 7/14/2008
- LTO Tape Drive Sales Increased 15 Percent in 2007 - IT Jungle, 6/24/2008
- Five Technologies that Power the NBA Finals - PC Magazine, 6/11/2008
- Tape Backup: Obviously, a Whole Lot Greener than Disk Backup - IT Jungle, 6/2/2008
- Mitigate Storage Media Lifecycle Risks - ServerWatch, 5/30/2008
- Sense and sensibility about tape and disk - InfoStor, 5/21/2008
- Storage Security Standards Heat Up - Enterprise Storage Forum, 4/24/2008
- LTO-5 On Course for 2009 - IT Jungle, 2/19/2008
- All We Are Saying Is Give Tape a Chance - Enterprise Storage Forum, 1/16/2008
- Why Tape Libraries Still Matter - Datamation IT Management, 1/11/2008
2007
- Tape's Tally Is Up - Byte and Switch, 7/19/2007
- Tape trends - InfoStor, 5/1/2007
- Managing Tape in the Age of Disk - Byte and Switch, 7/20/07
- Tape market update: LTO the only bright spot - Infostor Online, 5/3/07
- New tape encryption options await you - Computerworld, 5/1/07
- Another Look - Byte and Switch, 4/24/07
- Tape Triumphs Despite Bad Rap - Byte and Switch, 4/20/07
- Weekly compilation of storage news: Tape hardware vendors test LTO-4 - SearchStorage.com, 4/13/07
- Vendors Dive into Data Protection - Byte and Switch, 4/17/07
- HP, IBM complete testing for LTO Ultrium generation 4 - Computer Technology Review, 4/17/07
- The Latest Storage News - Infostor Online, 4/12/07
- HP, IBM Pass Tests - Byte and Switch, 4/11/07
- Backup to the future - GCN, 3/1/07
- LTO Program announces Ultrium generation 4 licenses - Computer Technology Review, 1/16/07
- New tape specification 50% faster with 800GB - Computerworld, 1/10/07
- New tape specification debuts - Network World, 1/10/07
- LTO-4 licenses up for grabs with encryption support - Searchstorage.com, 1/10/07
- LTO-4 brings twice the capacity - Infoworld, 1/10/07
- LTO-4 is around the corner, should you be concerned? - Ideas International, 1/10/07
- LTO-4 products on the way - Infostor Online, 1/10/07
2006
- Users Debate Backup Trends - Byte and Switch, 12/7/06
- More than 1.5 million LTO Ultrium tape drives ship - Computer Technology Review, 10/10/07
- Encryption: Tape Drives' Savior? - VAR Business, 9/1/06
- LTO Maintains Momentum - Byte and Switch, 9/25/06
- Storage Notes: LTO Tape Drives Attained a 82.4% Shipment Share - Network World 7/28/06
- Tape Cartridge Shipments Surpassing Forecasts - eWeek, 5/25/06
- New tape formats are bigger, faster & safer - Storage Magazine, 5/06 (Login Required)
- Everyone's Encrypting Now - Network World, 4/27/06
- Tape drive vendors agree on encryption technology - Computerworld, 4/19/06
- Tape Backup Put to the Test - Byte and Switch, 2/21/06