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 ...

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 ...

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

If you're old enough, tape backup has been around for decades and was slowly fading out of the market as a digital storage medium. Zip drives were disappearing, and external HDDs were meant to replace ...

In context: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) format for tape-based magnetic data recording was developed in the Nineties as an open-standard alternative to proprietary tape formats. The technology provides ...

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 ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 21, 2024 – The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise , International Business Machines Corporation and Quantum Corporation, today ...

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 ...