Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This week, IBM introduced the Diamondback Tape Library, reaffirming ...

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 ...

Storing data on magnetic tape might sound delightfully retro, but it’s actually still widely in use for archival purposes thanks to its high data density. Now researchers at the University of Tokyo ...

OVER FIFTY years ago, the existence of government records on magnetic tape brought down a president. In 1971 the Secret Service installed Sony open-reel tape recorders throughout the White House, to ...

An April 4 U.S. Department of Government Efficiency social post announced that the U.S. General Services Administration IT team “just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 year ...

What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision. Reading time 2 minutes Elon Musk’s government efficiency initiative continues to ...

LTO-10, the newest generation of the LTO Ultrium tape format, was announced today. Full-height drives and media are available for immediate ordering from vendors like Symply and Spectra Logic.