Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the era. Their decline was ...

Adhesive tapes possess remarkable capabilities and are crucial elements in numerous demanding applications requiring high-end bonding, protection, and insulation. Despite advancements, frustrations ...

Tape drives might seem like old news, but according to Spectra Logic Corp., they’re a part of the modern data solution. Now reaching its 25th anniversary, the company focuses on tape-based solutions ...

When your hard drive was a cassette deck--the forgotten realities of 8-bit storage ...

Despite a weak second quarter, it seems like every major player in the storage business is going gaga over tape these days. Even EMC, which for years has been saying tape was dead, has released its ...

Feature The future of archival data storage is tape, more tape, and then possibly glass-based tech, with DNA and other molecular tech still a distant prospect.… The function of archival storage is to ...

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 ...

As artificial intelligence continues its dizzying ascent, the unsung hero of the digital age is making a comeback: Tape storage. Once dismissed as outdated, tape storage is now being hailed as a ...

Although various industry pundits have repeatedly predicted the imminent death of tape drives, tape backups are still irreplaceable in many business-continuity strategies. Backing up to disks may cut ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...

Imation Corp. today announced a first-of-its-kind tracking technology that could put an end to the ongoing problem of lost data tapes by using passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and ...