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Something I missed at the end of May: troubles in LTO-land. According to The Register, Fujifilm has unleashed some sueballs…
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Something I missed at the end of May: troubles in LTO-land. According to The Register, Fujifilm has unleashed some sueballs…
The LTO consortium has announced: That the LTO Ultrium format generation 7 specifications are now available for licensing by storage mechanism…
With LTO-5 now just starting to go mainstream, it’s reassuring to see that the Ultrium roadmap has been expanded with…
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