Imagine replacing thousands of LTO-9 tapes with just one cartridge. It's possible – if a Chinese research team's experimental DNA tape storage system reaches its theoretical maximum capacity.… ...

More than 40 years after arriving in Tucson, computing giant IBM is still churning out innovations in data-storage technology from its labs at the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park.

Magnetic tape storage has a long history as a storage medium, being the primary way to store computer data from the 1960s to the 1980s. More recently, tape has been most closely associated with backup ...

IBM last week bolstered its tape storage portfolio with new media, encryption and data retention capabilities, as well as a new virtual tape library that makes backing up data a more efficient affair.

Magnetic tape is seeing something of a revival as a storage medium. The need to protect data against malware, as well as renewed interest in disaster recovery and business continuity, have put tape ...

You may think that computer tape memories died out before Rubik's cubes came in, but IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to develop a record-breaking new sixth-generation tape storage system that can ...

A researcher holds a gray DNA cassette tape against a white background. Researchers are taking inspiration from cassette tapes to store data in the form of DNA. Credit: Southern University of Science ...

Neartek, a maker of virtual tape library systems, says the latest version of its appliance works better across remote sites and provides improved data security. Like earlier models, Version 3 of the ...

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say. When you purchase ...