Chances are they’re somewhere in that structure known as your Data Centre. They sit there patiently waiting - waiting for the chance to be accessed or to expire - or even to keep waiting further. The Case for Media Refresh, by Straty Demakos.

Updated Mainframe Tape Capacities Chart The number of Gigabytes (native, uncompressed) that can be stored on a tape cartridge is charted for each device/medium combination. The dark blue bars are IBM technologies, while the lighter blue bars are Sun/StorageTek.

Product News

TelTape for z/OS News
TelTape for Windows News

Partner News

rubin Software GmbH
IBM
Imation
StorageTek

European Expansion

Claude Jacobs of Brussels, Belgium is appointed European Operations Manager, on a mission to expand Cartagena's install base in the E.U. Claude is a Senior Consultant who has represented several I.T. vendors including Hitachi Data Systems.

Associations

SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is dedicated to driving future storage industry standards, best practices and education. Throughout the last two decades, the maturation of the storage industry has parallelled the increasingly mission critical nature of electronic information. As a result, complex storage infrastructures have evolved. The SNIA is focused on easing end-user challenges through high level knowledge exchange, thought leadership and promoting storage standards. To achieve this, the SNIA runs a coordinated series of activities to provide a central source of unbiased knowledge.

On a Personal Note

The Baldwin family expects a new baby in 2006!