ATL Products Joins Roster of More Than 25 LTO Technology Licensees; Addition Signals Continuing Industry Support for LTO Program.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp. and Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. Inc., the technology provider companies of Linear Tape-Open technology (referred to as LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. technology) Tuesday announced that the program has added ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up Products, a Quantum Company, to its list of more than 25 licensees. ATL Products is recognized worldwide as a market innovator in the design, manufacture and service of automated DLTtape library systems. This licensee support signifies another major milestone in the development and acceptance of the open license technology. LTO technology has received unprecedented global industry support in its short 17-month life. As a new Ultrium format licensee, ATL Products joins an impressive array of worldwide storage industry leaders including Accutronics, Advanced Research, Alps Electric, Benchmark Tape Systems, EMTEC EMTEC European Multimedia Technologies (formerly BASF Magnetics; as of 2002) , Exabyte, Fuji Photo Film, Fujitsu/FCPA Intellistor, HP, Hi/fn, Hitachi/Maxell, IBM, Imation, Matsushita, Mitsumi Electric, Mountain Engineering II, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Otari, Overland Data, Philips Semiconductor, Plasmon IDE, Quantegy, Seagate, Sony, TDK TDK Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Council) TDK The Dark Knights (gaming clan) TDK Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo KK (TDK Electronics Co. Ltd. and Verbatim. "We're extremely pleased that we've enlisted support of nearly every major storage player, positioning LTO technology to make a significant impact on midrange and network tape storage," said Barry Rudolph, business line manager, Removable Media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. Storage Solutions, IBM Storage Systems Division. About LTO Technology LTO technology, a powerful, open tape architecture, is setting the stage for a new generation of tape storage products that are expected to surpass current tape capacity and performance benchmarks, while maintaining the highest data integrity. It combines the advantages of linear multi-channel, bi-directional formats with enhancements in servo technology, data compression, track layout and error correction code Noun 1. error correction code - (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors ECC telecommunication - (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic to maximize capacity, performance and reliability. The Ultrium format is one of two formats based on LTO technology. It uses a single-reel media with capacities of up to 100GB native and data-transfer rates of up to 20MB/s native. The Accelis format is a fast-access, dual-reel implementation that is designed to offer data retrieval in less than 10 seconds. Both formats have an identified four-generation roadmap for future capacity and performance enhancements. While the LTO program gives licensees wide latitude in implementing mechanical and electrical designs, strict adherence is required to format specifications impacting the ability to read and write Accelis or Ultrium cartridges. Independent compliance verification is vital to meet the free-interchange objectives that are at the core of the LTO program. Ultrium and Accelis tape mechanism and tape cartridge interchange specifications are available on a licensee basis. Licensing information is available by contacting the Law Offices of Ladas & Parry at 323/934-2300 or by e-mail at LTO_INFO@ladasparry.com. More information on LTO technology is available on the LTO Web site at www.lto-technology.com. For additional information on ATL Products visit the company Web site at www.atlp.com. Note to Editors: Linear Tape-Open, LTO, Accelis and Ultrium are U.S. trademarks of HP, IBM and Seagate. |
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