As data continues to grow, and more organizations are adopting emerging virtualization and cloud solutions to help combat growing storage requirements, many are claiming that tape no longer has a place in today's IT realm.

This couldn't be farther from the truth. Recent developments in tape technology have breathed new life into this backup medium, and today tape can provide some impressive data protection and long-term archiving benefits. Check out this white paper for a breakdown of currently available tape technologies, and discover what upgrades tape has received in order to remain a valuable part of today's data center. Also included is a side-by-side comparison of several of today's tape solutions, and insight as to what challenges still exist regarding tape.