Total WW Capacity on LTO Media Rising but Cartridge Shipments Slowly Decreasing

The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum released an updated Tape Media Shipment Report.

This report highlights that as LTO-7 technology continues to be adopted by new industries and replaces older LTO technology and that the total amount of data being shipped continues to increase. In 1Q16, 24EB of data have been shipped worldwide to companies.

Total Shipped LTO Capacity by Calendar Quarter
(EB compressed)

LTO Cartridges Shipments: Calendar Quarter Up to 1Q16

LTO Cartridges Shipments: Calendar Year Up to 2015

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2016.03.23 | Press Release | [with our comments]