Imation in Partnership With BDT

Imation Corp. announced a strategic partnership agreement with Germany-based BDT AG. Under the agreement, the two companies intend to market and commercialize new multi-cartridge RDX devices that combine automation with RDX removable hard disk drive backup systems. The RDX system is designed to provide small and medium-sized businesses with backup, data security and expandable storage.

"Our partnership with BDT will extend the highly popular RDX platform into affordable, high-quality automated solutions," said Subodh Kulkarni, chief technology officer and senior vice president for Imation. "The RDX solution is being widely adopted by leading server OEMs because it addresses the need for cost-effective, scalable storage for small and medium businesses. With RDX, users have speed, instant access, and disk reliability combined with the ruggedness, removability, and offsite storage capabilities of tape. Now by bringing the benefits of library automation to RDX, we can offer users even more efficiency and capacity in a very cost-effective solution."

"Imation is well known as both a technology innovator and trusted global brand in removable data storage with a broad reach across markets and geographies," said Dan Jan, President, BDT Products, Inc. "We are very pleased to be partnering with Imation to bring the strengths of both companies together to develop next-generation, automated RDX solutions. We believe that the RDX platform will continue to be rapidly adopted by OEM server manufacturers, driven by the demand from small-medium businesses for this ideal storage solution. We look forward to developing leading-edge RDX solutions to support this important storage platform."

"Imation continues to demonstrate its commitment and continued investment in the removable hard disk drive market with its partnership with BDT," said Robert Amatruda, research director for data protection and recovery at IDC. "The partnership will address the growing needs of SMB’s for a cost-effective, efficient, scalable storage solution that marries the ease of automation with the benefits of removable hard disk drive systems."

Imation’s Investment and Commitment to RDX In March, Imation announced that the company has extended its license agreement with ProStor Systems to manufacture, market and sell RDX removable hard disk systems through 2020 Imation, a founding member of the RDX Storage Alliance, has also made a $5 million investment in ProStor Systems, which provides industry-leading solutions for the cost-effective, long-term storage of digital information and is the inventor and licensor of RDX technology. In addition to multi-cartridge RDX devices, Imation intends to extend its RDX offerings with additional interface options, such as a USB 3.0-enabled docking station, and RDX products with enhanced security.