Imation Contributing Member of Active Archive Alliance

The Active Archive Alliance announced that Imation Corp. has joined the organization as a contributing member.

It is a collaborative industry consortium formed to develop and educate on the evolving technologies that enable high efficiency, indexed and user-searchable file-based access to archived data.

Active archives provide a framework for managing hundreds of terabytes to petabytes of storage by applying an active archive software layer that allows the existing file system to expand over disk and tape library technologies simultaneously.

"Organizations of all sizes across various verticals are experiencing massive digital data growth and need effective storage solutions that are scalable, secure and cost-effective," said Bill Schilling, director of scalable storage marketing at Imation. "We are pleased to be a part of this innovative group of storage industry leaders that are helping to advance the use of active archives as a means to achieve affordable and fast online access to archived data."

Imation Scalable Storage solutions, including those featuring RDX media, deliver multi-media, multi-tier, secure data protection and archiving for data-intensive, compliance-driven SMBs. Imation offers backup and archiving solutions with four layers of data storage: active, online, nearline and cloud.

"Imation is a great addition to our growing membership of storage technology providers as they bring a set of solutions that specifically address the SMB market," said Molly Rector, chairman of the Active Archive Alliance, and EVP of product management and WW marketing at Spectra Logic. "By using best-of-breed technologies such as those from Imation and other Alliance members, organizations of all sizes can create a customized active archive solution to meet their needs."

Both Imation and the Alliance exhibited at SNW Fall, October 16-18th in Santa Clara.