IPres 2025: Cerabyte Joins Global Experts to Advance Resilient, Future-Proof Data Preservation
Birds of a Feather presentation with several industry and market experts
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on November 6, 2025 at 2:00 pmCerabyte, Inc., developer of ceramic-based data storage solutions, announced its participation in the 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation, iPres 2025, November 3-7 in Wellington, New Zealand.
In the Birds of a Feather (BOF) presentation, Martin Kunze and Steffen Hellmold of Cerabyte, along with Digital Vellum Project author Vint Cerf and former IEEE president Tom Coughlin, addressed how to ensure digital records can be read for generations to come.
“Digital preservation is about ensuring that our past remains authentic, accessible and usable for generations to come. We recognize the significance of events such as iPres 2025 in shaping the future of digital preservation, and we are proud to support the event with our gold sponsorship.“
Long-term data preservation faces challenges, including data degradation, tampering and physical threats. The panel discussion presentation included solutions to advance preservation practices and address longevity challenges in secondary storage, ensuring that vital data remains accessible and readable for future generations.
Where: iPres 2025, Takina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Center, Mokopuna Meeting Room, 1B – When: Wednesday, November 5, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
“Digital preservation is about ensuring that our past remains authentic, accessible and usable for generations to come,” said Christian Pflaum, CEO, Cerabyte. “We recognize the significance of events such as iPres 2025 in shaping the future of digital preservation, and we are proud to support the event with our gold sponsorship.“
Cerabyte’s permanent, sustainable data storage requires no energy to retain data. The company utilizes a 5000-year-old method of propagating information across time by using laser-punched nanostructures on ceramic on glass sheets. By using existing components and combining longevity with data density and high-speed writing and reading, The company’s technology does not require maintenance, energy or media migration to retain data. It is deployed at scale in a standard data center form factor and is adapted for digital data storage.
Resources:
Looming Digital Dark Age
2025 Cerabyte Progress
Cerabyte Technology
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