Leading storage vendors join VXA alliance

BANGALORE: Exabyte Corporation, an innovator in tape backup, restore, and archival systems, today announced that a cadre of new members have joined the VXA alliance that

includes Adaptec, Computer Associates, Excelstor, Fujitsu Siemens Computers,

Ingram Micro, Symantec/VERITAS, Tech Data, and TOLIS Group.

These companies join founding members Imation, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Ltd.

(Panasonic), Sony, TDK, and Exabyte. Each member company has committed financial or other resources to the mission of the organization.

The VXA Alliance is a tape storage industry group focused on providing information and education to the marketplace on the benefits of VXA and advocating for the continued global adoption of the technology. VXA Packet tape format utilizes discreet digital data packets rather than traditional linear tracks resulting in dramatically enhanced data reliability.

"The VXA Alliance member companies have a common goal: helping customers address their data storage needs in a reliable and cost effective manner," said Jim Ellis, general manager of Global Product Strategy at Imation.

"The growing number of prominent storage industry players joining in our collective efforts is further evidence of the global market energy behind the VXA format."

VXA products have been disaster-tested by Exabyte and independent labs under the most severe conditions - including violent vibration, immersion in volcanic dust, boiling water and hot coffee, and even freezing cartridges in ice - to assure reliable and complete data restores.