In a key move to satisfy End Users' requirements for guaranteed, highly reliable, problem-free Tape Data Storage Solutions, Tandberg Data ASA announced recently an improved worldwide warranty policy on their flagship tape drive Linear Recording Products.
Effective from May 1, 1998, all Tandberg Data branded SLR5 4/8 GB, MLR1 16/32 GB and MLR3 25/50 GB tape drives will carry a worldwide three-year warranty. Details of the warranty policy are available from the company.
"We are very pleased to announce this new and longer warranty period for our higher end tape drive products," said Bjorn Evensen, Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Sales in Oslo, Norway. "With this decision we are satisfying the needs of our End-User customers for tape storage management drives and solutions with longer warranty periods.
Our SLR/MLR products have the industry's Best-in-Class reliability worldwide (below 1.5% field failure return), and we therefore welcome our customers' requirements for more reliable tape drives. This improved Tandberg Data warranty policy provides End Users with even higher confidence when buying Tandberg Data tape drives and when assessing the Total Cost of Ownership," he said.
Tandberg Data is a global supplier of tape data storage management solutions offering the industry's Best in Class scalability to future products, backward compatibility to previous products and product reliability. The company's tape data storage management solutions cover the entire range from 525 megabytes to well over 2 terabytes* with both stand alone and tape automaton systems.
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