Plasmon, the market leader for professional data archival solutions, today announced the launch of UDO (Ultra Density Optical) drives and media for secure archival storage.
Available in both true Write Once and Rewritable media formats, UDO delivers permanent, highly accessible storage at a fraction the cost of hard disk-based archival solutions. Initial shipments of UDO products have already commenced and the technology has broad support from OEMs, including Hewlett Packard and IBM, ISVs, system integrators and other partners.
"UDO is an outstanding technology advance in professional optical storage," said John Reed, Director of iSeries Product Management, IBM.
"We are delighted to team with Plasmon and intend to support attachment of Plasmon libraries with UDO drives on IBM eServer iSeries servers."
"The need for archiving is being accelerated by increased regulation and litigation, as well as the growing perceived value of long-term knowledge assets," said Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Storage Group.
"UDO provides an excellent archival storage alternative. Professional optical technology has always featured excellent durability and good random access, and UDO now addresses the cost equation. I see tremendous opportunity for this technology in the health care, financial services and government markets, and any markets where the need for rock-solid, long-term storage continues to grow."
Designed for organizations seeking secure retention of important information, UDO succeeds 5.25 inch MO (Magneto Optical) technology as the new professional optical storage standard. However, UDO breaks the mold for optical storage solutions with increased storage capacity and dramatically lower archival storage costs.
"UDO is extremely cost-competitive in terms of initial purchase price, and on-going maintenance and operating costs," said Nigel Street, Chief Executive of Plasmon. "It is as low as one-sixth the cost of comparable disk solutions and approaches the cost of DVD library solutions with much greater reliability and performance.
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