August 27, 2012 – – LTO® Technology Moving Into “Starring” Role for a Broad Range of Applications as the LTO Program Finalizes Generation 6 Specifications
June 6, 2012 – – The LTO Program Celebrates 12th Year as More Than 80,000 PB of Data is Protected and Retained in Multiple Applications
2011
August 24, 2011 – – Two Separate Studies Demonstrate That Tape Continues to Provide a Considerable Cost Advangate Over Disk
June 20, 2011 – – LTO Program Announces Availability of Ultrium Format Generation 6 Technology Licenses
2010
November 18, 2010 – – LTO Program Celebrates 10 Years of Changing the Face of the Storage Industry
July 19, 2010 – – Study Finds That Storage Managers Continue to Recognize the Value of Tape
April 14, 2010 – – LTO Program Extends Product Roadmap Through Generation 8
March 22, 2010 – – Fujifilm, Hitachi Maxell, Imation, Sony and TDK Pass LTO Ultrium Generation 5 Interchange Compliance Testing
March 18, 2010 – – LTO Ultrium Tape Drive Shipments Cruise Past New Milestone
January 19, 2010 – – LTO Program Outlines Upcoming Generation 5 Specifications for Licensing
2009
April 21, 2009 – – Tape and Disk Continue to Thrive Together as Two-Thirds of Storage Environments Rely on Combined Solution, Study Finds
2008
September 3, 2008 – – LTO Ultrium Format Reaches New Heights With Over 100 Million Cartridges Shipped
June 17, 2008 – – LTO Ultrium Tape Technology Sales Grow by Double Digits According to Latest Leading Market Research Firm’s Report
May 28, 2008 – – Clipper Group Reports Substantial Cost Advantages of Using Tape in Tiered Storage Approaches
March 12, 2008 – – Over Two Thirds 0f Disk-Only Users Look to Add Tape Back Into Storage Infrastructure According To Recent Survey
January 24, 2008 – – LTO Program Announces Availability of Ultrium Format Generation 5 Technology Licenses
2007
September 5, 2007 – – More than 2,000,000 LTO Ultrium Format Tape Drives and 80,000,000 Cartridges Shipped
May 7, 2007 – – Fujifilm, Imation, Maxell, Sony and TDK Pass LTO Ultrium Generation 4 Data Interchange Compliance Testing
April 11, 2007 – HP And IBM Pass Mechanism Compliance Testing For LTO Ultrium Format Generation 4 Tape Drives
January 10, 2007 – LTO Program Announces Availability Of Ultrium Format Generation 4 Technology Licenses
2006
September 25, 2006 – LTO Ultrium Format Maintains Momentum With More Than 1,500,000 Tape Drives And 50,000,000 Cartridges Shipped.
August 2, 2006 – LTO-Based Tape Library Shipments Continue to Lead Category According to Analyst Study.
July 25, 2006 – LTO-Based Tape Drives Outship Competing Formats by a 5 TO 1 Margin Capturing 82.4% Shipment Share .
May 23, 2006 – LTO program reports strong shipments of write once, read many (WORM) tape cartridges in 2005, Surpassing more than 40 petabytes.
April 17, 2006 – LTO program to include encryption capabilities in next generation of Ultrium tape drive technology.
February 22, 2006 – Over 1 million LTO Ultrium drive shipments, More than 30 million LTO Ultrium tape cartridge shipments, Reaches more than 77 percent market share over competing formats.
February 2, 2006 – White Paper Outlines How LTO Ultrium WORM Tape Technology Can Help Address Regulatory Compliance
2005
December 5, 2005 – LTO Program Announces Availability of New Design Licenses
August 29, 2005 – LTO Ultrium Format Reaches Major Milestone: More Than 1,000,000 LTO Ultrium Tape Drives Shipped
July 28, 2005 – Freeman Reports Study Shows LTO-Based Super Tape Drives Continue Market Share Leadership
July 29, 2005 – LTO-based Tape Drive Marketshare Reaches 77% in 2004
May 10, 2005 – LTO Reaches 73% of All Tape Library Units and 51% of Total 2004 Library Revenues
April 06 , 2005 – Tandberg Storage Passes LTO Ultrium Format Generation2 Mechanism Compliance
February 02 , 2005 – LTO Technology Program Reaches Significant Milestones In 2004
2004
December 14 , 2004 – December 14 , 2004 – LTO Program Announces Updated Technology Roadmap
November 8 , 2004 – Fujifilm, Imation, Maxell, Sony, TDK Pass LTO Ultrium Generation 3 Data Interchange Compliance Testing
October 25 , 2004 – LTO Program Announces WORM Specification for LTO Generation 3 Technology