Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Tape Types. For almost as long as computers have existed, magnetic tape has been the backup medium of choice. Tape is inexpensive, well understood and easy to ...

Quantum and Imation, two makers of tape-backup products, have agreed to settle their lawsuits, ending a rancorous spat that had raised antitrust accusations and hobbled a newer tape standard. The two ...

Imation said Monday that it has filed a $450 million lawsuit against storage rival Quantum, accusing the company of monopolizing the market for the digital tape used in its DLT drives. The suit, filed ...

A new tape model from Quantum comes out about every two years, and it arrived as expected early this year in the form of the DLT-S4. The first and most apparent novelty is its name: Quantum dropped ...