If Tape Is Dying It Has The Same Disease As HDDs
Recently Storage Newsletter, on the back of a report issued by Santa Clara Consulting Group (SSCG), stated that "Tape Is Not Dead, But Dying..."1. This opinion is based on worldwide tape sales, which declined 9% according to SSCG and the fact that the number of firms who are successfully growing their revenues as a result of selling tape systems has shrunk to only one - Spectra Logic. On the surface of it, this seems a very logical and well-considered view. However, in my opinion this is only be
