Friday, 16 May 2008
IBM Celebrates 1 Millionth LTO Drive Shipment
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IBM said this morning that it has marked a major milestone by shipping its one millionth Linear Tape-Open (LTO) drive. The announcement was made at an IBM customer, business partner and employee event in Singapore today... |
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IBM said this morning that it has marked a major milestone by shipping its one millionth Linear Tape-Open (LTO) drive.
The announcement was made at an IBM customer, business partner and employee event in Singapore today, where the LTO drives are manufactured in Singapore and shipped by IBM.
IBM hails its LTO offerings and its entire System Storage products as an important part of the information infrastructure strategy - helping clients manage and use information effectively.
"IBM has been a leader in delivering LTO solutions capabilities, and today we unveil a milestone in the area of LTO drive demand by IBM clients with the shipment of the one millionth LTO tape drive,” said Claudia Tan, General Manager, Systems and Technology Group, IBM Singapore.
“By working across multiple platforms, IBM's LTO drives help our client lower energy costs and enable streamlined archive solutions for decades to come.”
According to industry analyst IDC, LTO tape drive shipments increased 15% in 2007 as compared to 2006.
Singapore's IBM Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) facility, established in 1994, serves as the worldwide source for several of IBM's critical storage products. It is responsible for assembling the entry level products of the Tape Storage Family, namely the Head Actuator Assembly, Linear Tape-Open, Enterprise Drive and the 3580 Tape Drive.
The Manufacturing facility also assembles IBM System Storage DS6000, part of the mid range Disk Storage Family and serves as the international Warranty Repair Center for LTO Tape Drives, shipping to clients from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and countries in the Asia Pacific Region.
In addition, the Singapore facility serves as the Plant of Control for other critical storage products manufactured at other sites around the world. |
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