A sneak peak – the ExecEvent will shortly announce that the industry’s first Tape Summit would be held April 14-15 at the (resort/hotel TBD) in Las Vegas. The invitation-only Tape Summit 2011 will address the current and future state of the data storage tape market and modern data center trends for tape usage in backup, archive, disaster recovery and data security. The two-day event will bring together vendors, industry experts, press and analysts for a comprehensive update on the $3+ billion annual tape market and how tape vendors will continue to innovate in the next decade to address the growing storage needs around the current data explosion.
Tape Summit 2011 is sponsored by the leading tape library, drive, media, archiving and backup automation software manufacturers, led by Spectra Logic as a Platinum sponsor. The summit will feature a welcome reception, keynote addresses by tape technology industry leaders, private briefing suites and meals and entertainment.
Selected industry delegates (press, analysts, influential voices) will be invited to attend Tape Summit 2011 free of charge. Event discussion topics include:
- Tape’s role in managing data growth within Big Data environments
- Tape’s role in active archive
- Tape’s role in cloud storage
- Predictions on the role of tape and disk media in the future data center
- Usage models and customer case studies in super computing, media & entertainment, federal government
- New software and hardware functionalities that are positioning the tape market for solid and consistent growth
- Trends for tape usage in backup, archive, disaster recovery and data security
