The bulk of digital content in data centers will remain on magnetic storage media either hard disk drives or magnetic tape.

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As a result of its implementation of Granite, the law firm is removing storage media from its remote offices and shutting down its data centers in all but the four hubs.

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In assessing sustainability of data storage growth, the undeniable element lies in the evolution of application technology which encompasses mobile media including everything from a laptops, notebooks, e-readers, tablets and smart phones.

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Even if Blu-ray were to fail as a packaged media format (anything can happen), it would live on as a data storage format.

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Another issue is that our insatiable demand for more storage leads to denser storage technologies on media that has a finite life and also leads to our using data and hardware formats that may last for an even shorter time than the media.

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