Backup and archiving remain the biggest applications for digital magnetic tape although it is also used as a physical data transport device (as the old saying goes, you can ship more data on tape in a delivery truck over a shorter time than you can send electronically).

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In raw totals, road accidents have been the top overall killer of workers--mainly truck drivers and traveling salespeople--since BLS started keeping the data in 1992.

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Truck drivers heading from Hamburg to Barcelona serviced by Deutsche Telekom will automatically continue accessing their data through local providers as they drive across France and Spain.

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