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The Dirty Secret in the LTO Buyback Industry LTO and 3592 tapes are the backbone of corporate backup strategies. They store massive volumes of critical data, often for years, before being retired. But when those tapes reach end-of-life for your organization, what happens next? If you’re like many IT managers, you sell them to a “buyback broker” — thinking you’re getting a fair price, and your data is safely destroyed. Here’s the ugly truth: Many brokers pay pennies on the

Is Tape Really Obsolete—Or Are We Just Being Sold a Story? For the past 20 years, storage vendors, cloud providers, and even some IT executives have repeated the same line: “Tape is dead.” But if that’s true, why do some of the largest, most security-conscious organizations in the world—including global banks, governments, and healthcare systems—still rely heavily on tape storage? The truth is inconvenient for cloud and disk vendors: tape is not only alive—it’s thriving. And the myth of its

Why Are 3592 Enterprise Tapes Suddenly a Hot Debate?  (Will LTO Win the War?) IBM 3592 enterprise-class data tapes have long been the go-to format for organizations where downtime is unacceptable, and compliance is non-negotiable. With up to 20 TB native capacity, long media lifespans, and enterprise-class performance, 3592 is seen as a safe choice for mission-critical archives. But in 2025, the storage landscape is shifting fast. LTO-10 is here. Holographic ribbon technology is making headlines. Cloud and hybrid storage