Sony Corporation has acquired the LTO Ultrium4 data cartridge format license and submitted samples for "Media Compliance Testing."
- Sony enters the final stage for commercialization of LTO Ultrium4 data cartridge. -

February 9, 2007

On February 9, 2007, Sony Corporation acquired the LTO Ultrium4 data cartridge format license from the LTO TPCs （Technology Provider Companies), a technology consortium comprised of HP, IBM and Quantum. Sony has also submitted LTO Ultrium4 data cartridge samples to MAC (Measurement Analysis Corporation) for “Media Compliance Testing.” MAC is entrusted with research and evaluation by the TPCs. Sony plans to introduce LTO Ultrium4 data cartridges immediately after testing is successfully concluded.

Sony’s high-reliability LTO Ultrium1, 2, and 3 data cartridges are being used in a variety of fields worldwide, including the insurance, broadcast, banking, and healthcare industries.

“Sony succeeded in developing the highly reliable LTO Ultrium4 data cartridge by utilizing newly developed ultra-thin magnetic particles and a high thermal stability binder, combining Sony’s unique cutting-edge dispersing technology, thin-layer coating technology and a surface smoothing process.” says Takahiro Miyazaki, Senior General Manager of the Tape Media Division at Sony Corporation.

Through integration of its research, development, and production technology, Sony is aiming for the first commercialization of LTO Ultrium4 data cartridges.

* LTO Ultrium is trademark of HP, IBM and Quantum.