Over the past couple of years this had led to a number of valuable acquisitions by major digital storage companies of storage system suppliers that have built specialized equipment to service this market.

FORBES: Digital Storage Stars Drive Acquisitions

The first half of 2011 has seen amazing levels of consolidation in the digital storage industry, from individual storage device manufacturers to storage system vendors.

FORBES: Changing Digital Storage Requirements for Clouds and Mobile Devices

The LTFS LTO file system allows modern digital tape storage to be used like NAS file systems and simplifies the use of magnetic tape libraries and allows faster access to the content stored on them.

FORBES: New Storage Choices to Drive 2013 Data Markets