Full Article: Online Archiving Of Fixed Content: Easy Access And Long-Term Storage For Data

By Jonathan Buckley,
Vice President of Marketing,
PowerFile Inc.

Unlike in the private sector, government entities have always had the duty, if not the legal requirement, to save many files, digital or otherwise, with a timeline stretching perhaps forever. With the compounding effect of data growth, it has been nearly impossible to keep all but the most current data online. The default medium for archive was always tape, and to a lesser extent, offline optical storage.