Datasheets/Presentations/Articles

• Advanced Intelligent Tape - Features and Benefits (1.6M PPT)
• Advanced Intelligent Tape - WORM: A New Dimension to the AIT Format (1.2M PPT)
• AIT Tape Technology...Because Your Data is Your Most Valuable Asset (1.44M PPT)
• AIT Family Specifications (24K PDF)
• AIT-1 vs. Others (16K PDF)
• AIT-E Turbo and AIT-1 Turbo vs. Others (50K PDF)
• AIT-2 vs. Others (52K PDF)
• AIT-2 Turbo vs. Others (55K PDF)
• AIT-3 and AIT-3Ex vs. Others (52K PDF)
• AIT-4 vs. Others (50K PDF)
• AIT-5 vs. Others (52K PDF)
• AIT Media Data Sheet (2.1M PDF)
• Information Lifecycle Management - A Promise or a Reality? (Enterprise Storage Forum, 4/04)
• Should You Abandon DDS for AIT? (SearchStorage.com, 12/03 )
• Data Integrity and Data Retention Regulations (634K PPT)
• Sony AIT-1 Delivers Fast Backup (CRN, 3/06) (124K PDF)
• Sony Lays Down Ambitious Migration Path for Future of AIT (CTR, 3/02) (117K PDF)

AIT White Papers

• AIT-5 Competitive Performance and Value (74K PDF - January 2007)
• Sony AIT-5 (242K PDF - January 2007)
• AIT Continues Its Roadmap To An Unprecedented 5th Generation (76K PDF - November 2006)
• Tape Backup for High Performance Computing (45K PDF - April 2005)
• AIT WORM & SAIT WORM Magnetic Tape Products SEC Rule 17A-4(f) Compliance Assessment (524K PDF - April 2005)
• Meeting SEC 17a-4 Regulations Using WORM Tape and XenData Archive Series Software (146K PDF - May 2004)
• Top Ten Storage Guidelines for Compliance Readiness (255K PDF)
• A Comparative Analysis of Tape Recording Technologies For Mid-Range Systems and Server Applications (254K PDF - Updated July 2003)
• AIT and Your eServer (174K PDF)
• AIT WORM - New Solution for Fixed Content Data (127K PDF)
• AIT-2 WORM SEC Compliance (154K PDF)
• AIT-3 WORM SEC Compliance (119K PDF)
• Backup Insurance, Are You Covered? (194K PDF)
• Key AIT Tape Strategies (502K PDF)
• Sony Puts the Pedal to the Metal with AME Tape (112K PDF)
• The Need for Mirrored Backup (177K PDF)

AIT Solution Successes

• Education: Shoah (274K PPT)
• Finance: Standard & Poor's (219K PPT)
• High Technology: Autodesk (251K PPT) and CitySearch (242K PPT)
• Insurance: The Standard Insurance Co. (333K PPT)
• Investment Advisor: Perkins Capital Management (24K PDF)
• Investment Bank: Goldsmith Agio Helms (26K PDF)
• Manufacturing: Sonoco (254K PPT) and St. Laurent Paperboard (359K PPT)
• Regulations and Compliance: SO-X and Storage - The ABCs
• Services: Sage Hospitality (325K PPT)

AIT Press Releases

11/22/07	Open Source Storage Adds Sony AIT-5 Technology to the Open Archive Initiative (27K PDF)
01/03/07	Equus Computer Systems to OEM Sony's AIT Drives
12/12/06	Nor-Tech to OEM Sony's AIT Drives
12/05/06	Qualstar Ships AIT-5 Equipped Tape Libraries
11/07/06	Sony Now Shipping AIT-5 Products
11/07/06	Sony Now Shipping AIT-5 Products
06/21/06	Sony Delivers Fifth Generation AIT Format
01/11/06	Sony Adds SATA Interface to Its AIT Turbo Line
09/20/05	Sony and A4S Security Join Forces to Provide Robust Digital Video Surveillance Solution
06/21/05	Intradyn Introduces Tape Encryption for Sony AIT WORM Tape Archives
06/06/05	Spectra Logic Offers Library for Cost of a Single Drive
05/19/05	Qualstar Announces iSCSI Equipped Tape Libraries (28K PDF)
03/14/05	Sony Joins Forces with Intradyn to Market E-mail Compliance and Archival Solutions for Small- and Mid-sized Businesses
02/07/05	Sony to Bundle New Veritas Backup Exec Quickstart Software with Its AIT Tape Drives
11/09/04	Sony Turbocharges AIT with New Low-Cost Line
11/09/04	Sony AIT-4 Drives and Media Now Shipping in Volume
11/08/04	Qualstar Ships AIT-4 Equipped Tape Libraries (41K PDF)
10/25/04	Spectra Logic Introduces TCP/IP Offload Engines (TOE) Libraries
10/12/04	GST Debuts Internal Tape Backup Solution for IBM's New i5/p5 Servers (141K PDF)
08/31/04	Sony Sources AIT Drives for HP Proliant Servers
07/26/04	Sony Extends AIT Format to a Fourth Generation (167K PDF)
06/29/04	Intradyn Launches ComplianceVault™ Email Archiving & Retrieval Appliance for SMBs
05/24/04	SAPERION Integrates XenData Archives Series Software
04/05/04	ADIC Data Management Software Provides ILM Foundation
02/23/04	Tape Conversion Made Simple - Cybernetics HSTC D2D2T Models Facilitate Easy Tape Conversion for Mixed Media Sites (6K PDF)
02/23/04	Tape Libraries Go Virtual - Cybernetics Virtual Tape Libraries Incorporate the Best Features of Disk and Tape For Backup (6K PDF)
02/17/04	HP Storage Works Compatible AIT Drives - Cybernetics Introduces Hot Swappable AIT Drives for HP Proliant and AlphaServer Models (6K PDF)
02/04/04	GST Extends AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3 Tape Line to Unix, Linux, NT (149K PDF)
01/27/04	ADIC Launches New iSCSI Library Options