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Archive for July, 2010

Article marketing has become very powerful over the last several years and the popularity is increasing constantly. Due to the success that many have with submitting to article directories, new technologies have been created. These technologies and new tools have been designed to help make it easier for many to transition over into article marketing.

Article directories have started to upgrade their service to include many new tools and some even with brand new technologies that are created to help the authors and marketers take full advantage of article marketing. Many of these tools and new technologies have been created to make article marketing more automative.

Taking advantage of automation will make your article marketing efforts easier and your life easier. Submitting your recent articles that you have written to thousands of article directories is now easier than ever. Creating interesting content filled articles has now become possible because of new technologies. Short articles can even be submitted to your blogs on pure auto-pilot.

Advancements That Will Change The History Of Article Marketing

Article Submission — The popularity of auto submission for articles have been increasing and some developers have taken note of this popularity. There are many submission services online and software that can be run from your desktop. Not all auto submission is created the same though and this is where technology is starting to step in. Many auto submission services use generic categories to submit your articles, which can be more harmful to your marketing efforts. A handful of submission services have decided enough was enough and have created powerful auto submission tools that will submit to each article directories exact categories. Think of how much more exposure your article could get by being submitted to the proper category.

DripFeed Submission – Blogs have been increasing in popularity and with that increase comes the need for automation of posting to your blog. Many marketers have 20 or more blogs and it is very time consuming trying to keep those blogs updated. DripFeed submission will take articles that you have written and post them to your blog on auto-pilot at the times your specify. You could dripfeed your blog with 1 or 2 articles per day or per hour. Only a handful of sites currently offer this technology but those sites are producing more powerful tools to make your life easier.

Content Creator – Until recently only a few article directories have been allowing a limited about of html in articles. There are a handful of sites though that are allowing full html that will actually allow the creation of article sales pages. With this brand new technology writers and authors have the capabilities to insert images, videos, flash, html templates and many other elements into articles. Using proper content creation can transform your article into a true work of art.

Though many of these tools and technologies are only available at a handful of sites currently, technology is increasing everyday and more powerful tools are being created. Think of how much greater of a response you can get from your recent articles that you have written by using these interesting article tools.

The revolutions per minute (rpm) of the Sony AIT-4 data tape format’s helical scan head is 4,800. Information of higher density is recorded at an angle that is relative to edge of the AIT data tape reel. Loop of the AIT-4 backup tape drive is closed and the tape path is adjusted by the “self adjusting” mechanism that helps in accurate and highly precise tracking of the data tape. New and unique system of ATF (auto-tracking following) has been added to the AIT-4 tape drive which improves the tape drive’s effectiveness. For tape flutter, the servo adjusts itself and therefore it enables the space between the tracks to be much nearer when recording the data onto the tape reel.

The tape head (MIG metal in gap) of the Sony AIT4 tape drive is redesigned and enhanced. The average life of the AIT tape head is about 50,000 hours. AIT4 tape drive has mechanism for controlling the tape tension. It controls the tension of tape reel at one half. The other mechanisms of helical scan and the innovative tape head geometry help to further reduce the pressure between the tape media and head. The servo mechanism controls and monitors the fluctuations in the tape tension and helps in reduction of wear & tear of both the tape head and tape reel.

Sony AIT5 backup tape format is now even more robust and reliable as it has the new AME-III technology. The AME-III feature (Advanced Metal Evaporated) has incredibly enhanced the data storage ability and the data density. The other data tape formats paint the magnetic particle merely so this makes 50 percent of the magnetic material active. In AME technology, cobalt is used which is then vaporized and is applied directly on to the AIT tape reel. So the AME technology results in almost 100 percent pure magnetic material in the AIT data tape format. AIT tape cartridges suffer less from loss of data because of the AME technology as they loose less magnetic particles. It is because of the AME technology that the Sony AIT5 data tape media has remarkable 400,000 hours of life at duty cycle of 100%. Sony AIT-5 has ability of end-to-end passes of 30,000.

Sony AIT5 backup tape technology offers numerous advantageous and reliable features one of which the most important feature is the WORM (write once read many) technology. Backed up information on the tape cartridge cannot be wiped out or changed but access to the data is possible with the WORM technology in the AIT 5 tape format. WORM is very cost effective and beneficial for the storage of archive regulated and sensitive data. Sony AIT5 tape format provides all the advantages of WORM media technology. All the generations of AIT (advanced intelligent tape) format including the fifth generation AIT5 tape format has memory chip (MIC) in the AIT data tape cartridges. Memory in cassette (MIC) is non-volatile chip. MIC is built in the AIT tape cartridge. MIC enables the AIT tape media in fast searching of data and quick loading of tape media.

AIT tape media does not keep on tape index it rather maintains the information of system log, tape status, file index, backup information, user definable information and cartridge history. AIT-5 tape format takes further this innovative and groundbreaking technology of MIC. Sony AIT-5 tape media uses the remote R-MIC chip which is the advanced form of the MIC chip. In this AIT backup tape format, there is no need of connector and the memory chip communicates with the AIT tape drive remotely.

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As our country begins what I can only hope is a new era, I find myself wondering about the future of our industry. Information Technology took a very hard hit in the Dot Bomb Crash of 2000. I was under contract to Lucent Technologies at the time and the impact there was enormous. Jobs were lost by the thousands, and so were retirements. Now, in 2008 and 2009, we see another financial bomb–but we also see a new vision.

In 2000, the world discovered that just being on the Internet did not guarantee success. Prior to that, business was doing well at moving money around, if not actually producing much. The cash had to keep moving or it would settle to the ground and people would notice that there wasn’t that much new money–just the same funds moving in circles–redistributing. Maybe that is what finally happened. Maybe the music stopped and everyone realized that there weren’t enough chairs for everyone–and panicked.

The financial bomb this time is a bit different and as I am not a financial consultant, I will not try to explain it–even if I fully understood it-which I do not. My concern here is the impact of this market on my industry, the Information Technology Industry. This time it seems, we are not dead center on the bull’s eye–instead we are the arrow point. We went through our decimation and many of us retired, retrained in other fields or just gave up. Others stayed on and have continued to grow with the technology. It’s leaner and meaner and there are far fewer of us to do what needs doing. But, it is also the foundation of the new economy to come.

New energy systems and a rewrite of the way that the Health Care Industry does business will be heavily steeped in Information Technology. Our skills are going to be in more and more in demand as companies around the world, and here in the United States, scramble for ways to create a sustainable future for our planet and our respective countries. We will be right in the middle of it. Are you ready for that? Are you really?

One side effect of the trimming down of our industry has been reluctance to invest in upgrades, to improve efficiency of systems and, most importantly, to create. Older equipment and technology are often still in place–in mission critical positions. Products at the end of their support cycles, that are still working, are still in place. After all, why fix what isn’t broken? Money is tight.

Here is why you should fix it while it is still working.

(1) Because it IS still working. Once a component fails, you will end up scrambling to replace it–making bad decisions and building sloppy installations.

(2) Because new software tools, operating system manufacturers, (think patches), and other manufacturers of equipment, do not perform regression testing back to the beginning of time. If your operation system or other software tools are past that magical line in the sand, new-supposedly helpful-patches and upgrades could break your systems in unforeseeable and unsupportable ways.

(3) Because it is not about keeping your position in a company or in a market. It is about creating new technologies, processes and markets. The old ways don’t cut it anymore and whoever creates a solution to a problem, regardless of country or marketplace, will drive the economies of the world–and of their niche in the global marketplace. If your company creates products or provides services, you need to be on the crest of the wave.

President Obama has asked us to be willing to make hard decisions and to work to create the new technologies that will drive the world’s economy. I for one, embrace the call. Let’s stop trying to make our money by moving money from one pocket to another and begin once again to create. You, the people of the Information Technology Industry, are going to be right at the heart of it. Technologists, look for companies that want to be there too. Information Technology Managers, look for people with passion. Let the wonder that first led you to master an aspect of the magic of technology once again inspire you. This is our moment. This is our challenge. It’s time once again to have some fun with this stuff!

No doubt the requirements of future are to securely record, capture and hold huge amounts of information no matter the applications are data retrieval, archiving, disaster recovery or data backup. Therefore the aims of semi-conductor, optical and magnetic storage media’s manufacturers are to record more data amounts at reduced cost and faster rate. Magnetic tape is the superior storage technology that can hold data safely for longer time duration. When we compare these different storage technologies, the conclusion is that the magnetic data tape’s per GB cost is the lowest. LTO tape technology has achieved greater storage space per cartridge and is still increasing with the introduction of its new generations. The storage capacity of LTO tape has gone beyond 1 terabyte. LTO-4 tape can store 1. 6 terabytes of compressed data. This is really massive data amount as 1TB can accommodate three hundred million text pages. There are numerous challenges that the high- capacity storage media have to handle. These challenges include reduction in metal particle’s size, reduced tape thickness, low cost per GB, increased track density and bit density. Maxell has achieved these goals and devised the best solution to overcome these challenges by introducing the Neo Super Maximum capacity Advanced Reliability Tape (Neo-SMART) technology in the LTO3 (183950) tape format. Neo-SMART is combination of 7 key technologies that contribute to the overall high reliability and output of the Maxell ultrium LTO-3. Technologies included in Neo SMART are advanced dispersion, fine metal-particles, ultra thin coating, high-performance tape cartridge, advanced calendaring, stable writing of servo-track writing and ultra precise slitting. Maxell has employed strong and durable dual-binder mechanism in the LTO-3 (183950) tape by the induction of Neo-SMART technology. As the density of metal particles is increased, the metal particles tend to stick with each other. So the tape surface gets rough resulting in reduction of the signal strength. Maxell found the solution to this problem and introduced two complementary mechanisms that ensure ultra smooth dispersion of the metal particles. This advanced mechanism makes even dispersion of metal particles and afterwards each particle is adhered by a specific binder layer. The metal particles are adhered through a chemical process. Technologies included in Neo SMART are advanced dispersion, fine metal-particles, ultra thin coating, high-performance tape cartridge, advanced calendaring, stable writing of servo-track writing and ultra precise slitting. It is necessary that the tape reel should be highly durable and tough as the quantity of heads has increased in the modern tape storage products. Maxell has employed strong and durable dual-binder mechanism in the LTO-3 (183950) tape by the induction of Neo-SMART technology. Neo SMART comprises of binders some of them are primary while the others are secondary. Neo SMART with the help of tough chemical bonding forms a three dimensional (3-D) structure. This structure increases the magnetic layer’s resistance against heat ensuring high level of reliability and accuracy in severe conditions. So the technology of Neo-SMART in the Maxell ultrium LTO3 cartridge helps to provide the best and accurate results even under high pressure and work load. Advanced dispersion and chemical bonding because of the Neo SMART technology makes the LTO tape cartridge more powerful, robust and tough with increased tape life. For online order of Maxell LTO-3, HP LTO3, TDK LTO3, Fuji LTO3, Sony LTO3, Dell LTO3, LTO ultrium and LTO cleaning tape please visit ‘tape4backup. com’

HP AIT (advanced intelligent tape) is ideal and most reliable data backup technology for workgroup and departmental backups. HP AIT is the superior tape format that offers remarkable and unmatchable performance, large storage capacity and low operational cost. Built-in Memory in cassette elevates the file access process and upgrades the durability. The process to access data files is very fast and accurate in AIT tape media. Its advantageous and best feature is that it’s operational and maintenance cost is also very low.

HP AIT technology provides superior compatibility with all the AIT libraries, tape drives and autoloaders. Built-in memory in the AIT cartridge improves the integrity of stored data. AIT tape drives prevent the tape cartridge from any harm or damage caused by debris because they have self cleaning heads. This self cleaning technology restrains and stops building up of debris. This mechanism provides extra protection to the AIT tape media.

The other forceful and supreme technology in AIT is Advance Metal Evaporated (AME). HP AIT-2 (Q1998A) is compatible with the AIT2 tape drives and SSL-2020 Storage Works tape library. The archival/storage life of HP AIT-2 technology is about thirty years. The key feature of AIT tape technology is enormous recording space with low cost. TAPE4BACKUP. com offers best prices on HP AIT-1, AIT2, AIT-3 and AIT cleaning cartridge.

If uncompressed data of 100GB is recorded on AIT tape cartridge, then the advantage of data density provided by the AIT will be ten times more than magneto optical (MO). This means that for storing similar data volume, more than ten juke-boxes of magneto optical will be required. So the AIT technology allows the organizations to save more money and energy as it will use less floor space, cooling and power. MIC technology and dual reel AIT cartridge assist in increasing the search performance, transfer rate and also boost the load process and efficiency. AME technology extends the AIT tape’s life and ensures safe storage of information on AIT tape media for thirty years even without refreshing or tape rewinding. This mechanism provides extra protection to the AIT tape media.

HP AIT meets the challenge of regulatory compliance effectively with its WORM feature that blocks any activity that tries to erase or makes changes to the information that already has been recorded onto the AIT media. Until now, five generation of AIT format have been launched into the market and all tape versions are performing efficiently. HP AIT tape versions provide to its consumers complete backward compatibility and protection to the organization’s investment.

The extension of the AIT tape is the Super AIT tape format (1/2 inch single reel tape cartridge). SAIT also has WORM technology. Data archival in long term is not limited to some extent by the media’s abilities of data retention but it depends more on the storage platform’s life cycle. That is why AIT format is adopted and trusted by majority of the leading companies around the globe. HP AIT tape technology’s combination with the management software and supporting tape libraries offers the most reliable blend of performance, capacity, retention compliance and low cost.

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