ADSM-L

Re: need solutions for offsite storage.

2004-04-08 08:13:51
Subject: Re: need solutions for offsite storage.
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:13:25 -0400
We've heard from people who are pursuing the tradition of sending
tapes offsite.

Is anyone employing any kind of electronic transmission or
electronic vaulting to do away with the archaic trucking model?

Sadly, tapes *can* go astray when given over to an offsite service,
as most notoriously happened recently in Japan:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/76199/1/.html
http://www.citibank.co.jp/040318e.html

  Richard Sims