Another big year for tape as ... oops. 2020 sales dropped 8% thanks to 'global shutdowns'

Massive shift requiring masses of backup... not backed up in cold storage medium's numbers

Despite a record year in 2019 that many analysts believed would only be topped in 2020, a report by tape storage heavyweights at the LTO org says the medium's sales dropped significantly last year - by nearly 8 per cent - with 105,198PB of total tape capacity (compressed) shipped....