Price competition and the availability of quality scanning technology have encouraged and enabled the counterfeit tape market. We are aggressively exposing this business as it may put our customers at risk and negatively impact the...

That is really what launched our inquiry into the marketplace.

Based on our findings, we would advise CIO’s and IT managers to be aware of the risks associated with selling retired data tapes into the used market or using so-called re-certified tape in their own...

They may be worn out, over-used, mishandled, abused. It is a question of how reliable is the source you got it from. Unfortunately, that is not always a very safe bet.