You’ve lost access to your bitcoin, and you’re looking for solutions. Here’s the good news: You have options as long as you have some of the information used to create your wallet.  Read on for several potential bitcoin recovery scenarios....

Shingled magnetic recording (often abbreviated as SMR) is a technique used to increase the areal density of a hard drive, allowing manufacturers to store more data on each square inch of the discs (or platters).  The word “shingled” provides a...

The Betacam SP format has a horizontal resolution of 340 lines. This was an improvement over the original Betacam format, which had a resolution of 300 lines. To accomplish this improvement, Betacam SP used metal-formulated tape, as opposed to its...

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HMAR) has been touted as the next great technology for increasing hard drive capacities without reducing other key performance metrics. How does HAMR work — and does it offer clear advantages over current tech? First, a quick...

U-matic tapes can be converted to digital video formats, including formats compliant with standards like Sony D-1.  However, due to the age of the U-matic medium, we strongly recommend working with professional video technicians to ensure the highest quality output....

Cloud migration enables enterprises to distribute workloads and improve scalability. For many modern organizations, the cloud is an essential tool for creating robust IT systems.  Even so, cloud systems aren’t ideal for every application or every type of workload. Some...

Areal density describes the amount of data that can be stored within a given amount of physical space on a hard drive’s platters.  Generally speaking, a higher areal density is a good thing. Hard drives with a higher areal density...

Betacam video may display combing during the digitization process, which limits the usability of the converted media.  In video production, “combing” refers to interlacing artifacts that occur during conversion. The most common cause of combing is an incorrect frame rate...

Introduced in 1986, Betacam SP (also called Beta SP) quickly became the default standard for professional video post-production. The format offered several key improvements over the original Betacam, and Beta SP cassettes could accommodate 90 minutes of high-quality recording. Since...

For decades, Betacam formats were an established standard in video production. Analog Betacam tapes dramatically improved on the quality of the widely used U-Matic format. When Sony transitioned to Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, and Betacam SX, broadcasters and other video...