Hewlett-Packard Introduces HP Colorado 20GBi/e Tape Backup Drive

Strategic Insights -

The HP Colorado 20GBi/e tape backup drive was introduced by Hewlett-Packard Company, the global market-share leader in tape-backup solutions, to address concerns about computer crashes due to disk-drive failures, computer viruses, and system software upgrades. The drive, the industry's fastest Travan-based IDE tape drive, offers large capacity and ease-of-installation design, making it suitable for mobile professionals and stand-alone-computer users who need reliable full-system computer backup.

Key Takeaways:

  • The HP Colorado 20GBi/e tape drive is designed to alleviate fears of computer crashes associated with disk-drive failures, computer viruses, and system software upgrades.
  • The drive is the industry's fastest Travan-based IDE tape drive, offering large capacity and ease-of-installation design.
  • Will Green, president of Disk Doctor, a Fair Oaks, Calif.-based computer consulting firm, emphasizes the importance of data backup, citing a client who lost years of work due to a hard drive crash.
  • The drive is available in internal and external versions and is expected to be available through HP authorized resellers, distributors, retailers, and mail-order catalogs worldwide on October 1.
  • Estimated U.S. street prices begin at $259.
  • Hewlett-Packard had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.
  • HP plans to launch a new company consisting of its industry-leading test-and-measurement, semiconductor products, chemical-analysis, and medical businesses.
  • The company has 123,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.

Statistics:

  • Estimated U.S. street prices for the HP Colorado 20GBi/e tape drive begin at $259.
  • Hewlett-Packard had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in the 1998 fiscal year.
  • The company's total revenue was $47.1 billion in the 1998 fiscal year.
  • The company has 123,000 employees worldwide.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Hewlett-Packard Company, a Leading Global Provider of Computing and Imaging Solutions and Services, Introduces the HP Colorado 20GBi/e Tape Backup Drive" (Aug. 2, 1999)
  • Hewlett-Packard Company press release, "HP Colorado 20GBi/e Tape Backup Drive Brings Ease of Use and High Capacity to Reliable Backup Solutions" (Aug. 2, 1999)