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FOR STORAGE Tandberg Data develops and manufactures data protection solutions for small and mediumsized businesses. Felicity Landon reports on a company with global presence – and ambitions for growth.
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andberg Data has more than 30 years’ experience in providing data storage protection for businesses around the globe. However, the history and roots of the company go back much further, to the founding of the Tandberg Radio Factory in 1933. This legacy fostered a culture of engineering innovation leading to Tandberg Data’s breakthrough in magnetic recording technology and, in particular, the development of the Tandberg SLR (Scalable Linear Recording) tape storage product platform.
Tandberg Data was established in 1979 as a standalone data division when the Tandberg Radio Factory was dissolved into separate entities. At this time, several other organisations were established carrying the Tandberg name, each pursuing different business opportunities. In the 1990s, the company expanded its worldwide presence by setting up subsidiaries in Japan, Singapore and the UK and, around this time, it incorporated LCD video projectors into its product portfolio. The diversification ended in 1996, when Tandberg
