IBM LTO5 data tape media.
OMFG! My project won an Emmy!
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the recipients of the 63rd Primetime Emmy® Engineering Awards. This year, one of four Engineering Emmys will be awarded one of which goes to IBM for the LTFS technology.
I was responsible for the architecture, format specification, and development lead for the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) from the start of the product development. During my work on LTFS I was instrumental in producing LTFS Single Drive Edition for Linux, OS X and Windows in 2010 (all platforms released within 12 months of starting the project); producing LTFS Library Edition in 2011; and laying plans for future LTFS products up to my last day at IBM.
omgbbqwtf!! Over.
“I’d like to thank the Academy, …”
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Michael,
Please read the award announcement carefully. While it uses the label “LTFS” it seems to be referring to the Fox NE&O HD Archive project started with IBM in 2005. This was a project that I led and was graced with highly talented individuals – Rainer Richter, John Ying (now with Sony), and Michael Baba.
I believe the work that you did at IBM Research was superlative and has helped enhance the work we started at Fox (and with feedback from our work at PGA Tour and the concept of “content disaster recovery” and Durabytes).
Certainly, together, we evolved the capabilities of data tape in the video and broadcast world.
Stay in touch – don’t be a stranger.
John
Hi John,
You are right, many talented individuals have worked on archive projects at IBM in partnership with Fox and other companies. Here is the announcement from IBM We won an Emmy! with a photo of myself and others at the NAB show in 2010.
HAHA! [redacted]. I cant believe he just tried to tell you that his project won and not yours, as if you wouldnt know!
Thanks for your support. I redacted part of your comment out of consideration for all parties.
Congrats for your contribution to the project Michael !! way to go
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