Floppy disk use was halted by the US military in 2019 while the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the Japanese government halted their use in 2024. Legacy storage such as floppy disks and magnetic tape are inefficient for mission and business-critical systems. This type of storage prevents businesses from embracing legacy system modernization because modern systems are incompatible with legacy storage systems. Modern storage, such as the latest versions of HDDs, SSDs, and Linear Tape-Open (LTO), provides better compatibility with modern systems. CIOs and IT leaders should turn to modern storage to get started on a modernization strategy. This strategy will allow businesses to save on costs to maintain legacy storage and applications, and improve operational efficiency due to improved storage and systems.
Why Move To Modern Storage
It is common for legacy storage to have a longer lifespan compared to modern storage. …