Tessella is delighted to announce a 1.3 million CHF contract award to deliver a Digital Archive solution enabling the long-term preservation and management of the digital records of the Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv (Swiss Federal Archive). The solution will be based on the tried and tested Safety Deposit Box (SDB), developed by Tessella in partnership with The National Archives of the UK (TNA), designed to help memory institutions (including libraries and archives) face the problems posed by preserving material stored in digital formats.

The core software has already been in use at TNA for four years, as the basis of their award-winning ‘Digital Archive’ system, and is currently being significantly enhanced as part of TNA’s Seamless Flow programme. Other users of SDB include the British Library, the National Archives of the Netherlands, and the National Archives of Malaysia.

Dr Robert Sharpe, Tessella’s Head of Digital Archiving Solutions, explained: “We are delighted that the Bundesarchiv has joined the growing SDB community using our advanced archiving solution. We are especially excited about using the Active Preservation technology to add true policy-driven long- term preservation capabilities”.

Jean-Marc Comment, responsible for delivering the project for the Bundesarchiv, said “Tessella’s reputation as technology leaders in Digital Archiving, and the growing acceptance that SDB is the solution of choice to the archiving community, convinced us to select them for this demanding project”.

Kevin Gell, Managing Director of Tessella, concluded: “The challenges of Digital Preservation are considerable and best faced by leading institutions working together. This contract will allow us to continue to build our technology so that the whole SDB user community can benefit. In combination with our work for the US National Archives and Records Administration (through Lockheed Martin), and the PLANETS European Commission funded research programme, we will be able to continue to offer innovative solutions to these complex problems. We are delighted to be supporting the Swiss Federal Archive”.

On Thursday July 24th 2008, Dr Robert Sharpe will be speaking at the 16th International Congress on Archives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on ‘The Problems of Digital Preservation of Archives’. 

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Notes to editors:

• For press enquiries or to arrange an interview with Tessella Support Services plc please contact Alison Smith, Marketing Manager on +44 (0) 1235 555511 or alison.smith@tessella.com
• Founded in 1980, Tessella specializes in the application of innovative solutions to scientific, technical and engineering problems, and its offices within the UK, US and the Netherlands have built long-term relationships with organizations at the leading edge of the scientific and engineering world. Tessella is vendor independent and recommends ‘best of breed’ solutions, whether this involves custom software development or off-the-shelf solutions
• Tessella has over 20 years of proven expertise in the area of reliable and authentic long-term preservation of electronic records, both for government and scientific organizations. In recent years a number of mainly academic and government organizations have been at the cutting-edge of facing up to the digital preservation challenge, and Tessella has played a key role in a number of the most practical of these initiatives. For more information please visit: www.tessella.com/digitalarchiving

 
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