The advances of computer technology offer many new opportunities but also new challenges. Records stored in popular file formats today may be unreadable in the near future because of constant changes in hardware, software and media technology. One of the most important challenges is tackling the problem of digital preservation, ensuring that the digital information [...]

The UK National Archives has won the Digital Preservation Award 2007 for its work on active preservation through the development of the PRONOM Technical Registry and the Digital Record Object Identification (DROID) file format identification. Tessella is delighted to have supported this highly innovative work. The Digital Preservation Award recognizes leadership and practical advancement in [...]

The British Library and the National Archives of Malaysia have both selected Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box technology as key components of their digital archiving solutions. The technology has been designed to help memory institutions (including libraries and archives), who are already skilled at preserving paper material, to face the problems posed by preserving material stored [...]