DDS IS HISTORICALLY THE MOST RELIABLE AND DURABLE TECHNOLOGY EVER INTRODUCED WITHIN THE TAPE MARKET. DDS IS IDEAL FOR ENTRY-LEVEL AND SMALL NETWORKS LOOKING FOR HIGHER CAPACITIES WITH LOWER COST OF OWNERSHIP. DDS IS AN AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR UNATTENDED BACK UPS. HP CO-INVENTED DDS TECHNOLOGY AND WAS THE FIRST COMPANY TO EXPAND ITS DDS OFFERING INTO THE 5TH GENERATION KNOWN AS DAT-72. IN ADDITION TO CO-INVENTING THE DDS TECHNOLOGY, HP ALSO CO-INVENTED DAT-72 AND THE NEW GENERATION OF DAT-160. HPS DDS MEDIA PORTFOLIO IS NOW THE MOST ROBUST WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. HP HAS EXTENDED AN ALREADY POPULAR AND TRUSTED FORMAT BY DOUBLING THE TRANSFER RATE TO 12 MB/SEC AND MORE THAN DOUBLING THE CAPACITY TO 160 GB TO CREATE THE NEW DAT 160.