Storage Special Interest Group (Storage SIG)
IBM inventor Rey Johnson with world’s first disk drive, the RAMAC 305, delivered in 1956
Since November, 2003, museum volunteers who were experienced participants in disk drive, tape drive and storage system companies, as well as significant
independent industry consultants, have been active in preservation of data storage history. They have participated in numerous videotaped oral history sessions
with data storage industry pioneers and have compiled detailed information on significant events in the development of data storage products.
Active participants in the Storage SIG’s activities have been organized into a set of Working Groups. Individual Working Groups have been established for
Hard Disk Drives, Tape Drives, Optical Disk Drives and Storage Systems, plus a special group to concentrate on events in Japan. Each Working
Group conducts appropriate activities for its product area, including oral history sessions and development of significant events timelines.
In addition, the Storage SIG Steering Committee overviews and coordinates all of the Storage SIG’s activities.
Related Materials
This archive contains transcripts of oral history interviews and panel discussions with key pioneers and contributors to the information age that have been collected by the Computer History Museum.
This site contains the working documents of the Computer History Museum's Storage SIG Hard Disk Drive Working Group.
The Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection contains historical source materials of companies in the IT industry.
Contacts
| TELEPHONE | WEBSITE | |
| 203-222-8821 | Jim Porter | Storage SIG |