The alliance between the two companies allows for the sale of the first permanent file backup disc technology, protecting information for up to 1,000 years.

Millenniata, based in American Fork, and Verbatim announced a global M-Disc partnership that Millenniata’s Chief Executive described as “deep and wide-ranging.”

The Millenniata disc, whose name comes from “1,000 years” and “data,” said the M-Disc allows anyone to permanently etch music, photos, videos, genealogical records or business records onto a disc unlike computer hard-drives, CD and DVD, whose data can be erased, corrupted or suffer from natural decay. The LDS Church on its FamilySearch website recommended the M-Disc for preservation of family history records, saying it has the longest DVD archival life.

Under the partnership, Verbatim — and its parent company, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (MKM)– will begin worldwide marketing and sales programs of M-Disc-branded DVDs and Blu-ray discs and technologies to consumers and enterprise customers. MKM will also pursue M-Disc partnerships with archival software developers and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) in the personal computer and optical disc drive (ODD) markets, including M-Ready ODD manufacturers.

Millenniata, Verbatim and MKM have agreed to joint development efforts designed to expand the capabilities and capacities of archival-grade data storage technologies both in terms of longevity and data storage capacity.

“We are excited about such a deep and wide-ranging strategic partnership with Verbatim, a global leader in data storage technologies, and its parent company, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media,” said Paul Brockbank, CEO of Millenniata. “Clearly, the explosive growth in digital content creation at the consumer and enterprise level is continuing to accelerate and we are proud to provide the world’s best technology and media to preserve that critical digital content. We understand how important preserving our most precious data is; so does Verbatim. That is why we are so pleased to be able to partner with Verbatim and MKM to advance the availability of M-Discs in multiple formats, storage size capacities and to create future products together that expand the capacity and longevity even further.”

An accelerated life test performed by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, Calif. tested five brands of archival-quality DVD discs including the Millenniata M-Disc for data longevity and reliability. The test found that the M-Disc was the only solution that suffered no degradation or data loss. All other discs tested failed.

Millenniata’s patented M-Disc technologies for archival-grade optical Blu-ray discs and DVD disc storage mean that users can record and store data that can last for up to 1,000 years. The technology has been proven through ISO/IEC 10995/16963 standard longevity tests and is the only data storage solution to withstand rigorous testing by the U.S. Department of Defense. 

Millenniata’s writable M-Discs, which were invented by Barry Lunt and Matthew Lindford, two BYU professors, utilize a layer of patent-protected rock-like, inorganic materials that mean archival-grade M-Disc and Blu-ray discs are virtually impervious to environmental exposure, unlike typical writable BD or DVD discs. Using these patented rock-like materials means that it is nearly impossible to degrade the data stored on an M-Disc Blu-ray discs or DVD disc.

Verbatim/MKM anticipates that its co-branded Verbatim and MKM/M-Disc DVDs and Blu-ray discs will be available in late 2014.

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