1. On May 7th - Larry said so in his interview with Reuter's
2. Sun's tape is a significant proportion of Sun's overall sales and service revenue.
3. Sun's tape portfolio is viewed as the best in breed in every category. Sun tape is recognized as an innovator and leader in this market segment and over the past 18 months Sun has refreshed its entire tape hardware and software portfolio
4. Sun and Fujifilm announced the expansion of their relationship on next generation tape drive and media development on May 19th.
5. Sun's tape products are installed in many of the world's largest companies
6. Sun's tape automation is #1 in factory out tape automation revenue according to IDC
7. Sun's tape automation received top honors in Storage Magazine's Quality awards. In the enterprise space Sun tape automation has received this award for the 4th time in 2009 for the 4 years the award has been given
8. Tape's future is clearly positioned as the most green, energy efficient, and price leading storage for unreferenced and long-term archival enterprise data. Tape is up to 290 times more energy efficient and up to 23 times less expensive than SATA disk.
9. On September 22nd - Larry Ellison said so at the Churchill Club event during his conversation with Ed Zander
10. On October 27th Oracle provided additional insight stating “Sun brings … leadership in long-term information management and retention … . We plan to enhance investments in Sun’s storage core areas … .”

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