Strategic Alliance Between Millenniata and Verbatim-MKM

Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co Ltd. (MKM) will begin marketing and selling co-branded Verbatim and M-Disc DVDs and Blu-ray discs to consumers and enterprises in storage capacities from 4.7GB to up to 200GB.

Agreement further launches joint development efforts designed to ‘push the boundaries of archival-grade storage technologies and capacities’. Under the partnership, Verbatim and 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 in the personal computer and optical disc drive markets, including M-Ready ODD manufacturers.

Initial Verbatim and MKM M-Disc product offerings under this agreement will include the following:

End-users and SMBs

• 4.7GB DVD M-Discs

• 5GB BD-R M-Discs

• 100GB BD-R BDXL M-Discs

Enterprise Customers

• 100GB BD-R BDXL M-Discs

• 200GB double-sided, Blu-ray Disc (BD-DSD) M-Discs

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

“We are excited about such a deep and wide-ranging strategic partnership with Verbatim, a global leader in storage technologies, and its parent company, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media,” said Paul Brockbank, CEO, Millenniata. “Clearly, the explosive growth in digital content creation at the consumer and enterprise 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.”

Millenniata 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.

“Millenniata has clearly developed outstanding archival-grade, storage capabilities with its M-Disc-branded technologies,” said Tetsuya Mutsu, president, MKM. “Verbatim is the world’s supplier of optical media. By combining the M-Disc, Verbatim and MKM brands together, we are further strengthening our position in the market and broadening our portfolio of archival-grade storage products for enterprises and consumers.”

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