The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to welcome HoloMem to its Supporter Program this week.
Based in the UK, HoloMem is a cold data WORM (Write Once Read Many) storage technology designed specifically for digital preservation. HoloMem stores data at ultra density on polymer media and has been designed to integrate within legacy systems with minimal hardware and software disruption, increasing the data density of existing storage infrastructure.
“The DPC represents a knowledgeable community of digital preservation practitioners from which we are excited to learn from and support in addressing digital preservation needs,” explains Mike Quinn, Head of Commercial for HoloMem. “By collaborating with others engaged in shared digital preservation challenges, HoloMem hopes to develop and establish relationships across the community, whilst enhancing our own capabilities in digital preservation.”
The DPC’s Supporter Program enables a structured, ongoing dialogue between members and solution providers; enabling vendors and solution providers to access and track the changing needs and challenges faced by DPC members.
Sarah Middleton, Head of Advocacy and Community Engagement for the DPC, welcomed the news, saying: “As an alternative storage medium, I am sure that HoloMem will introduce new and interesting perspectives to the DPC Supporter Program, and great value to the DPC and its members. We look forward to learning more about HoloMem and its benefits, as well as working in partnership with the organisation as it develops.”
The DPC Supporter Program offers a tiered fee structure designed to enable as many different types of organization to engage with the global DPC community through focused activities, as well as the DPC’s broader program of events. This offers a route to participation for sole traders and micro-agencies, those operating on a non-profit or charitable basis, companies who offer purely open-source solutions and new entrants into the digital preservation market, as well as larger agencies.
All funds raised by the DPC Supporter Program will be used in first instance to support grants to members for training and workforce development, to subsidize training workshops or to sponsor DPC membership for charities and not-for-profits.
The DPC enables its members to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through advocacy, community engagement, workforce development, capacity-building, good practice and good governance.