Micro Technologies and Sony have teamed up to offer you the very best service for your Optical and Tape needs. Whether you need media, drives or repairs, in either tape or optical Micro Technologies has you covered. Sony's experience in the industry and history of being on the inventors side of cutting edge technology, makes this alliance even stronger.

What makes AIT special?

Sony AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) format is intelligently engineered to stand apart - no other tape cartridge features both an MIC chip (the brains) and a pure metal magnetic layer designed for maximum capacity and longevity (the brawn). AIT has a greater reliability than it's other tape counter parts. It offers you archival quality storage in a smaller package. Sony designed AIT with faster, and longer lasting backups in mind. Some of the features that add to it's reliability are:

• AME (Advanced Metal Evaporated) Tape - Now Sony delivers 100% pure cobalt for high retentivity. Patented process for depositing a pure metal magnetic layer directly on the base film without adhesive or binders. The benefit from this AME technology is maximum recording performance.
• MIC (Memory in Cassette) - The AIT cartridges feature a built-in flash memory chip that stores directory and operational information. The result is rapid access to desired data and greatly reduced loading and ejection times.
• DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) Coating - The tape surface is protected by a smooth carbon coating that is nearly as hard as diamond and 20 times harder than metal oxides. The benefit is maximum reliability and life.