Tape Ark Partner, In Balance IT, Secures Major Healthcare Tape Liberation Contract in Chicago
Tape Ark® is proud to announce that North American partner In Balance IT has secured a major multi-year contract with a leading healthcare organization in Chicago, USA to deliver a large-scale tape liberation project, helping unlock decades of critical legacy data stored on tape.
This milestone reflects the accelerating demand across the healthcare sector to modernize legacy data environments and ensure historical information is accessible, secure, and ready to support the next generation of healthcare innovation.
Unlocking Legacy Data for Modern Healthcare
Healthcare organizations generate and retain vast amounts of data that support patient care, regulatory compliance, research, and operational decision-making. However, much of this valuable information remains archived on aging tape systems that are increasingly difficult to maintain and access.
Through this engagement, Tape Ark, via In Balance IT, will lead the initiative to liberate and migrate legacy tape data into cloud hyperscaler, Microsoft Azure, ensuring long-term accessibility while reducing reliance on outdated infrastructure.
Strengthening Global Partnerships
As a member of the Tape Ark Global Partner Network, In Balance IT brings deep expertise in enterprise data management and transformation. By leveraging Tape Ark’s specialized tape liberation expertise and SaaS service, the project will deliver a secure and scalable transition away from legacy tape systems.
“This contract demonstrates the growing urgency organizations face in unlocking the value of historical data stored on tape,” said Guy Holmes, CEO of Tape Ark. “We are proud to support In Balance IT as they help this major healthcare organization modernize its data infrastructure. Our partnership ensures that decades of important information can be preserved, protected, and made accessible for healthcare services, AI and LLM development.”
Delivering Value Through Collaboration
The collaboration between Tape Ark and In Balance IT reflects the strength of the global partner ecosystem, combining local expertise with proven tape migration solutions to help organizations tackle complex legacy data challenges.
“We are excited to secure this significant engagement with one of Chicago’s leading healthcare organizations,” said Tim Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of In Balance IT. “We have a customer that today has tapes in a vault. When we’re done, they will have data in Azure cloud and available to an LLM. That’s an exciting transformation.”
A Growing Momentum for Tape Liberation
The project highlights a broader trend across healthcare and other regulated industries where organizations are recognising the need to modernize legacy archives.
By unlocking historical data and moving away from aging tape infrastructure, organizations can reduce operational risk, improve accessibility, and ensure their information assets remain usable for decades to come.
Tape Ark congratulates the team at In Balance IT on securing this important contract and looks forward to supporting the successful delivery of the project.
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