General Introduction_Piql

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The view from Arctic World Archive® located in Mine no. 3 at the arctic island of Svalbard.

Public Administration & Archives Ex: The National Archive of Mexico decided to put pieces of the most valuable information they have on piqlFilm. The holdings included digital versions of of the Mexican constitution. Culture & Memory Institutions Ex: National Museum of Norway gained interest in Piql’s migra- tion-free solution as they were looking to develop a complete new workflow of access and preservation of their digital assets. As a first initial pilot, they are looking to preserve some of their most valuable data on Piqlfilm. Media & Publishing Ex: Czech Radio, the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Re- public, has a large audio archive representing global and Czech historical events. They chose audio files (in wave format) from its most important collections to preserve on piqlFilm. Industry & Manufacturing Ex: Navantia, a large shipbuilding yard in Spain that assembles ships with a lifetime of up to 60 years. The company is required to keep all documentation and information about all parts of the ship for more than the expected lifetime of the vessels. They have started the digitization process to convert x-rays onto piql- Film. Defence, Justice & Legal Ex: Tata Consultancy Services preserved 50 million historical legal documents on piqlFilm on behalf of the High Court of Madya Pradesh in India.

Bank & Insurance Many banks still have a vast ammount of paper records they are obliged to archive both for legal and business reasons. Ex. one of Piql’s clients used to spend EUR 250 000 monthly on physically storing their paper archive at a remote location. By writing the documents on piqlFilm, the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and security has improved immensely. “ Piql Services represent an intriguing solution for secure data storage and long-term preservation and we find the solution very relevant to us Ing. Karel Zýka Director of IT Czech Radio