By Clair Whitmer
(6/14/02)

Say the phrase holographic data storage out loud. What's the first thing that comes to mind? Is it Princess Leia, the little picture on your credit card, or cheesy art galleries? Forget about them. Those associations are only part of the image problem that a Boulder, Colorado, company backed by Lucent will have to overcome. InPhase Technologies seeks to be the first real commercial player in an industry that some think will eventually replace DVD--and that many others think is probably a pipe dream.

How InPhase Technologies is gambling on what some call science fiction.

Background on a fearless leader
Why you will someday need it and the science behind it.

Background on a fearless leader
Why this company believes it will be the first to market a holographic data-storage system.

Background on a fearless leader
We outline the optical storage industry's next moves to increase capacity--yep, we mean Blu-ray.

Who would dare to bank on holographic storage?