Exabyte Corporation was a manufacturer of magnetic tape data storage products headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

Prior to the 2006 demise, Exabyte offered tape storage and automation solutions for servers, workstations, LANs and SANs.

The company was formed in 1985 by Juan Rodriguez, Harry Hinz, and Kelly Beavers, and a group of ex-StorageTek engineers who were interested in using consumer videotape technology for data storage.

[2] Exabyte's history of acquisitions includes: Ecrix was a magnetic tape data storage company founded in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado.

The research and development done by Ecrix focused on making a cheaper 8 mm tape drive.