There's the little unix utility file, which you can ask to make an 'educated' guess, if you're unsure what format a particular file is. Running it on the binary data you posted (which I saved as the file 606574), it says :

$ file 606574
606574: compress'd data 16 bits
[download]

So, as Burak noted, you'd have to use an external program like gzip (or gunzip, etc.) which does handle "compress'd" (i.e. .Z) files. Trying to uncompress the file gives

$ gzip -dc 606574                     
CC0000000000_gvap-infsbil002_1501071006/SunOS0000644000000000000000000
+0000000105507
gzip: 606574: corrupt input.
[download]

which looks very much like the beginning of a tar file... (the 'corrupt input' is to be expected, and can be ignored here)

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