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A Spectra Logic blog about preserving & protecting data at scale
Clarity, Control, & Confidence: How MediaEngine 5.1 Elevates Platform Maturity
Software platforms don’t mature by adding complexity. They mature by removing friction — especially in environments where data integrity, access control, and operational clarity are non-negotiable. That’s why Spectra Logic is proud to introduce MediaEngine 5.1, a new software release that reflects a meaningful evolution of Rio Media Suite: refining the platform so it scales by design, communicates clearly, and inspires confidence as environments grow.
Latest Release of StorCycle Software Adds New Functionality for Broader Integrations
What better way to kick off 2021 than to announce the news that we’ve added more features to Spectra StorCycle, our award-winning storage lifecycle management solution. The new functionality makes
Spectra Executives Share Insights with the Media
Spectra Logic has long established itself as a trusted advisor to its customers and partners in the data storage space. As thought leaders in their fields, Spectra executives often share
Tape Storage Council Releases Annual Memo on Technology’s Role in the Storage Landscape
The Tape Storage Council (TSC), a collaborative industry group of which Spectra is a founding member, released their annual memo “Tape Has Become a Strategic Imperative in the Mass Storage Landscape” this week.
In Case You Missed It: Eight Spectra End Users Share Insight at SpectraLIVE Customer Edition 2020 Event
On October 20, Spectra hosted SpectraLIVE Customer Edition, the first-ever fully customer-focused virtual event for Spectra. SpectraLIVE Customer Edition provided attendees with a glimpse into the real-life implementations of eight
We Are Publicly Discussing our Experience of Being Attacked by Ransomware: Here’s Why It’s Important
Spectra is going to break an unspoken rule: “What happens in your data center, stays in your data center.” Organizations are notoriously secretive about what happens in their data centers.
StorCycle 3.2 Brings Scheduled Delete and More to Greatly Enhance Storage Lifecycle Management
Let’s talk about data storage management solutions and how Spectra Logic’s StorCycle storage lifecycle management software is helping customers address these challenges. Many organizations today have large amounts of data
CERN Deploys a Spectra TFinity ExaScale Tape Library for Massive Data Storage
Spectra Logic is delighted to share the time-lapse video of the installation of the Spectra® TFinity® ExaScale Tape Library in the CERN Data Centre. Magnetic tapes are used as the main long-term
Spectra Customers Share Use Cases and Discuss Data Storage Implementations at the SpectraLIVE Customer Edition Virtual Conference
This year a lot has changed in how most of us do business. For end users in numerous vertical markets, making decisions related to managing, accessing and preserving vital data
Unleash the Power of LTO-9 with Spectra
This month, the LTO Consortium announced the specifications of the next generation of LTO technology, the LTO Ultrium format generation 9. While LTO tape media has increased in capacity on
