Published October 22, 2009 by Spectra Logic
It seems like not a week goes by without a story hitting the headlines about sensitive customer data being compromised in one way or another. If it’s not a laptop getting lost it’s a handheld device getting left in a taxi – in fact nowadays you can just pop onto Ebay to buy the bank details of a million or so people . These breaches of security are damaging for the corporations involved and extremely disconcerting for the people whose personal details are compromised, but they also raise serious questions about how companies protect data once it leaves the corporate network.
Published October 20, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Dear Ms. Meade:
I don’t see how you can talk about tape without pain. I’ve been dealing with tape for ten years, ever since we got a big library installed, and I have had nothing but problems. Tape without pain? Hah.
Signed,
You’ve Got to be Kidding
Published by Spectra Logic
We’ve just recovered from the exertions of Storage Expo 2009 – a show which has always been one of the better attended shows in the industry’s calendar. But what of this year’s show? Well certainly the financial climate and its impact on IT spending has been a major talking point over the last 12 to 18 months – but has the industry weathered the storm? According to reports – http://bit.ly/15Vm1b – there are some doubts as to whether we are over the worst of it, but the prevailing attitude of vendors attending the show this year seemed to be optimistic. End-users at the show, if not ready to put pen to paper immediately, were certainly talking about committing budget in the next three to six months.
Published October 16, 2009 by Spectra Logic
I attended Storage Networking World Fall 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ earlier this week. Here are a few of my observations.
Published October 6, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Dear Ms. Meade:
Why would you ever recommend tape when disk is cheaper?
Signed,
I Know More Than You Do
Dear Ms. I Know More:
A little misinformation is a dangerous thing. It has become nearly axiomatic that "disk is cheaper than tape.” This is simply unwarranted faith in the song of the disk-only vendor. The fact is, tape is cheaper than disk.
Published October 2, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Published September 28, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Oracle will let go of between 10,000 and 15,000 Sun staff
Published September 23, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Spectra Logic recently returned from IBC2009, where we announced a major customer win: Discovery Communications. Here are the observations we made at the event:
Published September 16, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Dear Ms. Meade:
My tapes are defective. My supplier says that tapes are just like that and she can’t do anything about it.
Published September 8, 2009 by Spectra Logic
Painless backup is not an oxymoron. Spectra Logic has been continuously inventing features and design that promote painless data protection. These innovations have accompanied the steady improvement in tape technology—drives and media—over the last decade, during which technological advances have improved tape reliability by more than 700%. “Advances in the coating of tape film, read-after-write data verification and powerful error correction codes provide confidence in the integrity of data stored on tape. These robust tape cartridges are coupled with drive technology that features simpler tape paths and servo tracking systems to promote error-free tape handling.”1