Digital transformation has led to the deployment of a greater number of innovations and applications that generate more and more data. While the world’s collective knowledge and advancement depends on the ongoing aggregation, analysis and distribution of vast amounts of data, the preservation of these digital assets, especially during the pandemic, is at risk from cyberattacks. – Read More
Spectra Logic is a 41-year-old private company, based in Boulder, Colorado, that according to the company’s website, “develops data storage and data management solutions that solve the problem of digital preservation for organizations dealing with exponential data growth.” On May 7, 2020, and related to the move to remote work by Spectra Logic employees… – Read More
Six major benefits of tape and its advancements
Today, we are on the cusp of a data storage and management revolution. Whilst organizations are looking to increase agility via the optimization of data management for rapid retrieval, remote collaboration… – Read More
Cost is never far from the top of IT concerns and with continued exponential data growth, the storage budget is often stretched to its limit. A key part of the issue is suboptimal data management. This presents an exciting opportunity for the channel to take the lead in educating data-driven users about new storage strategies that can cut costs and simplify data management. – Read More
On the face of it, public cloud seems like a great place for long-term retention of unstructured data. However, as volumes of data stored rise, the cost of exiting the cloud cloud become prohibitively expensive. What’s the right strategy to follow? In this discussion, Chris chats to Matt Starr from Spectralogic on how to build out a model of public/private cloud storage and the pitfalls to avoid in the process. – Read More
The massive global effort to curb COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented change in the way the media and entertainment industry operates. Due to quarantines and social distancing mandates, most productions have come to a halt and broadcast networks are adjusting to accommodate disruptions in the content supply chain. Furthermore, with the majority of the population sequestered in their homes… – Read More
And now for a bit about archiving. We have some news from reports from the Active Archive Alliance and Spectra Logic, which makes storage systems for archiving content, including some of the largest magnetic tape libraries. The LTO Program recently released its shipment report and we will show LTO tape capacity shipment history through 2019.- Read More
Spectra Logic launched a new Remote Installation Program to support customers during the global coronavirus outbreak. Through this program, customers will realize the benefits of their purchased Spectra solutions much sooner than would otherwise be possible where onsite assistance is not permitted. – Read More
BFI’s National Archive curator tells TVBEurope about plans to save videos from the UK’s lockdown.
Computing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is now home to the world’s largest Spectra TFinity system, following a complete replacement of the tape library hardware that supports Livermore’s data archives. – Read More
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