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Spectra Logic libraries scale to 180PB
November 10, 2009 -- Spectra Logic today took the wraps off a system that scales to 45PB per library, or 180PB in a library complex. Those capacities assume a library equipped with LTO-5 tape drives and cartridges, which aren't expected until April 2010.

Lab Review: Bridging the archive-backup divide
October 30, 2009 -- With the introduction of government regulations for strict archiving of particular data along with new backup technologies such as disk-to-disk backup and data deduplication, IT must now bridge that divide with a flexible archiving solution that easily integrates into current IT procedures.

Special Report: Managing tape is no longer an oxymoron
August 19, 2009 -- Tape administrators are realizing that "you can't manage what you can't measure."

Lab Review: Reducing risk via lifecycle management for backup media
July 30, 2009 -- Spectra Logic is incorporating into its tape libraries advances in data protection, including encryption key management, media lifecycle management, and automated initiation of SpectraGuard Support that go beyond incremental innovations in tape density and performance.

Thales addresses encryption key management
April 16, 2009 -- Thales this week announced the Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS) key management appliance. In contrast to proprietary key management systems, TEMS is currently based on the IEEE P1619.3 standard and will eventually support the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standard, which is expected to finalized by the end of this year.