Harris to Resell Spectra Logic LTO Libraries

Spectra Logic Corporation announced
a worldwide relationship with Harris
Broadcast Communications to provide broadcast and media customers with
secure, cost-effective storage archive solutions.

The relationship allows Harris to resell Spectra Logic’s T-Series LTO tape
libraries as part of its new Invenio Archive solution, and provide its
customers with a complete solution including automation,
digital asset management, tiered storage management and archive.

"Video archiving is a
critical objective for broadcasters and media organisations as digital content
management requirements exponentially increase," said Mark Darlow,
senior portfolio product manager, Harris Broadcast Communications. "Spectra Logic’s tape libraries provide extremely
secure, cost-effective storage archival repositories that seamlessly integrate
with Invenio Archive. This is instrumental to establishing a comprehensive,
end-to-end data management and archive solution for our customers."

By adding Spectra’s archive capabilities to Harris’ bundled
solution, customers have the opportunity to purchase an
archive solution that is integrated, automated, simple to
manage and offers content protection and accessibility. Data
archiving occurs in the background with scalability. while providing fast,
easy access to archived content.

Harris will resell Spectra Logic’s complete family of T-Series tape
libraries, from its smallest Spectra T50e tape library, which scales to a
native capacity of 75TB or approximately 3,300 hours of video content, to its
enterprise-class T-Finity, which supports a native capacity of 600 petabytes or
more than 25 million hours of video content.(1)

Spectra T-Series tape libraries offer reliable, high-density storage
and scale from hundreds to millions of hours of archived digital content. With
storage capabilities that reach exabyte capacity levels, Spectra’s tape
libraries deliver the capabilities broadcast organisations need tostore and manage massive amounts of content for
news production. In addition, Spectra libraries offer library management tools and Spectra Certified Media that
simplifies management, extends the life of tape media and drives, and ensures
data is secure and available when needed.

"Harris’ strong presence
in the broadcast market, coupled with its shared values of unwavering
dedication to delivering excellent products and superior customer service,
makes for an ideal relationship with Spectra Logic," said Brian
Grainger, SVP of WW sales, Spectra Logic. "We look forward to working closely with Harris to deliver proven,
high-quality data storage solutions to the broadcast and media markets."

(1) Using LTO-5 drives and assuming an average bit rate of 50Mbps.