HPE getting long-term archives taped

Fancy that – flash-loving HPE is getting into big tape boxes. It's extending its high-end tape portfolio by reselling SpectraLogic tape libraries. The Spectra products involved are the T950 and TFinity ExaScale Edition, one of, if not the largest tape libraries in the industry. We're told this will drive down long-term storage …

[toughluck]

For it to set up this reseller deal there must have been significant encouragement from its customers and perceived market demand for on-premises archival storage on tape.

Spectralogic has been trying to spread with their libraries into EMEA and APAC for years now. This was totally unsuccessful so far. Until now?

Spectra may be eschewing much of their margin here and still coming out ahead.

[BrianonStorage]

Spectra Logic closed out FY16 with 8 consecutive years of growth and profitability. This cannot be said of many other tape/storage companies. Thousands of customers in over 50 countries would acknowledge its strength and technology leadership in the market.