Spectra BlueScale Encryption ''Secures'' the Big Bytes Award.BOULDER, Colo. -- Light Reading's Byte and Switch, the premier online storage networking publication, named Spectra Logic BlueScale(TM) Encryption the winner of the first annual Big Bytes Award in the Storage Network Security category. Spectra's BlueScale Encryption was selected above other category finalists EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Documentum Information Rights Management Services Windows Rights Management Services (also called Rights Management Services or RMS) is a Microsoft Windows technology that is a form of digital rights management used for protecting documents such as corporate e-mail, Word documents, and web pages. and NeoScale CryptoStor KeyVault. The Big Bytes, created to recognize excellence, innovation, and creativity in storage products, services, and implementations, were in a ceremony last week at StoragePlus 2006 -- Byte and Switch's two-day enterprise storage conference. "The Storage Network Security category honors devices and software specifically aimed at protecting data in storage networks," said Terry Sweeney Terry Sweeney (born March 23, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and actor. Career Saturday Night Live Sweeney is best known for his appearances as a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) during that program's 1985-86 season. , editor in chief of Byte and Switch. "We congratulate Spectra Logic and the other Big Bytes winners on their selection." Spectra BlueScale Encryption is the only fully integrated AES-256 bit encryption offering available in tape and disk libraries today. Data encrypted by Spectra BlueScale encryption can be stored on LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. , SAIT See AIT. , SDLT (Super DLT) See DLT. and RXT RXT Recreational Extreme Truck (International) media. It integrates seamlessly with all major ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. applications, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , and database applications. This seamless approach enables all key management to be performed from the library's front panel or Web interfaces. No additional servers, appliances or applications are necessary to take advantage of BlueScale Encryption. Spectra T950 and T120 libraries began shipping with encryption-enabled hardware in December 2005. A software key simply needs to be entered to enable the full suite of encryption functionalities on these libraries. "Spectra Logic engineering built our flexible library platforms to seamlessly support the range of features most important to our customers' backup and security requirements. We are honored by this industry recognition for a critical storage feature that helps security-conscious companies meet their data protection goals in a fully secure, yet affordable and easy-to-implement solution," said Matt Starr, chief technology officer of Spectra Logic. "Our libraries support the strongest available encryption algorithm A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret code known as "ciphertext." Each algorithm uses a string of bits known as a "key" to perform the calculations. The larger the key (the more bits), the greater the number of potential patterns can be created, thus making with a full suite of key management options designed specifically for secure data encryption on tape and mobile disk." Spectra Logic designed BlueScale Encryption to solve the primary concerns of their customers with respect to implementing encryption. These customers asked for an affordable, well-integrated encryption solution that included compression and did not cause server overhead. BlueScale Encryption addresses each of these customer needs. The standard edition of the key management software is available free of charge, with annual support fees as low as $2,500. The hardware-based encryption and compression is performed within the library and is managed from the standard library interfaces. All encryption and compression overhead is offloaded from the server to the library. About Byte and Switch Byte and Switch is the flagship enterprise Web publication of CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Technology's business unit, Light Reading Inc. As the Web's leading storage networking site, Byte and Switch delivers the latest in news, product reviews, and customer case studies, as well as Insider research reports on storage and data networking technologies. About Light Reading Founded in 2000, Light Reading Inc. (www.lightreading.com) is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecom and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors who track these sectors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of CMP Technology. About CMP Technology CMP Technology (www.cmp.com) is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services See Information Systems. with a market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. of more than $3 billion. About Spectra Logic Corporation Spectra Logic Corporation is the leader in innovative hardware-driven data backup and archival solutions for companies worldwide. Spectra Logic's tape, disk and encryption libraries help organizations save time, lower costs and reduce risks while protecting and storing data. Spectra(R) products support AIT, LTO, SAIT and SDLT tape, provide capacities ranging from 60 gigabytes to multiple petabytes, and integrate encryption and RAID. Today, the company has tens of thousands of libraries installed worldwide with customers that include NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and Verizon Wireless. Spectra Logic has introduced many industry first products including: first to automate AIT in a library; first with all-native Fibre Channel and iSCSI libraries; first to integrate tape and disk in a single-frame library; and first to offer hardware-based, encryption-enabled libraries. Spectra Logic's data protection products are available through a global network of resellers and OEMs. For more information, contact Spectra Logic at 800-833-1132, or visit http://www.SpectraLogic.com. Spectra and the Spectra Logic logo are registered trademarks of Spectra Logic Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion