Awards

Spectra Logic earned top honors in the 2012 Quality Awards program, winning both the enterprise and midrange tape library categories. Sweeping the win for the 2012 Tape Library Quality awards marks the sixth time the company has won first place in a Quality Awards category. Spectra Logic outpaced competing midrange and enterprise tape library solutions from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Quantum and Dell. End-user respondents gave Spectra Logic particularly high marks for initial product quality, product reliability, and its knowledgeable sales force representatives and technical support personnel.

Spectra® T-Finity and T950 tape libraries achieved the highest rankings and were named the market's "Best in Class" products in the Data Center Infrastructure Group (DCIG) 2012 Big Data Tape Library Buyer's Guide. According to DCIG's independent research study, the Spectra Logic T-Finity and T950 models attained the top, "Best in Class" rankings for the dual robot and single robot classes of libraries, respectively.

The Denver Post named Spectra Logic a Top Workplace in Denver. Spectra Logic was selected based on nominations and surveys of employees conducted by the Denver Post’s partner in the project, WorkplaceDynamics. The survey measured six key factors: direction, execution, conditions, careers, managers, pay and benefits.

Betsy Doughty, Director of Channel Development, was named by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as one of the Top Women of the Channel in 2011. This annual list recognizes female executives for their accomplishments based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The Top Women of the Channel list is chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine from a field of vendor channel organizations, distributors and solution providers.

The Spectra T-Finity tape library was recognized at the 2011 UK Storage Awards ('The Storries') as the Tape-Based Product of the Year, as voted by the readers of Storage Magazine. Spectra Logic secured the prestigious award by outpacing drive and library product competition from Dell, HP, IBM, Oracle, Overland Storage, Qualstar, Quantum and Tandberg in the Tape-Based Product of the Year category.

Spectra Logic was named a nominee in the 2011 Apex Awards, the prestigious technology awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments and leadership by Colorado's advanced technology companies and professionals. Since the program's inception in 2000, CSIA's Apex Awards have acknowledged Colorado-based organizations and professionals in the categories of success, innovation, vision, leadership, excellent customer support and community contributions.

Spectra Logic was named a Five-Star Winner in the 2011 CRN Partner Program Guide, a definitive listing of vendors who either have programs that service solution providers or provide products to the Channel. The 5-Star Partner Program recognizes an elite subset of vendors in the Partner Programs Guide who give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.

Spectra Logic's Molly Rector was named to BCBR's 2011 "Forty under 40" list. This award honors select professionals under the age of 40 who are helping to shape the future through their contributions to the Boulder Valley Community

Spectra Logic's Betsy Doughty was named in the Channel Chiefs 2011 program by Everything Channel's CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers.  They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies.

The Spectra T-Finity tape library was named a finalist in the backup hardware category in the 8th annual program. T-Finity can accommodate up to 30,000 cartridge slots in a single library, allowing it to scale to 91 petabytes of compressed data.

Spectra Logic received the highest scores in all six categories for its midrange and enterprise tape libraries in the Quality Awards V Program. Spectra’s products also earned the highest scores for any tape library covered in all five years of the awards program. This honor is based on results from a survey issued by the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com staff to its qualified end user readers.

The Spectra T-Finity was named "Green Storage Product of the Year" at the seventh annual Storage Awards 2010. The Storries VII awards program honors outstanding products, services and people, and winners are selected based on votes submitted by readers of Storage Magazine in the UK.

The Spectra T-Finity was named "Product of the Year" in the 2nd annual DICE Data Intensive Impact Awards. The awards program showcases products and technologies that have enabled progress in HPC data management in locality, movement, manipulation and integrity, as well as power and cooling efficiencies.

Spectra Logic's SpectraEDGE channel partner program was awarded a Five-Star recognition in Everything Channel's 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG), acknowledging its commitment and strength of its programs for reseller partners, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants.

Spectra Logic's Molly Rector was honored by the CRN as an executive charged with making sure the channel remains an important part of their business.

Spectra Logic's BlueScale 10.6 software was named a finalist in the backup and disaster recovery (DR) hardware category in the 2009 Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com Products of the Year competition.

The Spectra T-Finity tape library earned the award for "Professional Media and Entertainment Storage" in the Ninth Annual Storage Visions Conference awards program.

The Storage Awards are given by the readers of Storage magazine to reward the outstanding products, services and people in the data storage industry. The 2009 Awards saw, in excess of 6000 readers vote (22,000+ votes cast in total) for their favorite products, people and companies. Spectra Logic won the award for "Storage Website of the Year 2009."

CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants. Spectra Logic was honored in 2008, a second consecutive year, for its Media Lifecycle Management tape health tracking software.

NASCAR Media Group was named top honoree in Computerworld’s Best Practices in Storage Awards Program 2008, in the ‘Selecting and Deploying a Storage Network’ category at Storage Networking World (SNW). NASCAR Media Group’s Spectra®T950 stores more than 50,000 hours of video footage, including NASCAR-related events, TV programs, movies, commercials and other broadcast data. Read More

Storage Magazine, 2007 Storage Products of the Year Finalist, Backup Hardware Category. Spectra T950 with BlueScale 10 Management Interface. LTO-4 hit the market in 2007, bringing improved speeds and feeds as well as native tape encryption for data security. Spectra Logic shipped its LTO-4 tape library with some key management software, essential to managing encryption, but an ingredient missing from many LTO-4 tape products. Read More

Spectra Logic was named in Deloitte and Touche's Technology Fast 50 awards program, which honors the 50 fastest growing companies in Colorado each year. Spectra achieved a 36% revenue growth over five calendar years and earned 44th place in the 2007 rankings. Read More

Spectra Logic was named an "Emerging Tech Dynamo" by CRN magazine. The highlighted companies offer superior technology, more robust margins and uncompromising technical support to solution providers/VARs. solution providers say the Emerging Tech IT companies are beating established vendors in head-to-head product, margin, technical support and field engagement comparisons.

InfoWorld magazine named the Spectra T120 with BlueScale Encryption in its prestigious 2007 Technology of the Year Awards Program. The T120 with Encryption won in the Storage category for Best Mid-Tier Tape Library. Read More

Spectra Logic earned the Diogenes—Storage Magazine Quality Award for Mid-Range Tape Libraries. Spectra Logic’s mid-range products were evaluated and ranked first place by end users based on five criteria, including: sales competence; product features; initial quality; product reliability; and technical support. Read More (PDF)

Spectra Logic BlueScale Encryption customer R.C. Willey Home Furnishings was selected by Computerworld as a finalist of its “Best Practices in Storage” Awards Program at SNW-Fall 2006. R.C. Willey was named finalist in the “Securing the Storage Fortress” Category, which recognizes organizations that proactively observe the need to protect their stored data from internal and external threats.

 

Spectra Logic Corporation was named to Deloitte's prestigious Colorado Technology Fast 50 Program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in Colorado by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001–2005.

Spectra Logic was named a winner in Byte and Switch’s Big Bytes awards program, which honors innovation and excellence in storage networking. BlueScale Encryption was one of three products named finalist in the Storage Network Security category.

The Spectra T950 with BlueScale Encryption was named a finalist in the 6th annual eWeek Excellence Awards Program, in the enterprise storage hardware category.

CRN Test Labs Product Review: The Spectra T50. CRN magazine’s test lab editors recently named the Spectra T50 “easy to use, mange and maintain….ideal for both large and small companies….easily expandable….affordable….flexible and feature-rich”. The Spectra T50 earned 2005 CRN Test Center Recommendation recognition.

IT Week magazine reviewed and awarded the Spectra T50 with five stars and the Editor’s Choice Award for value, speed and expandability.

Spectra Logic was named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Colorado, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Spectra Logic’s 103 percent revenue growth over five years from 2000–2004, earned the recognition.

Spectra Logic was named by Storage magazine editors this week as one winner of the 2004 “Products of the Year” award. Spectra Logic’s enterprise T950 library with integrated RXT, removable RAID disk, was introduced in April 2004. The Spectra T950 with RXT is the first library to actually contain both disk and tape inside a single library. [Read more]

Spectra Logic earns Computer Technology Review's "Best of the Best" award for the Spectra T950. [Read more]

Spectra Logic earns The Communicator Awards Honor of Distinction for the Print Media Competition. Graphic Design and Public Relations were highlighted for their conference campaign efforts around the reseller conference VARCon 2002.

Spectra Logic’s CEO Nathan Thompson receives the University of Colorado Most Distinguished Alumni Award in the category of Research and Invention. Thompson founded Spectra Logic in his dorm at CU-Boulder in 1979

Spectra Logic Corporation, the industry’s leading manufacturer of high-performance tape libraries for data protection and backup, has been recognized in Deloitte & Touche's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Colorado , a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues from 1997-2001 (five-year period).

Imaging & Document Solutions Magazine, a documentation solutions publication dedicated to providing business professionals with leading imaging and document product management resources, named Spectra Logic’s enterprise-class tape libraries, the Spectra 12K & 64K, Product of the Year 2000 award winners.

Imaging & Document Solutions Magazine, a documentation solutions publication dedicated to providing business professionals with leading imaging and document product management resources, named Spectra Logic’s AIT tape libraries, the Spectra 12K & 64K, “Best of AIIM” product award winners following the AIIM 2000 Show in New York City.

Spectra Logic’s CEO Nathan Thompson receives the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Rocky Mountain Region.