Spectra Logic, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 1979 and employs approximately 380 individuals. The company reported $145.0M in revenue as of 2025. It specializes in preserving, protecting, and defending large-scale, valuable data for long-term retention and archive purposes. Its portfolio includes Data Management Software (such as Vail and BlackPearl for multi-cloud and active archive management), Hybrid File and Object Storage systems, and high-density Tape Storage solutions, encompassing entire tape libraries, drives, and media. The core technology centers on integrating object-based storage with tape to create resilient, cost-effective, and highly scalable archive platforms (like TAPAS – Tape Archive Platform-as-a-Service), targeting data-intensive industries such as High Performance Computing (HPC), Media & Entertainment, and Federal/Public Sector research.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1979

Headcount

375

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Media cloud and storage

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

16

News Summary:

Vendors in the data protection and storage sector observed World Backup Day on March 18, 2026, shifting the focus from traditional backup speed metrics to recovery. The sector highlighted that existing metrics no longer fully reflect the risks and economic challenges confronting corporate IT infrastructure, citing volatile cloud environments, flash storage costs, and the data demands of artificial intelligence. Previously, on January 15, 2026, an analysis reflected on 2025 HPC-AI trends, noting insights gathered from the Supercomputing Conference regarding developments in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. Earlier, on December 19, 2025, Spectra Logic assisted the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) in adopting cloud-like tape storage to manage growing volumes of research data for its Industry 4.0 initiative. NMIS sought a scalable and secure solution capable of accommodating various data types, supporting both high-access and long-term storage, and integrating with existing University of Strathclyde processes.

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Spectra Logic offers 7 products in the ad tech and services and media tech industries. Spectra Logic's product portfolio comprises of marketer and agency technology, content supply chain and media cloud and storage.
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Spectra Logic's revenues were less than $250M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Spectra Logic's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is archive / offline / nearline storage. For full access to Spectra Logic's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Spectra Logic's customers primarily consist of international Affairs, hospitals and Health Care and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Spectra Logic's customers include U.S. Department of State, ITV and Iqvia. Spectra Logic has partners like Wasabi Technologies.

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