Symply

Symply

https://gosymply.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/gosymply/

Symply, a privately owned company headquartered in the UK and a subsidiary of Global Distribution, was founded in 2015 and has approximately 10 employees. The company reported $1.3M in revenue as of 2023 and functions as a tier 3 media tech buyer. Symply specializes in designing and building workflow enhancement and storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry, Apple, and SMB users.

Revenue

Founded

2015

Headcount

29

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Media cloud and storage

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On June 24, 2026, Flare Department implemented Symply's LTO tape archive for its video production, utilizing the system for high-end architecture and interiors content. Previously, at the 2026 NAB Show, Symply's Nick Warburton discussed the company's professional storage solutions, which include disk, tape, cloud, and connectivity, along with its LTO portfolio, high-performance Thunderbolt and NVMe storage, NEBULA cloud, and CENTARA orchestration platform on April 28. Earlier, on April 20, Symply unveiled new SymplyPRO and SymplyDIT LTO devices at NAB 2026, marking the introduction of the first LTO family with quad-interfaces, including Thunderbolt 5. These launches, which began on April 16, aimed to address increasing storage costs, energy consumption, and data risk. This followed Symply's acknowledgment of World Backup Day on March 31, 2026, underscoring the importance of data backup and recovery.

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Symply offers products in the media tech industry. Symply's product portfolio comprises of media cloud and storage.

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Symply's revenues were less than $10M in 2024. All the revenue comes from archive / offline / nearline storage.

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Jul

24th

2026

06:23

Why Buy DAS or NAS When LTO Tape Is So Much Cheaper?

Hard drive prices have jumped anywhere from 65% to nearly 100% in the past several months — some models have essentially doubled — as Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba funnel most of their 2026 production to AI data centers.

Jun

24th

2026

04:28

Flare Dept’s Secret to Cheaper Project Storage

How Flare Department Built Their LTO Tape Archive for Video Production Flare Department creates high-end architecture and interiors content — and with a team of 10 shooting constantly, they needed a reliable LTO tape archive for video production that wouldn’t cost a fortune.

Apr

28th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech, ESG

Symply Addresses the Rising Cost of Storage, Energy, and Data Risk at NAB 2026

An interview from the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas with Nick Warburton at the Symply Booth. Symply designs and manufactures professional storage solutions spanning disk, tape, cloud, and connectivity. With the industry’s broadest LTO portfolio, high-performance Thunderbolt and NVMe storage, enterprise object storage, NEBULA cloud, and the CENTARA orchestration platform, Symply serves creative, enterprise, and scientific markets worldwide.

Apr

20th

2026

17:17

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

NAB 2026: Symply jams Thunderbolt 5 into LTO for the first time

Symply has unveiled a trio of products at NAB 2026. Included in the announcement are the new SymplyPRO and SymplyDIT LTO devices. Symply says they are the first LTO family with quad-interfaces including Thunderbolt 5. What is LTO? Linear Tape-Open (LTO) is a magnetic tape data storage technology used for backup, data archiving and data transfer.

Apr

16th

2026

09:33

New Offerings, Emerging Tech

Interface LTO with Thunderbolt 5, and SPARK ONE Portable NVMe at NAB 2026

Three launches address the rising cost of storage, energy, and data risk — offering smarter ways to archive, reuse, connect, and protect Las Vegas, April 19, 2026 — Storage costs are rising. Energy bills are climbing.

Mar

31st

2026

04:03

World Backup Day 2026: Do You Really Know Your Backup Basics?

Every year on 31st March, World Backup Day serves as a timely reminder that data loss is not a matter of if — it’s a matter of when. Hard drives fail. Laptops get stolen. Ransomware doesn’t discriminate.

Mar

6th

2026

06:15

New Offerings, B2B Tag

Veeam Tape Backups: No More Dedicated Physical Servers

In the world of data protection, the “air-gap” provided by tape remains the gold standard for cyber-resilience. If you are running Veeam tape backups, you already know the value of having an offline copy for long-term retention.

Feb

4th

2026

13:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

LTO-10 40TB Update: Is the Extra 10TB Worth the Cost?

Let’s break down how 40TB LTO-10 works, when it ships, who it is actually for, and how its cost per TB compares to other LTO media. It’s early February 2026, and the storage world is bracing for the arrival of the 40TB LTO-10 cartridge.

Jan

12th

2026

13:00

Symply Podcast #2: Cloud vs Tape Is Over: Hybrid Won.

We’re back with Episode 2 of the Symply Podcast — and this time we cut through the marketing noise around “cloud-first” archiving to look at what actually works in the real world. Joining us is David Fox from Archiware, who brings a grounded, production-level view on why the future of archiving isn’t cloud-first — it’s cloud-smart.

Dec

6th

2025

21:42

High capacity LTO-10 drive offers 30TB native storage for Apple Mac Mini setups

If you have serious storage needs, you’ll be interested to know it’s possible to attach a 30TB LTO-10 tape drive to an Apple Mac Mini, which could be a useful, if rather pricey, solution for your long term backups.

Dec

6th

2025

19:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

You can attach a 30TB LTO-10 tape drive to an Apple Mac Mini, for SSD like speeds

If you have serious storage needs, you’ll be interested to know it’s possible to attach a 30TB LTO-10 tape drive to an Apple Mac Mini, which could be a useful, if rather pricey, solution for your long term backups.

Nov

20th

2025

02:53

LTO-10 Reaches 40 TB: Capacity Jump Without Drive Upgrades

LTO-10 levels up: new 40 TB cartridge, same drive—now with broader environmental resilience TL;DR: The LTO Program has announced an enterprise 40TB native (up to 100TB compressed @ 2.5:1) LTO-10 cartridge that works with existing LTO-10 drives.

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