Quantum to Add LTO-7 Drives to Expansive Tiered Storage Portfolio

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced plans to make LTO Ultrium format generation 7 technology available in its Scalar^® and StorNext^® AEL tape libraries. The latest generation of LTO tape offers a low-cost, highly energy-efficient, long-term storage solution for companies struggling to manage the massive growth of unstructured data and maximize the value of their digital content.

Quantum is the market share leader in LTO tape automation, and its Scalar and StorNext AEL systems deliver best-in-class management, monitoring and data security as part of a comprehensive, tiered storage portfolio that addresses demanding data protection, archive and scale-out storage needs.

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Delivering Greater Business Value Across a Broad Range of Use Cases

The new LTO generation 7 specifications more than double the tape cartridge capacity from the previous generation, to as much as 15TB* per cartridge, providing more cost-effective, long-term retention of data. In addition, with tape drive data transfer rates of up to 750MB^* per second, or more than 2.7TB of data an hour per drive, LTO-7 systems will enable large files to be transferred more quickly.

Quantum will leverage these and other LTO-7 technology enhancements in its solutions portfolio to deliver even greater business value across markets and use cases, including:

• Media and entertainment: Through Quantum's StorNext scale-out storage platform, broadcasters, postproduction facilities, sports teams and other content owners will be able to retain and remonetize more of their video data, most notably the increasing volumes of 4K video.
• Video surveillance: Law enforcement agencies, retail outlets, port authorities and others challenged by the adoption of new higher resolution cameras and the need to retain data longer for compliance and analysis purposes will be able to leverage LTO-7 tape as part of a tiered storage approach to make video surveillance storage affordable and accessible.
• Data center archives: With LTO-7 technology, IT professionals dealing with the surge in unstructured data will benefit from the ability to move more data off primary storage to a robust archive, resulting in improved, lower-cost operations.
• Long-term data retention: LTO-7 technology will provide organizations with the most economical option for retaining data to meet compliance and regulatory requirements.

Availability

LTO-7 technology is scheduled to be available in the Scalar i6000 and Scalar i500 libraries in December, with other platforms following, subject to compliance verification. Quantum will begin to take orders in the fourth calendar quarter of 2015 and currently offers an LTO-7 technology prepurchase program for interested customers.

For additional information on the LTO Program, visit www.lto.org.

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"Many organizations are struggling with massive unstructured data storage requirements in markets like media and entertainment, video surveillance, university research, as well as in the data center," said Robert Clark, Senior Vice President, Product Operations, Quantum. "Our Scalar and StorNext AEL customers can make LTO-7 technology part of a broader tiered storage solution and take advantage of the improved storage capacity, density and performance to address these challenges."

About Quantum

Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.

Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, Scalar and StorNext are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Linear Tape-Open, LTO, the LTO logo, Ultrium and the Ultrium logo are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation, statements relating to 1) Quantum's plans to make the LTO-7 technology available in its solutions, including its Scalar and StorNext AEL tape libraries, and the benefits to customers from such plans, 2) the availability of such solutions and 3) customer demand for and Quantum's future revenue from such solutions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quantum's actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. More detailed information about these risk factors are set forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2015 and in Quantum's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2015, especially those risks listed in this section under the headings "Our operating results depend on a limited number of products and on new product introductions, which may not be successful, in which case our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially and adversely affected." Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

* Assuming a 2.5:1 compression achieved with larger compression history buffer available beginning with LTO generation 6 drives.

Public Relations Contact:
Bob Wientzen
Quantum Corp.
(720) 201-8125
[email protected]

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