Quantum's DXi6900 Deduplication Appliance Named 'Disk Based Product of the Year: Enterprise' at The Storage Awards 2015

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Jul 20, 2015, 04:00 ET

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced that its DXi6900 deduplication appliance was named "Disk Based Product of the Year: Enterprise" at The Storage Awards 2015. Also known as The Storries and now in their 12^th year, the awards are presented by the UK's Storage Magazine and give readers a chance to recognize and reward outstanding industry products, services and professionals.

[Learn more about Quantum's complete DXi-Series family at www.quantum.com/dxi]

Representing the next generation of disk-based data protection for the enterprise, the DXi6900 is powered by DXi^® software with Quantum's StorNext 5 technology at its core, thereby optimizing performance, scalability and manageability. DXi6900 was designed to meet the challenge of evermore demanding and fluid workflows, providing faster backups, restores and replication while easing the strain on network bandwidth and reducing overall operating expenses. Other benefits include capacity-on-demand licensing, enabling customers to scale from 17TB to 510TB (usable) via a simple licensing key, and easier multisite data protection through simple setup configuration wizards, detailed resource utilization reporting and chargeback information. In addition, when combined with Quantum's Q-Cloud™ Protect services, the DXi6900 allows users to build data protection workflows that extend across sites and to the cloud.

For this year's Storage Awards, more than 50,000 votes were cast in total by more than 10,000 readers, setting a new record.

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"We appreciate this recognition from the storage user community, which echoes the strong adoption of DXi6900 that we've seen in the market," said Eric Bassier, senior director of product marketing at Quantum. "By providing industry-leading performance, capacity-on-demand scalability and cloud-ready capabilities, the DXi6900 enables data center customers to move beyond legacy backup models that are broken and meet today's evolving workflow demands."

Additional Resources

Read Enterprise Strategy Group's DXi6900 evaluation: www.quantum.com/dxi6900esg
Learn about Q-Cloud Protect: www.quantum.com/products/cloudservices/q-cloud/index.aspx

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, DXi, Q-Cloud and StorNext are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or 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) benefits and value to customers from using Quantum's DXi6900 deduplication appliances, and 2) customer demand for and Quantum's future revenue from such appliances, 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2015. 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.

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Quantum Corp.
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