SAN JOSE, Calif., July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum
Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced that its DXi®
deduplication appliances, Scalar® tape libraries and
StorNext Pro™ Solutions workflow storage have all successfully
achieved Cisco Interoperability Verification Testing (IVT)
compatibility certification with Cisco's Unified Computing System,
the UCS B-Series Blade Servers. The Internet of Everything (IoE)
continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to
enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the
Cisco® Solution Partner Program, Quantum is able to
quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities,
performance and management of the network to capture value in the
IoE.
Quantum now has three product classes with multiple models that
have achieved Cisco IVT, enabling customers running applications on
Cisco UCS hardware to leverage industry-leading workflow, backup
and archive storage solutions from Quantum for a variety of use
cases:
- DXi Deduplication: The DXi4700 and DXi6900 are qualified
to provide deduplication and backup for UCS environments. The
DXi4700 is ideal for customers needing efficient data protection
for data center, remote or virtual environments and includes
military-grade encryption and extensibility to the cloud. The
DXi6900 is designed to meet data protection needs of the
next-generation data center, offering the highest level of scale,
performance and security. In addition, Quantum's DXi V-Series
virtual deduplication appliance provides customers with the option
to deploy deduplication as a virtual machine for VMware
environments running on UCS hardware.
- Scalar Tape Libraries: The Scalar i40/i80, i500 and
i6000 offer intelligent archive capabilities and long-term data
retention for UCS customers. Proactive and automated monitoring and
management reduce administration time and service interruptions,
enabling IT staff to stay focused on key business objectives.
Quantum is the market share leader in open systems tape automation,
offering ease of management, industry-leading performance,
reliability and scalability.
- StorNext Pro Solutions: StorNext Pro Solutions enable
collaborative workgroups and are now certified to run in
conjunction with applications operating on UCS. Offering broadcast
and postproduction professionals fast, easy, end-to-end storage for
today's complex, high-performance workflows, StorNext Pro Solutions
are based on StorNext 5 data management software, which provides a
shared storage environment, policy-based tiering and the ability to
scale to hundreds of petabytes.
The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner
Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and
software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint
customers. As a Solution Partner, Quantum offers complementary
products and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the
needs of joint customers. For more information on Quantum in the
Cisco Marketplace Solutions Catalog, go to:
https://marketplace.cisco.com.
Supporting Quote
Robert
Clark, Senior Vice President, Product Operations,
Quantum
"Cisco UCS environments run business-critical data
on a virtual infrastructure, so it is crucial to protect, archive,
and have file management of the data. The combination of Quantum
data protection and scale-out storage with UCS offers our partners
a solid foundation for managing storage workflows in enterprise
environments."
Additional Resources
- For more details about Quantum DXi data protection for Cisco
UCS applications:
www.quantum.com/applications/cisco-ucs/index.aspx
- To learn more about Scalar products:
www.quantum.com/products/tapelibraries/index.aspx
- For more about StorNext®:
www.quantum.com/products/scale-out-storage/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.
* Compatibility certification via Interoperability Verification
Testing and Cisco Validated Design is designed to simulate typical
customer configurations and does not replace the need for on-site
testing and interoperability validation in conjunction with actual
implementation.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, DXi, Scalar, StorNext and
StorNext Pro 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 products and solutions, 2) customer demand for and
Quantum's future revenue from such products and solutions and 3)
benefits from Quantum being a member of the Cisco Solution Partner
Program and from Quantum's products and solutions achieving
compatibility certifications with such program, are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All
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information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These
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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.
Public Relations
Contact:
Bob
Wientzen
Quantum Corp.
(720)
201-8125
bob.wientzen@quantum.com
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