SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced the appointment of Bassam Tabbara as chief technology officer, with
responsibility for driving the company's long-term technology
strategy as it builds on its leadership in scale-out storage,
archive and data protection. Tabbara has more than 20 years of
experience in strategic product development -- identifying and
delivering on new innovation opportunities. He joined Quantum in
August 2014 as part of its
acquisition of Symform's cloud platform, having served as the
company's CTO and co-founder.
"As reflected in our 74 percent scale-out storage growth this
past year, more and more customers are turning to Quantum to help
maximize the business value of their data," said Jon Gacek, president and CEO of Quantum. "Bassam
has already advanced our thinking about how we can enable these
customers to drive future success, leveraging his broad experience
in developing new innovations to meet evolving storage demands. We
look forward to drawing on Bassam's technology perspective and
vision across the company."
Since joining Quantum, Tabbara has played a key role in defining
the company's cloud technology direction and in the development of
its new Q-Cloud™ service offerings. These offerings enable
customers to integrate the public cloud seamlessly into a multitier
storage architecture that provides a unique combination of high
performance and low cost.
At Symform, Tabbara built a revolutionary cloud storage platform
from the ground up, ultimately storing billions of objects for
users and small businesses across 170 countries. Before that, he
spent 12 years at Microsoft in key leadership roles where he worked
on a number of key initiatives, including Microsoft Research, MSN,
Windows, Visual Studio and System Center. Tabbara also holds more
than 30 patents.
"We are at a critical junction where cloud innovations are
disrupting traditional enterprise infrastructure and approaches,"
said Tabbara. "I'm excited about working with the rest of the
Quantum executive team to deliver on solutions optimized for
tomorrow's enterprise."
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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 and Q-Cloud are either
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their respective owners.
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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. Quantum expressly disclaims any
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