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Quantum Simplifies Deduplication with New DXi-Series Powered by StorNext 5(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 23 July 2014 Release date- 22072014 - SAN JOSE, CA - Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) announced an enriched and simplified DXi-Series deduplication family, including a new DXi6900 appliance, to serve as the foundation for next-generation data protection. The DXi6900 is powered by Quantum's DXi software with StorNext 5 technology at its core to optimize performance, scalability and manageability for enterprises and service providers. This latest DXi offering enables industry-leading scalability and faster backups, restores and replication while easing the strain on network bandwidth and reducing overall operating expenses. When combined with Quantum's Q-Cloud Protect services, the new DXi-Series enables customers to build data protection workflows that extend across sites and to the cloud. Addressing Complex Workflow Demands Quantum has a simplified disk backup portfolio based on three platforms-the DXi6900 for midrange to enterprise environments, the DXi4700 for SMB to midrange implementations which was introduced earlier this year, and the DXi V-Series for virtual environments. Designed to meet the increasing range of customers' data protection workflow needs, the DXi6900 incorporates a number of key enhancements, including: StorNext 5 Accelerates Backup and Restore Times: Quantum's StorNext 5 technology offers the industry's fastest single stream performance and has been proven in some of the most data-intensive environments. At the core of the DXi software engine, StorNext 5 technology enables DXi6900 to deliver the deduplication performance required for evermore demanding and fluid backup and restore workflows. iLayer Intelligence Increases IT Staff Productivity: Unique iLayer software makes multi-site data protection easier, with simple setup configuration wizards, detailed resource utilization reporting and an intuitive topology-based view of the environment. Proactive monitoring and reporting-including on mobile devices-enables improved business decision making to speed resolution time. Unique Capacity-on-Demand Provides Easy Scalability: The DXi6900 continues Quantum's commitment to capacity-on-demand licensing, enabling users to scale from 17 TB to 510 TB via a simple licensing key. This approach eliminates the uncertainty of predicting growth requirements, empowering users to add capacity quickly and non-disruptively when needed. In addition to providing new capabilities with DXi6900, Quantum continues to offer advantages across the DXi-Series portfolio and in conjunction with the company's cloud services: Maximize Disk Storage and Reduce Costs: Patented variable length deduplication, which provides up to 3x disk savings efficiencies versus fixed block approaches, dramatically reduces demands on network infrastructures to make multi-site disaster recovery solutions practical for more customers. Further, direct integration with Q-Cloud Protect enables the DXi-Series to provide the lowest OPEX while maximizing efficiencies locally, in the cloud and across networks. Protect Data Across Sites and in the Cloud: Using physical or virtual on-premise DXi appliances, customers can replicate to Quantum's Q-Cloud Protect data center to deliver secure, offsite data protection for pennies per GB per month with chargeback capabilities. Military-Grade Security: Self-encrypting drives with military-grade AES-256 bit encryption provide security at rest and across the wire without degrading performance. Supporting Quotes Amy Rao, founder and CEO, Integrated Archive Systems 'Our customers place a high value on being able to manage their IT growth which can be hard to predict. Quantum's DXi-Series with capacity-on-demand and cloud-ready capabilities demonstrates fresh thinking that allows customers to purchase exactly the capacity they need, when they need it, and take a more agile approach to protecting their data.' Dave Simpson, senior analyst, The 451 Group 'Backup is broken, but a single technology won't fix it. Rather, it will be a combination of advances that alters the data protection landscape to solve the backup-and-recovery problems that currently plague IT professionals. Quantum clearly understands this, as demonstrated by its focus on providing new deduplication solutions that enable customers to adapt to the realities of new workflow demands from the data center to the cloud.' Robert Clark, senior vice president, Product Operations, Quantum 'Data centers have grown more complex, charged with protecting multiple sites and new virtualized environments, as well as coping with continued rapid data growth. While cloud adoption is helping to ease the strain, it can also cause further complexity. The DXi-Series with StorNext 5 technology at the core addresses this complexity, delivering the inherent advantages of purpose-built backup appliances in a simplified portfolio designed to meet the diverse demands of modern data protection workflows and environments.' 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. Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, DXi, Q-Cloud, iLayer 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) customer benefits and value to customers from using Quantum's DXi, StorNext and Q-Cloud solutions, including iLayer software and 2) 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. These risks include operational difficulties, unforeseen technical limitations, unexpected changes in market conditions and unanticipated changes in customers' needs or requirements, as well as the risks 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 6, 2014, especially those risks listed in this section under the heading '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. 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