Data Reduction Technologies Impact the Cloud: What You Need to Know

Quantum is the leading global storage company specialising in backup, recovery and archive. Quantum combines focused expertise, customer-driven innovation and platform independence. Delivering innovative solutions that integrate multiple technologies like disk, tape, de-duplication, replication, and encryption, Quantum works with customers to match the right technologies to specific operational or business requirements.

Quantum’s broad range of products meets the storage needs of organisations of all sizes, from Global 2000 enterprises to small businesses and remote offices. In addition, Quantum has developed solutions specifically tailored to meet the varying needs of government agencies, media and entertainment companies, educational institutions, science and engineering firms, and financial services corporations.

Quantum has the global scale and proven track record to provide a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for securely storing, managing, protecting, replicating and recovering business-critical data. Its award-winning disk, tape, media and software solutions deliver data integrity and availability along with superior value and support from a world-class sales and service organisation. Quantum’s Scalar Key Manager Appliance™ bolsters data security with simplified encryption key management, integrating a scalable solution with the Scalar series of tape libraries. Quantum Vision helps customers consolidate and simplify the management of DXi disk-based backup systems and Scalar tape libraries.

Quantum designs its systems for the highest level of serviceability and offers global support in more than 100 countries, with more than 350 strategic stocking facilities worldwide to ensure prompt and effective resolution of any issues. Quantum’s global reach and technology expertise is augmented by strategic alliances with resellers, OEMs and other partners, including Dell, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM, Microsoft and Symantec.

The company offers its partners several resources via the Quantum Alliance™ Reseller Program, which is dedicated to helping resellers and distributors around the world increase their sales of Quantum’s disk-based backup and de-duplication/replication solutions, tape libraries, autoloaders, tape drives and media products.
With worldwide headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Quantum employs about 1,900 people around the globe. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol QTM. In its most recent fiscal year (ended March 31, 2010) Quantum revenues totaled $681 million.