Quantum wins Deduplication Product of the Year and Best Tape Product at Storage Awards

The Storries VII recognise Quantum’s market leadership in data deduplication and tape libraries

23 June, 2010 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, has been awarded ‘Deduplication Product of the Year’ and ‘Best Tape Product’ at the 2010 Storage Awards: The Storries VII, for its DXi6500 disk backup solution and Scalar i6000 tape library.

Leveraging Quantum’s patented data deduplication technology, the DXi6500 allows users to add policy-based deduplication, remote replication, and direct tape creation to their backup strategy to increase performance, enhance data protection and reduce costs.

The Scalar i6000 incorporates Quantum’s next-generation iLayer software with new innovative archiving capabilities and management benefits, providing enterprise customers with a long-term archive and data retention solution optimised for the evolving role of tape in data protection.

More than 25,000 votes were cast by the readers of Storage Magazine, the UK’s leading IT storage publication, recognising excellence and innovation in the UK storage industry.

Steve Mackey, area sales director Northern Europe, Quantum, said: “We would like to thank our users and peers within the storage industry for recognising not just one, but two of our leading products by voting for us in this year’s Storage Awards. We’re delighted to be able to build on the success of last year’s ‘Storage Product of the Year’ award and demonstrate we truly understand our customers’ complex data requirements and have a range of industry leading products and solutions that address those needs.”