Nearly Half of All IT Departments Use Quantum DLT Technology as Primar

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. , a global leader in storage, today announced the results of an independent survey conducted on the company's behalf which found that nearly half (45%) of all IT departments polled trust Quantum's DLT(R) Technology to back up their business-critical data. Ipsos, a San Francisco-based market research firm, conducted the two-part survey in May and December of 2004 to track awareness, attitudes and usage related to tape storage devices among IS/IT decision makers and value-added resellers (VAR)/systems integrators (SI). The IS/IT and VAR/SI survey participants confirmed that they consider data backup to be business-critical issues strongly tied to an organization's success.

"As organizations are placing more emphasis on data backup, we're proud that Quantum's DLT Technology is relied on so heavily," said Charlene Murphy, vice president of marketing for Quantum's Storage Devices Business Unit. "The survey results exemplify our broader commitment to offering customers -- from small businesses to large enterprises -- the most complete range of tape- and disk-based solutions for backup, recovery and archive."

Given the shrinking window for data backup and expanding set of regulatory compliance requirements, data backup can be exceptionally challenging for organizations today. To combat this, the survey found organizations most frequently use midrange tape drives based on Quantum's DLT Technology as their primary backup method. Respondents noted they typically pair Quantum's midrange tape with disk or network attached storage products.

"Data from our new tape library report show Quantum as the market share leader in DLT/SDLT library revenue," said Bob Abraham, president, Freeman Reports. "The report forecasts a 10% annual growth rate in DLT/SDLT library revenues through 2010. There is a large number of enthusiastic DLT loyalists who we expect to continue to purchase this technology, offering further validation of and strength in Quantum's market leading position."

The Ipsos survey found that to IS/IT and VARs/SIs, Quantum is synonymous with reliability, manageability and performance. When queried on the most important attributes of tape storage products, respondents cited reliability, manageability and the ability to meet future needs as top ranking features. Participants named Quantum's DLT technology as the brand most closely associated with these attributes.

Survey respondents also said they perceive Quantum's DLT technology as an industry standard technology offered by "preferred" vendors at competitive pricing. Quantum's high capacity SDLT is the brand most associated with competitive pricing, robust manageability, and industry-leading throughput performance.

As a testament to this, the Nature Conservancy is one of the many organizations that rely on the SDLT 600 tape drives to meet their data protection needs. The Nature Conservancy works with individual landowners and a range of partners to protect more than a million acres of land in California. Ron Ogg, program director, Technology and Information Systems, and his IT team developed an online information management system called Conservation Track to manage the vast amounts of information for each project and sought a high capacity, high performing and reliable backup solution.

"We chose the SDLT 600 drive because it is the highest-capacity mid-range drive available, and it has a strong roadmap in place for future growth," said Ogg. "A large number of employees and partners access the application, and the data is critical to our programs. Having highly capable backup and recovery is extremely important."

VAR/SI participants in the Ipsos survey said Quantum's DLT is their top technology to recommend to their customers, and while IS/IT buyers often consider multiple tape technologies, Quantum DLT is the technology they consider first. Almost half of the IS/IT respondents in the survey consider DLT Technology better than most or all other tape brands, and more than half of the VAR/SI respondents concurred.

With the recent acquisition of Certance, Quantum offers the market's broadest portfolio of tape drive technologies, providing customers an unparalleled choice of solutions for their backup, recovery and archive needs. Quantum designs, develops and markets tape drives based on the industry's leading tape technologies: DLT, LTO, DAT and Travan. Quantum's broad product portfolio of tape drives deliver superior price and product performance, storing from 20 GB to 800 GB of compressed data on a single cartridge.

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Quantum Corp., a global leader in storage, delivers highly reliable backup, recovery and archive solutions that meet demanding requirements for data integrity and availability with superior price/performance and comprehensive service and support. Quantum offers customers of all sizes an unparalleled range of solutions, from leading tape drive and media technologies, autoloaders and libraries to disk-based backup systems. Quantum is the world's largest volume supplier of both tape drives and tape automation and has pioneered the development of disk-based systems optimized for backup and recovery. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110, 408-944-4000, http://www.quantum.com/.

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