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Channel Recognizes QuantumÂ's Tape Device Portfolio with Highest Survey Scores in theCategory
Bangalore, 20th December 2006  Quantum Corp., the leading global specialist inbackup, recovery and archive, today announced that it has received the VAR India Best Tape Drive vendor award for 2006. The award was given at the VAR IndiaStarNite Awards function held in New Delhi last month. VAR India instituted annualawards to recognize the top performers in more than fifty product and servicescategories including servers, storage management and networking hardware. Quantumreceived this honor in recognition of being a  pure-play storage vendorspecializing in backup, recovery and archive and for the companyÂ's product qualityand service support.
To arrive at the final in the best tape drive vendor category, the VAR India awardsprocess involved an extensive survey of its readers, including resellers, systemsintegrators and solutions providers. Vendors were rated on various parameters, andQuantum received the highest scores in this category.
Reiterating the importance of the awards, Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, VAR Indiamaintained that the StarNite Awards has great significance in the IT industry owingto the fact these are extended based on the votes sought by the community that isdeeply involved in the day to day operations of the IT industry in resolving thecustomersÂ' IT infrastructure problems. The results manifest that the customers aredelighted with QuantumÂ's reliable and cost-effective tape drive solutions whichaddress their backup, recovery and data archival needs, added Mohapatra.
Expressing delight as the recipient of a VAR India best vendor award, Sunny John,country manager, Quantum India said, Â It is a moment of great honor to receive thisrecognition by the channel partners who are our greatest assets in driving thebusiness. This latest award reflects our commitment to working with our partners tomeet customersÂ' backup, recovery and data archival requirements with a broadportfolio of tape- and disk-based systems, software and services.Â
Quantum is one of the worldÂ's largest supplier of tape drives, offering customers arange of leading tape technologies  DLTtape , LTO, DAT/DDS and Travan  for backup,recovery and archive of business-critical data from the small business to theenterprise. With the completion of its recent acquisition of ADIC, Quantum is nowthe largest independent storage provider focused on backup, recovery and archivesolutions.
About Quantum
Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM) is the leading global storage company specializing inbackup, recovery and archive. Combining focused expertise, customer-driveninnovation, and platform independence, Quantum provides a comprehensive, integratedrange of disk, tape, and software solutions supported by a world-class sales andservice organization. As a long-standing and trusted partner, the company worksclosely with a broad network of resellers, OEMs and other suppliers to meetcustomersÂ' evolving data protection needs. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology Drive,Suite 700, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000, www.quantum.com. ###
Quantum, the Quantum logo, DLT, DLTtape and the DLTtape logo are registeredtrademarks of Quantum Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of theirrespective owners.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of1995: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning ofthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, withoutlimitation, statements relating to customer benefits from using QuantumÂ's productsand QuantumÂ's future product sales in India and Asia are forward-looking statementswithin the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management'scurrent expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. As aresult, actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statementscontained herein. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose described herein include, but are not limited to, unexpected materialdeviation in product operation, the ability of competitors to introduce newsolutions that compete more successfully with our solutions, and unanticipatedchanges in customersÂ' needs or requirements. More detailed information about theserisk factors, and additional risk factors, are set forth in Quantum's periodicfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, but notlimited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled " RiskFactors," on pages 40 to 50 in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SECon November 9, 2006 and on pages 14 to 25 in Quantum's Annual Report on Form 10-Kfiled with the SEC on June 12, 2006; and those described in any subsequently filedreports. Such reports contain and identify important factors that could cause actualevents and results to differ materially from those contained in our projections orforward-looking statement. Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to update oralter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, futureevents or otherwise.
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