Air Force Purchases More Than 70 Award Winning SuperLoader Autoloaders To
Provide Base with Highest Data Density at 'Biggest Bang for the Buck'
MILPITAS, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: DSS), a
leading provider of data protection systems, announced today that its
SuperLoader(TM) autoloader has been given the nod as "top gun" when it comes
to backing up data under challenging conditions worldwide for Ninth Air Force
at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. More than 70 SuperLoaders have
become an integral part of the Air Force's data protection infrastructure,
meeting the military's requirements for reliability, data safety, remote
administration and management, ease of deployment and vendor support.
"I have to go with what I can get out in the field the quickest, that has
the smallest footprint and that gives me the biggest bang for my buck," said
Sergeant Brian Bultman, network security controller and principal network
storage architect for Ninth Air Force.
"Government organizations are faced with a requirement to protect mission
critical data with reliable, cost-effective solutions," said Robert Pickell,
vice president of worldwide marketing for Quantum's Storage Solutions Group.
"Quantum is proud to provide the Air Force with SuperLoaders, which are
deployed and managed around the world."
The award winning Quantum SuperLoader is a scalable tape autoloader that
provides unsurpassed data density, capacity and performance for departmental,
workgroup and remote office environments. The SuperLoader autoloader offers
the industry's broadest set of drive technology options as well as highest
capacity of any 2U autoloader on the market. The SuperLoader recently won PC
Magazine's 'Editors' Choice' award, Asia Computer Weekly's 'Readers' Choice'
award, and was a finalist for Government Computer News' 'Best New Technology'
awards at the FOSE show in Washington, D.C. More information on Quantum's
products and technologies can be found at http://www.quantum.com.
About Quantum
Quantum Corp., founded in 1980, is a global leader in data protection,
meeting the needs of business customers with enterprise-wide storage solutions
and services. Quantum is the world's largest supplier of tape drives, and its
DLTtape(TM) technology is the standard for backup, archiving, and recovery of
mission-critical data. Quantum is also a leader in the design, manufacture
and service of automated tape libraries used to manage, store and transfer
data. This year, the company expanded into the area of disk-based backup,
with a solution that emulates a tape library and is optimized for data
protection. Quantum sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2002, were
approximately $1.1 billion. Quantum Corp., 501 Sycamore Dr., Milpitas, CA
95035, 408-944-4000, http://www.quantum.com.
NOTE: Quantum and the Quantum logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation
registered in the United States and other countries. DLT, DLTtape and
SuperLoader are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Specifically, statements regarding: the features, performance, capacity,
reliability and cost-efficiency of the ATL SuperLoader and the comparison of
the ATL SuperLoader with other tape automation devices on the market,
including its providing unsurpassed data density, capacity and performance
with highest capacity of any 2U autoloader on the market at "biggest bang for
the buck" and its offering the industry's broadest set of drive technology
options, are all forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe
Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. As a result, actual results
may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein.
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described herein include unforeseen technological limitations, operational
difficulties, unexpected material deviation in product operation, the ability
of competitors to introduce new products that compete more successfully with
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