SUNNYVALE, Calif. and
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu
America, a leading information communication technology company,
and Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced an agreement to offer
North American customers a joint solution for large enterprise and
mainframe backup and archive storage that encompasses best-in-class
disk and tape technologies. Broadening the relationship between the
two companies, the joint solution leverages the Fujitsu
ETERNUS® CS8000 unified data protection appliance for
deduplicated disk-based backup and Quantum Scalar® LTO
intelligent tape libraries for low-cost, long-term data
retention.
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The Need to Protect Mainframe Applications
Many large
enterprises have been running their critical business applications
in mainframe environments for years. Because of mainframes' unique
characteristics — as well as the highly specific nature of those
applications — they continue to be prevalent in many industries.
Protecting the applications and maintaining uptime are essential to
the operation of these businesses; therefore, quick backups and
restore times are vital. Enterprises also face compliance
requirements mandating that mainframe application data be retained
for years, creating a need for high storage capacity.
The combination of Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 backup and Quantum
Scalar LTO tape archive enables mainframe customers to address
storage workflow challenges and better manage their data storage
requirements and costs. Together, these technologies use a tiered
approach that leverages primary disk, deduplicated disk backup and
archive tape to balance access speed with capacity needs and cost
requirements. This allows enterprises seeking to consolidate legacy
mainframe VTLs to replace old, proprietary tape libraries with more
economical deduplication and LTO tape.
The Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 is a unified data protection
appliance that incorporates Quantum's deduplication technology to
consolidate backup and archiving infrastructures of open systems
and mainframes. Quantum's Scalar tape libraries are the industry's
most intelligent automated tape libraries, with built-in proactive
diagnostics, intuitive management features to reduce operating
expenses, and policy-based data integrity checking to ensure
valuable data archived on tape can be recovered.
Availability
The combined Fujitsu-Quantum solution for
customers in North America is
available today.
Supporting Quotes
Alex
Lam, Vice President, Enterprise Business, Fujitsu
America
"Fujitsu and Quantum have achieved great success
partnering in EMEA to deliver backup and archiving solutions to our
customers, which includes enterprises with large mainframe
environments. Fujitsu is excited to extend the partnership with
Quantum to North America and will
be using the combined scale of the partnership to reach a wider set
of customers, especially those in key verticals like Federal, Media
& Entertainment and Energy, with a comprehensive set of backup
and archiving solutions."
Robert Clark, Senior Vice
President, Product Operations, Quantum
"This new partnership
enables us to provide mainframe customers here in North America with the same solution benefits
that customers realize throughout Europe, including improving uptime and
protection for mission-critical mainframe applications while
reducing backup storage costs."
Additional Resources
- For more details on the joint Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 and
Quantum Scalar solution: http://qntm.co/FujitsuQuantum
- For more about the Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000:
www.fujitsu.com/us/products/software/infrastructure-software/resource-management/serverview-resource-orchestrator/tape/index.html
- To read about Quantum's Scalar family of intelligent tape
libraries: www.quantum.com/products/tapelibraries/index.aspx
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese
information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a
full range of technology products, solutions and services.
Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than
100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape
the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:
6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8
trillion yen (US$46 billion)
for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2014. For more information, please see
http://www.fujitsu.com.
About Fujitsu Americas
Fujitsu America, Inc., is the
parent and/or management company of a group of Fujitsu-owned
companies operating in North, Central and South America dedicated to delivering the full
range of Fujitsu products, solutions and services in ICT to our
customers in the Western Hemisphere. These companies are
collectively referred to as Fujitsu Americas. Fujitsu enables
clients to meet their business objectives through integrated
offerings and solutions, including consulting, systems integration,
managed services, outsourcing and cloud services for
infrastructure, platforms and applications; data center and field
services; and server, storage, software and mobile/tablet
technologies. For more information, please visit:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/ and
http://twitter.com/fujitsuamerica.
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out
storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for
capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over the entire
data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more
than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most
demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be
Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize
the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and
wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost
and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo and ETERNUS are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain and Scalar are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its
affiliates in the United States
and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains
"forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements
of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation,
statements relating to 1) benefits from the Fujitsu-Quantum
relationship, including customer benefits and value to customers
from using the joint Fujitsu-Quantum solutions and 2) customer
demand for and Quantum's future revenue from such solutions and
partnering, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking statements in this press
release are based on information available to Quantum on the date
hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quantum's actual
results to differ materially from those implied by the
forward-looking statements. More detailed information about these
risks are set forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to,
those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk
Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2015 and in Quantum's Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 6, 2014, especially those risks
listed in this section under the heading "Our operating results
depend on a limited number of products and on new product
introductions, which may not be successful, in which case our
business, financial condition and operating results may be
materially and adversely affected." Quantum expressly disclaims any
obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as required by applicable law.
Contacts:
Bryan
Hollar
Fujitsu America, Inc.
(408) 746-6412
bryan.hollar@us.fujitsu.com
Bob Wientzen
Quantum Corp.
(720) 201-8125
bob.wientzen@quantum.com
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