In the Q Newsletter: Introducing the Industry's First Capacity-on-Demand Deduplication Appliance

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Introducing Quantum's DXi4000, the Industry's First Capacity-on-Demand Deduplication Appliance Easy to Install and Scale Plus Twice the Performance at Half the Price Quantum's DXi4000 backup appliances provide an affordable, easy alternative that includes the industry's first capacity-on-demand deduplication. With up to twice the performance of competitors and as little as half the cost, the DXi4000 series deduplication appliances keep backup and restore performance high while delivering industry leading value for fast return on investment. Designed for small to medium businesses or branch offices, DXi4000 appliances can be deployed seamlessly with all leading backup software, including those designed specifically for virtual servers. Download the data sheet   Learn more

How Data Tiering Can Lower IT Storage Costs - Solving the Problems of "Big" Data Growth by Will McGrath   The explosion of data growth created by next-gen instruments has caused tremendous challenges in handling and storing those files. While growth in structured and semi-structured data — like e-mail and databases — continues to grow, it is really unstructured "big" data growth that is causing the biggest problems. This is true in verticals like oil and gas with upstream seismic and interpretation applications or in life sciences with a number of newer instruments being introduced for electron microscopy, high content screening / high throughput screening and flow cytometry — or especially, next generation sequencing. Read the full article published in Scientific Computing Magazine LTFS is More than an Acronym The Benefits of Implementing LTFS Recently, Quantum attended the DV Expo and IBC tradeshows where we participated in the LTO Consortium's booth and demonstrated LTFS technology. LTFS is a new technology that enables customers to store their data on tape without the use of backup software and can drag and drop files directly to tape. The key benefits of tape, such as low cost, high reliability and portability have typically been available only for customers who use backup software; now they are available to LTFS users as well. Read answers to key questions about LTFS technology Get Your Backup Score – a New Tool for IT Professionals to Determine how their Backup Stacks Up GetYourBackupScore.com is the website that helps IT departments improve data protection by comparing their backup results to industry best practices and to their peers. The core concept is your backup score—it's based on your responses to 8 key topics around your organization's backup, restore, DR, and retention practices. All you do is answer the questions. Your score will be computed and you'll receive a report of your score as well as suggestions for how you might be able to improve. Get Detailed Reports. The detailed free report compares the responses in each of the eight specific topic areas to what your peers report and to the results of the most effective IT departments and provides more detailed suggestions about possible approaches to improve. Quantum is a launch sponsor of GetYourBackupScore.com and is providing this link to the Beta version. Be one of the first to use this new tool, help expand the database of best practices, and provide valuable feedback. www.getyourbackupscore.com The New vmPro 4000 Quantum Vice President Henrik Rosendahl discusses the vmPro 4000 in this informative Podcast.   Listen now   Get your free "Data Deduplication for Dummies" Book. Click here. GEOINT October 16-19, 2011 San Antonio Register today > Backup Central Live! Oct. 18 – Los Angeles Oct. 20 – San Francisco Nov. 1 – Washington DC Register today > TechTarget Next-Gen Backup School Oct. 18 – Houston Oct. 20 – Kansas City Nov. 10 – Washington DC Register Today > TechTarget DR Seminar Oct. 25 – Toronto, Ontario Register Today > Building an Efficient Storage Operation Nov. 3 – Boston, MA Register Today > Storage Decisions SF Nov. 8 – San Francisco Register Today > View All TechTarget Events VMUG Oct. 20 – New England Oct. 24 – Atlanta Oct. 31 – Chicago Nov. 2 – Toronto Nov. 2 – Cincinnati Nov. 8 – Portland Register today > IT Summit Nov. 9 – Los Angeles Register today > View All Upcoming Events

Quantum Introduces First Capacity on Demand Deduplication Appliance Quantum Names Tom Valiante as Vice President, North America Channel Sales Quantum to Expand StorNext Appliance Family to Simplify Big Data File Sharing and Archiving New Quantum Virtual Data Protection Solution Unites Turnkey Simplicity, Advanced Technology and Market-Leading Value Get the product support you want and the services you need. Click here to be directed to Quantum's Support Page StorageCare® Learning StorageCare Learning is Quantum's online learning portal. Click here to view course catalog and schedule classroom or online training YouTube Capacity-on-Demand Comes to Deduplication. Introducing Quantum's DXi4601. For small businesses and IT departments in mid-size businesses, data protection hasn't kept up with growing data. Learn how to overcome your backup challenges with new deduplication solutions that allow you to easily and affordably scale capacity-on-demand. Subscribe to Twitter Feed Stay up-to-date on Facebook Read the latest blogs on Q&U

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