Released on = December 19, 2006, 9:28 pm

Press Release Author = Sonali P S

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Quantum Corp., the leading global specialist in backup,
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 India StarNite Awards
function held in New Delhi last month. VAR India instituted annual awards to
recognize the top performers in more than fifty product and services categories
including servers, storage management and networking hardware. Quantum received this
honor in recognition of being a "pure-play" storage vendor specializing in backup,
recovery and archive and for the company's product quality and service support.





Press Release Body = Quantum Bags VAR India "Best Tape Drive" Vendor Award

Channel Recognizes Quantum's Tape Device Portfolio with Highest Survey Scores in the
Category

Bangalore, 20th December 2006 - Quantum Corp., the leading global specialist in
backup, 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 India
StarNite Awards function held in New Delhi last month. VAR India instituted annual
awards to recognize the top performers in more than fifty product and services
categories including servers, storage management and networking hardware. Quantum
received this honor in recognition of being a "pure-play" storage vendor
specializing in backup, recovery and archive and for the company's product quality
and service support.


To arrive at the final in the best tape drive vendor category, the VAR India awards
process involved an extensive survey of its readers, including resellers, systems
integrators and solutions providers. Vendors were rated on various parameters, and
Quantum received the highest scores in this category.

Reiterating the importance of the awards, Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, VAR India
maintained that the StarNite Awards has great significance in the IT industry owing
to the fact these are extended based on the votes sought by the community that is
deeply involved in the day to day operations of the IT industry in resolving the
customers' IT infrastructure problems."The results manifest that the customers are
delighted with Quantum's reliable and cost-effective tape drive solutions which
address 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, "It is a moment of great honor to receive this
recognition by the channel partners who are our greatest assets in driving the
business. This latest award reflects our commitment to working with our partners to
meet customers' backup, recovery and data archival requirements with a broad
portfolio of tape- and disk-based systems, software and services."

Quantum is one of the world's largest supplier of tape drives, offering customers a
range of leading tape technologies - DLTtape®, LTO, DAT/DDS and Travan - for backup,
recovery and archive of business-critical data from the small business to the
enterprise. With the completion of its recent acquisition of ADIC, Quantum is now
the largest independent storage provider focused on backup, recovery and archive
solutions.

About Quantum

Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM) is the leading global storage company specializing in
backup, recovery and archive. Combining focused expertise, customer-driven
innovation, and platform independence, Quantum provides a comprehensive, integrated
range of disk, tape, and software solutions supported by a world-class sales and
service organization. As a long-standing and trusted partner, the company works
closely with a broad network of resellers, OEMs and other suppliers to meet
customers' evolving data protection needs. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology Drive,
Suite 700, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000, www.quantum.com.
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and Quantum's future product sales in India and Asia are forward-looking statements
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events or otherwise.



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Mutual PR
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