EMC Corporation Offers Quantum DLT Tape Drive Products.SHREWSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1996--Quantum Corporation (NMS See NetWare Management System. :QNTM) today announced that EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. has chosen to offer Quantum's DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. 4700 tape autoloader product as an option for use with the company's new EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Data Manager (EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management ) high-speed file system and database backup solution. Quantum's DLT 4700 tape autoloader enables the EMC Data Manager to back up as much as ten terabytes (10,000GB) of data on hundreds of servers across local area networks from one centrally managed site. EMC Data Manger provides industry leading performance and is a scalable solution, offering internal and external Quantum DLT 4700 tape autoloader units with capacities ranging from 280GB to 10TB and aggregate throughput up to 78GB per hour. EDM backs up and recovers data from virtually every major open systems platform and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and provides high speed backup of Informix Oracle and Sybase relational databases. "Quantum's DLT brand tape products offer the capacity, performance and reliability that our products are known for," said Richard Blaschke, vice president, product marketing, EMC Corporation. "The high capacity of the Quantum DLT tape products are an ideal choice for many of our customers looking to backup, archive and restore large databases or networked environments." "Quantum's DLT brand tape drive products are designed to meet the needs of the most demanding storage solutions such as the EMC Data Manager," said Gina Bornino, vice president and general manager of Quantum's Specialty Storage Products Group. "Quantum's DLT tape products continue to garner industry attention and are being rapidly integrated into storage subsystems offered by leading OEMs and value added resellers." About the Quantum DLT 4700 Tape Autoloader Designed for use with high-capacity data backup applications, Quantum's DLT 4700 tape autoloader offers customers the highest performance, capacity and reliability available for mid-range storage- and performance-intensive applications such as large database management. The Quantum DLT 4700 tape autoloader also works in workstation and server environments. Operating environments supported by the DLT 4700 tape autoloader include UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Novell and Windows NT. About EMC EMC Corporation, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is a world leader in enterprise-wide information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of technology, designing systems for mainframe, mid-range and open systems environments. The company has offices worldwide and trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol EMC. For further information about EMC products and service, EMC's home page is located at http://www.emc.com. About Quantum Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation designs, manufactures and markets storage products for today's digitized world. Widely recognized as the industry's quality leader, the company sells a broad range of storage products to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and distribution customers worldwide. Quantum's sales for the fiscal year ending March 1995 were $3.4 billion. For the nine months ended December 31, 1995, sales were $3.2 billion. The company's world wide web home page address is http://www.quantum.com. -0- Note to Editors: DLT is a trademark of Quantum Corporation, and the Quantum logo is a registered trademark of Quantum Corporation. EMC is a trademark of EMC Corporation. CONTACT: Quantum Corporation Madeline Flynn, 508/770-3399 or Golin/Harris Technologies Eileen Quinn Smith, 415/904-7000 x 255 esmith@hi-tech.com |
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