2/8/2005: 

QUANTUM FIRST LEADING TAPE SYSTEMS VENDOR TO DELIVER LTO-3 TAPE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY IN AUTOMATION PLATFORMS

Availability of LTO-3 in M-Series Libraries Extends Company's Leadership in Providing the Broadest Tape Drive Options to Meet Customer Backup, Recovery and Archive Needs

San Jose, Calif., Feb. 8, 2005 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:DSS), a global leader in storage, today announced it is the first leading tape automation vendor to offer its customers third-generation LTO Ultrium tape drive technology within its tape library and autoloader platforms. The availability of LTO-3 technology to Quantum's channel and OEM customers furthers the company's leadership in providing the broadest range of tape drive technology options. This unparalleled breadth of offerings gives customers the optimal combination of reliability, performance and capacity to meet backup, recovery and archive needs – from small and medium businesses to the largest enterprise.

"Being the first leading automation vendor to market with LTO-3 technology illustrates Quantum's commitment to deliver the broadest and most comprehensive support of industry-leading tape formats with the depth of quality and integration support required to best meet our customers' needs," said Rob Pickell, vice president of worldwide marketing for Quantum's Storage Systems Business Unit. "Quantum continues to lead the industry, delivering LTO-3 technology within its market-leading autoloader family as well as in its automated libraries."

Available immediately in Quantum's M-Series tape library platform, LTO-3 technology increases the flexibility and storage density of the libraries to meet initial storage requirements, while providing additional scalability to meet future demands. The M-Series family includes three rack-optimized products - M1500, M1800 and M2500 - to meet storage and budgetary needs of medium-sized business to larger enterprise requirements. These products can be inter-mixed as well as integrated through Quantum's unique StackLink™ pass-through mechanism. Unlike competitive libraries, Quantum's M-Series modular products can be added quickly and easily when needed. Onsite tear down, a total library swap-out or a visit from a technical representative to perform a rebuild is unnecessary, which additionally lowers total cost of ownership compared to competitive offerings.

Tape automation customers achieve higher capacity, performance, and proven reliability through third-generation LTO technology and legacy protection with backward read and write compatibility with LTO-2 media and read compatibility with LTO-1 media. For example, a Quantum M2500 library customer may upgrade to LTO-3 technology, thereby allowing a total native capacity of 40 terabytes (TB) per unit - or 120 TB of capacity through three units within a standard six-foot rack - while also protecting previous media investments in LTO technology.

Quantum is currently shipping LTO-3 technology within its M-Series tape library family through its network of channel, OEM and value added reseller partners. In addition, as a result of its recent acquisition of Certance, Quantum also offers LTO-3 through the CLL 6400 autoloader. The company plans to deliver LTO-3 technology in its flagship PX720 enterprise library in the next calendar quarter.

About Quantum
Quantum Corp. (NYSE:DSS), a global leader in storage, delivers highly reliable backup, recovery and archive solutions that meet demanding requirements for data integrity and availability with superior price/performance and comprehensive service and support. Quantum offers customers of all sizes an unparalleled range of solutions, from leading tape drive and media technologies, autoloaders and libraries to disk-based backup systems. Quantum is the world's largest volume supplier of both tape drives and tape automation and has pioneered the development of disk-based systems optimized for backup and recovery. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000, www.quantum.com.

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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, without limitation, statements relating to: i) the availability of LTO-3 technology in Quantum's products; ii) customer benefits from using LTO-3 technology; iii) Quantum's commitment to deliver the broadest and most comprehensive support of industry-leading tape formats and iv) Quantum's continuing to lead the industry, are 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. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully execute to our product roadmaps and timely ship our products, operational difficulties, unforeseen technological limitations, potential future changes in Quantum's business strategy, the ability of competitors to introduce new products that compete more successfully with our products, changes in market conditions and in the role of tape and unanticipated changes in customers' needs or requirements. More detailed information about these risk factors, and additional risk factors, 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 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Risk Factors," on pages 38 to 49 in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2005 and pages 38 to 49 in Quantum's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2004. In particular, you should review the risk factors on pages 38 and 41 of our Form 10-Q under the headings "Our operating results depend 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," "Competition has increased, and may increasingly intensify, in the tape drive and tape automation markets as a result of competitors introducing competing products based on new technology standards, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations," and "We derive almost all of our revenue from products incorporating tape technology. If competition from alternative storage technologies continues or increases, our business, financial condition and operating results would be materially and adversely harmed."

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