Quantum has announced that it has generated more than $1 billion in Scalar i500 tape automation revenue. The company claims that Scalar i500 is the best-selling tape library in the Quantum’s history, and the $1-billion milestone reflects the platform’s strength, continued innovation and broad-based customer adoption. Quantum has also announced expansion of its long-time partnership with Benchmark Electronics, which has been manufacturing the Scalar i500 since its introduction.
Robert Clark, Sr. VP, Data Protection Group, Quantum, said, Reaching this major milestone reflects the important role tape continues to play as an extremely cost-effective, energy efficient and resilient technology for long-term data retention, archive and disaster recovery. With this in mind, we are continuing to build on our position as the market share leader in open systems tape automation, adding new products and features.
He added, Benchmark has been a great partner, with a well-proven record of making high- quality products, and we would not have achieved the Scalar i500 $1-billion milestone without them. This is the fourth time we have expanded our partnership, and the transition has been seamless in every case. We are looking forward to working with Benchmark to serve the needs of a larger customer base.
Over the next six months, Quantum will transition the rest of its tape automation manufacturing to a Benchmark facility in Alabama while retaining responsibility for all design and development, including future enhancements.
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