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Quantum Scales Down for De-Dupe Ramp-Up: Page 3 of 4

This week’s announcements represent a clear attempt by Quantum to jumpstart its de-dupe business.

The last 18 months have not been easy for the vendor, which suffered execution problems earlier this year. Quantum has also had to contend with the fallout from its $770 million ADIC acquisition, not to mention recent weakness in its Asian and North American branded businesses.

Quantum is also up against the likes of Diligent, now part of IBM, and Sepaton in the de-dupe space, hence the decision to extend its product line.

There is certainly money to be made in de-dupe, as proved by quarterly results from Data Domain and EMC released this week. Another vendor riding the de-dupe wave at the moment is ExaGrid, which announced a major revenue hike in its Q2 results this week.

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  • Data Domain Inc. (Nasdaq: DDUP)
  • Diligent Technologies Corp.
  • EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC)
  • ExaGrid Systems Inc.
  • IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM)
  • NetApp Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP)
  • Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM)
  • Sepaton Inc.