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Quantum Corporation is a data storage, management, and protection company that provides technology to store, manage, archive, and protect video and unstructured data throughout the data life cycle.[2][3][4] Their products are used by enterprises, media and entertainment companies, government agencies, data companies, and life science organizations. Quantum is headquartered in San Jose, California[5] and has offices around the world.[6][7][8][9]

Key Information

The company is dual-listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "QMCO", and on the Börse Frankfurt under the ticker symbol "QNT2".

History

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Quantum was founded in 1980 as Quantum Corp.[10] By 1984, it led the market for mid-capacity 5.25-inch drives.[11][10] That year, a subsidiary was launched called Plus Development to focus on the development of hardcards.[12][13][14] Plus Development became a successful designer of 3.5-inch drives with Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics (now Panasonic) as the contract manufacturer.[10][13] By 1989, Quantum led the compact drive market.[11]

The company had 11 new models of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives, and had signed distribution agreements with Rein Elektronik in Germany and Inelco Peripheriques in France.[11] It also merged its subsidiary Plus Development Corporation into its Commercial Products Division.[11]

Quantum was the largest drive producer worldwide in 1994.[13]

In 2000, Maxtor agreed to acquire Quantum's hard disk drive group.[11] In 2004, Quantum became a member of the LTO Consortium after acquiring Certance.[15]

In 2012, Quantum announced Q-Cloud, which combines on-premise storage with cloud storage.[16] In 2015, the company released a multi-tier storage product, StorNext 5.3, which supports Q-Cloud and powers the company's Xcellis workflow storage technology.[17]

In 2018, Jamie Lerner became CEO, and Quantum shifted focus from hard drives/tape to providing data storage, management, and protection for video and other unstructured data.[18]

In 2019, the company added a subscription for cloud-based device management and product, called Distributed Cloud Services.[19]

In 2020-2021 Quantum acquired technology to support the shift in focus including ActiveScale and CatDV. They also acquired video surveillance software from Pivot3.[20][21][19]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Quantum was a recipient of a government loan of US$10 million as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).[22]

In October 2021, Quantum and IBM announced they would work together to develop LTO-10, the next generation of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology.[23]

In April 2023, Quantum announced a new scale-out unstructured data storage platform called Myriad. The solution is software-defined, initially running on Quantum-supplied hardware but capable of running on public cloud infrastructure.[24]

Acquisitions

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  • 1998 – ATL Products, a manufacturer of automated tape libraries.[25]
  • 1999 – Meridian Data, a network-attached storage supplier.[11]
  • 2001 – M4 Data (Holdings) Ltd., a manufacturer of tape libraries.[26]
  • 2002 – Benchmark Storage Innovations, who manufactured the VStape product line under a Quantum license.[27]
  • 2005 – Certance, the former tape business of Seagate Technology, becoming a member of the LTO consortium.[15]
  • 2006 – Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), Scalar brand tape libraries, StorNext filesystem and de-duplication technology.
  • 2011 – Pancetera Software, a specialist in data management and protection for virtual environments, for $12 million.[28]
  • 2014 – SymForm, a cloud storage company.[29]
  • 2020 - Atavium, storage and data workflow startup.[30]
  • 2020 – ActiveScale object storage business acquired from Western Digital.[20]
  • 2020 – UK-based Square Box Systems Ltd, maker of CatDV and a specialist in data cataloging, user collaboration, and digital asset management software.[21]
  • 2021 – Video surveillance assets from Pivot3, a hyperconverged infrastructure company.[31]
  • 2021 – EnCloudEn, a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software company.[32]

Products

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Quantum provides data storage, management, and protection for video and other unstructured data.[33] The company's products, solutions and services include:

High-performance file system software

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StorNext

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Main article: StorNext File System

At the core of Quantum's high-performance shared storage product line is Quantum StorNext software which enables video editing and management of large video and image datasets. StorNext software is a parallel file processing system that provides fast streaming performance and data access, a shared file storage environment for Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and Linux workstations, and intelligent data management to protect data across its lifecycle. StorNext runs on standard servers and is sold with storage arrays that are used within the StorNext environment. These storage arrays include Quantum QXS-Series, a line of high-performance, reliable hybrid storage arrays, offered with either HDDs, SSDs, or some combination of the two. StorNext software can also manage data across different types, or pools, of storage, such as public cloud object stores and disk-based object storage systems. StorNext supports a broad range of both private and public object stores. For customers that have been archiving video and image data for years, StorNext is also integrated with tape storage and can assign infrequently used but important data to tape to create a large-scale active archive.[34]

In 2011, the company added the StorNext appliance offerings to its product family. In addition to the StorNext Archive Enabled Library (AEL), the company added a metadata controller (StorNext M330), a scale-out gateway appliance (G300), and several scalable storage systems (QM1200, QS1200 and QD6000).[35] In February 2012, the company bolstered the StorNext appliance family with the addition of the QS2400 Storage System,[36] followed in May by the M660 metadata appliance.[37]

The HSeries is a line of high-performance storage arrays.[38] In January 2021, Quantum introduced its H2000 series of hybrid arrays that provide on-premise storage for media production workflows and block storage arrays that provide an alternative to QXS.[39][38] It includes the 2U H2012 and the H2024, which provides 307 TB after data reduction.[38] The H4000 appliance series was released in late 2021.[40] The series uses a converged infrastructure that runs file, block, and client services virtually on a single box.[40]

In April 2022, Quantum released the H4000 Essential.[41][42][43] It is for small, independent creative teams and provides shared storage and automatic content indexing, discovery, and workflow collaboration by combining Quantum's CatDV asset management and the company's StorNext 7 shared storage software.[41][42][43]

F-Series NVMe

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In April 2019, Quantum introduced F-Series, a new line of NVMe storage arrays “designed for performance, availability, and reliability.” Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) flash drives allow for massive parallel processing, while the latest Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) networking technology provides direct access between workstations and the NVMe storage devices. These hardware features are combined with the Quantum Cloud Storage Platform and the StorNext file system to provide storage capabilities for post-production houses, broadcasters and other rich media environments.[44]

In April 2022, the company's F2100 NVMe storage appliance was released as the latest in the F-Series line[45][46] It provides 50 GB/s for multi-client reads and up to 737 TB of raw NVMe storage, which was an increase from previous F-Series products.[47][45] To provide proactive system monitoring, it was integrated with Quantum Cloud-Based Analytics software.[46]

Xcellis

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The Quantum Xcellis product line was released in 2015.[48] The first products were designed for disk and SSDs.[48] In 2018, the company added nonvolatile memory express to its Xcellis NAS appliances.[48] The NVMe Xcellis option was designed for flash storage.[48]

Tape storage

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Since 1994, when it acquired the Digital Linear Tape product line from Digital, Quantum has sold tape storage products, including tape drives, media and automation.

LTO tape drives and media

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In 2007, Quantum discontinued development of the DLT line in favor of Linear Tape-Open (LTO),[49] which it began selling in 2005 following its acquisition of Certance. LTO is an open tape format designed for high-capacity long-term storage.[50] It is often used for large-scale cold storage.[50]

In September 2020, Quantum, IBM, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise released the specifications for LTO-9 storage tape technology.[51] Products using this technology were available a year later.[51] In 2021, Quantum partnered with IBM on its development of LTO-10 tape drives and media.[50]

Scalar tape libraries

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In 2012, Quantum introduced its Scalar LTFS (Linear Tape File System) appliance, which offers new modes of portability and user accessibility for archived content on LTO tape.[52]

In 2016, Quantum refreshed its Scalar LTO tape library family and added an appliance for rich media archiving. The three new systems are part of the Quantum Scalar Storage Platform aimed at handling large-scale unstructured data.[53] The Scalar i3 and i6 was introduced with support for LTO-6 and LTO-7 tapes, supporting LTO-9 today. The Quantum Scalar i3 is designed for small to medium-sized businesses and departmental configurations. It scales up to 3 PB in a 12U rack space.[53] The Quantum Scalar i6 is a midrange library for small enterprises. It scales up to 12 PB within a single 48U rack.[53]

The StorNext AEL6 archiving appliance combines the Quantum Scalar i6 library with Quantum's StorNext data management software for archive storage.[53] It has self-healing auto-migration and targets rich media use cases.[54] In 2021, Quantum introduced Scalar Ransom Block to prevent ransomware attacks on its Scalar tape libraries.[55]

Backup appliances

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DXi-Series

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Quantum introduced its first disk-based backup and recovery product, the DX30, in 2002 and has continued to build out this product line.[56]

At the end of 2006, shortly after its acquisition of Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), Quantum announced the first of its DXi-Series products incorporating data deduplication technology which ADIC had acquired from a small Australian company called Rocksoft earlier that year.[57] Quantum expanded and enhanced this product line.

DXi-Series products incorporate Quantum's data deduplication technology, providing typical data reduction ratios of 15:1 or 93%.[58] The company offers both target and source-based deduplication as well as integrated path-to-tape capability. DXi works with all major backup applications, including Symantec's OpenStorage (OST) API, Oracle SBT API,[59] Veeam DMS,[60] and supports everything from remote offices to corporate data centers. Quantum includes almost all software licenses for each model in the base price.

In 2011, in addition to its DXi-Series of disk backup products, Quantum offered its RDX removable disk libraries and NDX-8 NAS appliances for data protection in small business environments.[61] In 2012, Quantum announced a virtual deduplication appliance, the DXi V1000.[62]

In January, 2019, Quantum refreshed its DXi series, with the addition of the DXi9000 and DXi4800. The DXi9000 targets the enterprise market, scaling from 51 TB to 1 petabyte of usable capacity. The 12 TB hard drives allow for more storage using less physical space. The DXi4800 is a smaller-scale appliance targeting midmarket organizations and remote sites.[63]

In 2021, Quantum replaced the V2000 and V4000 with the DXi V5000.[64] The DXi is offered in both virtual and physical appliances, used by remote and branch offices that need a backup target system.[64]

Virtual machine data protection

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Quantum's vmPRO software and appliances were used for protecting virtual machine (VM) data.[65] vmPRO software worked with DXi appliances and users' existing backup applications to integrate VM backup and recovery into their existing data protection processes.

In March 2012, Quantum announced that its vmPRO technology and DXi V1000 virtual appliance had been selected by Xerox as a key component of the company's cloud backup and disaster recovery (DR) services.[66]

In August 2012, Quantum announced Q-Cloud, its own branded cloud-based data protection service, which is also based on vmPRO and DXi technology.[67]

Media asset management software

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CatDV is a media management and workflow automation platform that helps organizations manage large volumes of unstructured data such as video, images, audio files, and PDF digital assets.[68] The software catalogs and analyzes these files and can be used with Quantum's StorNext file storage.[68]

In April 2022, the company released the NVIDIA AI platform to provide AI and machine learning (ML) to video production and data management workflows via CatDV software.[45][69] The new platform combines the CatDV asset management and automation platform, NVIDIA A2 Tensor Core GPU infrastructure, and the NVIDIA Deepstream, Riva, and Maxine software development kits.[69]

Object storage

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Lattus

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In late 2012, Quantum introduced the Lattus product family OEMed from Amplidata, an object storage system composed of storage nodes, access nodes and controller nodes for large data stores. Lattus-X was the first disk-based archive in the Lattus family that includes a native HTTP REST interface, and CIFS and NFS access to applications.[70]

ActiveScale software and systems

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In 2020, Quantum entered into an agreement with Western Digital Technologies, Inc. to acquire its ActiveScale object storage business.[71] ActiveScale allows companies to manage, protect, and preserve unstructured data, from a few hundred terabytes to tens of petabytes.[72] It is used in industries such as media and entertainment, surveillance, big data, genomics, HPC, telecom, and medical imaging.[73]

In 2021, Quantum released subscription-based ActiveScale 6.0.[74][75]

Cold storage archives

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In October 2021, Quantum introduced ActiveScale Cold Storage as a storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering.[76] It combines the company's tape technology with the ActiveScale object storage platform.[76][7] It is also used to store, migrate, and restore objects to and from the cold archives.[6][7]

Video surveillance storage

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Quantum has a number of products that capture and store video data, including video recording servers and hyperconverged storage systems.[77][78] The VS-HCI series provides hyperconverged infrastructure for surveillance recording and video management.[77]

In July 2021, Quantum acquired assets and intellectual property from Pivot3, a hyperconverged infrastructure technology company.[79] Pivot3's video surveillance appliances, NVRs, management applications, and scale-out hyperconverged software are sold under Quantum's VS-Series product portfolio.[80] In August 2021, Quantum acquired EnCloudEn, a hyperconverged infrastructure software company.[81]

In March 2022, the company released the Unified Surveillance Platform (USP).[82] The software platform could be used to record and store video surveillance data and runs on standard servers.[82]

Autonomous vehicle edge storage

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Quantum's R-Series Edge Storage is a ruggedized storage system that captures large amounts of data generated by vehicles.[83] The removable storage allows the data to be quickly transferred to a centralized data center.[83]

Fireball

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Main article: Quantum Fireball

The Fireball brand of hard drives were manufactured between 1995 and 2001. In 1995, 540 MB Fireball hard drives using ATA and SCSI were available.[84] In 1997, the Fireball ST, available in 1.6 GB to 6.4 GB capacities, was considered a top performer,[85] while the Fireball TM was significantly slower.[86]

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Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) is an American technology company specializing in , management, and protection solutions for , including video and digital assets. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in , it provides software-defined platforms that enable organizations to capture, store, analyze, and secure large-scale data volumes, particularly in support of AI and applications. The company's core offerings include ActiveScale for scale-out object and file storage, StorNext for high-performance shared file systems used in media workflows, and the DXi series of and deduplication appliances, serving sectors such as , , government, and enterprise IT across the Americas, , the Middle East, and . With over 40 years of innovation, Quantum has preserved more than 84 exabytes of data globally and continues to focus on cost-efficient, end-to-end for the . Quantum's history began in February 1980 when a team of executives and engineers from , , and developed an 8-inch . The company grew rapidly, leading the mid-capacity 5.25-inch drive segment by 1984 and surpassing $1 billion in revenues by 1991. Through acquisitions, including Digital Equipment Corporation's disk and tape businesses in 1994 for $400 million and ATL Products in 1998 for $300 million, Quantum expanded into tape technology like (DLT). In 2001, it sold its hard drive operations to for $1.3 billion in stock, pivoting to data protection and backup solutions. Reincorporated in in 1987, Quantum has navigated market challenges, including financial losses in the late 1990s, and remains a key player in specialized storage with approximately 635 employees as of March 2025. Its solutions are designed for edge-to-core-to-cloud environments, emphasizing , , and performance for high-value , which constitutes 80-90% of modern enterprise data. As of November 2025, the company reported fiscal second quarter 2026 revenue of $62.7 million.

Overview

Company profile

Quantum Corporation was founded in 1980 in , by executives and designers from , , and . The company is headquartered in . Quantum Corporation is publicly traded on the under the QMCO and has approximately 635 employees as of 2025. As a provider of end-to-end solutions for capturing, managing, protecting, and enriching , Quantum leverages over 45 years of expertise in storage technology. The company maintains a leadership position in archival storage, serving industries such as media and entertainment, life sciences, government, and AI research. In recent years, Quantum has evolved toward AI-driven data solutions to address growing demands in data-intensive applications.

Strategic focus

Quantum Corporation's primary strategic emphasis centers on transforming unstructured data—which constitutes 80-90% of enterprise-generated information—into actionable insights through AI-enriched storage solutions that enable data enrichment, protection, and orchestration across the data lifecycle. The company targets key markets including media and entertainment, research and AI, physical security, IT operations, and , where it supports organizations in life sciences, government, , and sectors requiring high-speed data capture and real-time collaboration for . Quantum's strategic pillars include delivering scalable edge-to-cloud solutions for distributed , ensuring through regionalized infrastructure, incorporating post-quantum security to protect against emerging threats, and providing cost-effective archiving to optimize long-term storage economics. In 2025, Quantum has pursued initiatives such as refreshing its product portfolio to bolster AI infrastructure capabilities, including integrations for quantum logic and encryption, while redefining professional services to offer greater flexibility across data lifecycle stages like ingestion, preservation, and recovery. The company's revenue model comprises a mix of software licenses and subscriptions, hardware system sales, and , with an increasing focus on recurring revenue streams from software-defined storage options like pay-as-you-go and as-a-service models. This approach reflects a brief historical shift from hardware-centric operations to a software-driven , aligning with the demands of AI-era .

History

Founding and early innovations (1980–2000)

Quantum Corporation was founded in February 1980 in , by a team of executives and engineers from , , and , with an initial focus on designing 8-inch hard disk drives for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company's first products, the Q2000 Series of 8-inch Winchester disk drives, were introduced in September 1980, offering reliable, low-cost storage solutions that quickly gained traction in the emerging personal computing market. During the 1980s, Quantum experienced rapid growth, establishing leadership in mid-capacity 5.25-inch drives by 1984, where it captured approximately 20% of the market with sales of around 94,600 units that year. The company expanded into smaller form factors with the introduction of 3.5-inch drives in 1988, including the and models offering 40 MB and 80 MB capacities, respectively, which targeted high-end personal computers and workstations through partnerships like the one with Matsushita for robotic assembly production. These innovations helped Quantum achieve $394.2 million in and $41.3 million in by 1989, solidifying its position as a key player in the compact drive segment. In the 1990s, Quantum shifted toward high-capacity drives optimized for servers and enterprise applications, launching multiple models that supported growing data demands in networked environments. A pivotal move came in October 1994 when the company acquired Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) storage business for $348 million, incorporating DEC's tape drive, solid-state disk, and thin-film head technologies to broaden its portfolio beyond pure disk drives. By the late 1990s, Quantum ranked as the second-largest disk storage manufacturer worldwide, behind only Seagate, with significant market share in both consumer and professional sectors. However, the decade also brought challenges from intense competition by Asian manufacturers such as Toshiba and Hitachi, which drove down prices through aggressive production scaling and led to production delays, financial losses—including a $90 million net loss in 1996—and a strategic pivot toward diversification. This culminated in the sale of its hard disk drive business to Maxtor, announced in 2000 and completed in 2001 for $1.3 billion in stock, marking the end of its early focus on disk storage.

Acquisitions and product diversification (2000–2010)

The sale of its hard disk drive business to , announced in 2000 and completed in 2001, for $1.3 billion in stock allowed Quantum to streamline operations and concentrate resources on its growing tape storage and data protection businesses. This strategic divestiture marked a pivotal shift, enabling Quantum to leverage its established expertise in tape technology amid intensifying competition in the disk drive market. Following the sale, Quantum accelerated its focus on tape-based solutions, introducing Super DLT (Super Digital Linear Tape) technology in 2001 as an advanced iteration of its DLT format, offering significantly higher capacity—up to 110 GB native per cartridge—and improved data transfer rates of up to 30 MB/s. This expansion solidified Quantum's position in midrange and enterprise backup environments, where tape remained essential for cost-effective, high-capacity archiving. By the mid-2000s, Quantum had diversified into disk-based backup systems, launching the DX30 appliance in 2002 as its first product emulating tape libraries using for faster backup and recovery processes. The company further broadened this line with the DX100 in 2004, supporting up to 64 TB of usable capacity and integrating seamlessly with existing to address growing demands for hybrid storage approaches. A landmark acquisition occurred in August 2006, when Quantum purchased Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) for $770 million in cash and stock, integrating ADIC's Scalar tape libraries and i3 automated storage management software to enhance its portfolio of appliances and automation solutions. The deal combined the two firms' strengths in tape automation, resulting in annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion and positioning Quantum as a dominant player in the data protection market with projected cost synergies of $50–60 million annually. Building on this momentum, Quantum introduced the DXi-Series deduplication appliances in late 2006, featuring reduction ratios up to 20:1 and replication capabilities to optimize efficiency and reduce storage costs in enterprise settings. Through these developments, Quantum achieved substantial revenue growth in the sector, transitioning from a tape-centric provider to a comprehensive solutions vendor serving diverse industries, including media and , where reliable data protection became increasingly critical. By 2010, the company's emphasis on integrated tape and disk systems had established it as a leader in tape archiving, with widespread adoption of its DLT and Super DLT formats for long-term retention.

Modern transformation (2010–present)

In the , Quantum Corporation underwent a significant pivot toward software-defined storage solutions to address evolving demands in and environments. The company launched StorNext 4.0 in early 2010, introducing integrated deduplication and a streamlined to enhance efficiency for media and entertainment workflows. This was followed by the introduction of Lattus in 2013, an platform designed for scalable, archiving, marking Quantum's entry into storage capabilities. In 2014, Quantum acquired Symform's services platform and development team for approximately $0.5 million, bolstering its hybrid offerings and integrating distributed technology into its portfolio. Entering the 2020s, Quantum intensified its focus on managing growth driven by AI and applications, commemorating its 40-year anniversary in February 2020 as a leader in innovation. The acquisition of Western Digital's ActiveScale object storage business in March 2020 expanded Quantum's software-defined lineup, with subsequent enhancements like ActiveScale 6.0 in June 2021 enabling unlimited scalability for massive datasets. In April 2023, Quantum unveiled Myriad, a cloud-native all-flash file and platform featuring a to support high-performance AI workloads and eliminate legacy hardware constraints. These developments positioned Quantum to capitalize on the surge in AI-driven data demands, emphasizing end-to-end lifecycle management for unstructured content. Recent years have seen both strategic advancements and operational hurdles for Quantum. In June 2025, the company delayed its fiscal year 2025 filing due to a review of , with the report ultimately filed in August 2025; this echoed prior financial scrutiny and contributed to compliance notices. To accelerate innovation, Quantum appointed industry veteran Geoff Barrall as in October 2025, tasking him with refining product strategy amid AI and storage market shifts. On October 28, 2025, Quantum signed a with Entanglement Inc. to integrate post-quantum into its storage solutions via the Entanglement Storage Platform (ESP), aiming to enhance and support regionalized AI infrastructure. Despite these initiatives, Quantum faced revenue challenges, reporting $64.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 ended June 30, 2025, an 11% year-over-year decline from $72.3 million, attributed to a product mix shift and market pressures. In the second quarter ended September 30, 2025, revenue was $62.7 million, a 12.7% decline from $71.8 million year-over-year. In response, the company announced operational improvements, including enhanced go-to-market strategies and sales leadership changes to drive recurring revenue from AI-optimized storage solutions.

Products and solutions

High-performance file systems

Quantum Corporation's high-performance file systems are designed to handle large-scale, high-speed data access in demanding environments such as media production and (HPC). These solutions enable collaborative workflows by providing shared storage that supports parallel access from multiple users and systems, ensuring low-latency performance for data-intensive applications. The flagship offering, StorNext, is a hybrid shared that unifies flash, disk, object, and tape storage within a single , facilitating seamless across heterogeneous environments. It supports parallel access for collaborative tasks like , delivering multi-GB/s sequential throughput to handle large streaming files efficiently. As of November 2025, StorNext has evolved to version 7.2.4, incorporating expanded web services APIs for metadata querying and , which enhance integration with AI pipelines for unstructured . Complementing StorNext, the F-Series NVMe storage arrays provide flash-optimized infrastructure for ultra-low-latency workflows, such as editing and rendering. These arrays integrate directly with StorNext to enable rapid file movement between NVMe flash and other storage tiers, achieving throughput exceeding 100 GB/s in multi-client configurations—for instance, up to 90.5 GB/s read performance on the F2200 model. This setup supports intensive tasks in media and HPC by minimizing delays in data access. Xcellis serves as a scale-out storage that combines file and object protocols, optimized for collaborative media production environments. Powered by StorNext 7, it allows independent scaling of heads and storage resources, delivering up to 1.6 times improved performance when paired with QXS-Series or F-Series hardware. This architecture supports expanding connectivity for growing teams while maintaining through configurable high-availability pairs. Key use cases for these systems include real-time in workflows, where parallel access ensures smooth ingest and playback of 4K and 8K content, and research in HPC, enabling rapid analysis of large datasets. StorNext's advanced features, such as policy-based tiering, automate data placement across storage tiers based on usage patterns, optimizing and without manual intervention. Additionally, FlexSync provides policy-driven multi-site synchronization, enabling efficient replication for disaster recovery and hybrid production across distributed locations.

Tape storage systems

Quantum Corporation has established itself as a leader in tape storage technologies, leveraging (LTO) standards to provide reliable, high-capacity solutions for long-term and archival needs. The company's offerings emphasize cost-effective hardware for handling infrequently accessed or "cold" data, integrating seamlessly into enterprise environments for backup and preservation. Central to Quantum's tape portfolio are LTO tape drives and media, which support and progressive capacity increases. The LTO-9 format, widely adopted in Quantum systems, delivers 18 TB of native capacity per cartridge, expanding to 45 TB under 2.5:1 compression, with full-height drives optimized for enterprise backups in libraries like the Scalar series. These drives achieve transfer rates of up to 400 MB/s native and 1,000 MB/s compressed, enabling efficient handling of large datasets. Looking ahead, Quantum announced support for the LTO-10 standard in May 2025, offering 40 TB native capacity (100 TB compressed) as of November 2025, and integration into its Scalar libraries to address growing archival demands. Quantum's Scalar tape libraries represent modular, scalable hardware platforms designed for enterprise-scale deployment. The Scalar i3 provides a compact entry point, starting with 25 slots in a 3U form factor and expanding to 800 slots across multiple modules, supporting up to 24 half-height drives and capacities reaching 36 PB compressed with LTO-9 media. For larger environments, the Scalar i6 offers higher density, scaling from 50 to 800 slots with up to 24 full-height drives, achieving up to 80 PB compressed (32 PB native) in a single 48U rack using LTO-10 (40 TB cartridge, as of November 2025). A key feature across these libraries is Active Vault, which utilizes unlicensed slots for secure, offline air-gapped storage, enhancing protection against by isolating data from online threats. These systems deliver significant advantages for long-term data management, particularly low (TCO) for cold storage through energy-efficient designs and high-density packing that minimizes rack space and power consumption—certified with Gold efficiency ratings. Compliance is facilitated by (WORM) functionality in LTO media, enabling immutable storage that aligns with regulations such as GDPR for audit-proof retention of sensitive . Additionally, integration with the (LTFS) allows drag-and-drop file access, treating tapes like removable disks for simplified workflows without . In the market, Quantum's tape solutions maintain a dominant position in archiving for media and entertainment, where they handle vast rich media libraries, as well as scientific and applications requiring petabyte-scale preservation. Amid a broader tape storage market projected to grow from $7.6 billion in 2025 at a 10% CAGR through 2034—driven by explosion—Quantum's 2025 advancements, including LTO-10 compatibility (updated to 40 TB native in ) and the Scalar i7 for up to 80 PB native density, underscore persistent demand for tape despite shifts toward flash-based tiers. These technologies complement flash systems in tiered storage architectures by providing economical offline tiers for archival data.

Backup and data protection

Quantum's DXi-Series deduplication appliances form the core of its backup and data protection offerings, designed to optimize storage efficiency and accelerate recovery processes for enterprise environments. These appliances, including virtual models like the DXi V1000, provide scalable usable capacities ranging from small-scale virtual deployments up to 1.3 PB in larger configurations such as the DXi9000 series, enabling organizations to store extensive backup datasets on disk without proportional increases in physical infrastructure. The series employs variable-length inline deduplication technology, achieving ratios exceeding 15:1 and up to 70:1 depending on data patterns, which reduces redundant storage and network bandwidth demands during backups. A key focus of the DXi-Series is virtual machine data protection, with seamless integration into hypervisors like and backup software such as for agentless operations that minimize production impact. Features include asynchronous replication for offsite disaster recovery, ransomware-resistant immutable snapshots, and using AES-256 standards to secure data in transit and at rest, all while supporting multi-tenancy for isolated workloads in shared setups. In 2025, enhancements to the all-flash DXi T-Series models introduced higher-density NVMe storage and optimized hybrid cloud tiering, enabling faster recovery time objectives (RTO) through ingest rates of up to 113 TB per hour and restore speeds up to 10 times quicker than traditional disk systems. These solutions are particularly suited for enterprise disaster recovery (DR) and compliance archiving, where high-performance ingestion and replication ensure rapid data availability during outages or audits, often complemented by integration with tape systems for extended retention. Performance metrics demonstrate their efficiency, with the DXi9200 achieving up to 129 TB/hour throughput when using the DXi Accent acceleration feature, establishing them as a robust option for protecting critical workloads against and cyber threats.

Object storage and archiving

Quantum Corporation offers scalable solutions designed for managing vast repositories of , emphasizing durability, efficiency, and integration across active and archival tiers. These systems leverage software-defined architectures to support exabyte-scale deployments, enabling organizations to handle growing volumes of data from sources like media, , and AI workloads. Central to this portfolio is the use of advanced erasure coding techniques that distribute data across nodes for and space efficiency, reducing the overhead associated with traditional RAID-based storage. The Lattus platform represents an early cornerstone in Quantum's lineup, introduced in as a disaggregated, grid-based system tailored for massive-scale . Lattus employs a modular that scales to exabyte capacities by adding nodes non-disruptively, supporting flexible growth without performance bottlenecks. Its QSpread erasure coding technology spreads across the grid, providing self-healing capabilities and high efficiency by minimizing redundancy—typically achieving ratios that store up to 14 parts of with 1 part parity for robust protection against node or disk failures. This design ensures availability even in multi-site configurations, making it suitable for distributed archiving environments. Building on this foundation, the ActiveScale platform, acquired from in 2020, serves as Quantum's current software-defined solution, offering S3-compatible access for seamless integration with and on-premises ecosystems. ActiveScale supports both active and tiers within a unified repository, with models like the P100 series providing modular scale-out from hundreds of terabytes to over 70 petabytes per cluster. Its patented two-dimensional erasure coding enhances durability to 19 nines while optimizing storage efficiency, allowing parallel access for high-throughput operations. For warm and , ActiveScale includes AI-driven capabilities, enabling metadata enrichment and intelligent tiering to accelerate workflows in data-intensive applications. In November 2025, ActiveScale was enhanced with Ranged Restore capabilities for its cold storage tier, delivering up to 5x faster partial-object retrieval from tape-backed archives. Quantum's cold storage archives extend ActiveScale functionality through the ActiveScale Cold Storage tier, introduced in 2021, which integrates object-based software with hyperscale tape libraries for tier-0 archival needs. This hybrid approach combines S3 Glacier-compatible interfaces with policy-driven migration, automatically moving infrequently accessed data to low-cost tape media based on user-defined rules for access frequency, age, or tags. Metadata search is facilitated via NVMe-optimized indexing, supporting rapid queries and enrichment across petabyte-scale archives without full data recall. Cloud integration allows seamless tiering to public providers, reducing cold data storage costs by up to 80% compared to disk-only solutions while maintaining end-to-end data integrity. Brief integration with backup systems ensures object data can be protected via automated snapshots, aligning with broader data protection strategies. The ActiveScale Z200 all-flash variant, announced in 2024 and optimized for AI pipelines, accelerates data ingestion and preparation in massive data lakes, supporting high-velocity for model .

AI and specialized solutions

Quantum Corporation offers specialized storage solutions tailored for AI-driven applications, including high-performance file systems optimized for workloads. The Myriad All-Flash File Storage platform serves as a core component for AI datasets, providing direct NVMe access, RDMA interconnects, and low-latency performance to support data-intensive tasks such as model and . This software-defined architecture enables up to 60% better storage efficiency compared to legacy systems, facilitating scalable AI pipelines with features like inline deduplication, compression, and metadata tagging. In 2025, Quantum enhanced Myriad with incremental in-place scaling and dynamic data leveling to address growing demands in generative AI (GenAI) data , allowing organizations to adapt storage resources without disruption. For media workflows, Quantum's CatDV media asset management (MAM) software provides tools for organizing, automating, and collaborating on video assets, integrating seamlessly with the to enable proxy and shared access across production teams. CatDV supports AI-powered content enrichment, including speech-to-text transcription, automatic language translation, and metadata tagging for elements like , objects, and sentiment, leveraging integrations with AI SDKs such as DeepStream and Riva to automate logging and searchability in large media libraries. This allows for efficient proxy-based workflows, where low-resolution proxies facilitate remote while high-resolution assets remain stored in StorNext for final rendering. In video surveillance, Quantum delivers optimized storage solutions for high-ingest environments, including Network Video Recorders (NVRs), (HCI), and the Unified Surveillance Platform (USP) software, which consolidates compute, storage, and networking to handle footage from thousands of cameras with petabyte-scale capacity. These systems support rapid video ingest and instant playback through intelligent cache management, reducing latency for real-time analytics and enabling efficient handling of 4K/8K streams from high-resolution cameras. USP version 5.0, released in 2023, further improves data reduction and scalability, supporting over 10,000 cameras per system while integrating analytics processing for enhanced search and retention. Quantum's edge storage offerings address specialized needs in autonomous vehicles through the R-Series, rugged NVMe-based devices designed for in-vehicle capture in harsh environments. The R6000 model, for instance, provides up to 61.44 TB of capacity in a compact, automotive-grade form factor, supporting high-speed sensor ingestion from , cameras, and for real-time AI processing during development and testing. Integrated with StorNext software, the R-Series enables seamless transfer from edge to , enriching datasets with metadata for AI/ML applications in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Advancing post-quantum security for AI infrastructure, Quantum partnered with Entanglement, Inc. in October 2025 to integrate into the Entanglement Storage Platform (ESP), a regionalized service for secure, scalable AI and (HPC) workloads. This collaboration embeds post-quantum encryption into Quantum's storage clusters, utilizing unused compute for AI algorithms while ensuring across distributed data centers in , the , , and , with demonstrations planned for 2026.

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