Quantum: Distributed Cloud Services and Cloud-Based Analytics Software

Quantum Corp. announced Distributed Cloud Services, a line of operational services and storage-as-a-service offerings.

They are designed to enable customers to redirect valuable IT and engineering resources to focus on meeting business goals, improving the overall user experience and maximizing the ROI for storage, while maintaining the control and security of an on-premise infrastructure.

These services are powered by the company’s Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA) software, which serves as a central hub where the firm’s products are designed to connect to send log files and other telemetry data about their environment, making them part of the Distributed Cloud. The company’s global services team is then positioned to proactively manage the customer’s environment, either as an operational service or as a pay-per-use Storage-as-a-Service offering.

“I regularly meet customers with a wide range of interests – from making movies, to studying the environment, or providing a secure venue for a sporting event – but they have one thing in common: they want to focus on their business rather than the storage that supports it,” said Jamie Lerner, chairman and CEO, Quantum. “We’re seeing more customers who want the simplicity of cloud computing, but the performance and economics of on-premise storage. With Quantum’s Cloud Based Analytics, all of our systems securely join a distributed cloud that can be managed by the customer or Quantum resources anywhere globally.“

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Need for distributed services and cloud services
Leveraging and capturing value from digital data has become central to the success of many businesses, which are increasingly challenged to create more, study more, and develop more with fewer IT and engineering resources. These businesses are looking to others to manage their storage infrastructure so they can focus on their core mission.

Cloud-like simplicity with on-premise control: Quantum operational services
Quantum Operational Services, a new line of proactive managed services, are designed to provide cloud-like simplicity with the benefits of on-premise control. Using them, the company works with its customers to manage day-to-day storage operations, with the goal of providing better uptime via proactive monitoring and analysis. These services can create a better user experience for internal and external customers.

Benefits:

Eliminate the burden storage management places on IT and engineering resources
Reduce downtime and improve the user experience
Maintain the control and security of an on-premise infrastructure
Maximize storage ROI

Storage-as-a-Service offerings
For customers who want all the benefits of the firm’s Operational Services, delivered with a pay-per-use subscription service, the company is also introducing a line of Storage-as-a-Service offerings. The firm’s products can now be purchased via a predictable, pay-per-use pricing model with no data access fees.

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Benefits:

Reduce upfront acquisition costs
Reduce operational and administrative resources and costs by paying for storage used
Eliminate unplanned capital spend and forklift upgrades
Improve control and security with an on-premise infrastructure
Avoid data access fees or unpredictable charges
Reduce downtime and achieve better performance

Cloud-based analytics software
At the core of the company’s services is CBA software. The firm designedit to enable customers, partners and company’s support team to proactively manage and monitor their environments across the globe from a central hub. Large media customers, enterprises, and some of large service provides are using this software to manage their firm products and technology.

Customers who opt to send data to CBA software can choose to monitor their environments themselves, or the company can proactively monitor and manage their environments for them via the Distributed Cloud Services.

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Availability:

Quantum Operational Services and Storage-as-a-Service Offerings are available.
Cloud-Based Analytics software is available across most of the firm’s product lines, and customers can start sending data to CBA software and access their content via a web-based portal at no charge.

Resources:
Quantum Distributed Cloud Services
Quantum Operational Services
Quantum Storage-as-a-Service