Dell Enters Into Storage Technology Relationship With Quantum Server Appliances - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, July 31, 2000

Quantum Corp.'s DLT and Storage Systems Group's (NYSE: DSS) Server Appliances Div., a market leader in the workgroup network attached storage (NAS) market, announced a strategic relationship with Dell Computer to collaborate on future storage products.

"Dell and Quantum plan to reach new customer markets and explore new directions in product development," says Anders Axelsson, vice president and general manager for Quantum's Server Appliances Div. "Together, we seek to grow the workgroup NAS market opportunities beyond analyst forecasts as we apply our collective strengths to category awareness and adoption."

According to a recent study conducted by PC Data, Quantum currently has 85 percent market share in the workgroup NAS market. Dataquest projects the NAS market to reach $6.5 billion by 2003.