Quantum Corp. announced three new solutions that integrate the cloud into multi-tier, hybrid storage architectures for demanding data workloads. Rejecting the generic one-size-fits-all approach common among many other cloud offerings, the new Q-Cloud solutions enable customers to leverage Quantum's intelligent data management software to store data in the cloud when it makes the most sense for a given workflow or application.

Q-Cloud Archive and Q-Cloud Vault incorporate the power of the public cloud as an off-site tier within a Quantum StorNext 5 workflow environment, while Q-Cloud Protect for AWS enables customers using Quantum's DXi® deduplication appliances to replicate data to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. With all three offerings, customers can realize the full benefits of the cloud without having to make changes to existing applications or processes. By providing advantages such as shifting capital expense to operating expense, reducing management time and enabling users to scale up or down as needed, the cloud is clearly transforming traditional IT strategies.

Taking into account both the benefits and challenges of the cloud, Quantum's approach is to enable customers to combine public cloud storage with on-premise storage in a multi-tier, intelligently managed, application-centric architecture. Q-Cloud Archive and Q-Cloud Vault are public cloud storage services delivered by Quantum, with Q-Cloud Archive providing fast, on-demand access to data in the cloud and Q-Cloud Vault offering "cold storage" for long-term data retention and disaster recovery. Key features and benefits beyond general cloud advantages include: full integration as a tier in StorNext 5-managed workflows, with automated, policy-based data movement.

no additional hardware, separate applications or programming needed, agility in addressing changing workload demands, reliability of global public cloud infrastructure, straight-forward pricing and billing directly from quantum, secure, encrypted data in transit and at rest and quantum world-class service and support. Q-Cloud Protect for AWS: Extending DXi Data Protection to Amazon Cloud Offered as a subscription service through the Amazon Marketplace, Q-Cloud Protect for AWS enables customers to replicate from either a physical or virtual DXi appliance on premise to a virtual DXi instance in the AWS cloud. Key features and benefits include: easy access to the Amazon public cloud and its benefits, with no changes to applications or processes, cost savings enabled by the most efficient method of data deduplication, Support for U.S. federal government customers using AWS GovCloud, Secure, encrypted data in transit and at rest.