Quantum Corporation

Quantum Corporation provides enterprise storage and data management technology for video and other unstructured digital information. Founded in 1980, the company developed from a manufacturer of magnetic hard drives and tape automation systems into a supplier of storage software, shared file systems and digital preservation infrastructure. Its technology supports media production, visual effects, animation, broadcast and other workflows that require large volumes of data to remain accessible throughout their lifecycle.

Infrastructure for media workflows

StorNext is central to Quantum’s media offering. Its shared SAN/NAS architecture supports parallel access for editing, compositing, rendering and other demanding production tasks, including 4K, 8K and high-frame-rate material. Automated storage tiering moves information between high-performance NVMe flash, secondary disk, cloud storage and tape libraries, allowing production teams to combine fast working storage with longer-term preservation.

The CatDV media asset management platform adds indexing, automated transcoding, collaborative tagging and workflow automation. Quantum expanded these capabilities through its December 2020 acquisition of Square Box Systems, CatDV’s developer. Its March 2020 acquisition of the ActiveScale object storage business strengthened its provision of scalable active archives, while the July 2021 purchase of Pivot3’s video surveillance assets expanded its surveillance infrastructure offering.

Storage and preservation

Beyond production storage, Quantum supplies ActiveScale object storage, DXi backup appliances and Scalar automated tape systems. These products address different stages of data retention, from frequently accessed content and operational backups to long-term digital archives. The company also provides infrastructure for video surveillance and security applications.

Quantum serves scientific and enterprise customers alongside the media sector, including genomics research, government, defense, academic research and large unstructured-data environments. Its commercial services include deployment consulting, migration, performance tuning, managed storage, proactive monitoring and technical support. These services help customers design, deploy and maintain storage environments around their production and preservation requirements. Quantum University provides technical training and certification for storage architects and broadcast and VFX engineers.