Quantum Inaugurates India Development Centre

Quantum has announced the opening of Quantum India Development Centre (QIDC), an R&D facility that will augment Quantum's existing engineering resources and aid in faster time-to-market of new disk, software and tape solutions. Quantum expects to gain efficiencies and lower operational costs through round-the-clock productivity and diversified skill-sets.

"The Quantum India Development Centre will help Quantum improve our time to go-to-market by leveraging the broad base of experienced engineering talent in India," said Rick Belluzzo, chairman and CEO of Quantum. "Quantum is pleased with this opportunity to expand our presence in India, and the new Development Centre will play a critical role in our backup, recovery and archive strategy going forward.

QIDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quantum and will expand Quantum's existing engineering resources. Led by Ravi Kollipara, managing director of QIDC, employees will work in tandem with Quantum counterparts in the U.S. and participate in all stages of the product development lifecycle, including design, development, maintenance and support of Quantum's disk, software and tape product lines. QIDC will also allow Quantum access to world-class engineering talent from some of the best universities and research institutions in India.

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QIDC resources will be integral across Quantum's complete line of disk-based backup, storage management software and tape automation solutions, ranging from those designed for small and medium-sized businesses to those protecting data for the largest corporate and government data centres.