SAn JOSE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2007 - Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced that Paul Auvil has been appointed to Quantum's board of directors, effective Aug. 23, 2007. Auvil is a former CFO at VMware and currently serves as CFO at Proofpoint. He has more than 20 years of experience in finance, technology and corporate leadership and has also held executive positions at Vitria Technology and VLSI Technology.

"In addition to his financial expertise, Paul brings a broad range of experience to Quantum's board, including his leadership in growing both hardware and software businesses," said Rick Belluzzo, chairman and CEO of Quantum. "This will be particularly valuable as we focus on expanding Quantum's disk-based backup, data de-duplication and replication portfolio and our data management software solutions."

Auvil joined Proofpoint, a leader in unified e-mail security and data loss prevention, as CFO in March 2006. Before Proofpoint, Auvil was an entrepreneur-in-residence for six months with Benchmark Capital, evaluating investments and advising portfolio companies. For four years prior to Benchmark, Auvil served as CFO of virtualization leader VMware, where he played an important role in helping the company evolve from a promising start-up to one of the fastest growing companies in the history of the software industry. During his tenure, VMware increased its annual revenues from $30 million to more than $700 million while exceeding its quarterly financial targets for 15 consecutive quarters.

Prior to joining VMware, Auvil served four years as CFO at Vitria Technology, executing both initial and secondary public offerings and leading the acquisition of XML Solutions, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent 10 years at VLSI Technology, where he held a number of different positions as he rose through the company, ultimately becoming vice president and general manager of the $120 million Internet and Secure Products Division.

Auvil holds three patents in digital video compression in Japan and has one patent in the U.S. for a variable-width, PCI-compatible on-chip serial data bus.

About Quantum
Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM) is the leading global storage company specializing in backup, recovery and archive. Combining focused expertise, customer-driven innovation, and platform independence, Quantum provides a comprehensive, integrated range of disk, tape, and software solutions supported by a world-class sales and service organization. As a long-standing and trusted partner, the company works closely with a broad network of resellers, OEMs and other suppliers to meet customers' evolving data protection needs. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000, www.quantum.com.

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