Quantum inks partnership with Tata Elxsi

BANGALORE, INDIA: Quantum Corp., a provider of backup and recovery services, today announced that it has entered into a distribution partnership in India with Tata Elxsi, a product engineering company.

Tata Elxsi would market, resell, service and support Quantum disk-based backup, tape and software products in India, said a press release.

These products will be marketed to end users, as well as other India-based value added resellers.

In addition, Tata Elxsi would become a Quantum Authorized Service Provider which would allow the company to provide maintenance and support services for customers and channel partners, the release added.

“As customers struggle with tremendous data growth, we wanted to partner with a company that could provide a comprehensive range of highly reliable products that could help them manage and protect this data,’ said M.M. Prasad, vice president — Systems Integration of Tata Elxsi.

He added that the breadth and depth of Quantum’s disk, tape and software product portfolio made them the ideal choice.

“Over the last year, Quantum has greatly expanded and enhanced its product portfolio to help customers meet their evolving data protection and management challenges,” said Jeff Lebold, managing director of Asia-Pacific at Quantum.

He added that Tata Elxsi is an ideal partner with their market and technical expertise that would greatly complement their products.