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Quantum Appoints Gacek As CEO

Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) announced in a press release presented on Marketwire, that Jon Gacek has been appointed CEO, succeeding Rick Belluzzo, who has led the company since September 2002, and has also been appointed to Quantum's Board of Directors. President and COO of Quantum since January of this year and had previously served as executive vice president, COO and CFO since May 2009, Gacek joined Quantum as executive vice president and CFO in August 2006 after serving as CFO at ADIC for seven years and as an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he led the Technology Practice.

"’I am very excited to be taking on this new role and building on the work we've done,’ said Gacek. ‘Quantum is well-positioned as we begin the new fiscal year, with expanded market opportunities, increased channel momentum and new product platforms and enhancements across our portfolio. These include our new DXi 2.0 backup, deduplication and replication software, which recently began shipping and enables us to deliver both significantly higher performance and better price-performance than competitive offerings.’”