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Quantum ActiveScale

Score7 out of 10

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What is Quantum ActiveScale?

Quantum offers the ActiveScale cloud object storage system, acquired from Western Digital February 2020, designed to provide a highly durable, scale-out economic storage system. ActiveScale is a more recent model replacing the former Amplidata Object Storage product line that was acquired by Western Digital from HGST in 2015.

Categories & Use Cases

Powerful cloud storage solution for enterprise organizations

Pros

  • Flexible data management options
  • Powerful data housing system storing trillions of bits of data seamlessly
  • Conveniently built in the cloud
  • Safe option for storing sensitive data

Cons

  • Lack of customization, though not much is needed with the out of the box solution
  • Better options for B2C customers
  • More flexible pricing plans

Return on Investment

  • Amplidata has enabled us to replace our on-premise data storage for many of our larger clients, thus reducing the cost to deploy and house this ourselves
  • Clients feel confident in storing their sensitive data with us knowing that they have full management and visibility at their fingertips
  • The ability to quickly scale allows us to meet the needs of clients of all sizes

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Access and Microsoft Dynamics AX

Other Software Used

Azur Systems, Microsoft Access, Microsoft BI, Skype for Business, PR Newswire, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Oracle Eloqua, Act-On Software