Quantum Names David Krall to Board of Directors

SAN JOSE, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/22/11 — Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced that David Krall has been appointed to Quantum-s board of directors, effective Aug. 17, 2011. Krall is a former president and CEO of Avid Technology Inc., a leading provider of digital media creation tools for the Media and Entertainment industry, and has held a variety of executive management positions in both large public companies and small sta