Quantum Storage India on Monday announced new investments in big data management and data protection solutions in India with the opening of offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. At the same time, it has appointed Guna Sekaran R as the country manager for India and Sri Lanka.
 
Quantum Storage India will also open two centers of excellence in Bangalore and Delhi. These will showcase solutions of Quantum Corporation (“Quantum”) and customers can run Proof of Concept, Demo and Performance Testing for these solutions.
 
“As the storage market in India is growing rapidly, we see a substantial opportunity for data protection and big data solutions across government sectors, large corporations and fast emerging small and medium business segment,” said Jeff Lebold, Quantum Area Vice President of Sales. “Guna, with his expertise in the storage arena and related technologies, coupled with industry-wide relationships, will be an asset to the company, customers, and partners all alike.”
 
In his role, Guna will be responsible for expanding Quantum’s customer base, market share and partnerships, thereby strengthening company foothold across the regions.

On his appointment, Guna Sekaran R said, “While Quantum has an existing large customer base in the region, there is potential to grow this more significantly in Quantum’s fiscal 2013. I will apply my past experiences to tap the growing market demands in the region.”
 
A storage sales professional, Guna brings more than 19 years of leadership experience to the role, having previously held positions in sales, sales management and channel management. He joined Quantum Storage India from Huawei Symantec, India, where he headed Channels, Sales, Marketing & Alliances. Prior to this, Guna held several positions at Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, Quantum, Tandberg Data and Ingram Micro. Guna holds an Engineering Degree in Computer Science and Business Degree from the reputed Bharathidasan and Annamalai universities in Tamil Nadu.
 
Quantum provides customers with industry-leading solutions for storing and protecting information across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It delivers tiered storage solutions for the most demanding big data environments. Quantum solutions helps customers to adapt in changing environment by helping them keep more data for longer periods of time, bridge from current state to meet the future needs while reducing cost and increasing return on investment.