CNQ SparkCNQ Spark Deploy and Win: official rules
November 6, 2026
Register on the Spark page and deploy CNQ Spark in your own Azure subscription between November 15 and 20, 2026, and you could win a LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon. Two winners are drawn at random from all valid entries.
1. How to enter
To enter, complete both steps during the Contest Period, in any order:
- Register at qumulo.com/product/cnq-spark with your email address and mobile phone number. Tick the contest box and "OK to text me if I win", and accept the Spark terms.
- Deploy CNQ Spark in your own Azure subscription, and use the same email address you registered with whenever Spark asks for one.
Each person has one entry in total, so one person cannot win both prizes.
We match entries by email address. Your entry is valid only if one of the email addresses you give while deploying Spark is the same as the one you registered with, ignoring upper and lower case. Entries without a match cannot win.
Azure bills you for the virtual machine and disk you deploy, and Qumulo does not reimburse those charges.
2. Contest period and eligibility
The contest runs from 12:01 a.m. CST on November 15, 2026 to 11:59 p.m. PST on November 20, 2026 (the "Contest Period"). It is promoted at two events: Supercompute 2026 (November 15 to 20) and Microsoft Ignite (November 17 to 20). Both entry steps in section 1 must be completed within the Contest Period.
To be eligible, you must live in a country that is not under US embargo or sanctions and where our carrier will deliver the prize. Employees of Qumulo, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Cisco, and members of their immediate families or households, are not eligible. The contest is void where prohibited by law.
3. Choosing winners
We will draw two winners at random, after the Contest Period ends, from the entries with a matching email address (section 1). We will notify each winner by text message at the number given at registration, by November 30, 2026. A winner who has not replied with a shipping address within 10 business days of the notice forfeits the prize, and Qumulo may draw an alternate winner.
4. Prize
There are two prizes, one for each winner: a LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon. No cash substitute or other substitution is offered, and the prize cannot be transferred. Qumulo pays the cost of shipping each prize to the winner. The winner is responsible for any taxes on the prize, including any import duties and taxes charged on delivery.
5. Your data
To run the contest we collect your email address and mobile phone number at registration. We compare the email address you registered with against the ones Spark reports, to confirm your entry. When Spark first runs on your VM, we receive the email addresses you give it together with the VM ID, a hash of your subscription ID, region, time and Spark Core version. None of the data stored in your subscription is sent to Qumulo.
We use this information to run the contest, match entries, verify eligibility, notify winners, and count new Spark starts. Entering does not add you to a sales or marketing list. To be notified if you win, you must tick "OK to text me if I win" when you register. We use your number to send each winner one text, we use a winner's shipping address only to ship the prize, and we send no other texts, before or after. Qumulo handles your information under its Privacy Policy.
6. General conditions
By entering, you accept these rules and the decisions of Qumulo, which are final. Qumulo may disqualify any entrant who gives false information, uses an invalid or borrowed email address, enters more than once or by automated means, or tampers with the entry process or Spark. Qumulo may cancel or change the contest, or end it early, if something outside its control affects fairness or operation, and will post any change at https://cnq-spark.qumulo.sh/rules.html.
The contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Microsoft, the organizers of Supercompute 2026 or Microsoft Ignite, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud or Cisco. Qumulo is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected entries or for technical failures.
A list of winners is available on request from sgwaltney@qumulo.com. The sponsor is Qumulo, Inc., 1501 4th Ave #1600, Seattle, WA 98101.