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For Sale - RAM Company
with Long Pedigree
Editor:- April 21, 2008 - do you want to buy a
RAM maker?
Qimonda
is up for sale according to its owner Infineon .
The
company generated net sales of Euro 3.6 billion in its financial year 2007 and
had approximately 13,500 employees worldwide.
Back in
March 2006 - when
the new name Qimonda was first announced - I wrote a short article
Siemens Semiconductors?
Infineon Technologies? Qimonda? the names change but the problems remain the
same.
EMCORE Acquires Intel's GBICs & Cables
SANTA
CLARA, Calif - April 10, 2008 - EMCORE Corp announced a definitive
agreement to acquire the enterprise and storage assets of Intel's
optical and cables business units.
The acquisition enhances EMCORE's presence in the 10GbE and SAN
transceiver markets.
...EMCORE profile
Iomega Says No to EMC Buyout Offer
SAN DIEGO -
March 10, 2008 - Iomega Corp announced today the receipt of an
unsolicited non-binding indication of interest from EMC Corp, in which
EMC indicated that it is prepared to offer to acquire the outstanding common
stock of Iomega.
Iomega's board of directors met on March 9, 2008,
and unanimously determined that the proposal from EMC would not reasonably
constitute a superior proposal.
...Iomega profile,
...EMC profile
Editor's
comments:- a few years ago I predicted that the
long term threat
to EMC, NetApp etc comes from
NAS becoming a
predominantly consumer / SMB market. Acquiring Iomega would have been a cheap
way for EMC to dip its toes into unfamiliar water - where budgets and vendor
ties are more shallow.
The best hope for the biggest storage box
vendors like EMC, IBM etc is to stay in the controlled climate of the
datacenter - and siphon off some of the torrents of cash that will be spent on
solid state disk
accelerators.
LSI Acquires Infineon's HDD Chip Business
MILPITAS,
Calif - March 10, 2008 - LSI Corp today announced that it has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the hard disk drive semiconductor
business of Infineon Technologies AG
The agreement calls for LSI to purchase the assets and IP of the
Infineon HDD business, which includes product designs, related software,
inventory and test equipment. The transaction is expected to close within 60
days.
...LSI profile,
...Infineon profile
Editor's
comments:- the 2 companies have done business before. In
August 2007
Infineon agreed to pay $0.5 billion for LSI's Mobility Products Group which
designed chips for cellphone handsets and satellite comms applications.
Brocade Acquires Storage Services Company
SAN JOSE, Calif - March 4, 2008
Brocade today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Strategic Business Systems.
Founded in 2000, and
headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, SBS provides data center-focused
professional services.
"The data center is evolving at
unprecedented rates and customers are asking us to provide more services that
solve real-world business challenges. SBS's team of skilled professionals and
comprehensive portfolio of service methodologies will enable us to offer an
expanded line of services that address the challenges of our customers..."
said Michael Klayko, Brocade CEO.
...Brocade profile,
Storage Services,
storage acquisitions
SMART Modular Technologies Acquires Adtron
FREMONT, CA -
February 13, 2008 - SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. today announced
that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Adtron Corp,
a leading designer and global supplier of high performance and high capacity
flash SSDs.
Under the terms of the agreement, which has been
approved by the boards of directors of both companies, this all cash transaction
is valued at approximately $20 million with up to an additional $15 million
should certain calendar year 2008 financial and operational performance goals be
achieved. The acquisition is expected to close on or about February 15, 2008.
"SMART has long discussed our goal to expand our non-DRAM
business, and this transaction is a next logical step in building for future
growth," said Iain MacKenzie, President and CEO of SMART. "The
addition of Adtron's technical expertise, product family, and customer base to
SMART will complement SMART's existing SSD business and provide a path to a more
robust set of solutions to address the fast-growing SSD market. Taking into
account Adtron's products and technologies, our aggregate SSD TAM expands to$3
billion. Adtron will now have the ability to leverage SMART's size, scale
and customer base to grow more aggressively. Together, we will meet a wider set
of customer needs and have a significantly greater opportunity to grow into new
markets such as the Enterprise Storage SSD market."
...Adtron profile,
...SMART Modular
Technologies profile
Editor's comments:- Adtron was one of the
Top 10 Solid State Disk
OEMs in Q407 based on storage search volume.
CRU-DataPort Acquires WiebeTech
Vancouver, WA -
January 14, 2008 - CRU-DataPort has purchased WiebeTech.
James Wiebe, CEO of WiebeTech has joined CRU-DataPort as VP of
product development. Operations for the WiebeTech brand of products will remain
in Wichita , Kansas.
"We are pleased to add WiebeTech employees and their highly
respected product line to our organization. WiebeTech will become a fully
supported brand of CRU-DataPort," said CRU-DataPort's president & CEO
Randal Barber.
...CRU-DataPort profile,
...WiebeTech profile
Microsoft Buys Storage Search Company
REDMOND,
Wash - January 8, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will
make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a leading
provider of enterprise search solutions based in Norway.
The offer
values the fully diluted equity of FAST at approximately $1.2 billion. FAST's
board of directors has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the
offer which is expected to be completed in the 2nd quarter of 2008.
"Enterprise search is becoming an indispensable tool to
businesses of all sizes, helping people find, use and share critical business
information quickly," said Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business
Division. "Until now organizations have been forced to choose between
powerful, high-end search technologies or more mainstream, infrastructure
solutions. The combination of Microsoft and FAST gives customers a new choice: a
single vendor with solutions that span the full range of customer needs."
...Microsoft profile,
Storage Software,
453 Acquired, renamed etc
storage companies
Editor's comments:- when you think of
searching the web - the #1 brand which comes to mind is
Google. But even though
Google has been marketing storage search appliances for over 5 years only
10,000 or so companies were actually using them as recently as last October.
Microsoft's acquisition in this market at 42% above the closing price of the
shares last Friday - signals that Microsoft regards this as a much bigger
potential market than it has been until now.
Or - if you are feeling
cynical - maybe it's just a move that will slow down and kill off the whole
segment for a couple of years. Especially if Microsoft embeds free search into
its OS.
NetApp Acquires Onaro
Sunnyvale, Calif -
January 3, 2008 -NetApp today announced a definitive merger agreement
to acquire Onaro.
"80% of all IT operational issues
such as application outages, performance problems, and downtime result from
unwitting change" said Tom Georgens, executive VP at NetApp. "Customers
tell us they are being asked to commit to almost impossible levels of service to
avoid these problems, which drain precious resources... With the addition of
Onaro, our ability to provide the underlying modular storage architecture as
well as policy-based storage management software will help enterprises commit to
escalating service levels..." ...Onaro profile,
...Network Appliance
profile, Storage
Services
Double-Take Acquires TimeSpring
Southborough,
Mass - December 26, 2007 - Double-Take Software today announced the
acquisition of TimeSpring.
The transaction was structured
as a purchase of 100% of the outstanding shares of TimeSpring, for a total cash
purchase price of approximately $8.3M plus transaction costs.
The
combination of Double-Take continuous replication with TimeSpring's
Any-Point-In-Time capabilities allows IT administrators the ability to "rewind"
and "fast-forward" the data on the server and recover to the moment
before an unwanted change. The granularity of operational recovery extends to
the application-level, which allows users to see application data in native
format so they can easily recover from any point in time. ...Double-Take profile,
...TimeSpring profile
Iomega Buys $700 million Hard Disk Maker
SAN
DIEGO, CA - December 12, 2007 - Iomega Corp today announced that it has
entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire ExcelStor
Technology.
ExcelStor produces more than 20 million
hard disk based devices
per year and in the first half of 2007 ExcelStor had revenue of $371 million.
...Excelstor
profile, ...Iomega
profile
IBM Acquires Online Backup Company
ARMONK,
N.Y. - December 6, 2007 - IBM today announced a definitive agreement
to acquire Arsenal Digital Solutions.
Financial terms were
not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other
customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the acquisition, Arsenal will
become part of the BCRS business unit in IBM Global Technology Services. IBM
says Arsenal brings unique capabilities in the
on-line data protection
market, complementing IBM Tivoli's flagship data protection offerings.
...Arsenal Digital
profile Solutions, ...IBM
profile
Seagate Acquires Another E-Discovery
Toolkit
SCOTTS
VALLEY, Calif - December 6, 2007 - Today, Seagate Technology
announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MetaLINCS.
Founded in 2003, MetaLINCS is a privately held company with more
than 50 employees. MetaLINCS's enterprise-class E-Discovery software
automatically analyzes emails, documents and associated metadata, and presents
visual analysis of people, conversations, concepts and communication patterns.
Leveraging this product with E-Discovery technology acquired from
EVault earlier this year
- Seagate says it will be able to offer corporations, law firms, and
litigation service partners one stop sourcing for tools and services related
to archive analysis, recovery and review.
MetaLINCS,
...Seagate profile,
Storage Services
Storage Markets Says Goodbye
Editor:- November 12, 2007 - Storage
Markets today concluded its experiment of predicting trends and
transitions in the storage industry.
First launched in October
2006, the
publication /
market research site
says that over 560 storage industry professionals and end users participated
with insights and opinions. Here at the mouse site - we have our own way of
predicting things - based on analyzing the storage search behaviour of over 1
million readers and feeding that into
ScryWare. ...gone away storage
companies
Dell Acquires Leading iSCSI Company
Round
Rock, Texas - November 5, 2007 -
Dell has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EqualLogic
for approximately $1.4 billion in cash.
EqualLogic was the 2nd
largest iSCSI company
based on shipments according to a May 2006 report by
IDC. iSCSI SAN technology
represents (one of) the fastest growing parts of the storage business.
"Our customers will be dealing with the largest increase in data
we have seen in our history over the next few years," said Michael Dell,
Chairman and CEO, Dell. "Leading the iSCSI revolution will help Dell
accelerate IT simplification and virtualization and will drive the Dell value
proposition into more areas of the enterprise storage business."
...Dell profile,
...EqualLogic profile
Comments:-
Bill Chambers, president and CEO,
LeftHand Networks
commented "Today's Dell/EqualLogic announcement clearly validates the
market for iSCSI SANs and sets a premium valuation for the market leaders. It
also establishes LeftHand as the largest independent iSCSI SAN vendor."
Maxim Acquires Vitesse's Storage Products
Business
SUNNYVALE,
CA - October 29, 2007 - Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. today
announced that it has completed the purchase of the Storage Products Business
ofVitesse Semiconductor Corp for approximately $63 million in cash.
An additional amount up to $12 million in cash will be payable by
Maxim upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones. Maxim's acquisition
includes Vitesse's
SATA products,
SAS xxpander
products, enclosure management products and baseboard management products. ...Maxim profile,
...Vitesse Semiconductor
profile, storage chips,
Acquired storage companies
EMC Cozies up to Mozy
HOPKINTON, Mass. - October 4, 2007 -
EMC Corp today announced that it has acquired Berkeley Data
Systems, Inc.
BDS provides
Mozy.com an
online backup service.
The transaction will not have a material impact on EMC revenues or EPS for 2007.
Among Mozy's numerous service accolades this year, Walt Mossberg of The Wall
Street Journal writes that he prefers Mozy; Time Magazine readers ranked
Mozy.com as the #1 website in 2007; Consumer Reports recommended Mozy to readers
on the strength of its feature set and control capabilities; and Smart Computing
gave its "Smart Choice" award to Mozy for its full backup abilities,
ease of use, and private key encryption option.
...EMC profile
Editor's
comments:- that makes 444
gone away storage companies. Not as scary as 666 - but 2/3 of the way there.
Why Sun will Shine with a New Lustre
SANTA
CLARA, Calif - September 12, 2007 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. today said
it will acquire the majority of Cluster File Systems, Inc.'s
intellectual property and business assets, including the Lustre File System.
Sun intends to add support for Solaris OS on Lustre and plans to
continue enhancing Lustre on Linux and Solaris OS across multi vendor hardware
platforms.
...Sun Microsystems profile,
Acquired storage companies
Editor's
comments:- I hadn't heard of this company before. A sure sign that they
were heading straight for the
gone away storage
companies list without any deviations on route. Here's what I picked up from
their web site present and
past.
The
Lustre
product description (pdf) says - "the Lustre architecture was first
developed at Carnegie Mellon University as a research project in 1999."
The company's website started in about 2001 amd they released Lustre 1.0 in
2003. By
2004
had a product ready for a bigger market.
Strangely enough Solaris
support isn't listed as a strong feature in their recent
roadmap. So why does Sun
want this technology? - Well - even if you're not in the supercomputer business
- some technologies which start there eventually trickle down to the rest of us.
"Zero single points of failure" - mentioned on their home page - is a
good enough reason. As I wrote in my
7 year storage market
predictions (2005) storage
reliability is going to become a major headache in enterprise storage in the
next 5 years.
See also:- Robin
Harris's blog which explains the business background to CFS - "why
aren't they rich?"
Storewiz has Wized
San Jose, Calif - August
28, 2007 - Storewiz Inc. today announced a name change to Storwize
to better reflect its progression from startup company to full-fledged industry
leader.
The new corporate identity will become effective on
October 1, 2007. In the past year Storwize has expanded operations in key
global markets, established a worldwide channel partner program, relocated its
corporate headquarters to a larger facility in the heart of Silicon Valley,
introduced its 3rd generation of primary data compression appliances, completed
a Series B funding round of $9 million, won several coveted industry honors from
analyst firms and leading IT publications, and added multiple new customers in
different vertical markets worldwide.
...Storewize profile
Infineon Pays $450 Million for LSI's
Mobility Group
MILPITAS,
Calif - August 20, 2007 - LSI Corp announced today that it has signed a
definitive agreement to sell its mobility products business to Infineon
Technologies AG for $450 million in cash, plus a performance-based payment
of up to $50 million.
The sale is the result of a strategic review within LSI of its
business portfolio following its merger with Agere Systems in April. The LSI
Mobility Products Group designs semiconductors and software for cellular
telephone handsets and complete chip-level solutions for satellite digital audio
radio applications. Upon closing, approximately 700 LSI employees will join
Infineon.
...LSI Logic profile,
...Infineon profile,
storage chips
Acopia Networks Goes for $210 million
SEATTLE
- August 6, 2007 - F5 Networks, Inc. today announced that it has
agreed to acquire Acopia Networks, Inc.
The $210 million
cash transaction for 100% of the equity of Acopia is expected to close on or
shortly after September 14, 2007, subject to satisfaction of the closing
conditions. Storage
Software
IBM Acquires Princeton Softech
ARMONK,
N.Y. - August 3 Aug 2007 - IBM today announced it has entered into an
agreement for IBM to acquire Princeton Softech Inc.
Financial
details were not disclosed.
...Princeton
Softech profile, ...IBM
profile
Is the Storage Market Becoming Illogical?
Editor:- August 1, 2007 - Spectra Logic
announced yesterday that it has changed its logo - which now just includes the
single word "Spectra".
I only mention this because it
may be part of a trend for the storage market to get less logical. Earlier this
year LSI Logic dropped
the "Logic" suffix from its company name and 12 months ago
Sierra Logic was
acquired by Emulex.
Looking ahead - Aristos
Logic could maybe sever its logical appendage and still leave a usable name.
But it may be more problematic for
QLogic to do this -
because that would just leave it with the enigmatic "Q" or maybe "Q?"
Can you feel a Vulcan comment
coming? ...Spectra
profile
New Flash Baby Christened "Numonyx"
GENEVA - July
19, 2007 - Intel, STMicroelectronics and Francisco Partners
unveiled today the company name of Numonyx for the pending independent
semiconductor company announced on May 22.
Numonyx, being created
from the key assets of businesses that last year generated approximately $3.6
billion in combined annual revenue, will focus on supplying
non-volatile memory
solutions for a variety of consumer and industrial devices including cellular
phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, computers and other high-tech equipment.
Playing off the word "mnemonics" -
the art of assisting or improving memory - Numonyx (with no web site yet) is
expected to complete its transaction, subject to regulatory approvals and
customary closing conditions, in the second half of 2007.
...STMicroelectronics
profile, ...Intel profile,
...Francisco Partners,
article:- the Naming
of Names
SmartDisk Exits Hard Disk Market
TOKYO
- July 5, 2007 - Verbatim Corp announced today the purchase of
substantially all of the assets of SmartDisk Corp's external hard drive
and digital imaging business.
NPD reported that
SmartDisk had a 16% market share in the US retail portable drive market in 2006.
IDC predicts more than 6
million external hard
drives will be shipped in 2008, up 58% from 2006. By combining its
worldwide brand strength and its new assets, Verbatim will offer an expanded
line of optical,
magnetic and
flash products that meet
the diverse storage needs of consumers and businesses around the globe.
...SmartDisk profile,
...Verbatim profile
Editor's
comments:- SmartDisk said it will be changing its name to SMDK as a
result of this transaction.
Crossroads Grows with Grau Acquisition
AUSTIN,
Texas - July 3, 2007 - Crossroads Systems, Inc. today announced the
acquisition of Grau Data Storage's well-known FileMigrator Agent.
FileMigrator Agent launched a year ago, has generated more than
$750,000 in revenue and was acquired by Crossroads for less than $1 million in
cash. Through the acquisition, Crossroads gains Grau's significant OEM
agreement with HP along with
a solid sales presence in Europe.
...Crossroads
profile, ...GRAU Data
Storage profile
Western Digital Spends $1 billion on
Komag
LAKE
FOREST, Calif - June 28, 2007 - Western Digital Corp announced today
a definitive agreement to acquire Komag for approximately $1
billion.
"This acquisition is a significant step in the
evolution and differentiation of WD as a leader in the worldwide
hard drive industry,"
said John Coyne, WD President and CEO. "We believe that Komag's
highly-skilled employees, an industry-leading position with perpendicular
magnetic recording media, and its operational excellence will further strengthen
WD's competitive position."
...Komag profile,
...Western Digital profile
FileTek Acquires the Trusted Edge
Rockville,
MD - June 5, 2007 - FileTek, Inc. today announced that it has purchased
substantially all of the assets, including the intellectual property, of Trusted
Edge, Inc.
The
Trusted
Edge Desktop Data Management Suite classifies desktop-generated information
and data assets according to their business value, enabling organizations to
consistently enforce retention, disposal, and hold policies across all desktops
within the enterprise.
...FileTek profile,
Backup Software,
Acquired storage companies
Editor's
comments:- while we're on the subject of mergers and acquisitions I noticed
a FileTek case
study which shows how their
StorHouse product helped
to combine the 50 terabytes of data in the
MCI-WorldCom merger a
decade ago.
Gone Away Storage Companies - at #13 - is
Lucky for Some
Editor:-
May 2, 2007 - Acquired, dead, renamed, merged & gone away storage
companies (this page) was the 13th most popular search destination for
STORAGEsearch.com's readers in April.
13 may be considered
by some to be an unlucky number - but for many readers who come here after
unsuccessfully trying to track down a supplier they have done business with in
the past - and can't find on the web - because of a name change or merger -
it's a lucky destination. That's why we created this resource - so that users
can track down what happened to suppliers they may want to buy from again.
The
usual monthly update for the most popular subjects, articles etc will be updated
later today on the
market research page.
IntelliPath Buys Switch Business from
Brocade
LUMBERTON, NJ -
April 11, 2007 - IntelliPath Corp today announced that it is purchasing
a family of enterprise-class physical layer network connectivity switches from
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
These products, now
under the IntelliPath family name of Universal Connectivity System, help
customers simplify their physical layer network infrastructure by automating
end-to-end network path management of fiber and copper environments. The UCS
family supports over 4,000 ports and
LAN,
SAN, MAN and WAN
interfaces. The UCS product line has an installed base of over 1,000,000
connectivity ports. The user base includes over one-third of all Fortune 100
companies as well as important federal government agencies, with numerous
installations around the world. ...IntelliPath profile,
...Brocade profile,
Acquired, dead & gone
away
Editor's comments:- if you look at our
storage
switch page of 5 years ago and compare it to
today you'll see
that over 50% of the vendors in this market have disappeared. But the
market has also attracted new entrants.
NeoPath Networks gets Ciscoed
SAN JOSE, Calif -
March 13, 2007 - Cisco Systems today announced a definitive agreement
to acquire NeoPath Networks.
NeoPath's patented SMART virtualization technology and its File
Director family of products simplify the management of
NAS and other file servers.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
...Cisco profile,
...NeoPath profile
HP Acquires PolyServe
PALO ALTO,
Calif. - February 26, 2007 - HP today announced that it has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire PolyServe, Inc.
HP says
the acquisition provides an entry point into the enterprise
NAS market and allows the
company to extend NAS technology to blades. ...HP profile,
...PolyServe profile
LSI Acquires More SAS RAID Glue
MILPITAS,
Calif - February 16, 2007 - LSI Logic Corp today announced it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire SiliconStor, Inc.
The acquisition aligns with LSI's strategy to offer server and storage
system customers complete solutions including IC controllers, ROC
(RAID-on-Chip), expanders, RAID software, and HBAs for the fast growing
SAS market.
...LSI Logic profile,
...SiliconStor
profile, storage chips
SimpleTech Divests RAM Business to Focus
on SSDs
SANTA
ANA, Calif - February 11, 2007 - SimpleTech, Inc. said that it will hold
an open conference call to discuss the sale of its Consumer Division to Fabrik,
Inc.
The call will take place on Monday, February 12, 2007, at
5:30 a.m., Pacific/8:30 a.m., Eastern. The call-in numbers for the conference
are 1-800-781-3662 (United States and Canada) and 1-706-643-7710
(International). The conference ID No. is 8838312. The webcast will be archived
and a replay available approximately two hours after the live call concludes.
The replay can be accessed for at least the next twelve months. ...SimpleTech profile,
renamed storage companies
Editor's
comments:-
last
Friday the company announced it had sold off its consumer division and the
SimpleTech brand name. The remaining company (previously called its oem
division) will be called STEC - and will focus on the highly profitable flash
SSD market. It's been
obvious to me for the last few years that SimpleTech's two main businesses -
which at one time had some commonality in technology - had very little in common
in terms of prospects, customers and markets. STEC will be much better
positioned to grasp the huge opportunities in the SSD market.
IBM Acquires Softek
ARMONK, NY -
January 29, 2007 - IBM today announced a definitive agreement to
acquire Softek.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The
acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing
conditions. Upon completion of the agreement, Softek will become part of the
Storage and Data Services business unit in IBM Global Technology Services.
...Softek profile,
...IBM profile,
Solaris
Migration
Editor's note:- that brings the number of
acquired storage
companies to 401. Softek lasted less than 3 years as an independent software
vendor - having been a management buyout from Fujitsu in
April 2004.
SBE Merges with Mobile Phone Maker
SAN RAMON, Calif - January 22,
2007 - SBE, Inc. and Neonode, Inc. announced today the execution
of a definitive merger agreement.
Neonode is a Swedish based developer and manufacturer of multimedia
mobile handsets. ...SBE
profile, ...Neonode,
Acquired storage companies
Editor's
comments:- 3 years ago SBE, which in the 1990s had been a maker of high speed
WAN
adapter cards for Sun's SPARC
servers, pinned its hopes on the emerging
iSCSI market and as part
of that plan acquired PyX
Technologies in 2005. That bet didn't pay off because the iSCSI market was
years slower in developing than most
analysts had
originally predicted - but this merger / acquisition takes SBE back to its
telecoms roots.
LSI Logic Announces HSR Clearance to Merge
with Agere Systems
MILPITAS,
Calif - January 19, 2007 - LSI Logic Corp today announced that the
waiting-period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
with respect to the proposed merger of LSI and Agere Systems Inc. has
expired.
On December 4, 2006, LSI and Agere announced a definitive merger
agreement under which the companies will be combined in an all-stock transaction
with an equity value of approximately $4.0 billion. ...Agere Systems profile,
...LSI Logic profile,
storage chips,
merged storage companies
Seagate Acquires EVault
SCOTTS
VALLEY, Calif - December 21, 2006 - Seagate Technology today announced
the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire EVault, Inc.
"Today's announcement highlights a strategic next step into
services, which is a natural extension of Seagate's core business and will
leverage our brand leadership and channel expertise to deliver solutions to the
SMB market," said Bill Watkins, Seagate CEO.
...EVault profile,
...Seagate profile
Sony Invests in Maximum Throughput
Montreal, CANADA -
November 13, 2006 - Maximum Throughput Inc. announced today that Sony
Electronics, Inc., has made a strategic investment in the company.
This
investment has been accompanied by additional funding from the company's current
investors.
"Maximum Throughput develops solutions that can be very
complementary to our plans for developing a 4K digital workflow, from
acquisition to display," said John Scarcella, president of Sony's Broadcast
and Business Solutions Company. "We realized the potential of these
technologies and decided the time was right to create a strategic relationship."
...Maximum Throughput
profile, ...Sony profile
NetApp Acquires Migration Company
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -
November 8, 2006 - Network Appliance, Inc. today announced that it has
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topio for approximately
$160 million in an all-cash transaction.
The joint capabilities of Topio and NetApp deliver a broad range of
solutions spanning data protection, data migration, and data cloning.
...NetApp profile,
...Topio profile,
Solaris
Migration
Msystems' Shareholders Vote Yes to Join
SanDisk
KFAR
SABA, Israel - November 8, 2006 - Msystems' shareholders today voted
to approve the acquisition of the company by SanDisk.
More than 99% of the shares represented at the meeting voted in favor of the
transaction. The proposed acquisition of msystems by SanDisk was announced
on July 30, 2006 by the two companies and the closing of the transaction remains
subject to conditions, including, among others, Israeli court approval as well
as customary closing conditions. The transaction is most likely to close this
month.
...M-Systems profile,
...SanDisk profile,
Flash Storage
EMC Acquires De-dupe Company
Hopkinton,
Mass. - November 1, 2006 - EMC Corp today announced the signing of a
definitive agreement to acquire Avamar Technologies, Inc. in a cash
transaction valued at approximately $165 million.
Avamar's
software utilizes patented data de-duplication technology to backup data once -
and only once - on a global basis. Avamar identifies redundant data segments at
the source, thereby reducing the amount of network bandwidth used and data
stored. Using this and other patented Avamar technology, customers can achieve
an industry leading 300:1 daily data reduction in real-world
applications.
...Avamar
Technologies profile, ...EMC
profile
Editor's comments:- Avamar is sandwiched between
Avail Solutions and
Banderacom in our
list of 394 acquired /
renamed storage companies. Seriously though - deduplication and data
compression are hot technologies - because even if you can afford the cost of
wasted storage - anything that reduces your physical data storage is good for
reliability.
LSI Logic Acquires StoreAge
MILPITAS,
Calif. - October 25, 2006 - LSI Logic Corp today announced it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire StoreAge Networking Technologies
Ltd. for approximately $50 million in cash.
LSI anticipates
offering employment to all StoreAge employees, who are expected to join the
company's
Engenio storage group.
...LSI Logic profile,
...StoreAge
profile
SimpleTech Acquires Another SSD Company
SANTA
ANA, Calif. - October 16, 2006 - SimpleTech, Inc. today announced
the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Gnutek Ltd in an
all-cash transaction.
Gnutek's
solid state disk products
deliver random I/O performance over 200 times faster than standard
hard disk drives. The
acquisition confirms SimpleTech's continued commitment to the OEM
Flash market through
strategic investments. SimpleTech has already established its leadership in the
nascent SSD market and intends to continue to extend its position in this
marketplace through selective, targeted investments.
...Gnutek profile,
...SimpleTech profile
Editor's
notes:- This is SimpleTech's 2nd SSD acquisition. In August 2005 it acquired
Memtech.
QLogic Acquires SilverStorm Technologies
Aliso
Viejo, Calif. - October 3, 2006 - QLogic Corp today announced that it
has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SilverStorm Technologies,
Inc for approximately $60 million in cash.
SilverStorm
provides end-to-end, high performance interconnect fabric solutions for cluster
and grid computing networks. ...QLogic profile,
InfiniBand
Editor's
comments:- past acquisitions
by QLogic include - Little Mountain Group, PathScale and
Troika Networks .
SiliconSystems Announces Investment by
Samsung
ALISO
VIEJO, Calif. - September 12, 2006 - SiliconSystems, Inc. today
announced a strategic Series C investment by Samsung Ventures.
Samsung Ventures invests in leading technology companies related to
the business activities of the Samsung Group, including
Samsung Electronics,
SiliconSystems' primary supplier of storage components. SiliconSystems intends
to use the Series C financing to expand R&D and global sales and marketing
programs.
"Samsung invests in highly innovative market leaders and
SiliconSystems is an outstanding performer by every metric," said Bill
Byun, Investment Principal, Samsung Ventures. "We view SiliconSystems as a
key market enabler in the rapidly developing solid-state storage market and we
intend to strongly promote the excellent relationship between our two
organizations." ...SiliconSystems
profile
Editor's comments:- the solid state storage market (RAM and
flash) exceeded the
hard disk and
tape market in revenue in
2005. But most of this solid state revenue was in semiconductor components or
small modules.
In the next few years as
solid state disks become
more commonly used as subsystems in notebooks and servers the market
opportunity will rapidly head past $10 billion per annum. The crown jewels in
the SSD market are the controller technologies which transform commodity memory
chip technology into easy to use reliable, secure and fast storage systems
products. That's why SanDisk
announced its acquisition of
M-Systems in July and
why you can expect to see more SSD technology deals and mergers in the next 6
months.
Emulex Acquires Sierra Logic
COSTA MESA, Calif. and
ROSEVILLE, Calif. - August 29, 2006 - Emulex Corp and Sierra
Logic, Inc. announced today a definitive agreement whereby Emulex will
acquire Sierra Logic, Inc. for approximately $180 million.
"This acquisition... extends Emulex's addressable market for
embedded storage components to more than $800 million, and the Company's total
available market to $2.7 billion by 2009," said Paul Folino, Chairman and
CEO of Emulex. "Further, it builds upon our prior acquisition of embedded
switch supplier, Vixel,
as well as our joint development efforts with
Intel. Together, Emulex
and Sierra Logic will provide our OEM customers with embedded solutions for the
full range of enterprise server and storage systems."
...Emulex profile,
...Sierra Logic profile
Tandberg Acquires Exabyte
Oslo,
Norway - August 30, 2006 - Tandberg Data today announced the
acquisition of Exabyte Corp for $28 million.
The merged
company will have an expected revenue of $215 million for 2006.
...Exabyte profile,
...Tandberg Data profile
Editor's
comments:- Exabyte has been slowly sliding towards this for over 5 years,
and since long before its November 2001 merger with
Ecrix which was not the
magic bullet it had hoped for. After the Ecrix merger (but as early as
January 22, 2002)
I described Exabyte as "a sinking ship". Although the company
struggled on for many years - its problem was its exclusive focus on
tape backup against a
structural shift in the market to
disk to disk backup.
See
also:- Acquired, dead,
renamed, merged & gone away storage companies
Clerity Acquires Sun's Mainframe Rehosting
Business
Chicago, Illinois -
August 17, 2006 - Clerity Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the
acquisition of Sun Microsystems' mainframe rehosting business.
On
June 30, 2006, Clerity acquired the intellectual property assets and hired Sun
employees directly involved in the mainframe rehosting solution business. This
assures support and product continuity for all current and future Sun rehosting
customers worldwide.
Effective immediately, Clerity will directly market and license the
online and batch application execution environments known as MTP (Mainframe
Transaction Processing) and MBM (Mainframe Batch Manager) software, as well as
3270 Pathway, mainframe migration tools, and associated services. Supported
platforms include Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX and Linux.
Clerity will
continue its collaborative alliance with Sun and will establish new
relationships with Sun's partners who are involved in the support of MTP/MBM.
Whether customers are looking to rehost, migrate and/or modernize
applications to meet new business demands, Clerity offers customers the means by
which to reduce costs, protect investments, and optimize data center
functionality.
...Clerity
profile, ...Sun
profile, Sun
VARs in the USA , Storage
Services,
Solaris
Migration |
|
| New Name
for Open Source Storage |
San
Francisco - August 15, 2006 - today at LinuxWorld - Open Source
Storage announced it has changed its name to Open Source Systems, Inc.
"We believe changing the company name to Open Source Systems was
necessary to align ourselves with the open source movement and better reflect
the changes in the industry," explained Jared Giles, Director of Marketing
for Open Source Storage. "While Linux is obviously still very important
open source software, we have also seen Open Solaris become significant and
Java becoming more open source, as well. There are also twice as many open
source middleware applications as there was this time last year."
...Open Source
Systems profile, Linux
Portals
Editor's comments:- generic names like
StorageSearch.com,
InfoStore or
DataStoreX work well for
publications, but with
a few exceptions, such as
StorageTek, these
technology style brands don't last long when they are adopted by
storage manufacturers.
Our renamed and gone away
storage companies page is littered with examples. I predict that the new name "Open
Source Systems" won't last long either.
See also:-
article:- Marketing
Nomenclature, and the Naming of Names
Dow Corning Acquires Aprilis
Midland
Mich. and Maynard, Mass. - August 14, 2006 - Dow Corning Corp acquired
the assets from the holographic data storage business of Aprilis, Inc.
Dow Corning, which previously owned shares in Aprilis, will continue
the development and commercialization of holographic technology in a newly
formed subsidiary, DCE Aprilis Inc., based in Maynard. DCE Aprilis will become
part of Dow Corning's Business and Technology Incubator.
"Aprilis' holographic technology and media products have
exciting potential in data storage and other optical component markets,"
said David Cornelius, executive director of Dow Corning's Business and
Technology Incubator.
...Aprilis profile,
...Dow Corning,
DVD, Blu-ray and Holographic
drives
Editor's note:- Aprilis, Inc. commenced operations in 1999
to commercialize proprietary holographic data storage technology. The fact that
after 7 years they've merely advanced to "business incubator" status
shows how risky some of the new storage technologies can be.
IBM Acquires FileNet
ARMONK,
NY - August 10, 2006 - IBM today announced it has agreed acquire FileNet
Corp in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately $1.6 billion,
or $35 per share.
The acquisition is expected to close in the
fourth quarter of 2006. FileNet is a leading provider of business process and
content management solutions.
...IBM profile,
Acquired storage companies,
Storage Software
SanDisk Acquires M-Systems
MILPITAS,
Calif. & KFAR SABA, Israel - July 30, 2006 - SanDisk Corp and
M-Systems today entered into definitive agreements for SanDisk to
acquire M-Systems in an all stock transaction.
This combination
joins together two flash memory pioneers with complementary products, customers
and channels. Together the combined company will have the people, technology,
manufacturing and IP to play a leading role in creating new markets and
accelerating the penetration of flash memory into existing storage applications.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006.
"SanDisk and M-Systems, over the past 18 years, have been leading
innovators in the flash storage market. This strategic acquisition will give us
the critical mass and complementary products, customers, channels, technology
and manufacturing base to take our shared vision to the next level. The NAND
flash data storage business is in its early stages and we believe the market
opportunity is largely untapped," said Eli Harari, Chairman and CEO of
SanDisk. ...M-Systems
profile, ...SanDisk
profile, Flash Storage,
Acquired storage companies
Editor's
comments:- M-Systems has been one of the fastest growing storage companies in
recent years, with a growth rate many times faster than even the flash market.
Flash manufacturers like SanDisk need access to the controller and interface
technology developed by companies like M-Systems so they can tap the huge
application opportunities created by the
solid state disk market.
Creekpath Systems is Acquired
SUNNYVALE ,
Calif. - July 11, 2006 - Opsware Inc. today announced that it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire Creekpath Systems.
Opsware
will use the acquired technology as the foundation for a new application
storage automation solution (expected next year). Under the terms of the
agreement, Opsware will pay approximately $10 million in cash, with a maximum
potential earnout of an additional $5 million in cash.
"Storage automation represents another opportunity for us to
advance our lead in data center automation," said Ben Horowitz, CEO of
Opsware. "This acquisition will allow us to deliver the market's first
application storage automation solution and provides us with the final of the
three fundamental components required for comprehensive data center automation:
servers, networks and storage."
...CreekPath Systems
profile, ...Opsware
profile, SAN
software | |
 |
The vaporware at
40,000 feet smelled clean
and fresh. Megabyte's personalized balloon
was the last remaining asset from his VC
funded "lighter than air"
storage company. | |
Nibble Re:
Acquisitions in the STORAGE market.
This list starts with
gone-aways from January 2000 onwards. |
3WCorp
- changed its name to DataPeer
Aarohi Communications
- acquired by
Emulex
3ware
- acquired by AMCC
ABC Solutions - ceased
trading
aboutSANs.com - storage publication has ceased
Accelerated Logic
- changed name to Attorn
Accel Technology Co. Ltd -acquired
by
Oak Technology
Acirro - web site no
longer contactable
Acer Peripherals - changed name to BenQ
Acopia Networks - acquired by F5 Networks
ActionFront Data Recovery
- acquired by
Seagate
ADTX - website no
longer contactable
Advanced Memory International - website no
longer contactable
ADIC-
acquired by
Quantum
Agile Storage
- changed name to ClariStor, and then to ONStor.
Agilent Technologies -
spun off Verigy
Alacritus Software -
acquired by Network
Appliance
Alcita Technologies - website no longer contactable
All
Components - changed name to
Avant North America
Allion Technologies - no longer in
business
Amdahl-
absorbed into
Fujitsu
American
Digital Systems - web site no longer contactable
AMI
- RAID business acquired by
LSI Logic
Ancot - acquired by
Catalyst
Enterprises
Andiamo
Systems - acquired by
Cisco Systems
Antares Microsystems-
acquired by
InClose Design - then
demerged again. Then a few years later, assets acquired by
SBE
AppIQ - acquired by
HP
Applied
System Design - changed name to
Servergraph
APT
Technologies - acquired by
Vitesse
Applied
MetaComputing - changed its name to
Avaki and was
acquired by Sybase
Aprilis - acquired by
Dow Corning
Arceo- acquired by
eVault
Architek-
acquired by ??
ARIO
Data Networks - key assets acquired by
Xyratex
Archive-it-
acquired by
Connected
Arsenal Digital Solutions
- acquired by IBM
Articulent
- acquired by
CNT
Astrum Software -acquired
by EMC
Ateonix Networks -
web site ceased
Auspex
Systems - service business acquired by
GlassHouse Technologies
Auspex Systems -
patents acquired by Network
Appliance
Avago Technologies (storage semi business) -
acquired by PMC-Sierra
Avail Solutions -
acquired by
Breece Hill
Avamar Technologies
- acquired by
EMC
Banderacom - renamed
itself NetEffect
Baroudi Bloor -
merged with Hurwitz & Associates
BeIT Secure - web site
ceased
Benchmark
Tape Systems
- acquired by Quantum
BenQ - storage assets
acquired by Lite-On IT
BI-Tech
Solutions - acquired by
CNT
BigVault.com - acquired by Digi-Data
Bitmath
- acquired by
OZ Optics
Blaze Network Products-
acquired by Aduro
Blue
Coat Systems - acquired NetCache business from
Network Appliance
BMC
Software's PATROL Storage Manager - acquired by
EMC
Breece Hill Technologies - acquired by
Maxoptix
Bridge Technology
- web site no longer active
Broadband Storage-
url acquired by Snap
Appliance
Broadbus
- acquired by Motorola
Brocade's- switch
product line acquired by
IntelliPath
Calimetrics - kaput
web site is now a porn site
Calluna
Technology Limited - in banruptcy adminsitration
Candera-
went bust
Capitalbackup
- acquired by AmeriVault
C
and T - web site no longer active
Catalyst Enterprises-
acquired by LeCroy
C-Cube Microsystems - acquired by
LSI Logic
Camintonn - web
site no longer active
Castlewood
Systems - went bust
CATC - acquired by
LeCroy
CDS-
liquedated, some assets acquired by
IntraDyn
Centennial Technologies - acquired by Solectron & renamed
SMART Modular
Technologies
Cereva
Networks - kaput
Certance - acquired
by Quantum
Certified
Backup - acquired by AmeriVault
Chaparral Network Storage-
acquired by Dot Hill
Chess DAX - has changed its name to
DAX Archiving Solutions
Cicada Semiconductor - acquired
by Vitesse Semiconductor
Clearpoint
- no longer contactable
Cluster File Systems - assets acquired
by
CMD Technology
- acquired by
Silicon Image
CMS
Peripherals - changed its name to CMS Products
CNT - acquired by
McDATA
Cobalt Networks
- acquired by
Sun Microsystems
Compaq - merged with
HP
Computer Associates-
renamed to CA
Computer Bus Tools
- changed its name to
Absolute Analysis
Computer Design Group -
acquired by
Tandberg Data
Computer Expertise
Group - web site has ceased
Computerm - acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
Connected -
acquired by Iron
Mountain
Connex-
as at August 2001... Connex is owned by
Western Digital.
Connex spun off a software subsidiary called
SANavigator Inc. in
March 2001, and in August 2001, Connex's NAS systems assets have now been sold
to Quantum
Constant Data -
acquired by BakBone
Software
Constellation 3D
- web site has ceased operation
Conxion - acquired by
NaviSite
Convergent
Data Services - spun off Tavata
Software
Cornice
- rendered obsolete by
flash SSDs
Corporate Technology
Direct
- web site has ceased operation
CreekPath Systems -
acquired by Opsware
CrosStor Software -
acquired by EMC
Cylink - acquired by
SafeNet
Dallas Semiconductor - acquired by
Maxim Integrated Products
Dantz -acquired by
EMC
DataPeer
- went bust
Data Storage Systems-
removed due to accounts issues
Data Transit -
assets acquired by Finisar
DataZone - products
now marketed by N2 Group
Decru - acquired by
Network Appliance
Deepfile - became
StoredIQ
D.H.
Brown Associates - acquired by
IDEAS International
Digital
Data Storage - no longer in business
Digital Focus Media-
website is no longer contactable
Digital Interactive Solutions-
no longer in business
Digital Island -acquired
by Cable & Wireless Service
Digital Storage, LLC - acquired
by Daisytek
DiskSites - acquired
by Expand Networks
Documentum
- acquired by EMC
Driveline - web site
kaput
Driveway - no
longer marketed
Dy
4 Systems - acquired by
FORCE COMPUTERS
then sold to Curtiss-Wright
DynaTek Automation Systems - web site
no longer works
E20 Communications-
acquired by JDS Uniphase
eB Networks -
acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
ECCS-
has changed its name to Storage
Engine
Ecrix-
has agreed to merge with Exabyte
EGR Global Technology -
website is no longer a storage company
Elantec Semiconductor -
acquired by Intersil
Elipsan - acquired by
Adaptec
ememories.com
- web site no longer contactable
Enlight - SAS rack
division spun off as
Terabytes Server Storage
Tech
EqualLogic
- acquired by
Essential Communications - InfiniBand assets
acquired by SBS Technologies
EST - changed name to
TOLIS
Eurologic- acquired
by
Adaptec
EVault -
acquired by Seagate
Exabyte - acquired by
Tandberg Data
ExaDrive
Networks- acquired by ATTO
Technology
Excelstor Technology
- acquired by Iomega
EZ Data Technology -
web site no longer works
Executive Software - changed name to
Diskeeper
.Exodus Communications
- seeking Chapter 11
Fabric Networks -
web site no longer exists
Fast Search & Transfer -
acquired by Microsoft
Fibre
Channel Association - domain fibrechannel.com for sale
Fibre Masters.com -
domain is for sale
FileLink Corporation - ceased operations March
31, 2001
FilePool
- acquired by EMC
FileNet
- acquired by IBM
FolderShare-
acquired by Microsoft
FreeDiskSpace.com
- ceased operation
FreeDrive- acquired by
X:drive
Gadzoox Networks -
assets acquired by Broadcom
Genuity-
acquired by Level 3 Communications
Giganet - acquired by
Emulex
Gnutek - acquired by
SimpleTech
Grass
Valley Group - acquired by Thomson
GRAU Data Storage -
acquired by Crossroads
Greystone Peripherals - web site no longer contactable
GS Magic - disappeared
HARBOR
Systems (technology) - acquired by
Tantia Technologies
H.A. Technical Solutions
- assets acquired by
Lakeview Technology
HIARC - has changed its name to
everStor
HighGround Systems
- acquired by
Sun Microsystems
High Velocity Systems-
company has ceased
Hitachi Semiconductor - became
Renesas Technology
Huge Systems -
acquired by Ciprico
ICP vortex Computersysteme - acquired by
Intel, then resold to
Adaptec
i-drive - has withdrawn from the free web storage market
IEI - relaunched as QNAP
Systems
IFT Europe
- has changed its name to Fibrenetix Storage
Ikadega - web site no
longer functional
iLumin - acquired by
Computer Associates
Imperial Technology
- kaput then reborn under new onwership
InClose Design -
products acquired by SanMax Solutions
Infineon's
Fiber Optics Business - acquired by
Finisar
InfiniSwitch -
changed name to Fabric Networks
Inflow - acquired by
SunGard
INLINE - acquired by
IceWEB
InnoLogic
Systems - acquired by
Synopsys
Innotec Design -
product line acquired by Phytronics
InoStor - acquired by
Tandberg Data
INRANGE Technologies -
acquired by
CNT
InsightTechnologies - website no
longer working
Intel's GBIC assets - acquired by
EMCORE
Intelliguard
-
acquired by
Legato Systems
Interactive Media-
changed name to Kanguru Solutions
IntraServer Technology - acquired by
LSI Logic
Internet
Products - acquired by
St. Bernard Software
Intersil - merged
with Intersil
IP Metrics - acquired by
FalconStor Software
Irvine
Networks - acquired by Simple
Technology
I-TECH-
acquired by Finisar
IT
Infusion - acquired by
StorageSoft
ITIS Services - acquired
by SANZ
JEMS
Data Unlimited - some assets acquired by
RAID
JNI - acquired by
AMCC
Jobstor.com -
acquired by Mass Storage News
Kashya - acquired by
EMC
Komag - acquired by
Western Digital
KVS - acquired by
VERITAS Software
Lakeview Technology-
acquired by Vision
Solutions
LanBit
- web site no longer functional
LAND-5 - merged with
...Tandberg Data
Lane15 Software -
merged with InfiniSwitch
Lan
Media - acquired by SBE
Lapis
Solutions - changed name to LapiStor, then...
LapiStor - acquired
by European Storage Concept
Legato Systems -
acquired by
EMC
Lexar Media -
acquired by Micron
Lifeboat
- renamed Selkie Data Rescue
Little Mountain Group - acquired
by
QLogic
Litton PRC -
acquired by Northrop Grumman
LiveVault -
acquired by Iron
Mountain
Logicon
- acquired by Northrop Grumman
LSC
- acquired by
Sun Microsystems
LSI Logic - merged
with Agere Systems and
renamed itself to LSI
LSI Logic Storage Systems
- renamed to Engenio Information Technologies, then folded back into LSI
Luminate
Software Corporation - acquired by
EMC
M4 Data - acquired by
Quantum. ...Later:- the
team resurfaced with a new company
M5 Data.
ManagedStorage
International - folded back into parent
Incentra Solutions
Maxtor - acquired by
Seagate
Mainstar
Software - acquired by Rocket
Software
ManagedStorage Int'l-
acquired by Front Porch
Digital
Maranti
Networks - acquired by EMC
Mass Storage News - acquired by
StorageNewsletter
Matrix Semiconductor-
acquired by SanDisk
MaXXan Systems -
renamed CipherMax
McDATA - acquired by
Brocade
Medea - acquired by
Avid Technology
Media Services
operation of Storage Technology - acquired by
Front Porch Digital
Memorex - acquired by
Imation
Memory Card Technology
- acquired by
Dataram
Memtech - acquired by
SimpleTech
Merlin Software Technologies-
website no longer operational
Metaflow Technologies - acquired
by SGS Thomson
MetaLINCS -
acquired by Seagate
Micro Memory -
acquired by VMETRO
MicroNet Technology -
acquired by Fantom Drives
Middlewire
- web site no longer contactable
Mirra - acquired by
Seagate
MoSys - acquired by
Synopsys
M-Systems - acquired
by SanDisk
Mozy.com
- acquired by EMC
Mylex - RAID assets acquired
by LSI Logic
Myrient - web site no
longer contactable
NetConvergence-
web site no longer functioning
NeoPath Networks -
acquired by Cisco Systems
netdrive.com - no longer a web storage site
NexFlash Technologies-
acquired by
Winbond Electronics
Netfloppy.com
- web site no longer contactable
Netreon - acquired by
CA
NetSilicon -
acquired by Digi
International
Network
Peripherals - merged with
FalconStor Software
NetworkStorageForum.com-
changed its name to EnterpriseStorageForum.com.
Network Storage Solutions-
acquired by IQ Biometrix
Nishan Systems -
acquired by McDATA
NSI Software - changed its
name to Double-Take Software
NSM Storage GmbH - acquired by
DISC
nStor - acquired by
Xyratex
NuSpeed
Internet Systems - acquired by
Cisco Systems
NuView - acquired by
Brocade
Oak Technology - acquired
by Zoran
Okapi Software -
acquired by Overland
Storage
Oliver Design - acquired by
Xyratex
Onaro - acquired by
Network Appliance
ONEX
- acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
OnStream - has gone
bust
ONTRACK Data International - acquired by
Kroll
Open
Source Storage - changed its name to
Open Source Systems
OpenSystems.com
- acquired by Datalink
Optosys
- became Swissbit
OS
Solutions (UK) - acquired by
Vision Solutions
OTG Software -
acquired by Legato Systems
OuterBay - acquired
by
HP
Overland
Data changed its name to Overland
Storage
Paceline
Systems - went bust, assets acquired by Motorola Computer Group
Pathlight Technology-
acquired by
ADIC
PathScale
-
acquired byQLogic
PeerDirect
- acquired by Progress
Software
Peripheral
Enhancements - changed name to EDGE Tech
Persist
Technologies
- acquired by HP
Phytonics - no
longer in business
Pinnacle Micro - went bankrupt in 2000, some
assets acquired by EZ Systems
Pirus Networks -
acquired by Sun Microsystems
PIXACO
- acquired by HP
Platypus Technology -
no longer in business
Platys Communications - acquired by
Adaptec
PointBase
- acquired by DataMirror
PowerQuest -
acquired by Symantec
PolyServe - acquired
by HP
Precise Software Solutions
- merged with VERITAS
Software
Prevail Technology - acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
Princeton Softech -
acquired by IBM
Prisa Networks - acquired
by EMC
Procom Technology -
technology acquired by
Sun Microsystems
Proton
World International - acquired by
STMicroelectronics
ProvisionSoft
- some IP & intangible assets acquired by
Storability Software
Pumatech - changed
name to Intellisync
PyX Technologies -
acquired by SBE
QPS - assets acquired by
Digital Peripheral Solutions, Inc.Digital Peripheral Solutions, Inc.
Quadrant Components - web site no
longer contactable
Quadratec Software - has changed its name to
Atempo
Quantum's
HDD Unit - merged with
Maxtor
Radialogic
Software - sold assets to undisclosed company
RAIDCore - acquired
by Broadcom
Raidtec - acquired by
Plasmon. Then later
Raidtec USA did a management buyout and changed the name to Vista Storage
Rainfinity
acquired by
EMC
Rebel.com
- assets acquired by Zentra
Computer Technologies
RedSwitch - acquired
by Agilent Technologies
Reliaty - acquired by
Oracle
RentStore - web site
no longer works
Rhapsody Networks -
acquired by Brocade
Communications Systems
Read-Rite - assets acquired by
Western Digital
Sagitta Performance Systems
- acquired by GlassHouse
Technologies
S2io - renamed
Neterion
SANavigator-
assets acquired by McDATA
SANcastle Technologies
- acquired by
LightSand Communications
Sanera Systems -
acquired by
McDATA
SanOne
- web site no longer functioning
Sanrise - assets sold
to various companies
SANZ - is bankrupt
Savvy Networks - acquired by
Another 9
SBE-
merged with Neonode
SBS
Technologies - acquired by GE Fanuc
Scale Eight - no longer
in business
ScanLogic -
acquired by
Cypress Semiconductor
SCH Technologies - acquired by
Legato Systems
Seagate
Removable Storage Solutions - changed name to
Certance
ServerWorks -
acquired by Broadcom
Shwingtek- now called Olixir
Technologies
Sierra Logic -
acquired by Emulex
Signet - website is now called
DataConnect
SiliconStor -
acquired by LSI Logic
Silverback Systems-
acquired by Brocade
SilverStormTechnologies
- acquired by
QLogic
SimpleTech - renamed to
STEC and sold consumer division to Fabrik
Sistina Software-
acquired by Red Hat
SmartDisk - renamed
to SMDK
SMART
Modular Technologies - demerged from Solectron
Smart
Storage -
acquired by
OTG Software
Snap Appliance -
acquired by Adaptec
Snapfish
- acquired by HP
Snap Gear - acquired by CyberGuard
Softek - did
management buyout from Fujitsu - then many years later - got acquired by
IBM
Source Consulting
- acquired by GlassHouse
Technologies
Spacedisk- changed its name to
Accellion
Spinnaker Networks
- acquired by Network
Appliance
Springtek-
acquired by Nexsan
Technologies
SteelEye-
merged with Ten Art-ni
STI of Switzerland - acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
StoneFly
Networks - acquired by Dynamic
Network Factory
Storability Software-
acquired by
StorageTek
Storage
Elements - relaunched as Digitiliti
Storage Engine -filed for
bankruptcy reorganisation. in March 2004 but survived
Storactive -
acquired by Atempo
Storage-Marketplace.nl
- website uncontactable
StorageSoft -
acquired by Phoenix Technologies
Stor2B - web site
kaput
Storage
Access Technologies - changed its name to BluePoint Data Storage
StorageApps
- acquired by HP
Storage
Area Networks, Inc. - website uncontactable
Storage Computer
- viability is in doubt
Storage Concepts has
merged with
Medea
StorageNetworks - liquidated,
STORos software acquired by
Rocket Software
StoreAge - acquired
by LSI Logic
Storage Pipeline - acquired by
Byte and Switch
Storage
Point Live - no longer live
StorageTek -
acquired by Sun Microsystems
Storigen - website
has ceased operation
StorLogic - website
of this Florida based company has ceased operation. New website is a Canadian
company.
Storm
Share - no longer around
Strategic Business Systems -
acquired by
Brocade
Summatec
Computer - website has ceased operation
Sunbelt System Software-
acquired by Double-Take
Software
Super PC Memory, Inc -acquired by
Cambex
SYRED Data Systems -
website uncontactable
Systran -
acquired by Curtiss-Wright
Tacitus Systems - is now
Tacit Networks
Tantia Technologies-
merged with Beta Systems Software
Tape Laboratories -
acquired by Crossroads
Systems
TCS of France -
acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
TCD Labs - acquired by
Oak Technology
Tecmar
- some assets and technologies acquired by
Overland Data
The
Progress Group BV - acquired by
Bell Microproducts Europe
The Kernel Group - acquired by
VERITAS Software
Therion Software - acquired by
Brocade
Topio - acquired by
Network Appliance
TidalWire - folded
back into Network
Engines
TimeSpring
- acquired by Double-Take
Software
TransDimension
- acquired byOxford
Semiconductor
The Trilliant Group -
website domain acquired by Legato
Systems
Times N Systems -
web site no longer functioning
Toolex International -
web site no longer functioning
Topspin Communications
- acquired by Cisco
Systems
Toshiba's commodity RAM business- acquired by
Micron
TransWarp
Networks - acquired by
Silicon Image
Trebia Networks -
assets acquired by Emulex
Tricord Systems -assets
acquired by
Adaptec
Trilogy
Software - changed its name to
TeraCloud
TrelliSoft -
acquired by IBM
Trimm Technologies -
acquired by JMR Electronics
Tricord Systems -
went bust
TrueArc-
acquired by Documentum
Tripace - website kaput
Triple
Stor - acquired by Transtec
Troika Networks -
acquired by QLogic
TrueSAN Networks -
went bust
Trusted Edge - assets acquired by
FileTek
Unicore Technologies
- web site has ceased
UniTree Software - acquired by
OTG Software
VA Linux Systems - exited NAS market
June/July 2001
VARCOM - acquired by
INRANGE Technologies
Verisys - acquired by
CATC
VERITAS Software -
merged with Symantec
Viathan
- acquired by
Dantz Development
VisionTek - acquired
by Hartford Computer Group
Vistastor - website
ceased
Vixel - switch
business acquired by Emulex
Vitesse Semiconductor-
sold storage products business to
Maxim
Vixel - SAN software
business acquired by Fujitsu
Software Technology
VMIC
- acquired by GE Fanuc Automation North America
VMware - acquired by
EMC
V-Stor -
engineering assets and people acquired by
ADIC
VytalNet
-
merged with eVault
WAM!NET - acquired
by SAVVIS
WebManage Technologies - acquired by
Network Appliance
Winstation Systems -website
has gone away
W.
Quinn Associates - acquired by
Precise Software
Solutions
WorldStor
- website has ceased operation
Wydeband - no longer in
business
WiebeTech
- acquired by CRU-DataPort
Xdrive
- acquired by AOL
Xionics Document Technologies - acquired
by
Oak Technology
XIOtech - acquired by
Seagate Technology
Xiran - closed down
XOsoft - acquired by
CA
XStormTech-
acquired by AppIQ
Xtore - merged with AIC
xVault - acquired by
OTG Software
Yopa
- acquired by
X:drive
Zambeel - website no
longer contactable
Zetta Systems -
acquired by Overland
Storage
Zillion Technologies - acquired by
Silicon Image
ZT
Automation - acquired by
Xyratex
Zzyzx Peripherals - no
longer in business.
Some Zzyzx assets acquired by
RAID, Inc. who offer
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