StorageTek is a $2 billion global company that enables businesses, through its
information lifecycle management strategy, to align the cost of storage with the
value of information. The company¹s innovative storage solutions manage the
complexity and growth of information, lower costs, improve efficiency and
protect investments. For more information, see www.storagetek.com
see
also:-
StorageTek
- editor mentions on StorageSearch.com
who's who in SSDs and storage? - from
storage market
history
Founded in 1969 StorageTek began as a supplier of storage
systems in the IBM plug compatible mainframe market.
In 1978 -
StorageTek
launched
the STC 4305 - an SSD aimed at the IBM mainframe
plug
compatible market. The STC 4305 was 7x faster than IBM's 2305 HDD
system (and also about half the price) and StorageTek's SSD - which was
implemented by a "cabinet full" of
charge
coupled devices (pdf) - cost $400,000 for 45MB capacity with throughput
speeds upto 1.5 MB/s.
In 1994 - StorageTek marketed a
RAM SSD product called
Arctic Fox which had been developed by a company called Amperif Corp, acquired
in 1993.
In 2000 - StorageTek was a supplier of
tape libraries. In the
following years - along
with many others in the industry - StorageTek began the transition to
disk backup.
In
August 2005
- StorageTek stockholders voted to approve the acquisition agreement between
StorageTek and
Sun Microsystems. (See
SPARC market
history for articles related to SPARC compatible systems and the
Solaris x86 Wars.)
Today
StorageTek is a marketing brand of
Oracle - which acquired
Sun Microsystems in
2010.
profile from featured press release December
15, 2004
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