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StorageTek - circa 2004

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

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  • editor's comments:-from SSD market history and storage market history.

    Founded in 1969 StorageTek began as a supplier of storage systems in the IBM plug compatible mainframe market.

    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.

    Today StorageTek is a marketing brand of Oracle - which acquired Sun Micro in 2010.

profile from featured press release December 15, 2004

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"In 1993 - StorageTek acquired Amperif which had been selling a RAM SSD product called Arctic Fox."
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