ExcelStor Technology
ExcelStor Technology (
R&D center in Longmont, Colorado, United States. The company is partly owned by Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, of which the major share holder is China Great Wall Computer Group
Co.
In 2002, ExcelStor signed a deal with
Hitachi took over IBM's storage division, the deal was extended to include 40 GB and 80 GB drives from Hitachi's Deskstar 7K250 series.[2] In addition to regular drives, the company also produced models with unusual firmware features, such as multi-boot management, and backup and restore features.[3]
Since 2004 ExcelStor has manufactured some of
EMC Corporation.[6]
In 2007, Excelstor laid off 20 of its 28 employees at its Longmont CO R&D Center.[7]
References
- ^ 2002 IBM deal
- ^ "2003 Hitachi deal". Archived from the original on 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2004-12-07.
- ^ "ExcelStor GStor Plus GP1080". Archived from the original on 2006-12-12.
- ^ "Iomega describes relationship with ExcelStor in third paragraph of press release". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ "Valuation of Iomega acquisition based on Iomega stock in December 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ April 2008 termination of Iomega acquisition
- ^ http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=86346 Jobs cut at ExcelStor in Longmont
External links
- ExcelStor Technology
- Kaifa Technology Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Great Wall Computer Group