- Adaptec
Infobox_Company
company_name = Adaptec, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public: NASDAQ|ADPT
foundation =1981
location =
key_people =S. "Sundi" Sundaresh , CEO
num_employees = 1,560
industry =Computer s
products = Data equipment, most notablySCSI host adapter s
revenue =
homepage = [http://www.adaptec.com/ www.adaptec.com]Adaptec is a
computer hardware company based inMilpitas, California that primarily produceshost adapter s for connecting storage devices tocomputer s. Products are made to interface withUSB ,FireWire ,SCSI ,iSCSI ,FibreChannel ,Serial ATA , as well as audio/video. Some accessory hardware such asUSB hub s are also produced by the company. It also sellsnetwork-attached storage devices, including theSnap Server product line.Adaptec
Easy CD Creator is a now-obsolete suite ofCD/DVD authoring and associated programs bundled with many early CD writers. It is now supported byRoxio .Recently Adaptec has made several significant inroads into the SAN with its dedicated SAS-based iSCSI storage appliance which provides cost-effective, high-performance, highly reliable RAID storage for mission-critical application servers. The Snap Server 720i was named “Best Entry-Level SAN" for 2008 by InfoWorld.
External links
* [http://www.adaptec.com/ Adaptec home page]
References
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E0DF123BF931A35752C1A96F958260 The New York Times: November 2, 1999 - Adaptec Looks To Strengthen Data-Storage Line]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E3DE1E3EF934A35752C1A9649C8B63 The New York Times: November 7, 2002 - News Watch: Digital Recorders; An Afterlife on Disc For That Fading Video] "Adaptec is one of several companies selling kits for converting analog tapes to digital video at affordable prices."
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