Company:Quanta Cloud Technology
| Type | Subsidiary of Quanta Computer Inc. (TWSE: 2382) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware and data center services |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Taoyuan , Taiwan |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Mike Yang, General Manager |
| Products | servers, storage, network switches, integrated rack systems and integrated cloud solutions |
| Services | product configuration, integration, performance optimization and engineering consulting |
| Website | www |
QCT is a provider of data center hardware and cloud solutions that are used by hyperscale data center operators.
QCT sells approximately one out of every seven servers manufactured in the world.[1]
In addition to its headquarters in Taoyuan, Taiwan, QCT has offices in San Jose, Seattle, Beijing, Hangzhou and Tokyo.
History
The parent company of QCT is Quanta Computer Inc. (Quanta), a prominent member of the Fortune Global 500, boasting a workforce of approximately 9,000 personnel stationed across global engineering, manufacturing, and service facilities. QCT was established in May 2012 to manufacture servers for end users.[2] In the course of 2012, QCT also added storage hardware and networking switches to its portfolio[3] and became a hardware provider in the cloud market.[4] In 2013 QCT added rack systems to its product portfolio.[5] In 2015 QCT partnered with software vendors [6][7][8] to offer software-defined, hyper-converged infrastructure solutions for a variety of cloud environments: public, private and hybrid. Mike Yang serves as general manager of QCT.[9]
Research
In 2012 QCT became an early contributor to the Open Compute Project (OCP). As an OCP solution provider, QCT designs, builds and delivers OCP servers for data centers.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Morgan, Timothy Prickett, "Taiwanese"
- ↑ Innovative ICT Industrial Architecture in East Asia: Offshoring of Japanese Firms and Challenges Faced by East Asian Economies. Springer. 2016. p. 223. ISBN 9784431556305.
- ↑ Kovar, Joseph
- ↑ Morgan, Timothy Prickett. "Taiwanese"
- ↑ Miller, Rich
- ↑ Sverdlik, Yevgeniy
- ↑ Smith, Lyle
- ↑ "Making"
- ↑ Delony, David
- ↑ Higgenbotham, Stacey
References
- Davis, Jessica (December 5, 2014). "Quanta Cloud Technology Takes High End Data Center Hardware to Masses". The VAR Guy. http://thevarguy.com/fastchat/quanta-cloud-technology-takes-high-end-data-center-hardware-masses.
- Delony, David (November 13, 2015). "Midokura Solution Tapped for Quanta Cloud Technology Cloud Center". NFVZone. http://www.nfvzone.com/topics/nfv/articles/413004-midokura-solution-tapped-quanta-cloud-technology-cloud-center.htm.
- Gohring, Nancy (March 13, 2013). "Building an internal cloud? Forget HP and Dell, think Quanta". ITworld. http://www.itworld.com/article/2713540/cloud-computing/building-an-internal-cloud--forget-hp-and-dell--think-quanta.html.
- Higginbotham, Stacey. "Open Compute One Year Later: Bigger, Badder and Less Disruptive Than We Thought". Gigaom. https://gigaom.com/2012/05/02/open-compute-one-year-later-bigger-badder-and-less-disruptive-than-we-thought/.
- Judge, Peter (January 12, 2015). "Quanta Cloud Technology Opens Offices in China, Japan". Datacenter Dynamics. http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/it-networks/quanta-cloud-technology-opens-offices-in-china-japan/93063.article.
- Kovar, Joseph (May 2, 2012). "Data Center ODM Giant Quanta Targets Channel Through QCT". CRN. http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/232901351/data-center-odm-giant-quanta-targets-channel-through-qct.htm.
- Kwon, Robin (May 30, 2011). "Taiwan's Quanta moves into cloud computing". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/87c1f0f4-8af0-11e0-b2f1-00144feab49a.html#axzz3s4Kg0d9z.
- MacGregor, Alice (January 14, 2015). "Quanta Cloud expands data centre hardware business into China and Japan". The Stack. https://thestack.com/data-centre/2015/01/14/quanta-cloud-expands-data-centre-hardware-business-into-china-and-japan/.
- "Making OpenStack Easy: QCT joins Ubuntu Cloud Partner Programme". Canonical Ltd.. March 10, 2015. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/03/10/making-openstack-easy-qct-joins-ubuntu-cloud-partner-programme/.
- "Mayor Congratulates QCT on the Opening of its New Cloud Solutions Center". City of San Jose Office of Economic Development. November 6, 2015. http://sjeconomy.com/mayor-congratulates-qct-on-the-opening-of-its-new-cloud-solutions-center/.
- Miller, Rich (October 24, 2013). "Quanta Launches Open Compute Solutions, Including Open Rack". Data Center Knowledge. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/10/24/quanta-launches-open-compute-solutions-including-open-rack/.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (February 25, 2014). "Quanta Pushes Foot Inside Enterprise Datacenter Doors". EnterpriseTech. http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/02/25/quanta-pushes-foot-inside-enterprise-datacenter-doors/.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (March 12, 2013). "Taiwanese giant Quanta sold one out of every seven servers last year". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/12/quanta_cloud_hyperscale_server_business/.
- Novet, Jordan (March 16, 2013). "How an unknown Taiwanese server maker is eating the big guys' lunch". Gigaom. https://gigaom.com/2013/03/16/how-an-unknown-taiwanese-server-maker-is-eating-the-big-guys-lunch/.
- Smith, Lyle (November 18, 2015). "Cloudian & Quanta Cloud Technology Partner to Deploy Object-Based Storage". Storage Review. http://www.storagereview.com/cloudian_quanta_cloud_technology_partner_to_deploy_objectbased_storage.
- Sverdlik, Yevgeniy (October 12, 2015). "Quanta Pitches OCP-Inspired Hyper Converged Infrastructure". Data Center Knowledge. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/10/12/quanta-pitches-ocp-inspired-hyper-converged-infrastructure/.
- "Top 5 Vendors to Watch: 2014 HPCwire Awards—Readers' & Editors' Choice". Tabor Communications. http://www.hpcwire.com/2014-hpcwire-readers-choice-awards/24/.
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