Company:Quanta Cloud Technology

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QCT
TypeSubsidiary of Quanta Computer Inc. (TWSE: 2382)
IndustryComputer hardware and data center services
Founded2012
Headquarters
Taoyuan
,
Taiwan
Area served
Global
Key people
Mike Yang, General Manager
Productsservers, storage, network switches, integrated rack systems and integrated cloud solutions
Servicesproduct configuration, integration, performance optimization and engineering consulting
Websitewww.qct.io

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

  1. Morgan, Timothy Prickett, "Taiwanese"
  2. Innovative ICT Industrial Architecture in East Asia: Offshoring of Japanese Firms and Challenges Faced by East Asian Economies. Springer. 2016. p. 223. ISBN 9784431556305. 
  3. Kovar, Joseph
  4. Morgan, Timothy Prickett. "Taiwanese"
  5. Miller, Rich
  6. Sverdlik, Yevgeniy
  7. Smith, Lyle
  8. "Making"
  9. Delony, David
  10. Higgenbotham, Stacey

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