QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology)

QCT
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.io Edit this on Wikidata

QCT is a provider of data center hardware and cloud solutions that are used by hyperscale data center operators, such as Facebook and Rackspace.[1][2]

In conjunction with its parent company, Quanta Computer, QCT sells approximately one out of every seven server manufactured in the world.[3]

QCT is an early contributor to the Open Compute Project, a non-profit organization launched by Facebook engineers to open source the designs of data center products. QCT manufactured the Facebook servers that were among the first designs under the project.

In addition to its headquarters in Taoyuan, Taiwan, QCT has offices in San Jose, Seattle, Beijing, Hangzhou and Tokyo.

History

QCT is a subsidiary of Quanta Computer Inc., a Fortune Global 500 technology engineering and manufacturing company. Quanta Computer, an original design manufacturer founded in 1988. In May 2012, Quanta Computer launched QCT to offer data center products and services under its own brands.

Recent Milestones

  • 2012 – QCT became an early contributor to the Open Compute Project (OCP).[4] As an OCP solution provider, QCT designs, builds and delivers OCP servers for data centers.
  • 2012 – QCT added storage and networking gear to its portfolio[1] and became a hardware provider in the cloud market.[5]
  • 2013 – QCT added rack systems to its product portfolio.[6]
  • 2015 – QCT partnered with software vendors [7][8][9] to offer software-defined, hyper-converged infrastructure solutions for a variety of cloud environments: public, private and hybrid.
  • 2015 – QCT opened two Cloud Solutions Centers to demonstrate hyper-converged software and hyperscale hardware. In April 2015, QCT a Cloud Solution Center in Taiwan; in October 2015, it opened one in Fremont, California.[10]

Product Lines

  • Servers
  • Storage
  • Network Switches
  • Integrated Rack Systems
  • Cloud Solutions[10]

Leadership

Mike Yang serves as general manager of QCT.[11]

Recognition

QCT received the Editors’ Choice Award: Top 5 Vendors to Watch in 2014 in HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards[12]

Locations/Facilities

United States

  • QCT LLC., Silicon Valley Office, San Jose, CA
  • QCT LLC., Seattle Office, Bellevue, WA

China

  • 云达科技, 北京办公室(Quanta Cloud Technology), 北京市朝阳区东大桥路12号润诚中心2号楼, Beijing, China
  • 云达科技, 杭州办公室(Quanta Cloud Technology), 浙江省杭州市西湖区古墩路浙商财富中心4号楼303室, Zhejiang, China

Japan

  • Quanta Cloud Technology Japan, 株式会社, 東京都港区芝大門2-5-8 芝大門牧田ビル3F, 105-0012, Tokyo, Japan

Taiwan

  • 雲達科技(Quanta Cloud Technology), 桃園市龜山區文化二路211號1樓, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Germany

  • Quanta Cloud Technology Germany GmbH, Hamborner Str. 55, 40472 Düsseldorf, Germany

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kovar, Joseph
  2. ↑ Judge, Peter
  3. ↑ Morgan, Timothy Prickett, "Taiwanese"
  4. ↑ Higgenbotham, Stacey
  5. ↑ Morgan, Timothy Prickett. "Taiwanese"
  6. ↑ Miller, Rich
  7. ↑ Sverdlik, Yevgeniy
  8. ↑ Smith, Lyle
  9. ↑ "Making"
  10. 1 2 "Mayor"
  11. ↑ Delony, David
  12. ↑ "Top 5"

References

  • Davis, Jessica (December 5, 2014). "Quanta Cloud Technology Takes High End Data Center Hardware to Masses". The VAR Guy. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Delony, David (November 13, 2015). "Midokura Solution Tapped for Quanta Cloud Technology Cloud Center". NFVZone. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  • Gohring, Nancy (March 13, 2013). "Building an internal cloud? Forget HP and Dell, think Quanta". ITworld. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Higginbotham, Stacey. "Open Compute One Year Later: Bigger, Badder and Less Disruptive Than We Thought". Gigaom. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Judge, Peter (January 12, 2015). "Quanta Cloud Technology Opens Offices in China, Japan". Datacenter Dynamics. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Kovar, Joseph (May 2, 2012). "Data Center ODM Giant Quanta Targets Channel Through QCT". CRN. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  • Kwon, Robin (May 30, 2011). "Taiwan's Quanta moves into cloud computing". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • MacGregor, Alice (January 14, 2015). "Quanta Cloud expands data centre hardware business into China and Japan". The Stack. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • "Making OpenStack Easy: QCT joins Ubuntu Cloud Partner Programme". www.ubuntu.com. Canonical Ltd. March 10, 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • "Mayor Congratulates QCT on the Opening of its New Cloud Solutions Center". sjeconomy.com. City of San Jose Office of Economic Development. November 6, 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  • Miller, Rich (October 24, 2013). "Quanta Launches Open Compute Solutions, Including Open Rack". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Morgan, Timothy Prickett (February 25, 2014). "Quanta Pushes Foot Inside Enterprise Datacenter Doors". EnterpriseTech. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Morgan, Timothy Prickett (March 12, 2013). "Taiwanese giant Quanta sold one out of every seven servers last year". The Register. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Novet, Jordan (March 16, 2013). "How an unknown Taiwanese server maker is eating the big guys' lunch". Gigaom. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Smith, Lyle (November 18, 2015). "Cloudian & Quanta Cloud Technology Partner to Deploy Object-Based Storage". Storage Review. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • Sverdlik, Yevgeniy (October 12, 2015). "Quanta Pitches OCP-Inspired Hyper Converged Infrastructure". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  • "Top 5 Vendors to Watch: 2014 HPCwire Awards—Readers' & Editors' Choice". www.hpcwire.com. Tabor Communications. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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