QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology)
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]
| 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 |
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 US subsidiary of Quanta Computer and was established in May 2012 to manufacture servers for end users.[4] In the course of 2012 QCT also added storage hardware and networking switches to its portfolio[1] and became a hardware provider in the cloud market.[5] In 2013 QCT added rack systems to its product portfolio.[6] In 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.
Research
In 2004 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]
Data centres
In 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.[11]
Leadership
Mike Yang serves as general manager of QCT.[12]
Recognition
QCT received the Editors’ Choice Award: Top 5 Vendors to Watch in 2014 in HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards[13]
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
- Kovar, Joseph
- Judge, Peter
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett, "Taiwanese"
- Hitoshi Hirakawa; Nobuhiro Takahashi; Ferdinand C. Maquito; Norio Tokumaru, eds. (2016). Innovative ICT Industrial Architecture in East Asia: Offshoring of Japanese Firms and Challenges Faced by East Asian Economies. Springer. p. 223. ISBN 9784431556305.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett. "Taiwanese"
- Miller, Rich
- Sverdlik, Yevgeniy
- Smith, Lyle
- "Making"
- Higgenbotham, Stacey
- "Mayor"
- Delony, David
- "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.