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Working towards a flash transformed data centre
DCS talks to Christian Sommerhoff, Director, Commercial Sales & Support – EMEA, at SanDisk, about all things Flash.
Q Please can you provide some background on SanDisk – when was the company formed, why, and who are the key personnel?
And what are the company’s landmarks to date?
A For more than 25 years, SanDisk has been transforming digital storage with breakthrough products and ideas that expand the
possibilities of storage. Beginning in 1988, the company delivered solutions targeting the consumer market, including flash for smartphones, tablets and laptops. However, in recent years, SanDisk has turned its focus to deliver flash memory technologies for many of the world’s largest data centres and enterprise customers. From handheld devices to hyper-scale data centres, SanDisk provides
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cutting-edge flash technology solutions that shape the way people work, play and live today.
Beginning in June ’88 as SunDisk, the company was born from a small office in Palo Alto, California, where non-volatile memory technology expert Eli Harari began work an idea called “System Flash”, a revolutionary concept that would replace hard disk drives (HDDs) in portable, battery operated devices. He was later joined by co-founders Jack Yuan and Sanjay Mehrotra and together the team looked to break into the portable technology market. Recognising that digital cameras would need removable flash memory storage and that computers could require a similar storage technology in the near future, Harari offered the removable flash card to Kodak for inclusion
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