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]

QCT
Subsidiary 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 

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