Adaptec, Inc.

Type	Public: (NASDAQ: ADPT)
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Milpitas, California, USA
Key people	S. "Sundi" Sundaresh, CEO
Industry	Computers
Products	Data equipment, most notably SCSI host adapters
Revenue	▲ US$ 167.40 Million (2008)[1]
Operating income	▼ US$ -40.48 Million (2008)[1]
Net income	▼ US$ -9.62 Million (2008)[1]
Total assets	US$ 700.09 Million (2008)[1]
Total equity	US$ 424.10 Million (2008)[1]
Employees	391 (December 2008)[1]
Website	http://www.adaptec.com/ www.adaptec.com

Adaptec is a computer hardware company based in Milpitas, California that primarily produces host adapters for connecting storage devices to computers. Products are made to interface with USB, FireWire, SCSI, iSCSI, FibreChannel, Serial ATA, as well as audio/video. Some accessory hardware such as USB hubs are also produced by the company. It also sells network-attached storage devices, including the Snap Server product line.

Adaptec Easy CD Creator is a now-obsolete suite of CD/DVD authoring and associated programs bundled with many early CD writers. It is now supported by spinoff Roxio.

[edit] References

• The New York Times: November 2, 1999 - Adaptec Looks To Strengthen Data-Storage Line
• The New York Times: November 7, 2002 - News Watch: Digital Recorders; An Afterlife on Disc For That Fading Video "Adaptec is one of several companies selling kits for converting analog tapes to digital video at affordable prices."

[edit] External links

• Adaptec home page

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