Certance
Computer tape drive designer and manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Certance, LLC, was a privately held company engaged in design and manufacture of computer tape drives.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Information technology |
Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) in Costa Mesa, California, United States |
Defunct | 2005 (2005) |
Fate | Acquired by Quantum Corporation |
Headquarters | Costa Mesa, California, United States |
Products | Computer tape drives |
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Based in Costa Mesa, California, Certance designed and manufactured drives using a variety of tape formats, including Travan, DDS, and Linear Tape-Open computer tape drives. Certance was one of the three original technology partners, (Certance, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard), that created the Linear Tape-Open technology.
In 2005, Certance was acquired by Quantum Corporation.