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'''Fusion-io''' is a [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] company |
'''Fusion-io''' is a [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] company that designs and manufactures [[solid state storage]] application accelerators based on [[NAND Flash memory]] technology. The company's products include the ioDrive, the ioDrive Duo, and the ioXtreme. |
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Founded in 2006 and producing products by 2007, they attracted attention in February 2009 by hiring [[Apple Inc]] co founder [[Steve Wozniak]]. |
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Fusion-io came out of stealth mode in September 2007 at Demo 2007, and received a Demo God award for its demonstration of the ioDrive.{{reflist}}<ref>http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html</ref> <ref>http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007fall/112995.html</ref> |
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In March, 2008, Fusion-io raised $19 million in a Series A round of funding from a group of investors lead by New Enterprise Associates. Michael Dell invested in Fusion-io during this round.<ref>http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Closes-19M-in-Series-A-Funding/</ref> The company’s first product, the ioDrive, began shipping in April 2008.<ref>http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Announces-Breakthrough-in-Storage-with-Availability/</ref> |
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A year later, at Demo 2008, Fusion-io received its second Demo God award for the ioSAN.<ref>http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008fall/147347.html</ref> |
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David Bradford joined the company as a consultant in 2008. Bradford met Steve Wozniak at a conference and sent an email the same night asking Wozniak if he would join the Fusion-io advisory board. Wozniak said yes. Bradford officially joined the company as senior vice president and general counsel in November 2008<ref>http://www.fusionio.com/press/David-Bradford-Joins-Fusion-io-as-Senior-Vice-President</ref> and was named CEO in April 2009. |
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Fusion-io raised $47.5 million in a Series B round of funding from a group of investors led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in April 2009.<ref>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/fusion-io-nabs-more-funding-teases-new-pcie-based-iosan/</ref> Samsung invested in Fusion-io in October 2009, signaling a deeper partnership between the two companies.<ref>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/samsung-invests-in-fusion-io-takes-relationship-to-a-new-level/</ref> |
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Partnerships with IBM and Hewlett-Packard helped the start-up to gain traction rapidly. IBM’s project Quicksilver, based on Fusion-io technology, showed that solid-state technology could deliver the fastest performance of its time: 1 million IOPS. IBM chose the ioDrive as the only solid-state storage solution to be approved for use in IBM servers.<ref>https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/1m_iops_from_flash_actions?lang=en</ref> |
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HP worked with Fusion-io to create the IO Accelerator in March 2009. In April, the companies demonstrated 1,000,000 IOPS with a single Proliant server.<ref>http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Debuts-Faster-Cooler-Solid-State-Technology/</ref> |
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Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Fusion-io also has an office in Alviso, California. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html |
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http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007fall/112995.html |
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http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Closes-19M-in-Series-A-Funding/ |
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http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Announces-Breakthrough-in-Storage-with-Availability/ |
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http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008fall/147347.html |
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http://www.fusionio.com/press/David-Bradford-Joins-Fusion-io-as-Senior-Vice-President,/ |
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/fusion-io-nabs-more-funding-teases-new-pcie-based-iosan/ |
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/samsung-invests-in-fusion-io-takes-relationship-to-a-new-level/ |
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https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/1m_iops_from_flash_actions?lang=en |
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http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Debuts-Faster-Cooler-Solid-State-Technology/ |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Fusion-io is a Salt Lake City, Utah company that designs and manufactures solid state storage application accelerators based on NAND Flash memory technology. The company's products include the ioDrive, the ioDrive Duo, and the ioXtreme.
Founded in 2006 and producing products by 2007, they attracted attention in February 2009 by hiring Apple Inc co founder Steve Wozniak.
Fusion-io came out of stealth mode in September 2007 at Demo 2007, and received a Demo God award for its demonstration of the ioDrive.
In March, 2008, Fusion-io raised $19 million in a Series A round of funding from a group of investors lead by New Enterprise Associates. Michael Dell invested in Fusion-io during this round.[3] The company’s first product, the ioDrive, began shipping in April 2008.[4]
A year later, at Demo 2008, Fusion-io received its second Demo God award for the ioSAN.[5]
David Bradford joined the company as a consultant in 2008. Bradford met Steve Wozniak at a conference and sent an email the same night asking Wozniak if he would join the Fusion-io advisory board. Wozniak said yes. Bradford officially joined the company as senior vice president and general counsel in November 2008[6] and was named CEO in April 2009.
Fusion-io raised $47.5 million in a Series B round of funding from a group of investors led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in April 2009.[7] Samsung invested in Fusion-io in October 2009, signaling a deeper partnership between the two companies.[8]
Partnerships with IBM and Hewlett-Packard helped the start-up to gain traction rapidly. IBM’s project Quicksilver, based on Fusion-io technology, showed that solid-state technology could deliver the fastest performance of its time: 1 million IOPS. IBM chose the ioDrive as the only solid-state storage solution to be approved for use in IBM servers.[9]
HP worked with Fusion-io to create the IO Accelerator in March 2009. In April, the companies demonstrated 1,000,000 IOPS with a single Proliant server.[10]
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Fusion-io also has an office in Alviso, California.
References
- ^ http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html
- ^ http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007fall/112995.html
- ^ http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Closes-19M-in-Series-A-Funding/
- ^ http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Announces-Breakthrough-in-Storage-with-Availability/
- ^ http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008fall/147347.html
- ^ http://www.fusionio.com/press/David-Bradford-Joins-Fusion-io-as-Senior-Vice-President
- ^ http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/fusion-io-nabs-more-funding-teases-new-pcie-based-iosan/
- ^ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/samsung-invests-in-fusion-io-takes-relationship-to-a-new-level/
- ^ https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/1m_iops_from_flash_actions?lang=en
- ^ http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Debuts-Faster-Cooler-Solid-State-Technology/
http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007fall/112995.html http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Closes-19M-in-Series-A-Funding/ http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Announces-Breakthrough-in-Storage-with-Availability/ http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008fall/147347.html http://www.fusionio.com/press/David-Bradford-Joins-Fusion-io-as-Senior-Vice-President,/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/fusion-io-nabs-more-funding-teases-new-pcie-based-iosan/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/samsung-invests-in-fusion-io-takes-relationship-to-a-new-level/ https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/1m_iops_from_flash_actions?lang=en http://www.fusionio.com/press/Fusion-io-Debuts-Faster-Cooler-Solid-State-Technology/