Certance

{{Short description|Computer tape drive designer and manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Certance, LLC

| logo = Certance logo horizontal.svg

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| image = Certance Former Headquarters 2022.jpg

| image_caption = Former headquarters in Costa Mesa, California; now a FedEx Ship Center

| type = Private

| industry = Information technology

| founded = {{Start date and age|1996}} in Costa Mesa, California, United States

| founder =

| defunct = {{End date|2005}}

| fate = Acquired by Quantum Corporation

| hq_location_city = Costa Mesa, California, United States

| products = Computer tape drives

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Certance, LLC, was a privately held company engaged in design and manufacture of computer tape drives.

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.

History

The company began as the removable storage systems division of Seagate Technology. The division was formed in 1996 from storage companies Archive Corporation, Irwin Magnetic Systems, Cipher Data Products, and Maynard Electronics. In a restructuring involving Seagate Technology and Veritas Software, the division was spun off in 2000 into the independent company Seagate Removable Storage Systems. The company was the worldwide unit volume shipment leader in 2001, 2002, and 2003.{{cite web|title=About Certance|url=http://certance.interbrand.net/about/company/|publisher=Certance|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207220834/http://certance.interbrand.net/about/company/|archivedate=2006-12-07}}

The company name was changed to "Certance" in 2003. In 2004, Quantum Corporation announced plans to acquire Certance. The acquisition was completed in 2005, whereupon Certance ceased to exist as an independent company.{{cite web | url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2567429/data-center/quantum-acquires-tape-drive-maker-certance.html | title=Quantum acquires tape drive maker Certance | work=Computerworld | date=21 October 2004 | accessdate=16 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217084635/http://www.computerworld.com/article/2567429/data-center/quantum-acquires-tape-drive-maker-certance.html |archive-date=2014-12-17| last=McMillan |first=Robert}}

References

Category:Computer storage companies

Category:Companies based in Costa Mesa, California

Category:Defunct computer hardware companies

Category:1996 establishments in California

Category:2005 establishments in California

Category:2005 mergers and acquisitions

Category:Computer companies established in 1996

Category:Computer companies disestablished in 2005

Category:Defunct computer companies of the United States

Category:Tape-based computer storage