Media Contact:
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Corporate Fact Sheet
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Company Profile
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Flexstar has been providing the storage industry with standardized, repeatable, turnkey testing solutions for close to 30 years. Founded in 1981, Flexstar Technology has established itself as an industry innovator by becoming the first non-captive supplier of storage test systems. Since introducing the industry’s first commercially available HDD tester in 1985, Flexstar has continued to be at the forefront of innovating advanced testing solutions for the data storage industry, providing SSD-ODD-HDD storage manufacturers and their customers with everything from turnkey systems to components and delivering over 350,000 test ports.
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Products
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Flexstar's product line includes ambient, burn-in, environmental, and altitude test equipment with advanced yet easy-to-use software. All industry standard interfaces and form factors are supported, and a modular design approach ensures products are field upgradeable, providing flexibility and investment protection. All products are backed by support offerings and Flexstar's uncompromising commitment to customer service.
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SSD Market Overview
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As the industry embraces SSDs, a need has been created for a new generation of testers – as well as new ways to test. With the costs of traditional testing equipment often eclipsing a quarter of a million dollars per unit, a new testing approach that can help young, innovative companies in the SSD space is needed.
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Testing Services
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To address market trends in the SSD space and as a response to customer requests, Flexstar now offers testing as a service. The Flexstar Testing Service Solutions program combines Flexstar's many years of industry knowledge with the company's most popular test systems to provide a complete and affordable testing solution for SSD customers. Flexstar's testing services allow smaller companies to test their products using the same Flexstar systems used by the major HDD and SSD manufacturers. Testing solutions enable SSD and HDD manufacturers, users or integrators to test for the following requirements:
- Performance
- System compatibility
- Power Management
- Reliability
- Life expectancy
- Interface
Flexstar is committed to serving the testing requirements of the storage industry with complete, state-of-the-art solutions. Noted as the first company to develop 3rd party turnkey systems, Flexstar fuels the advance of SSDs through new testing processes, by which SSD vendors can build in quality and achieve trusted brand value. Flexstar’s total testing solutions are designed to be used from conception to delivery of a drive, including the design, quality, manufacturing, and field phases.
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Key Customers
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HDD: Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujitsu
SSD: Micron, Samsung, Bit Micro, Intel, Lexar, STEC, Marvell
OEM: IBM, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, EMC, Pace, Sun Microsystems, Bell Microproducts
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Leadership Team
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Anthony Lavia – President and CEO
Angie Wong – CFO
Timothy J. Beck – VP Major Account Sales and Marketing
Gary Poon – VP Manufacturing and Operations
Mark Meyer – VP Strategic Accounts
Michael G. Ajlouny – VP Sales
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| Headquarters |
47323 Warm Springs Boulevard
Fremont, CA 94539
Phone: (510) 440-0170 Fax: (510)440-0177
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| Website |
www.flexstar.com
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| Media Contact |
Bob Menzies
Lages & Associates
(949) 453-8080
bob@lages.com |
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