On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Woz-Lands-Chief-Scientist-Gig-at-SSD-Firm-66103.html > > Woz Lands Chief Scientist Gig at SSD Firm > > By Chris Maxcer > MacNewsWorld > Part of the ECT News Network > 02/05/09 3:21 PM PT > > Fusion-io's newest technical advisor is none other than Apple's other > Steve. Steve Wozniak, who cofounded Apple alongside Steve Jobs years > ago, will help Fusion-io formulate strategy as it attempts to grow in > the nascent enterprise-class solid-state drive market. SSDs have been > around for a while, but they're just beginning to gain a foothold in > enterprise-level storage applications. > > Steve Wozniak, the man who cofounded Apple but hasn't held an official > position there in years, has snagged a job as the chief scientist for > Fusion-io, a Salt Lake City-based provider of enterprise solid-state > architecture and high-performance I/O (input/output) solutions. > > Wozniak will act as a key technical advisor to the Fusion-io research > and development group. Plus, he'll work closely with the executive > team of Fusion-io in formulating company strategy. > > "With the revolutionary technological advances being made by > Fusion-io, the company is in the right place at the right time with > the right technology and ready to direct the history of technology > into the 21st century and beyond," Wozniak noted. > > "The technology marketplace has not seen such capacity for innovation > and radical transformation since the mainframe computer was replaced > by the home computer. Fusion-io's technology is extremely useful to > many different applications and almost all of the world's servers," he > added. > > Prior to his appointment as chief scientist at Fusion-io, Wozniak was > a member of the company's advisory board, where Fusion-io he counseled > the company on market trends, product road maps and other strategic > activities. > > -- ______________________________________________________________
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