<s>
Storage	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
(	O
StorageTek	B-Application
or	O
STK	O
,	O
earlier	O
STC	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Louisville	O
,	O
Colorado	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
remaining	O
product	O
line	O
is	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
StorageTek	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
tape	B-Architecture
backup	I-Architecture
equipment	I-Architecture
and	O
software	B-Application
to	I-Application
manage	I-Application
storage	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1969	O
four	O
former	O
IBM	O
engineers	O
—	O
Jesse	O
Aweida	O
,	O
Juan	O
Rodriguez	O
,	O
Thomas	O
S	O
.	O
Kavanagh	O
,	O
and	O
Zoltan	O
Herger	O
—	O
founded	O
the	O
Storage	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
StorageTek	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
Disk	O
Products	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
new	O
management	O
invested	O
in	O
an	O
automated	B-Device
tape	I-Device
library	I-Device
product	O
line	O
that	O
"	O
picked	O
"	O
tapes	O
from	O
a	O
silo-like	O
contraption	O
with	O
a	O
robot	O
arm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StorageTek	B-Application
emerged	O
as	O
a	O
dominant	O
player	O
in	O
that	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StorageTek	B-Application
acquired	O
Documation	O
(	O
1980	O
)	O
,	O
Aspen	O
Peripherals	O
Corporation	O
(	O
1989	O
)	O
,	O
Network	O
Systems	O
Corporation	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Storability	O
(	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storage	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
renamed	O
"	O
StorageTek	B-Application
"	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2005	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
purchase	O
StorageTek	B-Application
for	O
US	O
$4.1	O
billion	O
in	O
cash	O
,	O
or	O
$37.00	O
per	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Sun	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
for	O
US	O
$7.4	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StorageTek	B-Application
product	O
line	O
was	O
renamed	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
StorageTek	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
,	O
SAS	O
,	O
RAID	O
and	O
SCSI	O
HBAs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
1970	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
releases	O
its	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
2450/2470	O
tape	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1971	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
the	O
3400	O
tape	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1973	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
's	O
disk	O
division	O
is	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1974	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
's	O
first	O
3600	O
tape	O
drive	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1975	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
ships	O
the	O
first	O
8000	O
Super	O
Disk	O
and	O
announces	O
the	O
8350	O
disk	O
subsystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1978	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
develops	O
the	O
first	O
solid-state	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
1984	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
develops	O
the	O
first	O
intelligent	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1986	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
develops	O
the	O
first	O
cached	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1987	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
develops	O
tape	B-Device
automation	I-Device
and	O
emerges	O
from	O
Chapter	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1994	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
virtual	O
disk	O
,	O
Iceberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
Flexline	O
disk	B-General_Concept
arrays	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
virtual	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
BladeStore	O
,	O
a	O
disk	B-General_Concept
array	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
ATA	O
disk	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
the	O
EchoView	O
data	O
protection	O
appliance	O
,	O
a	O
disk-based	O
appliance	O
that	O
eliminates	O
the	O
backup	B-Application
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
-	O
StorageTek	B-Application
introduces	O
the	O
StreamLine	O
SL8500	B-Device
modular	O
library	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012	O
-	O
Oracle	B-Application
introduces	O
the	O
Streamline	O
SL150	O
modular	O
library	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
