NEC Corporation of America
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Electronics, information technology, telecommunications |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas, United States[1] |
Area served | United States |
| Parent | NEC |
| Subsidiaries |
NEC Information Analytical Group (IAG) NEC Laboratories America NEC Financial Services |
| Website | NEC Corporation of America |
NEC Corporation of America is the principal subsidiary of the multinational IT company NEC in the United States.
NEC Corporation of America was formed on 1 July 2006, from the combined operations of NEC America, NEC Solutions America and NEC USA.[2]
History
Nippon Electric New York (later NEC America Inc.) was incorporated in 1963.[3]
In October 1986 NEC formed a joint venture with Honeywell, HNSX Supercomputers, to sell NEC's supercomputers in the United States and Canada.[4]
NEC established a research lab in South Brunswick, Princeton, New Jersey in 1988.[5][6] In October 1989 Honeywell agreed to sell its share in HNSX Supercomputers to NEC.[4] NEC Laboratories was created in November 2002 through the merger of NEC Research Institute and NEC USA's Computer and Communications Research Laboratory.[7] NEC Corporation of America was formed on 1 July 2006 from the combined operations of NEC America, NEC Solutions America and NEC USA.[2]
NEC Laboratories succeeded in sending over 100 terabits of information per second through a single optical fibre in April 2011, establishing a new world record.[8]
Operations
Subsidiaries of NEC Corporation of America include:[9]
- NEC Laboratories America (NEC Labs) - a research facility based in Princeton, NJ focused on technology research and early market validation.
- NEC Financial Services, LLC. - a company which offers financing services supporting the sale of products and solutions to businesses in the United States.
Products and services
NEC Corporation of America's products and services include:[10]
- automated fingerprint identification systems
- carrier professional services
- document solutions equipment
- enterprise communications equipment
- enterprise content management
- openflow networking equipment
- identity management
- leasing and financial services
- microwave radio equipment
- optical networking equipment
- Business Intelligence, Corporate Performance Management
- Data warehousing, Master Data Management
- Predictive Analytic services, Big Data
- retail applications
- servers
- software
- storage equipment
Controversies
In April 1997 HNSX Supercomputers and Fujitsu were jointly found guilty of dumping by bidding below cost in order to sell a supercomputer to the National Center for Atmospheric Research.[11] In September 1997 the United States International Trade Commission found that Cray Research had been financially injured by the pricing practices of HNSX Supercomputers and Fujitsu.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ "Locations". NEC Corporation of America. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- 1 2 "History". NEC Corporation of America. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ NEC Corporation, The First 80 Years, 1984, ISBN 4-931172-01-6, retrieved 12 November 2011
- 1 2 "Honeywell to Sell Its Stake in Joint Venture to NEC". Los Angeles Times. 3 October 1989. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "New Companies Bring Research To 'Video Valley'". The New York Times. 5 July 1992. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Japanese Labs in U.S. Luring America's Computer Experts". The New York Times. 11 November 1990. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Overview". NEC Laboratories. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ultrafast fibre optics set new speed record". New Scientist. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Subsidiaries". NEC Corporation of America. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Products and services". NEC Corporation of America. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "U.S. Finds Supercomputer Dumping by 2 Japan Makers". The New York Times. 1 April 1997. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "U.S. Trade Sanctions Appealed by NEC". The New York Times. 6 November 1997. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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