NEC Corporation of America
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NEC Corporation of America
| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Electronics, information technology, telecommunications |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas, United States[1] |
| Area served | United States |
| Parent | NEC Corporation |
| Subsidiaries | 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]
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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
- performance analytics
- 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. http://www.necam.com/Locations/. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ a b "History". NEC Corporation of America. http://www.necam.com/about/History.cfm. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ NEC Corporation, The First 80 Years, 1984, ISBN 4-931172-01-6, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Nx5PAAAAMAAJ&q='NEC+Corporation,+The+First+80+Years&dq='NEC+Corporation,+The+First+80+Years&hl=en&ei=UMu9Tvr_H4y98gO38vmTBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ, retrieved 12 November 2011
- ^ a b "Honeywell to Sell Its Stake in Joint Venture to NEC". Los Angeles Times. 3 October 1989. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66562603.html?dids=66562603:66562603&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+03%2C+1989&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Honeywell+to+Sell+Its+Stake+in+Joint+Venture+to+NEC&pqatl=google. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "New Companies Bring Research To 'Video Valley'". The New York Times. 5 July 1992. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/05/nyregion/new-companies-bring-research-to-video-valley.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Japanese Labs in U.S. Luring America's Computer Experts". The New York Times. 11 November 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/11/us/japanese-labs-in-us-luring-america-s-computer-experts.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Overview". NEC Laboratories. http://www.nec-labs.com/about/index.php. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Ultrafast fibre optics set new speed record". New Scientist. 29 April 2011. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028095.500-ultrafast-fibre-optics-set-new-speed-record.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Subsidiaries". NEC Corporation of America. http://www.necam.com/about/Subsidiaries.cfm. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Products and services". NEC Corporation of America. http://www.necam.com/products/. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Finds Supercomputer Dumping by 2 Japan Makers". The New York Times. 1 April 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/01/business/us-finds-supercomputer-dumping-by-2-japan-makers.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Trade Sanctions Appealed by NEC". The New York Times. 6 November 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/06/business/us-trade-sanctions-appealed-by-nec.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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