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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Procom Technology, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Public</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Computer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1987</span>)</span> in <a href="Irvine%2C_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Alex Razm'joo</li><li>Nick Shahrestany</li><li>Frank Alaghband</li><li>Alex Aydin</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">December 2006<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend">2006-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Intellectual property acquired by <a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> in 2005; merged with CNDL Acquisition Corporation in 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Data storage</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">275 (2000)<sup id="cite_ref-skyrocket_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyrocket-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970212141548/http://procom.com">procom.com</a> (archived)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Procom Technology, Inc.</b>, was an American computer storage products manufacturer based in <a href="Orange_County%2C_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County, California</a>, and active from 1987 to 2005. The company initially produced a wide range of standalone magnetic and optical data storage products for the <a href="IBM_Personal_Computer" title="IBM Personal Computer">IBM PC</a> and <a href="IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">compatibles</a> and the <a href="Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> before honing in on platform-agnostic <a href="Network-attached_storage" title="Network-attached storage">network-attached storage</a> (NAS) products. Toward the end of their existence, they were most well known for their <b>CD Tower</b> series of <a href="Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a>-based NAS devices. The company's intellectual property was acquired by <a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> in 2005 for $50 million.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation_(1987–1992)">Foundation (1987–1992)</h3></div>

<p>Procom Technology was founded by Alex Razm'joo, Nick Shahrestany, Frank Alaghband, and Alex Aydin, in <a href="Irvine%2C_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine, California</a>, in 1987. All four founders were Iranian-born immigrants who had worked various computer industry jobs while studying at the <a href="University_of_California%2C_Irvine" title="University of California, Irvine">University of California, Irvine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fabfour_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fabfour-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Razm'joo and Shahrestany previously worked for <a href="CMS_Enhancements" title="CMS Enhancements">CMS Enhancements</a>, another data storage product firm based in Irvine.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1992_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1992-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four founded Procom with $40,000 in start-up capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In August 1987, they released their first product, an external 5.25-inch floppy disk drive intended for use with <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s new <a href="IBM_PS/2" title="IBM PS/2">PS/2</a> line of personal computers, which replaced the <a href="IBM_Personal_Computer" title="IBM Personal Computer">IBM PC</a>'s 5.25-inch floppy disk format of choice with the new 3.5-inch floppy disk format, invented by <a href="Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> in 1982. The product was fairly successful, and by 1988 the company posted $2.5 million in annual revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In the late 1980s, the company released a family of external hard drives that combined with software for the <a href="Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> and IBM PC and <a href="IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">compatibles</a> allowed data to be stored and transferred between them. The company's revenue reached $12 million in 1989 and $18 million in 1990. In 1991, the company employed 125 from their office in Irvine and posted sales of $28 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1992, the company moved its headquarters within Irvine to a larger 62,000-square-foot warehouse and shortly thereafter announced their intentions to <a href="Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">go public</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company backed out of their <a href="Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> that year, however.<sup id="cite_ref-fabfour_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fabfour-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Success_(1992–2000)">Success (1992–2000)</h3></div>

<p>Procom enjoyed a reputation for its breadth of data storage products in the early 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the majority comprising hard-drive based <a href="Network-attached_storage" title="Network-attached storage">network-attached storage</a> (NAS) devices.<sup id="cite_ref-Takahashi1991_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Takahashi1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, the company debuted the CD Tower line of <a href="Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a>-based NASes, intended for corporate clients whose networks frequently accessed and copied large amounts of data and software from CD.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coleman_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coleman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All drives in CD Tower units were <a href="SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a>-based; the initial lineup comprised a 7-drive unit, a 21-drive unit, and a 49-drive unit.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1995 or early 1996, Procom introduced the CD Tower Rax, a 56-drive unit with all hot-swappable components (barring the two redundant power supplies). The latter cost $69,000 in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>By late 1996, Procom had expanded internationally, with offices in France, Germany, and Canada, and employed 200 people in total. In 1997, five years after their first IPO went nowhere, the company filed to go public again on the <a href="Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a>. The IPO was a success, the company netting $18 million from the sale of 2 million shares. The four co-founders each sold the majority of their stake in the company while its ticker was worth $9 per share in 1997, the proceeds from this making each a millionaire.<sup id="cite_ref-fabfour_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fabfour-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In the couple of years that followed the company experienced a precipitous decline in revenue owing to decreasing corporate interest in CD-based NASes in favor of developments in traditional, re-writable <a href="Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">hard drive</a>–based NASes, whose disk densities and cost-per-megabyte were quickly rivaling that of the CD-ROM. The company's stock price rebounded somewhat by the turn of the millennium,<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coleman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2000 the company's stock was heavily affected by the <a href="Dot-com_boom" class="mw-redirect" title="Dot-com boom">dot-com boom</a>, reaching an all-time high of $89.75 per share in March 2000 before dropping rapidly and bouncing again to $74 per share in June 2000 before stabilizing at $57. This was preceded by a six-quarter period of losses totaling $11 million and a 39-percent reduction in sales.<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coleman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-skyrocket_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyrocket-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_and_sale_to_Sun_Microsystems_(2000–2006)">Decline and sale to Sun Microsystems (2000–2006)</h3></div>

<p>In 2002, Shahrestany, Alaghband, and Aydin resigned as officers of Procom, leaving Razm'joo as the sole remaining founder still managing the company; Shahrestany and Alaghband both remained on the board of directors, however.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2005, <a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> agree to acquired Procom's intellectual property for $50 million.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining husk of the company was acquired by CNDL Acquisition Corporation, a private company founded by Razmjoo, in December 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<li><a href="SPARCstation" title="SPARCstation">SPARCstation</a>–server–center

<li><a href="SPARCclassic" title="SPARCclassic">classic</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Netra" title="Sun Netra">Netra</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Ultra" title="Sun Ultra">Ultra</a>

<li><a href="Sun_Enterprise" title="Sun Enterprise">Enterprise</a>

<li><a href="Sun_Blade" title="Sun Blade">Blade server</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Blade_(workstation)" title="Sun Blade (workstation)">Blade workstation</a></li>

<li><a href="SPARC_Enterprise" title="SPARC Enterprise">SPARC Enterprise</a></li>

<li><a href="JavaStation" title="JavaStation">JavaStation</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Java_Workstation" title="Sun Java Workstation">Java Workstation</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobalt_Qube" title="Cobalt Qube">Cobalt Qube</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobalt_RaQ" title="Cobalt RaQ">Cobalt RaQ</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="SPARC" title="SPARC">SPARC</a></li>

<li><a href="MicroSPARC" title="MicroSPARC">microSPARC</a></li>

<li><a href="SuperSPARC" title="SuperSPARC">SuperSPARC</a></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC" title="UltraSPARC">UltraSPARC</a></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC_II" title="UltraSPARC II">UltraSPARC II</a>

<ul><li>UltraSPARC IIe</li>

<li>UltraSPARC IIi</li>

<li>Gemini</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC_III" title="UltraSPARC III">UltraSPARC III</a>

<ul><li>UltraSPARC III Cu</li>

<li>UltraSPARC IIIi</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC_IV" title="UltraSPARC IV">UltraSPARC IV</a></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC_T1" title="UltraSPARC T1">UltraSPARC T1</a></li>

<li><a href="UltraSPARC_T2" title="UltraSPARC T2">UltraSPARC T2</a></li>

<li><a href="SPARC_T3" title="SPARC T3">SPARC T3</a></li>

<li><a href="SPARC_T4" title="SPARC T4">SPARC T4</a></li>

<li><a href="SPARC_T5" title="SPARC T5">SPARC T5</a></li>

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<li><a href="Fireplane" title="Fireplane">Fireplane</a></li>

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<li><a href="Sun_Neptune" title="Sun Neptune">Neptune</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Service_Processor" title="System Service Processor">System Service Processor</a></li>

<li><a href="SPARC_T_series" title="SPARC T series">SPARC T series</a></li>

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<li><a href="SunOS" title="SunOS">SunOS</a></li>

<li><a href="Oracle_Solaris" title="Oracle Solaris">Solaris</a></li>

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<li><a href="OpenWindows" title="OpenWindows">OpenWindows</a></li>

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<li><a href="StarOffice" title="StarOffice">StarOffice</a></li>

<li><a href="IPlanet" title="IPlanet">iPlanet</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Java_System" title="Sun Java System">Java System</a></li>

<li><a href="Oracle_Secure_Global_Desktop" title="Oracle Secure Global Desktop">Sun Secure Global Desktop</a></li>

<li><a href="MySQL" title="MySQL">MySQL</a></li>

<li><a href="GlassFish" title="GlassFish">GlassFish</a></li>

<li><a href="VirtualBox" title="VirtualBox">VirtualBox</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Sun_StorageTek_5800_System" title="Sun StorageTek 5800 System">StorageTek 5800 System</a></li>

<li><a href="StorageTek_SL8500" title="StorageTek SL8500">StorageTek SL8500</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Open_Storage" title="Sun Open Storage">Open Storage</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Sun_Cloud" title="Sun Cloud">Cloud</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Constellation_System" title="Sun Constellation System">Constellation System</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Visualization_System" title="Sun Visualization System">Visualization System</a></li>

<li><a href="Oracle_Grid_Engine" title="Oracle Grid Engine">Grid Engine</a></li>

<li><a href="Lustre_(file_system)" title="Lustre (file system)">Lustre</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Oracle_Labs" title="Oracle Labs">Sun Microsystems Laboratories</a></li>

<li><a href="PicoJava" title="PicoJava">picoJava</a></li>

<li><a href="Fortress_(programming_language)" title="Fortress (programming language)">Fortress</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Looking_Glass" title="Project Looking Glass">Project Looking Glass</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="BlueJ" title="BlueJ">BlueJ</a></li>

<li><a href="Curriki" title="Curriki">Global Education & Learning Community</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Afara_Websystems" title="Afara Websystems">Afara Websystems</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobalt_Networks" title="Cobalt Networks">Cobalt Networks</a></li>

<li><a href="Gridware" class="mw-redirect" title="Gridware">Gridware</a></li>

<li><a href="Lighthouse_Design" title="Lighthouse Design">Lighthouse Design</a></li>

<li><a href="Montalvo_Systems" title="Montalvo Systems">Montalvo Systems</a></li>

<li><a href="MySQL_AB" title="MySQL AB">MySQL AB</a></li>

<li><a href="SavaJe" title="SavaJe">SavaJe</a></li>

<li><a href="StorageTek" title="StorageTek">StorageTek</a></li>

<li><a href="Tarantella%2C_Inc." title="Tarantella, Inc.">Tarantella</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="The_Network_is_the_Computer" title="The Network is the Computer">The Network is the Computer</a></li>

<li><a href="Write_once%2C_run_anywhere" title="Write once, run anywhere">Write once, run anywhere</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Common_Development_and_Distribution_License" title="Common Development and Distribution License">Common Development and Distribution License</a></li>

<li><a href="Java_Community_Process" title="Java Community Process">Java Community Process</a></li>

<li><a href="NetBeans" title="NetBeans">NetBeans</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenOffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenSolaris" title="OpenSolaris">OpenSolaris</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenSPARC" title="OpenSPARC">OpenSPARC</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenJDK" title="OpenJDK">OpenJDK</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_Source_University_Meetup" title="Open Source University Meetup">Open Source University Meetup</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Sun_Microsystems_employees" title="List of Sun Microsystems employees">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Andy_Bechtolsheim" title="Andy Bechtolsheim">Andy Bechtolsheim</a></li>

<li><a href="Scott_McNealy" title="Scott McNealy">Scott McNealy</a></li>

<li><a href="Vinod_Khosla" title="Vinod Khosla">Vinod Khosla</a></li></ul>

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