NEC Corporation of America
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Industry | Electronics, information technology, telecommunications |
Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | Irving, Texas, United States[1] |
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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]
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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
- 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
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