G-Technology
| Founded | Late 1980s |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California, United States |
| Industry | External hard disk drive, backup and content management services |
G-Technology, is a brand owned by HGST (since 2011 a subsidiary of Western Digital), specialized in external storage products designed and marketed for the Macintosh, creative pro, photography and A/V markets. Its USB, FireWire, eSATA, SAS, SCSI Thunderbolt, and Fibre Channel systems support all levels of audio/video production.
G-Technology was founded by Roger Mabon in 2004 as a self-funded startup and was acquired by Fabrik Inc. in January 2008 for an undisclosed amount.
In 2004 Medea Corporation, a manufacturer of storage systems optimized for digital content creation, had just been sold to Avid Technology. Medea co-founder Roger Mabon purchased the rights to one of Medea’s products from Avid – a two-drive RAID 0 storage system for creative professionals – and opened up his own business just blocks from his house in Santa Monica.
The company sold products to a local community of audio/video creative professionals until the company made an agreement in 2006 with Apple that greatly increased placement of their products in Apple stores in the United States, and raised their revenue from $20,000 a month in 2004 to millions.
The company introduced the world’s first 500GB 2.5” portable storage drive at Macworld Expo in 2008.
On 2008-01-15, Fabrik Inc., an organization founded by Keyur Patel and Anaal Udaybabu along with Mike Cordano, announced the acquisition of G-Technology, Inc.
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