Type Corporation, TYO: 6836 Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Number of employees 49 (2007) | Subsidiaries Plat'Home USA Founded 23 March 1993 | |
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Industry Server
Storage
Computer-related products Key people Tomoyasu Suzuki, President Products Private brand servers, storage solutions, MicroServer (palm-sized Linux servers), appliance servers, PacketiX VPN (resale), KANSHI monitoring software, PShare computer switch Stock price 6836 (TYO) JP¥ 1,806 -2.00 (-0.11%)21 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer | ||
Plat'Home Co., Ltd. is an IT company located in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. Its main businesses are private brand servers, storage solutions, appliance servers, MicroServers (palm-sized Linux servers) and related products and software. It is also a leader in open source computing in Japan, and has been a reseller of FreeBSD and Linux distributions as well as developing its own Linux distribution SSD/Linux (specialized for use with the Plat'Home MicroServers).
The company started in 1993 as a reseller for computer hardware as well as Linux and FreeBSD distributions, and later BeOS. To broaden the scope beyond just bringing foreign technology to Japan, Plat'Home introduced the first server line under its own brand in 1996 and has since specialized in appliance servers and storage solutions. In 2000, Plat'Home delved into a new market by introducing the OpenBlockS, the first model of its palm-sized high-durability MicroServer line.
In the same year the company went public at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market.
In 2005 the Plat'Home head office moved into Akihabara Daibiru, the new beacon of the Tokyo Akihabara district. With the move, Plat'Home became a part of Akihabara Crossfield, an initiative for academic-industrial partnership. As the first fruit of the cooperation, Plat'Home has become "First Partner" for SoftEther, developer of the VPN software PacketiX VPN.
In 2007 Plat'Home opened its first foreign subsidiary in San Jose, USA, to market its MicroServer product line overseas.