{"id":196,"date":"2013-09-06T21:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T21:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pccardsdirect.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2013-11-21T04:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T04:13:53","slug":"global-ssd-storagememory-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pccardsdirect.com\/blog\/global-ssd-storagememory-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Global SSD Storage Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global SSD Storage Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n

With over 18 year experience www.PCcardsDirect.com…<\/a> has offered companies \u00a0a complete offering of SSD storage solutions. \u00a0Specializing in commercial off-the-shelf solutions (COTS).<\/p>\n

Beginning in the mid 1990’s as a Sandisk reseller and working with industrial firms to solve their memory storage needs, a relationship quickly developed as solution providers, \u00a0engineers and repair technicians were looking to solve the growing need of limited SSD storage.<\/p>\n

As Sandisk introduced the PCMCIA<\/strong> card more industries began to integrate this form factor into their designs. \u00a0As the PCMCIA card began to find itself in aircraft, tanks and helicopters<\/strong>, mechanics struggled to keep up with the replacement of these storage cards. \u00a0When Sandisk discontinued production of PCMCIA cards users looked to other manufacturers to fulfill their requirements. \u00a0Companies such as SiliconSystems<\/strong> with their unique licensing agreement with Sandisk<\/strong> offered industrial PCMCIA cards in a variety of configurations.<\/p>\n

SiliconSystems offered features such as SiDestroy and SiEarse. \u00a0These features would physically destroy the onboard controller and erase all data with no recovery, respectively.<\/p>\n

After a few years SiliconSystems was acquired by Western Digital and the PCMCIA cards were discontinued after the acquisition.<\/p>\n

It was getting very difficult for maintenance personnel to support their aircraft without these PCMCIA cards.<\/p>\n

It is important to mention that with the advent of new technology and new higher capacities small capacity cards such as:<\/p>\n