Information System Management: M-System

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M-System is an Israeli based company founded in 1989 and has for core business in the production of Innovative Data Storage products based on Flash memory for embedded systems, mobile computers, ruggedized applications and Telecommunications. Since 1989, M-systems is the leader and the innovator of the flashed based data storage products. A pioneer in the flashed based data storage, M-Systems has developed its markets from embedded flash drives to the creation of USB drives designed for leading global brands. The success in this market is due to factors such as its constant and powerful innovation strategy, its quality program, and its patents portfolio.

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[...] Innovation strategy Since its creation, M-System based its strategy around innovation and advance in technology. M-Systems is now recognized as a flash system expert thanks to its innovative and quality products. Lots of important corporations trust their expertise in this domain including Toshiba, AMD, Saifun Key dates: First to innovate around flash memory based products: In 1989, the company was founded thanks to their invention of the flash disk In 1995, M-Systems was the first to introduce the embedded flash drive concept In 1997, they were the first to introduce the first NAND flash drive In 1998, Microsoft selects their patented flash file system TrueFFS In 1999, they also were the first to create and launch a single-chip, bootable NAND de vice In 2000, they first launched the first USB drive In 2001, M-systems started to ship their NAND flash solution for mobile handset companies. [...]

[...] Eli Harari, Chairman and CEO of SanDisk states that: “This strategic acquisition will give us the critical mass and complementary products, customers, channels, technology and manufacturing base to take our shared vision to the next level”. What was had a real importance for SanDisk on that acquisition is Msystems' core technologies which will be achieving new levels of storage (doubling capacity) while it's also permits to optimize its reliability and performance. The major aim of this strategically acquisition was to enhance innovation and technology by acquiring patents while continuing to improve the cost saving production strategy in order to gain new market and market shares. [...]

[...] On this date SanDisk and M-systems entered into definitive agreement for SanDisk to acquire M-Systems in an all-stock transaction. The agreement has been made as fallowed: Each share of SanDisk will be converted into 0.76368 of M-systems share. The all-stock transaction made by SanDisk valued at approximately $ 1.5 billion. SanDisk, could be described as: The world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products II Flash Memory Markets & M-Systems products Flash Memory storage is since 5 years in a global uptrend in the high tech market. [...]

[...] Smart phones let the user the possibilities to send and receive emails, read and save their attachments but also save their picture library. The use of mobile phone had considerably changed nowadays and all this multimedia functions need a considerable amount of memory and especially flash memory. This is why M-systems was one of the first to develop a large range of memory, which answers to this market needs. The company offers two main type of memory: SanDisk mDOC H3 mDOC H3, available from 128 MB up to 4Gb is a bootable memory that permits to mobile manufacturers to install their system such as windows mobile or Symbian into this memory card. [...]

[...] SanDisk mCard mCard are their external data storage card which are compatible which the actual products using external ports in order to upgrade memory (Digital cameras, MP3 players, phones ) The mCard exists in different formats: mCard Secure Digital mCard mini SD, mCard micro SD, mCard Reduced size MMC, mCard MMC Mobile and mCard CF and can save up to 8Gb. Mobile network operators Linked to the recent introduction of new communication standards as 3G and EDGE, Data transfer had been incredibly increased as compared to what we knew with the GSM. These news standards of communication for mobile had permits users to receive more data faster. It had also been a solution for network operators to propose some exclusive content. Video broadcast, Downloading Mp3 ring tones, Wallpapers and much more. [...]