Disc GmbH company overview
DISC GmbH of Germany is a well established library and optical storage solution manufacturer for well over ten years.
With more than 20,000 library installations world wide DISC is accepted as one of the leading and innovative suppliers of the archiving industry. Our unique and patented robotics with their unequaled access speeds are recognized to be amongst the most reliable and fastest found in the market. We ensure our “Quality Made in Germany” by having all manufacturing and customization centralized at our facilities in Bingen, Germany. As a result we are able to offer mature, well tested technology and our world wide customers enjoy the well recognized long term product reliability. Our product portfolio ranges from 700 Gigabyte to over 16 Terabyte. We support the standards CD and DVD as well as the latest BlueLaser technology.
With our NSM Fixed Content Server and the modular, field upgradeable NSM and DISC library range we offer our customers optimal, scalable solutions specific to their requirements. With offices in Europe, USA and a world wide network of value-add Distributors we ensure our presence at through competent partners in your part of the world. In addition we offer a world wide service program for our products and solutions.
Our electronics and robotics ensure sound long term investment protection, up-to-date technology, and maximum compliance with all currently existing world wide archiving requirements.
DISC GmbH, the drive independent library manufacturer, develops and manufactures optical mass storage systems with capacities over 30 TB in their headquarter in Bingen, Germany. Currently the library specialist is concentrating on DVD and Magneto Optical technologies. New technologies such as BlueLaser shall be implemented in the archive systems within 2004. The company, which emerged from NSM AG has been operating their worldwide business since 1993. From 2001 the provider of optical storage systems has been active in Germany under the name DISC. The products are distributed worlwide, main markets are Europe, Asia and USA. Up to now Disc has an installed base of over 20.000 units worldwide. In December 2003 the company separated from the American DISC Inc. under a Management-Buy-Out and is now DISC GmbH. The company headquarter in Bingen currently employs a workforce of 35.
Strategic Evolution
- 1990 NSM releases its first CD-ROM library, the CDR 100 SC
- 1993 NSM introduces first CDR-Recordable library with integrated recorder drive
- 1995 NSM introduces Mercury Series the first CD library designed specifically for data storage requirements
- 1999 NSM introduces NSM Series high capacity CD/DVD libraries
- 2000 DISCSTOR/naS, network attach storage product released
- 2001 DISC integrates 9.1 GB optical drives, boosting storage capacity up to 10 terabytes
- 2001 DISC announces support for 5.25 inch Ultra Density Optical format
- 2001 DISC merges with NSM Storage GmbH
- 2001 DISC Wins Best of Show Award at Internet World Chicago
- 2001 DISC announces CapacityDoubler for NSM Series to lower the total cost of ownership for storage
- 2002 DVD-R/DVD-ROM availability for NSM and Mercury Series libraries
- 2002 Tivoli supports Orion Series libraries
- 2002 DISC Wins Best of Show Award at Government Technology Conference
- 2002 DISC introduces NSM3000U, NSM4000U & NSM7000U next-generation modular storage libraries
- 2004 DISC announces NSM Fixed Content Server NAS
- 2006 DISC announces DISC Blu-ray Series and present it on the CeBIT show
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Horst Schellong - Managing Director, DISC GmbH
Horst Schellong joined NSM in 1995 as Research and Development Manager, and now serves as Chief Technology Officer for DISC. Prior to joining DISC, Mr. Schellong spent over 20 years at IBM where he held many different positions in R&D in the magnetic disk- drive division. Under his guidance, Mr. Schellong was responsible for incorporating key features into the well-established NSM product line. Mr. Schellong holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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