Fusion-io is a memory module company that helps make data centers run more efficiently. Fusion-io went public on the New York Stock Exchange today. Interestingly, the NYSE actually depends on Fusion-io’s technology for their own data center energy needs. Fusion-io raised $233 million through their IPO.

Fusion-io is a company that makes storage software for enterprise servers. The company plans to raise $150 million in an IPO of common stock. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is the chief scientist of Fusion-io. One of Fusion-io’s OEM partners include HP, IBM, and Dell. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse are underwriting the IPO. The filing did now specify how many shares Fusion-io was planning on selling or the expected price. Fusion-io intends on listing the common stock on the NYSE under the symbol “FIO.” [Reuters]

 
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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has joined the Advisory Board for Fusion-io.  Fusion-io is working on building faster I/O memory and storage.  Wozniak will be providing consulting based on market trends, R&D, and product road maps for the Utah-based hardware company. 

“Seldom have I seen technology advances that win in almost every way at the same time, in terms of speed, capacity, reliability, endurance, power usage and simplicity,“ stated Wozniak. “The products from Fusion-io are extremely useful to so many different applications, not to mention most of the world’s servers.“

Fusion-io creates hardware that can be directly attached into any server.  Fusion-io’s first product was called the ioDrive.

“Steve Wozniak played a significant role in the invention of the home computer and, in doing so, helped companies move from monolithic, proprietary mainframes to today’s more open and easy-to-manage client server architecture,” stated Fusion-io CEO, Don Basile. “We are honored that Steve has joined our company and we look forward to the influence his imagination and guidance will have on Fusion-io and our technology. Steve’s understanding and recognition of the game-changing nature of our technology is further proof of the transformative power Fusion-io is bringing to the enterprise marketplace.“