Century Data Systems

Century Data Systems, Inc.
Type	Private (1968–1973, 1986 onward); Subsidiary (1973–1986);
Industry	Computer
Founded	1968 in Anaheim, California, United States
Founder	George Canova
Parent	CalComp (1973–1979); Xerox (1979–1986);

Century Data Systems, Inc. (CDS), was an American computer data storage company active from 1968 to the late 1980s and based in Anaheim, California. The company was once a major supplier of large, high-performance, high-capacity hard disk drive subsystems to the enterprise and system integrator markets. The company's Trident line of pack-based disk drives were widely used by government, military, telecommunications, and other institutions which required high throughput. CDS was founded under the auspices of California Computer Products (CalComp), who later acquired CDS outright in 1973. In 1979, CalComp sold CDS to Xerox, who kept the company around as a subsidiary until 1986, when it was spun off into an independent company.