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Sytek

Logo: Original: Sytek Inc. Vector redesign: VectorVoyager, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Networking company based in Mountain View1

Sytek, Inc., known as Hughes LAN Systems, Inc. (HLS), after being acquired by Hughes Electronics and known as Whittaker Communications, Inc. (WCI), since April 24, 1995, created the NetBIOS API, used by Microsoft to make its early networks. Sytek was founded in Silicon Valley and last officed in their own building on Charleston Road in Mountain View. During this crucial period in LAN development, there were two factions within IBM competing over the basic LAN architecture.2 It ceased to exist in 1989.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded1
  • Industryelectronics1
  • HeadquartersMountain View1

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Sytek, Inc., known as Hughes LAN Systems, Inc. (HLS), after being acquired by Hughes Electronics and known as Whittaker Communications, Inc. (WCI), since April 24, 1995, created the NetBIOS API, used by Microsoft to make its early networks.2

Timeline

  1. Mar 2, 1989Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1979Founded Founded1

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