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DataDirect Networks
Founded in 1998, DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a provider of massively scalable storage systems for unstructured data and big data environments. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, has about 650 employees,〔(Donato-Weinstein, N.: “DataDirect plugs into Santa Clara,” ) Silicon Valley Business Journal, April 22, 2013]〕 and has been reported to be the world’s largest privately held information storage company.〔(Raffo, D.: “DataDirect Networks discusses new system, IBM relationship,” ) Storage Soup , Sept 20, 2011]〕
DDN provides storage for data intensive applications, such as, cloud storage services, supercomputing, life sciences and genomics, seismic processing, financial service trade and risk analysis, film production, live television broadcast, manufacturing, and video surveillance. The company’s competition includes EMC, NetApp, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and others.〔(Mellor, C.: “Private billion buck HPC player? You're going to have to go public - and SOON,” ) The Register, March 15, 2013]〕
==History==
The company was originally founded in 1988 under the name MegaDrive Systems. MegaDrive merged with ImpactData, in 1998, to create DataDirect Networks, aka DDN.〔(Mellor, C.: “Private billion buck HPC player? You're going to have to go public - and SOON,” ) The Register, March 15, 2013]〕 Alex Bouzari is the company’s CEO, Chairman and Co-founder.〔(“Exclusive Interview of Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks,” ) StorageNewsletter, Jan 17, 2011]〕 Paul Bloch is President and Co-founder.
Company highlights over the years include: In 2001, DDN completed a US$9.9 million Series A round with ClearLight Partners LLC.〔(“DataDirect Networks Closes Series A Funding Round Of US Dollars 9.9 Million,” ) The Free Library, Oct 1, 2001]〕 In 2002, the company ended its relationship with its venture capital financiers.〔(“How To Defend Your Dream Against All Odds: Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks (Part 4),” ) One Million by One Million Blog, Oct 16, 2011]〕 In 2005, DDN created DataDirect Networks Federal, LLC - formalizing a team which holds the necessary clearances to support the company’s focus on the U.S. government and intelligence community.〔(“DataDirect Networks Creates DataDirect Networks Federal, LLC. to Manage Its Significant Expansion in Government Markets ,” ) PR Newswire, June 6, 2005]〕 In 2008, DDN reported that it had exceeded $100M in annual revenue and claimed to provide storage systems for 48 of the top 100 global supercomputers – with customers including Argonne National Laboratory and the NASA Ames Research Center.〔(“Company Profile, DataDirect Networoks,” ) Taneja Group Technology Analysts, Sept 2008]〕 In 2011, DDN reported that it had exceeded the $200M annual revenue mark,〔(Baltazar, H.: “DataDirect accelerates sales past $200m plateau, eyes analytics,” ) 451 Research, July 28, 2011]〕 and was reported to be the world's largest privately held storage company, based on 2009 revenues.〔(Raffo, D.: “DataDirect Networks called No. 1 among private storage vendors,” ) Storage Soup , Jan 12, 2011]〕 In 2013, the company built the storage system for Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.〔(Plafke, J.: “Titan supercomputer will have world’s fastest storage at 1.4TB/s,” ) ExtremeTech, April 16, 2013]〕
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