About Us
MASSIVELY SCALABLE BIG DATA STORAGE, made simple.
DDN | Who we are
DataDirect Networks (DDN) is the world’s largest, privately-held, data storage infrastructure provider. With a unique and exacting focus on the requirements of today’s massive unstructured data generators, DDN has innovated a comprehensive product portfolio for Big Data applications which are optimized for the world’s most data-intensive environments, including: High Performance Computing, Life Science Research, Web & Cloud Content, Professional Media, Homeland Security, Intelligence and more.
In many ways, DDN has been mastering Big Data challenges before the term ‘Big Data’ was even invented. By supporting the requirements of the world’s largest file storage systems and demanding applications for over 10 years, DDN has developed both domain expertise and an unfair advantage in today’s new data explosion.
In partnership with a worldwide network of resellers and integrators, DDN is ideally positioned to capitalize on its first mover advantage in the Big Data age. As Big Data continues to become more prevalent and democratized across all industries, by businesses looking to capture, analyze and derive insights from new data generators, DDN will continue to enable organizations to maximize the value of information everywhere.
DDN | What we do
We provide storage array, file system and object storage appliances for the cloud to the world’s most data-intensive environments. These scalable and highly efficient storage solutions enable our customers to accelerate time to results, scale simply as data sets continue to grow and gain competitive advantage through resolving performance and capacity scaling challenges. By optimizing each element of the I/O environment for performance, capacity and data center efficiency – DDN solutions deliver the highest levels of ROI as businesses achieve more with purpose-built tools for data-intensive applications.
DDN | Why we win
Innovative Big Data Storage Platforms:
- State-machine technology for leading performance efficiency
- In-storage processing to host data-intensive applications
- Tightly coupled file system appliances to scale-right with big data
- Hyperscale NoFS™ cloud storage for content-intensive apps
Global, Customer & Application Focused Go-To-Market Model:
- Worldwide Tier-1 integrators & application-specific VARs
- End-user outreach to apply domain expertise & guide roadmap
Decade Long Vertical Market Focus:
- Rapidly deploying and simplifying sophisticated architectures
- Customer-first focus to ensure market repeatability
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Alex Bouzari
CEO & Co-Founder -
Erwan Menard
Chief Operating Officer -
Jean-Luc Chatelain
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Technology -
Chris O’Meara
Chief Financial Officer -
Paul Whitney
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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140,000 CPUs; 300+GB/s World’s Fastest File
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23,000,000 Online Users Served Xbox Live Community -
350,000,000 File Transfers/Year Petabytes of Cloud Storage
- Established 1998
- Headquarters: Chatsworth, California USA
- Customers: Over 1,000 in 17 Industries
- Worldwide Presence: 4 Continents, 15 Countries
- High Performance Computing & Life Science
- Cloud & Web Content
- Rich Media
- Intelligence/Federal
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Wednesday May 09, 2012
Silicon Valley-Based University ITU to Sponsor the 2012 Symposium of Ideas -
Thursday May 03, 2012
페이스북서버 1년, 생각보다 충격 적었다(in Korean) -
Wednesday May 02, 2012
Open Compute one year later. Bigger, badder and less disruptive than we thought.
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Thursday May 17, 2012
DDN Announces WOS Object Storage Support for Open Compute Project (OCP) Hardware to... -
Monday April 23, 2012
DataDirect Networks (DDN) Selected to Support NCSA’s Blue Waters Supercomputer -
Wednesday April 18, 2012
Alex Bouzari, CEO and Co-Founder of DataDirect Networks (DDN), to Discuss High Growth and...


















