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DataDirect Technologies The company was originally founded in 1988 under the name MegaDrive Systems. MegaDrive merged with ImpactData, in 1998, to create DataDirect Networks, aka DDN. Alex Bourazi is the company’s CEO, Chairman and Co-founder.[ 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. In 2002, the company ended its relationship with its venture capital financiers. 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.
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. In 2011, DDN reported that it had exceeded the $200M annual revenue mark,and was reported to be the world's largest privately held storage company, based on 2009 revenues.
In 2013, the company built the storage system for Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.
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