SearchStorage

06/16/10

When a storage vendor goes shopping, privately held DataDirect Networks Inc. (DDN) often comes up as an acquisition target. DataDirect Networks, which specializes in high-performance computing (HPC) storage systems, has been considered a possible acquisition for its OEM partners Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. and IBM, and has even been linked to rival EMC Corp. We recently talked to DataDirect Networks' CEO Alex Bouzari about the vendor's plans for its business and technology.