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https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/ddn-a3i-solutions-receive-2020-ai-breakthrough-award-for-hardware/   August 27, 2020 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 27, 2020 —  DDN , provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Management software and hardware solutions enabling Intelligent Infrastructure, announced that it has been selected as the winner of the AI Breakthrough “Innovation Award for AI Hardware.” DDN’s  A 3 I (Accelerated, Any-Scale AI) solutions  were recognized for their innovative approach to data-intensive AI storage. By emphasizing integration into GPU-computing environments commonly used for AI and deep learning applications and simplifying management of growing data sets, DDN has delivered distinctive benefits to complement their long-standing performance leadership. The mission of the AI Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of AI and machine learning related categories, including AI pla...

https://solutionsreview.com/data-storage/ddn-accelerates-data-storage-with-nvidia-supercomputer/ NEWS PROVIDED BY DataDirect Networks (DDN)  Jul 01, 2020, 09:00 ET 7PB of DDN AI400X All-Flash Storage Supports NVIDIA's Selene in Becoming the Largest Industrial Supercomputer in the United States SANTA CLARA, Calif. ,  July 1, 2020  /PRNewswire/ -- DDN®, premier provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Management software and hardware solutions enabling Intelligent Infrastructure, today announced that its data infrastructure is used in the NVIDIA supercomputer that achieved the  7 th  position in the most recently announced TOP500 supercomputing list   revealed last week during  ISC High Performance 2020 Digital conference .  DDN AI400X TM all-flash systems complement the fast deployment and high-performance capabilities of the NVIDIA DGX A100 cluster, dubbed Selene.  "Over the last few years, we have worked to optimize our so...

https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/16/ddn-rebrands-targeting-hpc-and-enterprise/ June 16, 2020 Long-time HPC storage technology leader DDN unveiled a new strategy today replete with a new logo, refreshed website, and two distinct business units, DDN, serving its traditional HPC plus AI base, and Tintri, serving traditional enterprise and virtualized/cloud environments. The rebranding has been two years in the making during which DDN made key acquisitions and set out to expand its market footprint. “Over the last two decades,  DDN  has developed a strong reputation and a significant global footprint in the areas of AI, big data, multicloud, and high-performance computing. Our customers’ sustained trust in us and our products has made us the largest privately held storage company,” said Alex Bouzari, CEO and co-founder, DDN, in the official announcement. “With our recent acquisitions and continued investment in innovation, we have the technology and expertise to optimize bu...

https://www.hpcwire.com/2019/06/17/at-isc-ddn-launches-exa5-for-ai-big-data-hpc-workloads/ June 17, 2019 DDN, for two decades competing at the headwaters of high performance storage, this morning announced an enterprise-oriented end-to-end high performance storage and data management for AI, big data and HPC acceleration. In so doing, the company said it’s bringing to the burgeoning enterprise market for AI some of the transferable capabilities – with an emphasis on small file speed-ups required in AI workloads –that the company has developed for HPC. Launched here at the  ISC High Performance Conference  in Frankfurt, EXA5 is the newest version of DDN’s EXAscaler Storage, designed to make the EXAscaler infrastructure easier to consume by offering what the company said are deeper integrations into AI and HPC ecosystems through simpler implementation and scaling models, visibility into workflows and global data management features. DDN said EXA5 allows for scaling ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. ,  Nov. 22, 2019  — DDN, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multicloud data management, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the IntelliFlash business from Western Digital Corp. The acquisition of IntelliFlash expands DDN’s portfolio of intelligent infrastructure offerings for the enterprise with best-in-class NVMe flash solutions and highly versatile hybrid storage arrays, backed by an industry leading AI-enabled, predictive analytics platform. With IntelliFlash, DDN extends its market leadership in end-to-end data management solutions and enables enterprises to solve their most demanding data center requirements across AI, analytics, IoT, multicloud, and virtualized environments. “IntelliFlash adds the most powerful and versatile NVMe, hybrid flash and predictive analytics platform in the industry to DDN’s market leading enterprise storage offering for virtualized environments, IoT and data at scale re...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 25, 2018 — DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced its acquisition of Intel’s Lustre File System business and related assets for undisclosed terms. This important acquisition reinforces DDN’s presence as the global market leader for data at scale, while providing Lustre customers with enhanced field support and a well-funded technology roadmap. The acquisition also enables DDN to expand Lustre’s leading position from high performance computing (HPC) and Exascale into high growth markets such as analytics, AI and hybrid cloud. DDN has spent the past decade developing and bringing to market some of the most advanced technologies for data processing at scale targeted at on premise or hybrid cloud environments, including DDN’s SFA OS Big Data embedded software, its distributed cloud and object technology, and more recently its IME software suite for flash, NVMe and GPU acceleration. The acquisition of Intel’s Lustre file system capability is a ...

Discover the developments that are advancing Lustre into the next decade! At the 2018 Lustre User Group (LUG) , DDN will share how we are substantially increasing our commitment to Lustre* and how this greatly benefits the HPC community: $20+ million investment in Lustre* file system-related engineering and support activities. Development work focused on performance, RAS, data lifecycle management and security . Innovative Lustre-based work for Analytics, AI, Deep Learning and Machine Learning applications . Exciting new products in all-flash, midrange cost-optimized platforms, high-end flagship high performance solutions, and file systems. Paul Bloch, Robert Triendl, and key Lustre developers will be available to solicit your feedback, share DDN Lustre community contributions, and explore the full r...