The 40 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors: The 2021 Storage 100

April 13, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT

The 40 coolest software-defined storage vendors of the 2021 Storage 100 bring software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology.

DDN

Alex Bouzari

Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO

DDN, which until last year was known as DataDirect Networks, was a pioneer in object storage and has made several acquisitions in the enterprise storage market, including software-defined storage developer Nexenta, NVMe all-flash and hybrid flash storage developer IntelliFlash, and Tintri, which develops all-flash storage for virtualized environments.

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Joseph F. Kovar

Joseph F. Kovar is a senior editor and reporter for the storage and the non-tech-focused channel beats for CRN. He keeps readers abreast of the latest issues related to such areas as data life-cycle, business continuity and disaster recovery, and data centers, along with related services and software, while highlighting some of the key trends that impact the IT channel overall. He can be reached at jkovar@thechannelcompany.com.