The 50 Coolest Software-Defined Data Center Vendors Of 2021

June 07, 2021, 09:00 AM EDT

From Citrix and HPE to IP Infusion and Lightbits Labs, here are the 50 hottest IT companies leading the software-defined data center market in 2021.

DDN

Top Executive: Alex Bouzari, Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO

Headquarters: Chatsworth, Calif.

DDN dubs itself as the world’s largest private data storage company with a focus on multi-cloud data management and artificial intelligence. DDN and its enterprise data center division, Tintri, deliver data management software and hardware offerings along with a unified analytics frameworks to solve complex business challenges for data-intensive global organizations.

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