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DataDirect Networks, Inc, was formed in 1998 from the merger of two earlier companies, MegaDrive and ImpactData. Alex Bouzari is the company's CEO, chairman and co-founder.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-01-17|title=Exclusive Interview of Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks|url=https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2011/01/17/interview-alex-bouzari-datadirect-networks/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=StorageNewsletter|language=en-US}}</ref> Paul Bloch is president and co-founder.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Bloch - President & Co-founder at DDN Storage|url=https://theorg.com/org/ddn-storage/org-chart/paul-bloch|access-date=2021-03-04|website=THE ORG|language=en}}</ref>
DDN concentrated on building high speed disk storage systems for customers like NASA, eventually delivering storage to five of their systems - [[Columbia (supercomputer)|Columbia]], Schirra, RTJones, Hyperwall-2 and [[Pleiades (supercomputer)|Pleiades]] by 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA Selects DataDirect Networks' Proven S2A9900 Storage Solution for Pleiades Supercomputer|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26983|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.spaceref.com| date=20 November 2008 }}</ref> With the explosion of “[[Big data|Big Data]],” Alex Bouzari and Paul Bloch realised that a wider "transformative" event was happening in IT, and that HPC-class storage would be needed for high-end analytics and data processing, with lightning-fast IO, and the ability to scale to much higher capacities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mellor|first=Chris|title=Alex Bouzari on his big data storage firm: First, we got rid of the VCs|url=https://www.theregister.com/2014/06/30/a_ddn_chat/|access-date=2021-03-16|website=www.theregister.com|language=en}}</ref> Rather than follow a larger market served by mainstream system and storage vendors, Bouzari and Bloch decided to focus exclusively on fast access and high-capacity storage, particularly for unstructured data.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DataDirect Networks: CEO Interview {{!}} Network Computing|url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/datadirect-networks-ceo-interview/page/0/3?piddl_msgorder=|access-date=2021-03-16|website=www.networkcomputing.com|language=en}}</ref>
DDN completed a $9.9 million round of [[venture capital]] financing in October 2001 with ClearLight Partners LLC and Digital Coast Ventures.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DATADIRECT+NETWORKS+CLOSES+SERIES+A+FUNDING+ROUND+OF+US+Dollars+9.9...-a078779943 |title= DataDirect Networks Closes Series A Funding Round Of US Dollars 9.9 Million |date= October 1, 2001 |work= Press release |publisher= DataDirect Networks |accessdate= October 12, 2016 }}</ref> In 2002, the company ended its relationship with its venture capital financiers.<ref>{{Cite web |title= How To Defend Your Dream Against All Odds: Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks |work= One Million by One Million Blog |date= October 16, 2011 |url =http://www.sramanamitra.com/2011/10/16/how-to-defend-your-dream-against-all-odds-alex-bouzari-ceo-of-datadirect-networks-part-4/ |accessdate= October 12, 2016 }}</ref>
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