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Business Wire
18-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AI and HPC Workloads Demand Highest Performance Data – DDN is the Undisputed Leader on IO500
CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DDN ®, the world's leader in AI and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has secured the #1 position against its competitors on the IO500 benchmark —the industry's gold standard for real-world storage performance in AI and HPC. "Being ranked #1 on the IO500 benchmark is more than a technical achievement — it's proof that our customers can count on DDN to deliver the speed, scale, and reliability needed to turn data into competitive advantage," said Bouzari. If You Rely on GPUs, AI Workloads, or HPC Simulations, You Need the Best Technology to Achieve the Best Outcome. Whether your mission is curing diseases, protecting financial markets, or transforming entire industries with generative AI, your outcomes hinge entirely on Data Center and Cloud infrastructure performance. The latest IO500 benchmark confirms what top innovators already know: DDN isn't just leading the pack—we've left it behind entirely. IO500 Proves It: DDN Leads and Delivers 3x to 11x More Value Than Other Data Platform Technologies IO500 isn't just another benchmark—it's the gold standard for assessing real-world storage performance in AI and HPC environments. It plays a critical role in helping organizations determine which technologies to deploy and which vendors to trust. Unlike synthetic benchmarks that simulate hypothetical conditions, IO500 tests systems under real-world pressures—mixed workloads, complex I/O patterns, metadata-intensive operations, and concurrent tasks—exactly the kinds of challenges AI and HPC infrastructures face every day. The result? Clear, credible insights into how your infrastructure will perform when performance matters most. 'AI is transforming every industry, and the organizations leading that transformation are the ones that understand infrastructure performance is not optional — it's mission-critical,' said Alex Bouzari, Co-Founder and CEO of DDN. 'Being ranked #1 on the IO500 benchmark is more than a technical achievement — it's proof that our customers can count on DDN to deliver the speed, scale, and reliability needed to turn data into competitive advantage. DDN is not just ahead. We have left the competition behind.' In the critical 10-node production category —where real-world AI workloads operate under intense pressure and where the majority of customer use cases live—DDN isn't just ahead of the competition; it's setting a new industry standard. This leadership translates directly into tangible value for organizations: accelerating innovation, enabling the creation of superior products and services, and expanding the boundaries of what's possible with AI and HPC. [Add in final chart/scorecard] The information means that with DDN, your data center, GPU, CPU, AI, HPC infrastructure will deliver up to 11x more AI training sessions, simulations, and analytics runs per day compared to Weka or VAST. Simply put, you get a lot more done faster, save millions of dollars, while significantly accelerating your business outcomes. Why This Matters for Your AI and HPC Workloads AI and HPC cannot tolerate slowdowns—every minute of wasted compute time drains both budget and innovation momentum. Topping the IO500 rankings proves DDN delivers exceptional end-to-end performance that translates into real business benefits: Finance: A global hedge fund accelerated algorithm development 3x, reducing backtest time and cutting infrastructure costs significantly. Genomics: Researchers at TGen reduced genomics pipeline analysis from 12 hours to under 2, enabling faster, more cost-effective medical breakthroughs. Supercomputing: Leaders like CINECA, Helmholtz Munich, and Bitdeer AI maximize GPU efficiency and throughput with DDN, achieving higher utilization and lower TCO. Built for AI and HPC—From the Ground Up DDN delivers unmatched real-world performance thanks to its purpose-built architecture: Blistering Bandwidth at Scale: Multi-terabyte throughput proven in systems like NVIDIA's Selene and CINECA. Unmatched Metadata Performance: Handles billions of files, small I/O, and concurrency without compromise. Native Parallelism for AI: True parallel file access with no shim layers or rewrites. Pipeline-Aware Caching: Eliminates latency and idle GPU cycles. Enterprise Resilience: Trusted by NVIDIA, HPE, Dell, Lenovo, and national defense agencies worldwide. Why Competitors Can't Keep Up Weka requires manual tuning and fails under real-world concurrency. VAST underperforms on write-heavy and metadata-intensive workloads. Hammerspace lacks relevant deployments and trials in IO500 benchmarks. Your AI is Only as Good as Your Infrastructure In AI and HPC, every second of compute time matters. Bottlenecks don't just slow you down—they delay discovery, reduce ROI, and waste GPU resources. DDN's #1 result in the IO500 is not just a benchmark—it's proof that DDN customers are leading the future. Explore the full IO500 results: About DDN DDN is the world's leading AI and data intelligence company, empowering organizations to maximize the value of their data with end-to-end HPC and AI-focused solutions. Its customers range from the largest global enterprises and AI hyperscalers to cutting-edge research centers, all leveraging DDN's proven data intelligence platform for scalable, secure, and high-performance AI deployments that drive 10x returns.
Business Wire
16-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
DDN's Alex Bouzari and Paul Bloch Named EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Greater Los Angeles Award Winners
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DDN, the global leader in AI and data intelligence solutions, today announced that Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has named Co-Founders Alex Bouzari, CEO, and Paul Bloch, President, the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Greater Los Angeles Award winners. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. For 40 years, EY US has celebrated ambitious entrepreneurs who are transforming industries, impacting communities, and creating long-term value. Bouzari and Bloch were selected by an independent panel of judges composed of past winners, leading CEOs, and industry luminaries. Candidates were evaluated on criteria including long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment, and demonstrable impact and growth. 'For us, this recognition is not just about individual achievement — it's a celebration of the company and community we've built together over nearly three decades,' said Bouzari. 'DDN started with a simple belief — that if you harness data the right way, it can change the world. Today, that belief drives everything we do, from advancing AI to enabling medical breakthroughs and powering the fastest supercomputers on the planet. This award belongs to our extraordinary team, our customers and partners, and especially to Paul — my friend, co-founder, and fellow entrepreneur.' 'This award is deeply meaningful because it reflects the power of enduring partnership and shared purpose,' said Bloch. 'From day one, Alex and I set out to solve some of the world's most complex data challenges — not for the sake of technology alone, but to enable real-world impact. Today, our solutions drive breakthroughs in AI, science, healthcare, and industry. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together, and honored to share this recognition with Alex, our extraordinary DDN team, and the innovative customers who push us to keep evolving.' From their beginnings as Caltech classmates, Bouzari and Bloch founded DDN with a vision to unlock the full potential of data at scale. That vision has since evolved into a global AI and data intelligence powerhouse, supporting innovation across industries including healthcare, life sciences, climate science, energy, and autonomous systems. As Greater Los Angeles award winners, Bouzari and Bloch are now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 National Awards, to be announced at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November. The overall national winner will then advance to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2026. Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates diverse types of leadership — from original founders and transformational CEOs to multigenerational leaders redefining legacy businesses. The program has honored innovators such as Reed Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, Sheila Mikhail of AskBio, Eric Yuan of Zoom, and Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company. For more information, visit About DDN DDN is the world's leading AI and data intelligence company, empowering organizations to maximize the value of their data with end-to-end HPC and AI-focused solutions. Its customers range from the largest global enterprises and AI hyperscalers to cutting-edge research centers, all leveraging DDN's proven data intelligence platform for scalable, secure, and high-performance AI deployments that drive 10x returns. Follow DDN: LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. Sponsors Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh USA, and SAP. In Greater Los Angeles, sponsors also include ADP, Cooley, Los Angeles Business Journal, Vaco, and Big Picture. About Entrepreneur Of The Year Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries leading dynamic businesses in the US and nearly 60 countries around the world. The US program includes 17 regional programs whose winners advance to national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November. The overall national winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ competition. Learn more at About EY EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited. For more information, please visit
