By Jyothi Swaroop, Chief Marketing Officer
We are incredibly grateful to the esteemed experts at HPCwire and our valued customers for recognizing our CEO and co-founder, Alex Bouzari, for his visionary leadership in driving DDN’s innovation and market leadership. It is an honor to be acknowledged alongside industry pioneers like Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder of NVIDIA, and Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and formulated Moore’s Law —trailblazers who have helped shape the evolution of HPC into the AI-driven industry we see today.
In fact, as HPC and AI began its convergence nearly a decade ago, Intel Fellow Pradeep Dubey noted, “The emerging AI community on HPC infrastructure is critical to achieving the vision of AI: machines that don’t just crunch numbers, but help us make better and more informed complex decisions.”
DDN has been at the forefront of this revolution, delivering massively scalable data intelligence platforms that have powered the world’s largest and fastest supercomputers for over two decades. This has been a result of thought leaders, such as Alex, along with his co-founder, Paul Bloch.
Supercharging AI Workloads Across Industries
NVIDIA’s groundbreaking invention of the GPU, the backbone of modern AI solutions, has been synergistically paired with DDN’s leading-edge data intelligence platforms. Together, DDN and NVIDIA are equipping organizations across sectors such as autonomous driving, financial services and life sciences to tackle the most complex data challenges, unlocking transformative insights from vast datasets.
A prime example of this powerful collaboration is Cambridge-1, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer. This behemoth combines AI and simulation to accelerate the digital biology revolution, bolstering the UK’s world-leading life sciences industry. With NVIDIA DGX A100 systems backed by 2PB of DDN A3I solutions, Cambridge-1 stands as a testament to our ability to exceed the demands of even the most challenging environments. As Marc Hamilton, VP of Solutions Architecture and Engineering at NVIDIA, asserts, “I never hesitate to recommend DDN. If DDN can meet the needs of the DGX SuperPOD, they can meet the needs of any customer.”
Innovating the Future of Data Solutions
DDN has long been the gold standard for organizations requiring unparalleled performance in data-intensive applications. DDN EXAScaler®, the world’s most advanced parallel filesystem, delivers unmatched performance, capability, and flexibility for large-scale data management and analytics. Our next-generation software-defined storage platform, Infinia, harnesses two decades of DDN engineering expertise to usher in a new era of accelerated computing and generative AI.
Looking Ahead
As high-performance computing rapidly evolves, Bouzari’s recognition alongside industry icons amplifies his leadership and reinforces DDN’s unwavering commitment to delivering cutting-edge data intelligence solutions.
“This accolade is a testament to the relentless innovation and dedication of our team at DDN,” said Bouzari. “We are honored to be the HPC innovators who, in partnership with NVIDIA, are supercharging the global AI economy. Together, we are not just shaping the future of technology; we are setting new standards for what data intelligence can achieve in the era of AI.”
