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DataDirect Networks Forms Executive Advisory Board to Accelerate Growth
LOS ANGELES, CA -- DataDirect Networks, a leading provider of the world's highest performance storage networking appliances, has announced the formation of its first Executive Advisory Board to guide the company through growth in the months ahead. The company has named storage and telecommunications veteran Philip Black and intellectual property expert A. Sidney Alpert to the Executive Advisory Board to assist in strategic planning on two initial fronts. Black will focus on helping the company develop and execute on broad commercial market strategies. A. Sidney Alpert will help develop strategies to leverage and protect DataDirect Networks' extensive storage networking technology portfolio. "DataDirect Networks' Executive Advisory Board will act as a focused business development body, helping us with continued market leadership in our current markets -- where we delivered close to 200 percent growth this year -- and enabling us to successfully tap into additional, highly lucrative markets," Alex Bouzari, chief executive officer, DataDirect Networks, said. "Philip Black and A. Sidney Alpert bring substantial expertise and proven execution skills in their respective fields, and I am pleased and honored to welcome them as the initial members of DataDirect's Executive Advisory Board." "Silicon Storage Appliances are providing IT professionals in broadcasting, energy and high performance computing with a storage networking platform for intelligent growth that lowers TCO and increases Return on Investment (ROI)," Philip Black said recently. "DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliances are poised to bring tremendous benefits to data centers in the corporate world, and I look forward to helping to develop the sound strategies and introduce customers to this compelling technology for increased activity with Fortune 500 companies." "DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliance technology portfolio contains an exciting and compelling mix of storage networking hardware, software and intellectual property that is substantially ahead of others in the field," said A. Sidney Alpert. "As a member of the company's Executive Advisory Board, I look forward to providing the basis for evaluation and development of their strategies for protection of intellectual property, trademarks and patents, as well as developing them into standards, on a worldwide basis." For more information visit www.datadirectnet.com