IntelliFlash
{{Short description|Brand of flash storage arrays}}
{{Infobox company
| name = IntelliFlash
| former_name = Tegile Systems
| type = Brand
| fate = Acquired by Western Digital in 2017 and by DataDirect Networks in 2019
| foundation = 2010
| location_city = San Jose, California
| location_country = United States
| founders = Rohit Kshetrapal
Rajesh Nair
| num_employees =
| industry = Computer data storage, Hybrid array
| products = Hybrid and All-Flash storage arrays
| revenue =
| operating_income =
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| parent = DataDirect Networks
| homepage = {{URL|www.ddn.com}}
}}
IntelliFlash is a brand of DataDirect Networks (DDN) based in San Jose that manufactures flash storage arrays. The company, then known as Tegile Systems, was acquired by Western Digital in 2017{{cite news |last1=Darrow |first1=Barb |title=Western Digital Is Buying This Flash Storage Company |url=http://fortune.com/2017/08/29/western-digital-tegile/ |accessdate=23 April 2019 |publisher=Fortune Media IP Limited |date=August 29, 2017}} and by DDN in September 2019.{{cite news |last1=Sumrit |first1=Sharon |title=DDN announces acquisition of intelliflash enterprise storage business unit from Western Digital |url=https://www.ddn.com/press-releases/ddn-announces-acquisition-western-digital-intelliflash-storage-business/ |accessdate=February 11, 2020 |publisher=FWalt & Company, on behalf of DDN |date=19 September 2019}}
History
Tegile Systems was founded in 2010 by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Justin Cheen, and Alok Agrawal.{{cite news |last1=Halfacree |first1=Gareth |title=Western Digital flogs IntelliFlash, exits storage systems market |url=https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/storage/western-digital-flogs-intelliflash-exits-storage-systems-market/1/ |accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=Bit-tech |date=20 September 2019}} In February 2012, Tegile came out of stealth mode when it announced a product line called Zebi.{{Cite news |title= Newcomer gets out its box, plans to sell it cheaply to all comers: I swing all ways, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, CIFS, long time |work= The Register |author= Chris Mellor |date= June 1, 2012 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/01/tegile_zebi/ |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }}
In 2013, a $32 million investment led by Meritech Capital Partners,{{Cite news |title= Backers fatten up flash-disk mutant array, sic it on storage giants |work= The Register |author= Chris Mellor |date= August 6, 2013 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/06/storage_array_gunfight_at_the_hybrid_ok_corral/ |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }} which included a corporate venture capital investment led by Alex Lam from SanDisk Ventures. In May 2015, a round of $70 million was announced, with additional investors Capricorn Investment Group, Cross Creek Advisors and Pine River Capital Management.{{Cite news |title= Tegile scores VC cash to splash on flash growth dash: Mutant bods join the $100m-plus startup club |work= The Register |author= Chris Mellor |date= May 27, 2015 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/27/tegile_gets_cash_to_splash_on_flash_growth_dash/ |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }}
By the end of 2015, Tegile had an estimated 360 employees.{{Cite news |title= Tegile: Tesla, T4000 and playing the long game on cheap data storage |work= The Register |author= Chris Mellor |date= December 22, 2015 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/22/tegile_tesla_t4000_technology_and_the_long_game/ |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }} In 2017 Western Digital bought Tegile Systems and then rebranded it as IntelliFlash.{{cite news |title=Tintri saviour to acquire former Tegile business |url=https://www.channelweb.co.uk/news/3081857/tintri-saviour-acquire-tegile-business |accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=CRN |date=23 September 2019}} Western Digital sold IntelliFlash to DDN in September 2019.{{cite news |last1=Mellor |first1=Chris |title=Western Digital: We're just about DDN with these data centre systems |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/20/western_digital_exits_data_centre_systems_sells_intelliflash_to_ddn_puts_activescale_on_the_block/ |accessdate=February 11, 2020 |publisher=The Register |date=20 September 2019}}
Technology
Tegile developed what the company calls IntelliFlash Metadata Acceleration, which is a way to store metadata on high speed solid state disks, apart from the underlying data.{{Cite web |title= One Storage Stack to Rule Them All |author= Chris Naddeo |date= November 11, 2014 |work= Promotional blog posting |publisher= Strategic Storage Solutions |url= http://stratsolutions.com/one-storage-stack-to-rule-them-all-3/ |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }} Some competitors are noted as Nimble Storage and Tintri.{{Cite web |title= VM Aware Vs. ZFS Storage |date= November 13, 2012 |work= Blog |author= George Crump |publisher= Storage Switzerland |url= http://www.storage-switzerland.com/Articles/Entries/2012/11/13_VM_Aware_Vs._ZFS_Storage.html |accessdate= October 21, 2016 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.ddn.com Official website]
{{Western Digital}}
Category:Computer companies established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in California
Category:Computer hardware companies
Category:Companies based in California
Category:Computer storage companies