Virident Systems

{{Infobox company

| name = Virident Systems

| logo = Image:Virident-logo2.jpg

| caption =

| type = Subsidiary

| foundation = 2006

| founder = Kumar Ganapathy, Vijay Karamcheti and Raj Parekh

| location_city = Milpitas, California

| location_country = U.S.

| location =

| locations = 2

| key_people =

| industry = Solid State Storage

| products = {{Unbulleted list|FlashMAX|tachIOn}}

| num_employees = 60 {{small|(May 2011)}}

| parent = Western Digital

| divisions =

| subsid =

| homepage = {{URL |www.virident.com}}

}}

Virident Systems is a computer systems company headquartered in Milpitas, California, that designs and builds computer data storage products. The company was founded in June 2006 and initially received funding from Artiman Ventures, Accel India and Spansion Inc.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/04/20/story4.html |title=Virident seeks silver lining in GreenCloud |author=Mary Duan |publisher=The Business Journal |date=2009-04-19}}

In September 2013, Western Digital announced a merger agreement where Virident will be acquired by HGST, in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital.{{cite web |url=http://www.wdc.com/en/company/pressroom/releases/?release=4df6c345-34ba-44b1-928f-8050abe0da74 |title=Western Digital Expands Enterprise Flash Storage Portfolio with Acquisition of Virident |author=Press Release |publisher=Western Digital |date=2013-09-09

}}