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Formerly | Tegile Systems |
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Company type | Brand |
Industry | Computer data storage, Hybrid array |
Founded | 2010 |
Founders | Rohit Kshetrapal Rajesh Nair |
Fate | Acquired by Western Digital in 2017 and by DataDirect Networks in 2019 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Products | Hybrid and All-Flash storage arrays |
Parent | DataDirect Networks |
Website |
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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 [1] and by DDN in September 2019. [2]
Tegile Systems was founded in 2010 by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Justin Cheen, and Alok Agrawal. [3] In February 2012, Tegile came out of stealth mode when it announced a product line called Zebi. [4]
In 2013, a $32 million investment led by Meritech Capital Partners, [5] 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. [6]
By the end of 2015, Tegile had an estimated 360 employees. [7] In 2017 Western Digital bought Tegile Systems [1] and then rebranded it as IntelliFlash. [8] Western Digital sold IntelliFlash to DDN in September 2019. [9]
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. [10] Some competitors are noted as Nimble Storage and Tintri. [4] [11]
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Formerly | Tegile Systems |
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Company type | Brand |
Industry | Computer data storage, Hybrid array |
Founded | 2010 |
Founders | Rohit Kshetrapal Rajesh Nair |
Fate | Acquired by Western Digital in 2017 and by DataDirect Networks in 2019 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Products | Hybrid and All-Flash storage arrays |
Parent | DataDirect Networks |
Website |
www |
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 [1] and by DDN in September 2019. [2]
Tegile Systems was founded in 2010 by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Justin Cheen, and Alok Agrawal. [3] In February 2012, Tegile came out of stealth mode when it announced a product line called Zebi. [4]
In 2013, a $32 million investment led by Meritech Capital Partners, [5] 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. [6]
By the end of 2015, Tegile had an estimated 360 employees. [7] In 2017 Western Digital bought Tegile Systems [1] and then rebranded it as IntelliFlash. [8] Western Digital sold IntelliFlash to DDN in September 2019. [9]
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. [10] Some competitors are noted as Nimble Storage and Tintri. [4] [11]