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Western Digital Accelerates Leadership in Next-Generation Data Center Architectures With Acquisition of Kazan Networks
Acquisition Provides Advanced NVMe™-oF Silicon and Adapter Products and Expertise that Complement Company’s OpenFlex™ Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure and Future Hyperscale-Optimized Platforms
Kazan Networks offers the industry’s highest performing and most power efficient NVMe-oF bridge solutions to seamlessly connect and share JBOFs and other data center resources over fabric. The addition of Kazan Networks’ portfolio of adapter- and ASIC-level integration products, which includethe Fuji NVMe-oF Bridge ASIC and the Onyx NVMe-oF Bridge Adapter, will immediately accelerate Western Digital’s data infrastructure leadership, capabilities and offerings. The acquisition also expands Western Digital’s expertise in advanced fabric-enabled architectures that will enable the company to enhance its portfolio of NVMe fabric-ready platforms and systems, including its OpenFlex™ composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) offerings which were introduced by the company last year.
"Kazan Networks is a proven innovator in high-performance networking and NVMe-oF, with industry-leading solutions to connect storage subsystems to an Ethernet fabric,” said
The exponential growth in the volume, variety and velocity of data is driving the demand for flexible, scalable and disaggregated data center environments that can effectively adapt to diverse and dynamic applications workloads.
The acquisition of Kazan Networks adds cutting-edge ASIC and adapter products with established interoperability with a wide ecosystem of partners, new and expanded customer relationships, and a proven team deeply experienced in networking and bridging technology.
“The Kazan Networks team is excited to join
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About Kazan Networks
Kazan Networks is a privately held startup founded in
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the expected benefits of our acquisition of Kazan Networks, our market positioning, product portfolio, business strategies and growth opportunities, market trends, and data growth and its drivers. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved, if at all. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements.
Key risks and uncertainties include volatility in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company’s filings with the
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Laura Bakken
Western Digital Media Relations
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Peter Andrew
Western Digital Investor Relations
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