DataDirect Networks, Inc. provides scalable storage systems for performance and capacity driven applications. It offers silicon storage architecture storage systems and solutions. DataDirect’s products help in Internet content hosting, data backup, computer modeling and simulation, tape replacement, and production and distribution of films and videos. The company’s storage solutions include S2A Virtual Tape Library, which transfers large data files; S2A Clustered NAS, which scales performance and capacity for the enterprise; and S2A Shared SAN, which enables enterprise-wide heterogeneous file sharing and automatic data management. Its storage systems include S2A9900 StorageScaler, which helps in solving scale-out and consolidation problems; S2A Performance Optimized Storage System, for storing and retrieving data; and S2A9550 Capacity Configuration, which is a data management appliance. The company serves design and simulation, digital media, energy, finance, and Internet services industries, as well as government and HPC/universities. It has engineering centers in Columbia, Maryland; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Chatsworth, California. DataDirect has operations in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, China, and Israel. The company was founded as MegaDrive Systems in 1988 and changed its name to DataDirect Networks, Inc. in 1998. DataDirect Networks, Inc. is headquartered in Chatsworth, California.