Press Release
Data Domain Starts Operations in Research Triangle Park N.C.
Industry Veteran Ken Hibbard Joins Company as VP of Engineering and East Coast Operations
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — February 1, 2008 —Data Domain (Nasdaq: DDUP), the leading provider of deduplication storage systems for disk backup and network-based disaster recovery, today announced that it will establish a new Operations Center in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. The new facility will house additional Engineering, Customer Support and Inside Sales personnel to help fuel the Company’s continued expansion. Data Domain also announced the appointment of Ken Hibbard to Vice President of Engineering and East Coast operations. With his appointment, Hibbard will assume responsibility for the new East Coast-based facility and its staff.
Hibbard comes to Data Domain from Network Appliance, where he was Vice President of Product Engineering. He joined Network Appliance in 1998 and was named Vice President of Software Development in February of 2000. In January of 2001, he became Vice President of Product Development and East Coast Operations.
“The establishment of our new operations in North Carolina and the appointment of Ken Hibbard come at a pivotal point in Data Domain’s rapid growth as a company,” said Dan McGee, Senior Vice President of Engineering for Data Domain. “There’s a tremendous pool of talent in the Research Triangle Park area, and Data Domain will need to continue to build out its assets on both coasts with strong engineering talent to fuel development of its next generation technologies. Similarly, we gain the
infrastructure to scale additional functions centric to our business model. We are very pleased that Ken has joined our company to spearhead this effort on the east coast.”
To find out more about Data Domain’s industry leading products and technologies, visit www.datadomain.com.
ABOUT DATA DOMAIN
Data Domain® is the leading provider of deduplication storage systems for disk backup and network-based disaster recovery. Over 1,500 companies worldwide have purchased Data Domain's storage systems to reduce costs and simplify data management. Data Domain delivers the performance, reliability and scalability to address the data protection needs of enterprises of all sizes. Data Domain's products integrate into existing customer infrastructures and are compatible with leading enterprise backup software products. To find out more about Data Domain, visit www.datadomain.com. Data Domain is headquartered at 2421 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 and can be contacted by phone at 1-866-933-3873 or by e-mail at sales@datadomain.com.
Forward Looking Statements
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Contact Information
Data Domain
Edward Luboja
203-210-7404
press@datadomain.com
