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Data Domain Starts Operations in Research Triangle Park N.C.

posted on 11 February 2008 09:04

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.

(Image is of Data Domain’s Appliance)

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.