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A profile of DDN, a managed data storage company whose annual revenue is expected to grow from $300M pre-AI boom to $1B by year's end, fueled by AI partnerships (Iain Martin/Forbes)

For nearly three decades, Alex Bouzari ran a data storage stalwart for research labs at the likes of NASA.

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