EMC To Acquire DSSD, Inc., Extends Flash Storage Leadership DSSD To Deliver Game-Changing Performance For I/O-Intensive Next-Generation Workloads PR Newswire LAS VEGAS, May 5, 2014 LAS VEGAS , May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — EMC World 2014 — NEWS SUMMARY: The mega trends of social, mobile, cloud and Big Data intensify the pressure on customers to store unprecedented amounts of data, analyze it faster and keep costs in check To help address this need, EMC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DSSD, developer of an innovative new rack-scale flash storage tier The DSSD architecture complements EMC’s industry-leading flash storage portfolio and is designed to deliver game-changing performance for next-generation applications such as SAP HANA and Hadoop EMC was an early DSSD investor and development partner The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014 DSSD president and CEO Bill Moore to lead the DSSD business within EMC; DSSD Chairman Andy Bechtolsheim to remain a strategic advisor CONNECT WITH US AT EMC WORLD: Online: To track the latest EMC World 2014 happenings visit www.emcworld.com Live streaming: To view video of EMC World keynotes, general sessions, backstage sessions, and EMC TV coverage, visit http://www.emcworld.com/virtual Social: For continuous EMC World news and event updates, follow EMC on Twitter at @EMCWorld , @EMCCorp , and @EMCCloud , joining conversations with #EMCWORLD , and like EMC on Facebook Photos: View photos of EMC World on Flickr and tag your pictures with ‘EMC World’ View additional related news from EMC via EMC Pulse Blog Connect with EMC via Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and LinkedIn FULL STORY: EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held DSSD, Inc. Menlo Park -based DSSD is the developer of an innovative new rack-scale flash storage architecture for I/O-intensive in-memory databases and Big Data workloads like SAP HANA and Hadoop. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions […]