Storage and capacity provider DataDirect Networks Inc. expanded its presence in the Asian market with the opening a fully owned subsidiary in Japan, the company announced. DataDirect Networks Japan provides sales, marketing, training and technical support to the Chatsworth firm’s customers and partners in Japan. Together with DataDirect’s Chinese subsidiary, the Japanese company will also support the expansion of the company across Asia, the company said in a statement released Thursday. Opening a subsidiary is a right move for the company because Japan is a leading market for high-performance computing, said DataDirect President Paul Bloch. “We feel the timing is perfect to establish a local presence in Japan to better support our customers and partners, and to capitalize on this growing opportunity for high performance, high capacity storage solutions in the [Asia Pacific] markets,” Bloch said in the statement. DataDirect Networks’ Silicon Storage Appliance is used by many top tier Japanese television stations, media and internet companies, as well as leading universities and manufacturing companies in Japan.
