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institution2001–2009

Data Domain

Disciplines:
enterprise software/enterprise storage
deduplication
software/data backup

Summary

American enterprise storage company founded in 2001 — which Frank Slootman joined as CEO and scaled to a $2.4B acquisition by EMC in 2009 — which pioneered data deduplication technology for backup storage.

Core Contribution

Demonstrated that a focused technology company with the right CEO operating culture could be built and sold for billions in less than a decade — Data Domain was Slootman's first proof-of-concept for his Amp It Up operating approach.

Historical Influences

Frank Slootman

Intellectual Lineage

Santa Clara enterprise storageFrank Slootman EMC acquisition

Contemporaries & Peers

NetAppEMC

Minds Influenced

Enterprise storage industrySlootman operating model validation

Intellectual Posterity

Data Domain Frank Slootman first major exit

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