DDN Selected by Jump Trading

DDN (DataDirect Networks Inc.) announced that Jump Trading LLC, a quantitative trading firm, has selected the manufacturer to bolster its HPC infrastructure.

By leveraging DDN’s storage solutions, Jump Trading aims to accelerate its AI-driven quantitative trading strategies and maintain its competitive edge in the fast-paced world of global financial markets.

“At Jump, we consider our research to be our competitive edge, and we believe that DDN’s SSD QLC-based storage system will support our research computing environment to ensure optimal performance, scalability and reliability,” said Alex Davies, CTO, Jump Trading. “We need resilient and very high-performance infrastructure to support our workflows, and DDN’s solution is the right choice for our needs.“

“Delivering significant value in data center and AI operations and ROI is at the core of DDN’s technology and doing it for market leading global firms like Jump Trading is what we are all about,” said Sven Oehme, CTO, DDN. “DDN is an enabler of full-stack on-premise data center and cloud value creation for traditional and generative AI, whether it’s in life science applications, autonomous driving, telcos, copilots, or in the case of Jump Trading, financial services.“

DDN’s storage solutions are designed to handle the most demanding AI and ML workloads, delivering performance, scalability and efficiency. By combining flash storage with intelligent data management software, the firm enables the end user to accelerate data access, optimize storage resources and streamline AI and ML workflows. DDN SSD QLC appliances deliver highperformance and massive capacity at an attractive price point, eliminating tradeoffs between flash and HDDs or hybrid tiering solutions.

The collaboration between the 2 companies underscores the growing importance of storage in the financial services industry, particularly in the realm of AI-driven quantitative trading. As financial firms increasingly rely on AI and ML to gain a competitive edge, the need for robust, scalable and storage solutions has never been greater.

Watch this video for a comprehensive discussion between Jump Trading and DDN.