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Hitachi and Virtusa have inked a global strategic partnership.   Both the companies will leverage their core competencies, industry IT solutions and thought leadership to provide joint services to their global clients and broader market. They will jointly provide value to clients by helping to increase operational and technology efficiency, implementing new functionalities and optimizing complex operational processes. “I believe that Virtusa provides a great fit for Hitachi. It is a strong technology partner with deep domain knowledge and industry-based solutions which complement and extend upon our own. By combining Hitachi’s strong programme management, Japanese market understanding, diverse capabilities in technologies and knowledge in Financial Services and other industries, I believe that our combined potential will be significant and continue to drive tremendous value for our clients,” said Masayoshi Ogawa, President of Financial Information Systems Divi...

Extending the reach of its security intelligence sharing network, HP has allied with Hitachi, designed to capture and share Japan-specific threat information. Through this partnership, Hitachi will join the HP Global Threat Intelligence Alliance and contribute threat intelligence to HP’s existing security information sharing platform, HP Threat Central. The platform delivers automated and open sharing of information and contextual analysis that allows organizations to take action. This intelligence will also inform periodically published reports from HP Security Research. To arm enterprises against an ever-growing array of threats, HP Security Research created the HP Global Threat Intelligence Alliance to foster their collaboration. The alliance program provides members with access to private, value-added intelligence from leading industry researchers, analysis of underground forums, and threat actor profiles. In return, these participant enterprises contribute their own intelli...

Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic Pvt. Ltd has marked the beginning of its 25th year in India and brought in the occasion with much aplomb in Mumbai. Dr Naoya Takahashi, President & CEO, Hitachi Systems, Ltd, and Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic’s Managing Director Tarun Seth shared the company’s journey and future growth trajectory. As an End-to-End IT System Integrator, Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic has emerged as one of the leading IT Services and Solution providers. The company has a strong pan-India presence with 16 branches and 180+ service locations, and plans to grow its operations even further by leveraging innovative organic and inorganic growth strategies... Read more

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has launched an open healthcare cloud platform for analytics, Hitachi Cloud Services Connection – Healthcare, (HCSC – Healthcare) solution in Asia-Pacific, delivering another milestone in the acceleration of its global Social Innovation initiative. HCSC – Healthcare is an extension of the industry-specific Social Innovation solutions and takes advantage of the power of big data and cloud computing technologies to deliver tangible benefits to individuals, healthcare organizations and societies. HCSC – Healthcare is an open, non-disruptive and secure cloud solution that can integrate health applications, data sources and locations. It is compatible with all types of data and content generated by virtually every piece of medical equipment, enabling healthcare professionals to extract knowledge and address issues with the aim of improving the quality of patient care and efficiency of services and to better manage spiraling costs. HCSC – Healthcare also del...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To transform the data center and accelerate hybrid and private cloud adoption,  Hitachi Data Systems Corporation  has announced a joint initiative with  Microsoft  and select channel and System Integrator partners by offering substantial incentives for customers who deploy new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Select for Microsoft Private Cloud. This new program has started from July 1, 2013 and will end on July 1, 2014. The program aligns with  Microsoft’s Cloud OS Accelerate Program , which provides funds to help customers offset the services cost of deploying Microsoft private and hybrid cloud solutions, accelerates deals, and helps drive competitive wins. As announced earlier this year at MMS (Microsoft Management Summit) 2013, Hitachi UCP Select for Microsoft Private Cloud solutions have been validated for Microsoft’s Private Cloud Fast Track architecture, version 3. The Hitachi converged infr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Western Digital Corporation (WDC) has completed the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies  (also known as Hitachi GST) from Hitachi Ltd. in March 2012. The acquired business of Hitachi GST, has been rebranded as HGST, a Western Digital company. Under the common ownership of WDC, HGST and WD are operating as separate subsidiaries with separate distinct brands and products, to meet the conditions of antitrust regulators.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has unveiled a broad portfolio of  converged infrastructure solutions  that combines best-of-breed storage, server, networking and software management in fully integrated packages designed for mission-critical workloads. The new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) family of solutions provides a comprehensive, pre-tested cloud-ready infrastructure that can be deployed quickly and managed easily, unlike custom approaches that require exhaustive testing and integration costs.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Brocade has announced that several of its  Ethernet and storage area networking (SAN) fabric switches  have been integrated by Hitachi Data Systems for networking technology in the new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) converged infrastructure solutions, which were announced today.  Specifically, Brocade Ethernet and SAN fabric products have been designed into Hitachi UCP pre-validated reference solutions and integrated turnkey solutions, which are built with world-class Hitachi storage and servers. The solutions are designed to offer customers the ultimate choice and flexibility to support industry-leading hypervisor, database and application environments, including Citrix, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and VMware. The Brocade products that will be offered through Hitachi UCP are... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Hitachi Data Systems  (HDS) has announced broad support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS), and Hitachi Compute Blade are now fully certified with full support for the Windows Server 2012 operating system. Jim Beckman, Vice-President, Alliances,  Hitachi Data Systems , said, “With leading information technology solutions from HDS and Microsoft Windows Server 2012, customers can now host and manage Microsoft application deployments in an always-on environment. Our customers have already started deploying Windows Server 2012 in their production IT environments with plans for large-scale deployments for their Microsoft Windows and Linux applications.... more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced new versions of Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track. These new solutions add broad support for System Centre 2012. This support provides seamless integration with the Virtual Machine Manager component of System Centre 2012 and transparent live migration of virtual machines on the same site and across multi-site deployments up to distances of 200 kilometres. The new Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track also support full provisioning of compute and storage resources and combines Hitachi compute and storage with industry-standard network infrastructure and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Centre 2012 software. “The new Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track provide our customers with a consistent and scalable infrastructure as a service that can be quickly deployed to host Microsoft applications,” said Brian Householder, S...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi has expanded its portfolio of Hitachi Compute Systems with the addition of the new Hitachi Compute Blade 500. The new blade server is the first Hitachi Data Systems product to incorporate the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600. "Hitachi Compute Blade 500 is a further step in our server strategy to help customers reduce integration efforts and accelerate time to production for critical applications. Tight integration with Hitachi Data Systems storage and industry-standard data networking systems together with connection to common data center management frameworks speeds deployment and reduces total cost of ownership. We are already working with major software vendors to develop converged data center solutions with Hitachi Compute Blade 500 that will deliver added value, optimized performance and predictable scalability," said Roberto Basilio, Vice-President, Infrastructure Platforms Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced that Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc, has achieved exceptional benchmark results from VDI-IOmark testing based on the delivery of high-performance, scalable and file-based tools essential for managing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments. Hitachi NAS Platform has a superior ability to offload critical VDI functionality and delivers massive scalability and clustering capabilities. This is vital for organizations to drive operational efficiencies that further extend their investments in virtual environments, to reduce operational costs and to improve centralized management of enterprise virtual desktop implementations. Russ Fellows, Sr. partner, Evaluator Group said, "We are pleased that Hitachi Data Systems is the first to announce their VDI-IOmark performance results. IT users can be confident that VDI-IOmark results provide an accurate and fair method for comparing sto...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has introduced a nondisruptive migration service capability that migrates from Hitachi enterprise storage to Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP). Nondisruptive migration by Hitachi claims to allow organizations to significantly reduce risk, eliminate business disruption, and more efficiently manage migration processes across multivendor storage systems, resulting in 90 percent less effort compared to industry averages. Hu Yoshida, VP & CTO, Hitachi Data Systems said, "In today's business climate, organizations need to accelerate innovation and reduce operational expenses to increase their competitiveness. Only HDS provides the migration capabilities to eliminate downtime while dramatically reducing the risks and costs associated with adopting new technologies. The key to achieving this capability is that virtualization, specifically our proven Hitachi controller-based storage virtualization, i...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced that its Ultrastar enterprise-class solid state drive (SSD) family is the industry's first to use 25-nanometer (nm) single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash. The drives also conform to the Trusted Computing Group's Enterprise a Security Subsystem Class encryption specification, helping customers protect sensitive data, and reduce the costs associated with drive retirement and reuse. The new Ultrastar SSD400S.B family is available in 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities, and features 2.5-inch 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface. "Security is a growing concern among enterprise customers, especially those in financial services, e-commerce and online transaction processing. Our solid state drives are designed to deliver the highest level of performance, while reducing total cost of ownership. With our new 25nm SLC SSDs, our enterprise customers now have the highest level ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced that the company's object store, Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), has been honored with a Visionary Product Award at the 2012 Storage Visions Conference, a leading event focusing on digital storage and the entertainment content value chain, held January 8-9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hitachi Data Systems was recognized in the Enabling Professional Storage Technology category for the benefits HCP brings to organizations, including simplified IT, reduced costs and reduced risks. Miki Sandorfi, Chief Strategist, File, Content and Cloud, Hitachi Data Systems said, "As the amount of unstructured data continues to grow, HDS is dedicated to providing solutions that will help customers store, access and view that data more efficiently. Hitachi Content Platform enables organizations to achieve the benefits of IT consolidation, cloud, archiving, backup reduction and more without compromising security o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has introduced enhancements to Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI) to help organizations simplify and accelerate cloud adoption. Featuring new content sharing, file restore and NAS migration capabilities, the new version of HDI gives backup-free storage solutions to distributed consumers of IT, such as remote offices and branch offices (ROBO) or cloud storage users. Working in conjunction with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), HDI is believed to be deployed as a minimal-footprint or virtual appliance that sends data from the edge to the core infrastructure to easily and cost-effectively help customers move data to the cloud at their own pace. Miki Sandorfi, Chief strategist, File, Content & Cloud, Hitachi Data Systems said, "For many organizations, the ability to store and protect company data at one location can be a daunting task. With multiple sites, the ability to securely and adequately manage that ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE G-Technology by Hitachi has unveiled that D&H Canada is authorized to distribute Hitachi GST's full line of premium G-Technology external storage solutions. D&H Canada will offer and promote the award-winning G-Technology brand, including the G-SPEED, G-RAID and G-DRIVE product families, to its strong channel customer network of leading retailers, resellers and solution providers throughout the region. G-Technology drives are believed to be engineered specifically to meet the needs of the content creation and Apple Mac communities, including heavy users of multimedia content, Final Cut Pro digital audio/video specialists and other pre/post production professionals. From rugged portable drives to ultra-fast, multi-drive RAID storage, G-Technology's USB, FireWire, eSATA, and SAS storage solutions support virtually all levels of A/V production and can be found in post-production facilities worldwide. For More Details See www.vari...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has unveiled its plans for helping customers transform their data into actionable information and harness its power as a strategic asset for business insight and innovation. To accomplish this, Hitachi Data Systems has aligned its product and solutions portfolio around a 3-tiered strategy of infrastructure cloud, content cloud and information cloud that builds on existing IT investments to provide a single virtualization platform for all data. "We realized early on the tremendous value that businesses could gain by putting disparate pieces of raw data onto a single platform where layers of intelligence could be wrapped around it. As the pioneer in storage virtualization, we have years of expertise in developing the fundamental technology that makes this all possible. Through both internal R&D and strategic acquisitions, we have built a portfolio that spans the storage, protection and accessibil...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced its 3.5-inch Fibre Channel Ultrastar SLC -based (single level cell) SSDs are now shipping in HP 3PAR F-Class, T-Class and the new P10000 V-Class storage systems for enterprise and cloud datacenters, as well as for small-to-medium sized businesses. Developed in conjunction with Intel, the Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S SSD family provides unique value to OEM customers who are increasingly looking for high-performance, high-endurance enterprise-class SSDs for simple, scalable and flexible integration into new or existing enterprise storage systems or designs. HP 3PAR systems are designed for agility and efficiency in virtual and cloud data centers. HP 3PAR reduces acquisition and related operational costs by up to 50 percent and increases administrative efficiency up to tenfold. "Hitachi understands tiered storage needs - from controllers and firmware, to BIOS and operating syst...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE G-Technology by Hitachi has introduced its first 4TB hard drives at IBC 2011 in its two-drive, RAID 0, G-RAID solution. The 8TB G-RAID demo shows how G-Technology is making digital production faster, super-sized and affordable. "We understand the process of creation, and today, digital video editing is no longer facility-driven. It is driven by the places and lifestyles of the people doing the work. Our G-RAID Thunderbolt demo connected to a MacBook Pro shows how our customers can get lightning speed and huge capacity in a single RAID 0 storage solution to easily edit anywhere. Built like a tank, our G-RAID solution has been the cornerstone of our business, and we look forward to bringing our Thunderbolt-based family and 4TB-based solutions to the market. With G-Technology's high-quality, high-performance commitment, our customers can continue to focus on their work and not on their equipment," said Steve Pereira, Vice-President...