Hitachi Data Systems
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Company type | A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd (NYSE: HIT) |
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Industry | Information storage hardware Information storage software Data storage devices Computer systems Computer hardware Computer software IT consulting IT services |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Minoru Kosuge (Chairman) Jack Domme (Chief Executive Officer) |
Number of employees | Over 5,300 employees in more than 100 countries and regions |
Website | HDS.com |
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) provides mid-range and high-end storage systems, software and services. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. and part of the Hitachi Information Systems & Telecommunications Division.[1] The company sells through direct and indirect channels in more than 170 countries and regions. Its customers include over 50 percent of the Fortune 100 companies.[2]
Hitachi Data Systems was founded in 1989 when Hitachi and Electronic Data Systems (EDS) acquired National Advanced Systems (NAS) from National Semiconductor. The company marketed, sold, and serviced IBM-compatible mainframes built by Hitachi. On January 29, 1999 Hitachi acquired EDS' stake in Hitachi Data Systems, assuming full control on April 21,1999. One year later, Hitachi Data Systems announced a strategic global transformation and re-organization to apply resources in a customer-centric approach and focus on storage rather than mainframes.[3]
Acquisitions
February 6, 2007: Hitachi Data Systems acquired Archivas, provider of industry-leading digital archiving and content management solutions.[4]
August 20, 2010: Hitachi Data Systems acquired the IP and core engineering team of ParaScale, developer of Cloud Storage software which aggregates multiple standard Linux servers to present a single, highly scalable, virtual file-storage appliance.[5]
September 7, 2011: Hitachi Data Systems acquired BlueArc which develops and sells a clustered NAS solution for storing and managing digital content and unstructured data.[6]
October 5, 2011: Hitachi Data Systems announced intention to acquire Shoden Data Systems, a leading provider of data center technology solutions in South Africa and across the sub-Saharan African continent.[7]
Corporate affairs
Hitachi Data Systems has its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The company has business offices across North America and Latin America; EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) headquartered in the UK; and, APAC (Asia Pacific) headquartered in Hong Kong. HDS maintains Executive Briefing Centers in Santa Clara, California; Sefton Park of Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom; and Odawara, Japan.[8]
Products and services
Partial list of hardware products
- The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is Hitachi Data Systems high-end storage platform for enterprise storage needs. It includes virtualization of internal and external heterogeneous storage into a single pool which it uses for dynamic provisioning and dynamic tiering.[9]
- Universal Storage Platform. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (USP-V & USP-VM) family is HDS’ older high-end storage platform focused on consolidation for enterprise storage needs, including virtualization of internal and external heterogeneous into one pool.[10]
- USP-V / USP-VM products are also OEMed and resold by HP as its HP StorageWorks XP 24000 / XP 20000 Systems[11] and prior to the Oracle acquisition were also sold by Sun Microsystems as the Sun StorageTek 9990V & 9985V Systems[12]
- Adaptable Modular Storage. The Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 line is designed for fault tolerant mission critical storage needs and uses a symmetric active-active controller architecture.[13]
- Hitachi High-performance NAS (HNAS). The Hitachi High-performance NAS line offers performance in scalability, Intelligent Tiering with dynamic data migration (Hierarchical storage management), and Cluster Namespace (CNS) for unified file administration.[14]
- Hitachi Content Platform. An intelligent, multipurpose distributed object storage system that enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to store, protect, preserve and retrieve unstructured content with a single storage platform. It supports multiple levels of service, evolves with technology and scale changes, and eliminates the need for tape-based backups.[15]
See also
References
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- ^ "Hitachi VSP (Virtual Storage Platform) & Command Suite 7– Technology, Comparisons, Architecture". StorageNerve. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
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- ^ "Vendor profile: Hustling Hitachi Data Systems has EMC in its sights". Computerworld Storage Network World Online. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "Oracle-Sun Ends HDS Storage Agreement". CRN. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "ESG Lab Review: Hitachi AMS 2000" (PDF). Enterprise Strategy Group. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ "Hitachi NAS Platform: Efficient, Agile, and Powerful Network Attached Storage". Enterprise Strategy Group. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ [url= http://www.hds.com/products/file-and-content/content-platform/ | Vendor Website]
External links
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- Hitachi Data Systems Home Page
- Hitachi Data Systems Blogs
- Hitachi Data Systems Forums Home Page
- BlueArc Home Page
- Itel Corporation Company History
- IEEE Annals January-March 2005 (vol. 27 no. 1), The Rise and Fall of Plug-Compatible Mainframes