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Hitachi Data Systems
Company typeA wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd (NYSE: HIT)
IndustryInformation storage hardware
Information storage software
Data storage devices
Computer systems
Computer hardware
Computer software
IT consulting
IT services
Founded1989
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
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
WebsiteHDS.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]
  • 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

  1. ^ "Hitachi Data Systems Corporation Company Profile". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  2. ^ "Microsoft Solutions Partners". Microsoft. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  3. ^ "Hitachi Data Systems: A storage giant lost in translation". The Register. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  4. ^ "Hitachi acquires Archivas". InfoStor. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  5. ^ "Hitachi Data Systems buys Parascale, gets more 'cloudy'". techtarget. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  6. ^ "Hitachi Data Acquires BlueArc in Big Data Deal". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  7. ^ "Hitachi Data Systems has sights set on Africa". Data Center Dynamics. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  8. ^ "Hitachi Data Systems Corporation". Business Week. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  9. ^ "Hitachi VSP (Virtual Storage Platform) & Command Suite 7– Technology, Comparisons, Architecture". StorageNerve. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  10. ^ "TechValidate Research on Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM". TechValidate. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  11. ^ "Vendor profile: Hustling Hitachi Data Systems has EMC in its sights". Computerworld Storage Network World Online. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  12. ^ "Oracle-Sun Ends HDS Storage Agreement". CRN. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  13. ^ "ESG Lab Review: Hitachi AMS 2000" (PDF). Enterprise Strategy Group. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  14. ^ "Hitachi NAS Platform: Efficient, Agile, and Powerful Network Attached Storage". Enterprise Strategy Group. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  15. ^ [url= http://www.hds.com/products/file-and-content/content-platform/ | Vendor Website]
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