Hitachi Data Systems
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| Type | A subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, USA |
| Key people | Minoru Kosuge, CEO
Jack Domme, COO Susan Lynch, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs Greg Coplans, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs Rex Carter, Senior VP and CIO Frans van Rijn, Senior VP, Global Logistics John Mansfield, Senior VP, Global Solutions Strategy and Development Brian Householder, Senior VP, Business Planning and Development Nancy Long, Senior VP, Global HR Hubert Yoshida, VP and CTO |
| Industry | Data storage devices |
| Products | Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, Hitachi Workgroup, Modular Storage, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Network Storage Controller, Simple Modular Storage, Compatible PAV for IBM z/OS, Database Replication for IBM z/OS, Dataset Replication for IBM z/OS, Virtual Tape Library |
| Employees | [^ 3400] |
| Website | [^ www.hds.com] |
Hitachi Data Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., a leading global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2006 (ended March 31, 2007) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion yen ($86.8 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services.
[edit] Company Overview
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. As an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60 percent of the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500.
Hitachi Data Systems is the leader in storage virtualization solutions for large and enterprise organizations. With its flagship Hitachi Universal Storage Platform family, features the world’s first enterprise-class implementation of storage virtualization with thin provisioning. Hitachi Data Systems continues to provide enterprise customers the ultimate in high-end storage innovation, combining the virtualization of volumes for nondisruptive data mobility with the virtualization of capacity within those volumes to directly address the power, cooling and space costs of allocated but unused space. The Hitachi Data Systems services-oriented approach enables business units and IT to tailor storage services to business needs.
