SANTA CLARA, California, 17 January, 2001 — Hitachi Data Systems today announced it has been ranked as the leading vendor of storage systems in a survey of data center users reported last week by Wit SoundView Corp., a New York-based investment banking firm focused on technology markets. In reporting its survey results, Wit SoundView said it expects Hitachi Data Systems potentially to start gaining market share in the second half of 2001.
In the survey, Hitachi Data Systems was measured against eight other storage vendors with substantial presence in corporate data centers. Hitachi Data Systems easily beat out EMC, IBM, Sun, and five others for the top rating. The vendors were ranked on the basis of reliability, function, performance, service, technology, price and footprint. Hitachi Data Systems' scores ranked highest, with an average over-all rating of 1.9 out of 5.0; 1.0 was the best. The score for the closest competitor was 2.2. Survey respondents were particularly impressed with Hitachi Data Systems' service and product performance.
"During the past year, Hitachi Data Systems has worked hard to establish itself as an important player in the storage industry," said Dave Roberson, Chief Operating Officer, Hitachi Data Systems. "Our introduction of the Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 was a significant step in helping us provide new business solutions to many of our customers. I'm pleased that surveys like the one conducted by Wit SoundView are reflecting the favorable opinions we are hearing directly from our customers."
Wit SoundView stated that the survey was conducted at Gartner Group's Data Center Conference in early December. More than 700 attendees from approximately 400 non-vendor organizations, mostly in the United States, were surveyed.
Committed to helping customers exploit the value of information technology for success in the Internet economy, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), is a leading provider of business solutions for the world's most information-intensive corporations. For further information on Hitachi Data Systems, access www.hds.com.
Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 1999 (ended March 31, 2000) consolidated sales of 8,001 billion yen ($75.5 billion). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site at http://www.hitachi.co.jp.
1 At an exchange rate of 106 yen to the dollar.
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Hitachi Data Systems is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd. Freedom Storage and Lightning 9900 are trademarks of Hitachi Data Systems.
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