Hitachi Data Systems COO and CTO to Speak at West Coast Investor Conferences

Hu Yoshida, CTO, to Speak at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Semiconductor and Systems Conference, Today, March 5th;

Dave Roberson, COO, to Speak at Lehman Brothers Global "Storage at the Edge Conference" Thursday, March 8th

SANTA CLARA, CA, 5 March 2001 — SAN technology expert and CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, Hu Yoshida will be speaking at the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Semiconductor and Systems Conference today, March 5th at 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The conference will feature leading companies from industries including semiconductor, systems, storage, and related hardware companies. Yoshida will join the industry's top executives from EMC, Brocade, Compaq, and Intel to offer firsthand insight into corporate strategy, positioning, and future outlook.

Later in the week on March 8th, Dave Roberson will speak at Lehman Brothers Global Storage Conference in San Francisco at 3:30 p.m. He will also take part in the keynote panel discussion at 9:00 a.m., joining other leading storage industry executives from EMC, VERITAS and NetworkAppliance. This two-day event will highlight the latest technologies and topics that are bringing storage "to the edge of the network," offering a multi-disciplinary view of storage hardware, software, services and networking.

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.

Contacts: PR

¹ At an exchange rate of 106 yen to the dollar.

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