US Data Authority Plans to Deploy More than 1,000 Terabytes of Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Products Within Three-Year Period
Santa Clara, California, 30 April 2001 — Hitachi Data Systems today announced that it has reached an agreement with US Data Authority (USDA), of Boca Raton, Florida, to expedite the delivery of storage systems needed to launch a U.S.-based Internet Storage Infrastructure (ISI) service. During the next 36 months, USDA plans to install more than 1,000 terabytes of Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ storage systems in its U.S. facilities.
"Partnering with Hitachi Data Systems is a solid step forward for US Data and will make us a total solutions provider for businesses," said US Data COO Dominick F. Maggio. "We built a national network designed to offer redundant, high-speed connectivity for small to medium enterprises. With the quality of the Hitachi product, as well as their ongoing technical support, US Data will earn a position of leadership in data storage."
Due to the immense volume of Internet traffic, USDA sees a substantial and immediate need for an affordable, scalable storage solution. USDA will leverage its existing network to be early to market with a nationwide online data storage solution.
The Lightning 9900 is an ideal storage platform for data infrastructures such as those offered by USDA. Its unique internal switch architecture makes it possible to scale storage capacity up to 37 terabytes in a single system without impacting performance.
"We believe our partnership will be extremely beneficial to both US Data Authority and ourselves," said Hitachi Data Systems COO, Dave Roberson.. "We're committed to working with them to provide end users with the most robust storage infrastructure available in the marketplace."
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 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,416 billion yen ($67.9 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 www.global.hitachi.com.
¹ At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.
US Data Authority, a national network service provider and Internet Infrastructure company, is in the process of furnishing the last 2 of its 40 network access points while finishing its infrastructure to support online data storage with Hitachi Data Systems and content delivery utilizing the CISCO Content Delivery Network Solution. Collocated in AT&T facilities nationwide, USDA manages its own network and is contracted to bring in access from many carriers. Its multiple carrier network, comprised of AT&T (NYSE: T), Cable & Wireless, WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) and USDA's own ATM Frame Relay, employs sophisticated Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) switching to ensure the fastest and most secure data transmissions. Rather than offering one network computing service, USDA will provide online data storage, delivery of rich media content, all at the fastest connections available. For further information on USDA, access http://www.usda.net or call Dominick F. Maggio at (561) 322-4300, Ext 235 (dmaggio@usda.net ).
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