Media Advisory: HDS Webcast Interview Hosted by WIT Soundview

Interview with COO David E. Roberson

SANTA CLARA, California, 7 June, 2001 — Hitachi Data Systems, the world's fastest growing storage company, today announced that David E. Roberson, Chief Operating Officer of Hitachi Data Systems, has participated in a Webcast interview hosted by Wit SoundView Corporation's senior enterprise systems research analyst, Gary Helmig.

The 20-minute discussion encompasses various topics including Hitachi Data Systems' history, position in the storage solutions market, products, strategic partnership with VERITAS Software and growth prospects. The interview is now available on Wit SoundView's web site at: http://www.witsoundview.com/research/interviewseries.jsp

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 8,417 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 http://global.hitachi.com.

¹ At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.

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