SANTA CLARA, California, April 29, 2002 — Hitachi
Data Systems, the world's fastest growing enterprise storage provider,
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), today
announced a press conference and live Webcast to discuss the company's
vision for open information management — unprecedented in the storage
industry — designed to provide customers with the most simplified
storage management available today. The press conference and Internet
broadcast will be held in conjunction with Networld+Interop in Las Vegas
on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. PDT.
Speaking live from N&I will be Shinjiro Iwata, CEO, Hitachi Data Systems; Dave Roberson, President and COO, Hitachi Data Systems; Yuji Hirokawa, Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Storage Systems International Operations Division, Hitachi Ltd.; Bill Cook, Vice President, US Sales, Sun Microsystems, and Marlene Woodworth, Vice President, Global Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems.
The press event will take place at Club C2K in the Venetian Resort hotel in Las Vegas. An industry reception from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. will follow the event. For press and analysts not able to attend the event in person, a live Webcast will be available at http://www.hds.com/pressevent.
How to Register and Attend
To register for the press conference or Webcast, please go to:
http://www.hds.com/pressevent.
Hitachi Data Systems is a leading supplier of storage hardware, software, solutions and services. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), Japan's largest electronics company, HDS is committed to providing the technological infrastructure for the world's most information-intensive corporations. With 2,600 employees, Hitachi Data Systems does business in the public and private sectors in 170 countries and regions on six continents, including the rapidly emerging economies in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies, and all of the major Storage Service Providers (SSPs). For more information, please visit the HDS Web site at 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://www.hitachi.com.
Contacts: PR
Jodi Reinman, Hitachi Data Systems, (408) 970.1050, jodi.reinman@hds.com
At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.
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