Vice President and Chief Technologist Hu Yoshida to Speak on CTO Roundtable
SANTA CLARA, California, August 20, 2002 — Hitachi Data Systems, the world's fastest growing enterprise storage provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced that president and COO Dave Roberson will give a keynote address on significant trends in the storage market at the Storage World Conference on August 21, 2002 at 9:00 am. Hu Yoshida, vice president and chief technologist at Hitachi Data Systems is also speaking at the Storage World Conference, participating in the CTO Roundtable on August 20 at 2:15 pm.
"Storage World Conference was created for the express purpose of establishing the leading storage forum for industry leaders and newcomers alike," said Daniel Delshad, founder and chairman of Storage World Conference. "This year's event offers a broad range of topics designed to address the driving concerns of nearly every segment of the storage industry, from the end user to the integrator to the vendors. We invite everyone connected to storage networking and management technology to attend this unique event."
On August 20-22, more than 50 top IT and storage companies will converge on the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California for Storage World Conference 2002. This `must-attend' two-and-a-half-day event will give the IT community critical information needed to keep abreast of state-of-the-art storage technology and vendors the vision they need to stay competitive in the burgeoning storage industry. The conference will bring together many of the industry's most respected and renowned visionaries and analysts to discuss technological breakthroughs and trends impacting this market sector. The conference will feature keynote addresses from the industry's leading companies, panel discussions on strategic issues facing the industry, end user case studies and exhibits showcasing the latest in storage networking technologies from a variety of manufacturers. www.storageworldconference.com.
Hitachi Data Systems, the fastest growing enterprise storage provider, 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 storage infrastructure for the world's most information-intensive corporations. With 2,600 employees, Hitachi Data Systems does business through direct sales and resellers in the public and private sectors in 170 countries and regions on six continents. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.hds.com.
Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2001 (ended March 31, 2002) consolidated sales totaled 7,994 billion yen ($60.1 billion*). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachi.com.
*At an exchange rate of 133 yen to the dollar.
Contacts: PR
Jodi Reinman, Hitachi Data Systems, (408) 970-1050, jodi.reinman@hds.com
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