President and COO, Dave Roberson, to Keynote at Two Leading
Industry Events
Director of Storage Applications, Claus Mikkelsen, to Speak
at Lehman Brothers Conference
Vice President and Chief Technologist, Hu Yoshida, to Speak
at Storage Networking World
SANTA CLARA, California — Oct 22, 2002 — Hitachi Data Systems president and COO, Dave Roberson, will be a featured keynote speaker at both the Lehman Brothers Global Storage Conference in San Francisco and at Storage Networking World in Orlando next week.
The Lehman Brothers Global Storage Conference: Pooling the Possibilities will take place October 27-29, 2002 at the Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel in San Francisco. In addition to Dave Roberson's keynote speech, Claus Mikkelsen, director of storage applications, will participate in a panel discussion entitled "Where Should Storage Intelligence Lie?" Roberson and Mikkelsen will join senior executives from the most prominent data storage companies to outline their visions for the future of the industry.
Roberson will deliver his keynote speech at 12:30 p.m. PST on Monday, October 28. The speech will be audiocast over the Web at the same time. The panel discussion featuring Mikkelsen will be held at 3:15 p.m. PST also on Monday, October 28.
For details on how to register for the audiocast, or to access a recorded version after October 30, please visit http://www.hds.com.
Roberson will also deliver a keynote speech on October 29 at Storage Networking World. Thereafter, Hitachi Data Systems vice president and chief technologist, Hu Yoshida, will join senior executives from Sun, Brocade, EMC, VERITAS, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard for a panel discussion on "CIM-SAN: The Future of Interoperability" organized by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
The Storage Networking World conference will be held from October 27-30, 2002 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Storage Networking World has fast become the leading global event series focused on the rapid growth of user implementation of storage networking technologies.
Roberson's keynote speech is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29 at 10:50 a.m. EST. The panel discussion featuring Yoshida will be held at 4:00 p.m. EST also on Tuesday, October 29.
Hitachi Data Systems is committed to enabling organizations worldwide to exploit the full potential of information. By following and deploying our TrueNorth™ strategy, we provide customers with a broad range of storage solutions to simplify, protect and optimize their information infrastructures. Our offerings include enterprise and modular storage systems and software, professional services, fully complemented by best-of-breed products through industry alliances.
With 2,700 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct sales and resellers in the public, government and private sectors in over 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://global.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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