Vincent Franceschini, Senior Director of Future Technologies,
Elected Vice Chairman of SNIA Board of Directors
Arthur Edmonds, Senior Director of Data Networking Technologies, Appointed to FCIA Board of Directors
STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, ORLANDO, Florida — October 28, 2002 — Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT) today announced that two of its executives have been elected to fill key roles in the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA).
Vincent Franceschini, senior director of Future Technologies at Hitachi Data Systems, has been elected vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the SNIA. Franceschini has been a serving board member of the SNIA since 2000, notably leading the international expansion of the SNIA and contributing to the ground-breaking SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI) program delivering storage management standards, education and services that will propel storage networking solutions into the broader worldwide market. In collaboration with the SNIA's chairman and the board of directors, Franceschini's primary mission will be to define and conduct the SNIA's strategy to accelerate the development and the adoption of essential storage networking technologies, such as those included in the SMI program that Hitachi Data Systems fully supports.
Franceschini brings over 13 years experience in IT architectures and storage networking technologies and over four years in Industry Association initiative management. Reporting to Hitachi Data Systems' CTO, he is currently responsible for positioning strategic technology elements within Hitachi Data Systems storage and data networking solutions roadmaps.
Arthur Edmonds, senior director of data networking technologies at Hitachi Data Systems, has been appointed to the FCIA Board of Directors. Edmonds' first assignment as an acting board member will be to chair the SANmark Marketing Committee. The SANmark Qualified Program is a product branding program sponsored, operated, and promoted as an open industry conformance suite by the FCIA that qualifies companies to use the SANmark trademarked logo on their products. He will also be an active participant in the networking security and storage management activities of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) T11 Technical Committee.
Edmonds brings over 20 years experience in network management and security to the FCIA. His current duties at Hitachi Data Systems include extending data storage and acquisition over secure networks using Fibre Channel technology and the Internet, and Storage Area Management.
"We welcome the validation from our industry peers that these appointments represent," said Hu Yoshida, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Data Systems. "As described in our TrueNorth vision, we have pledged our commitment to promoting open standards and the development and widespread availability of products based on those standards."
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is an international organization of manufacturers, system integrators, developers, system vendors, industry professionals, and end users. With more than 190 members and affiliates in the United States, Europe, and Japan, the FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit organization, made up of over 300 companies and individuals spanning the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal: to set the pace of the industry by ensuring that storage networks become efficient, complete and trusted solutions across the IT community. To this end the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For information, contact the SNIA at 650-949-6720 or via e-mail at executivedirector@snia.org, or visit the SNIA Web site at .
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.
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Jodi Reinman, Hitachi Data Systems, (408) 970-1050, jodi.reinman@hds.com
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