Newest Module for HiCommand Management Framework Improves
Resource Utilization and Reduces Total Cost of Ownership
SANTA CLARA, California — December 3, 2002 — Delivering on its TrueNorth™ strategy to provide customers with solutions for open information management, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), today announced the availability of HiCommand™ Tuning Manager software, an end-to-end storage resource management software tool that fully integrates with HiCommand Management Framework — the company's flagship storage management software suite designed for policy-based, set-and-forget storage management.
"Today's growing stockpile of data adds an extra layer of complexity and cost to today's businesses," said Hu Yoshida, chief technology officer, Hitachi Data Systems. "This announcement is another proof point that Hitachi Data Systems is serious about its TrueNorth strategy, which addresses customers' storage management problems, delivering CIM-based storage management solutions that protect customer investments while simplifying and optimizing their IT resources."
Intuitive and Web-based, HiCommand Tuning Manager allows storage managers to map, monitor and analyze utilization of their storage infrastructure from the database to the device, providing them with essential information required for managing their storage resources. From a single screen, HiCommand Tuning Manager enables today's storage managers to set capacity/performance alerts and generate customized reports that will support forecasting, planning, and implementation of future storage needs — all the way from the application to the storage device.
Tuning Manager software manages performance, capacity, and asset utilization on Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ V Series systems, Lightning 9900 Series systems, Thunder 9200™ systems, and the newly-announced Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9500™ V Series systems.
HiCommand Tuning Manager will be available in January 2003.
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 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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