New Storage Solution Category Recognized as Best Disk Subsystem by ASNP and InfoStor Magazine
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—June 21, 2005—Hitachi
Data Systems, provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions™
solutions and wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT),
today announced that the Association of Storage Networking
Professionals (ASNP) and InfoStor Magazine awarded the Hitachi
TagmaStore™ Universal Storage Platform the 2005 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Award for best Disk Subsystem. The seven category winners were announced at Storage World Conference on Tuesday, June 7.
"InfoStor congratulates Hitachi Data Systems on winning an MVP award
and beating out other leading providers competing in the Disk Subsystem
category," said Dave Simpson, Editor-in-Chief of InfoStor magazine.
"It's important to note that the winners were determined by votes cast
by InfoStor's end-user readers and members of the ASNP – all of which
are end-users – based on their own stringent criteria."
"We're honored to have the Hitachi TagmaStore™ Universal Storage
Platform be recognized as the best Disk Subsystem product by ASNP and
InfoStor magazine," said Rachel Young, vice president of global
marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. "All of the accolades we've received
coupled with the industry recognition of the Universal Storage Platform
establishing a new category of storage further solidifies its position
as the undisputed industry leader in enterprise-class virtualization.
Customers can now deploy applications and manage their storage
infrastructure in dynamic new ways, fully leveraging—and adding value
to—current investments, and more closely aligning IT and business."
The MVP Awards program recognizes the "best of the best" of storage
networking products in the industry, as determined by storage
end-users. ASNP and InfoStor magazine selected winners in the following
seven categories: storage management software, data protection
software, backup hardware, networking equipment, compliance and
retention, disk subsystem, and most innovative software.
About Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform
With capabilities well beyond any other storage system, the Hitachi
TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform establishes a new industry
category, reaching previously unattainable levels of consolidation and
realizing the virtualization of internal and external heterogeneous
storage into one pool.
Its virtualization capability enables users to externally attach
heterogeneous storage systems, including those from IBM and EMC,
partition storage resources to maximize application quality of service,
move data across tiers of storage to match business needs, and achieve
business continuity. As an integral component of Services Oriented
Storage Solutions™ solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, the Universal
Storage Platform provides the foundation for matching application
requirements to different classes of storage. The Universal Storage
Platform enables customers to deploy applications within a new
framework, fully leverage—and add value to—current investments, and
more closely align IT and business objectives.
About ASNP
The ASNP's mission is "to build a worldwide community of storage
networking users and to provide members with valuable educational
programs and professional development opportunities." ASNP provides an
open forum for members to discuss real-world problems and solutions
related to storage networking. Through its regional chapters, annual
meeting, and online portal, ASNP offers extensive training and
professional development opportunities.
About InfoStor Magazine
InfoStor is the leading monthly publication dedicated solely to
storage coverage. Its worldwide audience of 50,000 readers includes IT
storage managers and storage professionals in the channel, including
value-added resellers (VARs), storage/systems integrators and OEMs. For
more information, please visit http://www.infostor.com.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop
storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the
performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI
and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as
we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our
partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs.
With 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through
direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private
sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more
than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please
visit our Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a
leading global electronics company with approximately 347,000 employees
worldwide. Fiscal 2004 (ended March 31, 2005) consolidated sales
totaled 9,027.0 billion yen ($84.4 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 Website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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