Guarantees 50 Percent Storage Capacity Reduction for Customers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., - January 28, 2010 - Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Service Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced the Storage Capacity Reclamation Guarantee program . The program offers customers around the world the ability to reduce their storage capacity by 50 percent or more by using Hitachi virtualization technologies.
According to April Adams, Research Director, Gartner: "End users considering products may find guarantees useful if they are being asked to provide additional justification for storage purchases during tough economic times."
By reducing storage capacity, Hitachi Data Systems lowers customers’ operational costs through simpler storage management, more efficient use of resources and space, reduced power and cooling costs and avoided purchase of unnecessary frames and drives. As the leader in storage virtualization and thin provisioning, Hitachi Data Systems offers Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software to help customers reclaim storage that is stranded due to traditional thick provisioning processes. Hitachi Data Systems has helped customers realize more than 65 percent reduction in storage capacity by applying best practices in cost savings.
"While the economic forecast for 2010 is optimistic, we do not expect to see the drive to reduce costs to subside," said Asim Zaheer, vice president of Corporate and Product Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. "We are more committed than ever to helping our customers consolidate costs, both operational and capital, while still improving data center performance."
Business Benefits of the Storage Capacity Reclamation Guarantee Program
Hitachi Data Systems is demonstrating its commitment to help customers
reduce operational and capital costs with a money back guarantee in its
Storage Capacity Reclamation Guarantee Program. To increase value to
their business, organizations are establishing scalable storage
infrastructure by leveraging current investments, increasing return on
assets (ROA) and lowering operational costs. Hitachi Data Systems
hardware, software and services for storage reclamation, dynamic
provisioning and virtualization have a combined economic impact that
drastically reduces the operating costs of a customer’s storage
environment. Virtualization improves operational efficiency by helping
customers reclaim and optimize use of storage assets to better align to
business requirements. The life of existing assets is extended through
higher utilization to:
About the Storage Capacity Reclamation Guarantee Program
The 50 percent guarantee is for the raw storage capacity for migrating
from third party RAID-1 source environments to dynamically provisioned
RAID-5 target environments. For any third party RAID-5 environment,
Hitachi Data Systems will guarantee a 20 percent storage capacity
reduction.
If the guaranteed storage capacity reduction is not achieved, Hitachi Data Systems will rebate money to the customer for the difference between the storage reduction guaranteed and the storage used.
Hitachi Data Systems products and services included in the Storage Capacity Reclamation Guarantee Program include:
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About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage
Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically
provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via
industry leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. With more
than 4,100 employees, and as an integral part of the Hitachi Storage
Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure
platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services
through direct and indirect channels in more than 170 countries and
regions. Its customers include nearly 60 percent of the top 100
companies on the Fortune 500®. For more information, visit the
company's website at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT/TSE:
6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics
company with approximately 400,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2008
(ended March 31, 2009) consolidated revenues totaled 10,000 billion yen
($102.0 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, logistics and financial services. For more information on
Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Hitachi Data Systems
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