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Hitachi Data Systems Customers Continue to See Impressive Returns on their Storage Assets

Independent Research Highlights 78 Percent Customer Payback on Virtualization Investment within 6 Months and Reduced Provisioning Time by 50 Percent

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — February 25, 2010 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Service Oriented Storage Solutions, today released the results of independent, third-party research across Hitachi Data Systems solutions. Research results indicate Hitachi Data Systems customers have seen impressive returns on their storage assets. Of customers surveyed, 78 percent have seen a payback on their virtualization technology investments as early as 6 months. In addition, 86 percent of Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM family customers have increased their performance 10 to 25 percent compared to other enterprise storage systems in their prior environment.

“One of the top Hitachi Data Systems priorities is assisting customers in reducing costs and IT complexity with our storage solutions,” said Asim Zaheer, vice president of Corporate and Product Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “The recent TechValidate research results are proof of our innovative, cost saving technologies. It’s great to see our customers reaping the rewards through increased performance and reduced OPEX costs compared to other vendors.”

TechValidate, an independent research organization, conducted the study of Hitachi Data Systems customers to collect financial and operational data about several Hitachi storage solutions. Hitachi Data Systems technologies and solutions surveyed include Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM family, Hitachi High-performance NAS, Hitachi Data Protection Suite, Hitachi Storage Command Suite, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage family and Hitachi Content Archive Platform which was renamed Hitachi Content Platform. In this 2009 study, TechValidate determined that:

  • 78 percent of IT organizations surveyed were paid back on their Hitachi virtualization solution investment between 6 and 12 months (Source: TechValidate, TVID: A08-A3B-140)
  • 55 percent of organizations with Hitachi Content Platform systems reported a payback period of 18 months or less (Source: TechValidate, TVID: 9C4-26F-65B)
  • 86 percent of IT organizations increased their performance by 10 to 25 percent with their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM family, as compared to other enterprise storage systems in their prior environment (Source: TechValidate, TVID: 4CB-5C9-06D)
  • 35 percent of IT organizations increased their application performance by between 20 and 30 percent after deploying their Hitachi High-performance NAS platform; 52 percent of IT organizations increased the application performance between 10 and 20 percent after deployment (Source: TechValidate, TVID: E14-0C8-1DC)
  • 31 percent of IT organizations reduced their OPEX costs by 15 percent or more by deploying their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform (Source: TechValidate, TVID: 7C9-76C-763)
  • 28 percent of IT organizations reduced their storage provisioning time by 50 percent or more by deploying their Hitachi Storage Command Suite (Source: TechValidate, TVID: 356-2A2-E94)

About TechValidate
TechValidate is a trusted third-party service that verifies the usage, configuration, and benefits of technology products and services. The company directly interfaces with business and technology end users to collect and validate information about their deployments. TechValidate's promise to the end-user community is to provide unbiased, verified information about the usage and benefits of technology products and services. More information is available at www.techvalidate.com.

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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.

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Hitachi Data Systems
Melissa Rische
(408) 970-4849
melissa.rische@hds.com

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Cate Powers
(310) 601-7118
cate.powers@bitecommunications.com

© 2010, Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Hitachi Data Systems is a registered trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd. in the United States and other countries.

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