Nowhere is Hitachi Data Systems success more evident than in the success of our customers. From large multinational corporations to small and medium businesses (SMBs), our data storage solutions deliver positive results that reach across every aspect of businesses. Our customers benefit from the various features our solutions offer such as data protection, online data protection and virtualized storage.
Learn from them why Hitachi Data Systems is the storage solutions provider of choice.
ACW Services, Hong Kong
Solutions: Cloud, Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi Compute Blade
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Tiering, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
“Hitachi Data Systems enables us to deliver cloud services by developing a reliable cloud infrastructure that allows enterprises to adopt cloud storage solutions and services at their own pace. With our robust offerings and tailor-made services, we are now the prime choice for business operations, which like to leverage the benefits of cloud environments.” – Andy Lau, Managing Director, ACW Services
Industry: Information Technology
Academia Sinica
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Business Continuity and Replication, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Tiering, Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous, Hitachi ShadowImage Replication
“Under this architecture of Hitachi storage virtualization technology, our front-end users will always be able to take advantage of the latest hard disks with top-access-speed performance." — Chien-Ming Yang, Director of IT Department, Academia Sinica
Industry: Government
Acantho
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Tiering
Services: Disaster recovery implementation virtualization and migration services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"We needed an open storage platform for managing different clients’ infrastructures. The Hitachi Data Systems offer allowed us to manage data using a common denominator, which could harmonize the various features of the application themes and adapt to the respective needs of each one.” — Antonio Cardone, Planning and Service Engineering Manager, Top Client Market Department, Acantho
Industry: Telecommunications
Accident Exchange
Solutions: Enterprise Platform,
Replication, Tiered Storage
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage
PlatformTM V (2)
Software:
Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous
Replication, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot and Hitachi Protection
Manager software; Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partners Zycko and RSI
Technologies,
Inc.
“As a rapidly scaling business in need of a
dual site disaster recovery plan, we needed high performance storage to
provide maximum reliability and scalability. With Hitachi technology,
we have achieved this and more.” — Ray Ford, Chief Technology Officer,
Accident Exchange
Industry: Services Automotive
Advanced Information Systems
Hardware: Hitachi Thunder 9585V modular storage system and Hitachi Network Storage Controller 55
Software:
Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Replication and Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous
Replication software bundles, Hitachi Resource Manager utility
package’s Performance Monitor feature, and Hitachi HiCommand Protection
Manager software
Services: 24/7 professional services provided by DataOne Asia, a Hitachi TrueNorth Partner
"Our
continued success in a very competitive industry relies on the
technology and services that support our business. The products, price,
and performance provided by Hitachi Data Systems and DataOne Asia are
remarkable." — Suphot Punnachaiya, Assistant Vice President of Technical
Operations, Advanced Info Service
Agricultural Bank of China
Solutions: File/Content Services
Software: Hitachi Content Platform
"Hitachi Content Platform has helped us establish a robust and reliable data archiving platform, which perfectly meets our rigorous demands for data manageability and security." — Agricultural Bank of China
Industry: Banking / Finance
Alberta Justice
Hardware: Hitachi TagmaStore® Network Storage Controller model NSC55 and Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS500
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Axidata Inc.
“Alberta Justice has a highly flexible, scalable, and reliable design to
meet exponential demands for storage, compliance, and even future media
formats that will emerge in tomorrow’s electronic courtrooms. Hitachi
Data Systems has served us well.” — Robin Seaman, Network Manager,
Alberta Justice
Alcan Engineering Pty, Ltd.
Hardware: Hitachi modular storage and high-end modular storage models
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems and Technology Solutions Provider SureBridge IT
“We have not had a problem in the five years we’ve had a Hitachi SAN,
and the relationship with Hitachi Data Systems and SureBridge IT has
been excellent.” — David Frazer, Manager IT Operations , Alcan
Engineering
Alibaba (China) Technology Company
Running the world's largest e-commerce platform for international
trading requires high performance and secure, reliable storage systems.
Tremendous growth in the market and in the Web-based services Alibaba
offers worldwide demanded even greater levels of performance and
capacity from the company's storage infrastructure - on a whole new
scale. Hitachi Data Systems provided the solution, based on Hitachi
Universal Storage Platform™ and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager software.
"Since using the Hitachi Data Systems storage solution, upgrading has
become easy. In fact, we have already upgraded the storage system two
times and both times have successfully implemented the expansion
online." — Lu Guoliang, Director of Database Projects, Alibaba (China)
Technology Co., Ltd.
Alior Bank
Solution: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Business Continuity and Replication, Virtualization, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500, and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
“The huge technology behind Hitachi systems, as well as the favorable price and the scalability. If our bank introduces a new business service or product to the market, we already have a ready infrastructure to use.” —Henryk Baniowski, CIO, Alior Bank S.A.
Industry: Banking / Finance
Amphia Hospital
When three hospitals in the Breda region merged in 2001 to form the
Amphia Hospital, the entire IT infrastructure had to be revised. All
data and systems were accommodated at two different locations. There was
an urgent need for greater storage capacity for digital patient
dossiers, X-ray images, and scans.
"Patient dossiers are now
available at all three locations of the Amphia Hospital. The
digitisation of data enables us to work in a location-independent way." —
Erik van Velzen, ICT Project Consultant, Amphia Hospital.
Anthogyr: Dental Implant and Instrument Specialist
Dental implant and instrument specialist Anthogyr designs,
manufactures and markets dental implants, rotating instruments and
peripheral material for dental implantology. With a significant design
and research and development operation at the heart of its operation,
which relies on computer-aided design and production management
environments, Anthogyr requires high performance and availability.
Hitachi Data Systems answered this challenge with a storage solution
supporting business continuity and top performance.
"Our
goals of availability and access to our application environment were
fully accomplished thanks to the implementation of the virtualization of
our information system. Our new Hitachi storage system delivers all of
its value on the level of availability and performance of our
applications." - Nicolas Pommier, IT Manager, Anthogyr
Applica Incorporated
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager
Services: Implementation services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“We
have so many choices with the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V as
our data center foundation. We went from pockets of stored data and
pretty tedious maintenance requirements to a streamlined, cost efficient
and high-performance environment.” — Michael Fairclough, Senior
Database Administrator [Oracle Applications], Applica
Asia Pacific Telecom
Solutions: Storage Management, Business Continuity/Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi ShadowImage Heterogeneous Replication
Services: System integration services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Stark Technology, Inc.
"Results of cost assessment showed that the adoption of Hitachi Data Systems solutions would save Asia Pacific Telecom 40 percent of OPEX and CAPEX while improving performance by 30 percent." — Paul Chang, CIO, Asia Pacific Telecom Co., Ltd.
Industry: Telecommunications
Asia Pulp and Paper
The fast-growing Asia Pulp and Paper has emerged as one of the world's top 10 paper producers. That growth has required a flexible, secure data management system to handle all the key company information, making it both accessible and secure. The company turned to Hitachi Data Systems for deliver the critical platform they needed: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™.
"By maximizing the utility of our storage assets while improving system performance, scalability, and ease of management, the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ has promised us a broader and easier approach of business expansion in the future." — Yunjin Li, IT Director, Asia Pulp and Paper
Aspen Healthcare
Solutions: IT Operations Solutions, Business Continuity, Storage Management
Software: Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Ibertek
"With the Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer solution we can achieve full visibility of our entire infrastructure and be alerted to any issues in real time. This enables us to operate much more efficiently and deliver an enhanced service to our patients." — David Williams, Director of Information and Technology, Aspen Healthcare
Industry: Healthcare
Atos Worldline
Hardware: Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®; Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (three systems, one with NAS Option) and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
“From the beginning to the end of the project, Hitachi Data Systems was a perfect companion.” — Dominique Michiels, Technical Services Director, Atos Worldline
B-Source SA
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (USP V)
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Replicator, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication
"Hitachi Data Systems is a very valuable and reliable partner of ours and has provided us with considerable support for many years, helping us to achieve our goals and meet the demands of our clients." — Marco Vannetti, Mainframe and Storage Services Manager, B-Source SA
Industry: IT Services
BMW
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Storage Management, Business Continuity and Replication
Hardware: Hitachi enterprise storage systems
Software: Hitachi Basic Operating System (BOS), Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager; Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication bundle
“BMW Manages Massive Data Growth with “Storage on Demand” Model Built by Hitachi Data Systems”
Industry: Manufacturing
BTV
Solutions: Storage Management, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
"We are totally satisfied with Hitachi Data Systems products, experience and after-sales services. The AMS 2500 provides active-active controller and SAS back-end connectivity that ensure high performance and stable bandwith to support our producton and minimize missed frames." — BTV
Industry: Communications/Media
BanReservas Bank
Solutions: Storage Management, Modular Platform, Business Continuity/Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Services: Installation and configuration services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Multicomputos
"Through the acquisition of the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000, we are protecting our information, following the ILM [information lifecycle management] standards by classifying data according to wha the best market practices establish." — Orión Mejía, Chief Communications Officer, BanReservas Bank
Industry: Banking
Banco Leon
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM, Hitachi Thunder 9585VTM modular storage
Software: Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication in-system and Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Extended Distance remote replication software; Resource Manager utility package; Hi-Track® Monitor
"The bank’s customers also benefit from the Hitachi Data Systems solution on a daily basis, since “information is available to them at any time, and, especially, in real time." — Wilfredo Soto, Vice President of IT, Banco Leon
Bangkok Cable Co., Ltd.
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Storage Economics, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Navigator Modular 2 and Hi-Track Remote Monitoring System
"Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM is compatible with various operating systems and platforms, such as those based on [Microsoft] Windows, UNIX or Linux. Moreover, it is interoperable with storage products by other brands so we do not have to worry about system scalability; Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning tremendously enhances our storage performance. All products come with exceptional after-sales services." - Mr. Tispol Nakornsri, Assitant Vice President, Bangkok Cable Co., Ltd.
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten
While the amount of stored data keeps growing, the Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (Bank for Netherlands Municipalities or BNG) wants to enable its employees to retrieve stored documents quickly. This is why BNG replaced its Hitachi Lightning 9970VTM single-cabinet enterprise storage SAN solution with a system that offers improved scalability. The organisation opted for the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ model USP100, which, besides the greater storage capacity and better performance, offers more management capabilities.
"We were nearing the capacity limit. Hitachi Data Systems saw this coming, too. We have regular contact with Hitachi Data Systems, and quickly found ourselves negotiating a new solution that was more future-proof and scalable." — Fred Apon, IT Infrastructure Specialist, BNG
Baoying Fund Management Limited
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication
“With the Hitachi Data Systems solution, two systems could now be accessed by different business requests and not affect each other. In addition, the analysis data copy could now be updated more frequently.” — Baoying Fund Management Limited
Barry Callebaut AG
Hardware and Software Solution: Hitachi Content Archive Platform
“We are very pleased with our cooperation with Hitachi Data Systems. We
have built a relationship of trust and we consider Hitachi Data Systems
to be more of a strategic partner rather than a supplier. Together, we
work on the future of Barry Callebaut as a global player. A reliable IT
infrastructure is essential for this.” — Kris Vandaele, Corporate IT
Manager, Barry Callebaut AG
Industry: Manufacturing: Cocoa and Chocolate Products
Beijing Computing Center
Solutions: Cloud, File and Content Services, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 and Hitachi NAS Platform 3080, powered by BlueArc
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Nikoyo
“To meet the continual growth of business and information technology in Beijing, our Beijing Industrial Cloud service platform must have a robust storage infrastructure that can provide unsurpassed reliability, performance and scalability. The Hitachi Data Systems storage solution demonstrates cutting-edge advantages in performance and reliability, empowering us to overcome our operational challenges in a hassle-free way.” — Wu Yilei, Research and Development, Beijing Computing Center
Industry: Government
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics
Solutions: Business Continuity and Replication, Storage Management, Enterprise Platform, File and Content Services
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi Content Platform 500-DL, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services team from Hitachi China
"With
the deployment of Hitachi Content Platform, BMBS gained a
cost-efficient active archive storage solution that maintained its
content to meet long term preservation, availability and retention
policies."
Industry: Government
Beijing Rural Commercial Bank (BRCB)
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
“Hitachi Data Systems storage solutions have helped us to build a highly scalable and reliable central data storage platform, which has enabled us to achieve data consolidation and establish a high-performance backup system with disk-based virtualization and mirroring techniques. Hitachi solutions perfectly match our daily operational and backup needs.” – Beijing Rural Commercial Bank
Industry: Banking/Finance
Betonwerk Godelmann KG
Solutions: File/Content Services, Replication, Green Solutions, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®
Services: Conception and implementation services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner EDV-BV
"The concept that EDV-BV prepared with Hitachi Data Systems has worked exactly as it was supposed to. This means sensible planning, problem-free migration and successful results." — Daniel Piehler, IT System Administrator, Betonwerk Godelmann KG
Industry: Services: Construction
Bouygues Telecom
Solutions:
Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Storage Economics,
Virtualization
Hardware:
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (9), Hitachi Adaptable
Modular Storage 2300 (4)
Software:
Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage
Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi ShadowImage®
Replication and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager software
“‘Our strength lies in the
development and mastery of innovation.’ We expect our
technology partners to be in line with this dynamic. It is the ability
of Hitachi Data
Systems to continuously develop
technologies and innovative approaches to control them, which
particularly attracted us.” Pascal Picchiottino, Head of
Infrastructure, Bouygues Telecom
Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
Solutions: Consolidation and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Extended Distance Software
Services: Hi-Track® Monitor (“call home” service and remote maintenance tool) and onsite and offsite 24/7 support provided by Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi Data Systems Platinum Partner Viglen Storage Group
“Our server-per-application storage system badly needed updating. With Hitachi Data Systems technology and support we have centralised our data storage, created a sturdy disaster recovery solution and created a platform for future IT projects.” — Martin Powis, Head of IT and Telecoms, Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
Industry: Health Care
Brocade
Solutions: Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Services: Installation and support services provided by Hitachi DataSystems Global Solution Services
“Initially, we needed to support 64 cameras per server with up to 10TB of storage. We have three servers, so we're talking 30TB of readily available, easily scalable storage. Our IT department recommended the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100.” — Andy Guerrero, Security Manager, Brocade
Industry: Technology
CGI
Solutions: Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous
"One of our clients, a Canadian government agency, is doing important work in pretty extreme field locations. Here at CGI, we are excited about designing and validating this level of IT solution. Hitachi Data Systems makes it possible."
Christian Jean - Technological Architect - CGI, Canada
Industry: Information Technology
CLX Europe
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Services: Solution development and installation services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner
"The performance of the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 is excellent, both in absolute terms and in terms of availability of the whole system — and for a lower price than that offered by competitors." - Silvano Sardini, IT Manager, CLX Europe
Industry: Services: E-business Communications and Publishing
CSC – The Finnish IT Center for Science
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 systems
Software: Hitachi Device Manager and Basic Operating
System management software, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager and Basic
Operating System V virtualization software, Hitachi Tiered Storage
Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
"The biggest asset of the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform is its
virtualization features. Thanks to virtualization, servers are able to
utilise the capacity of storage systems of different brands and we no
longer have to worry about the interoperability of the programs." - Ari
Lukkarinen, Development Manager, CSC – The Finnish IT Center for Science
Cablemas
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
Software: Hitachi Disaster Protection Suite
"When
the storage solution we had reached its growth limit, we decided to
take the step into storage virtualization with Hitachi Data Systems
solutions."
Arturo Huys, Infrastructure and Operation Manager, Cablemas
Industry: Telecommunications
Capital Securities
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500, Hitachi Thunder 9570VTM modular storage
"Storage
is so important to the financial sector that Capital Securities puts
almost all critical information in the storage. Therefore, we demand the
most robust hardware. We are confident in Hitachi’s attention to
quality. We have been using Hitachi storage solutions for years. Their
excellent stability validates our initial choice. I have nothing but
good things to say about their performance!" — Mr. Alex Chia, Executive
Vice President and Head of IT Department, Capital Securities Corp.
Cedacri
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™
Software: Hitachi Universal Replicator
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“The
adoption of Hitachi Data Systems solutions has enabled us to implement
advanced storage services, while taking the maximum advantage of the
existing resources. Moreover, we could rationalize the management of the
entire environment through centralized and common management tools.” —
Elena Campidoglio, Senior Information Technology Executive, Cedacri
China Telecom Corporation Limited Guangdong (Guangdong Telecom)
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V, Hitachi Lightning 9980V™ storage system
Software: Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot
"Hitachi Data Systems was able to consolidate our storage and provide
better storage and power utilization rates, helping us to ensure that
our service levels are always kept high." — China Telecom Corporation
Limited Guangdong
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Solutions: File/Content Services, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi NAS Platform 3100 powered by BlueArc, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Software: Hitachi NAS Platform software and Hitachi Data Migrator, powered by BlueArc
"Impressive
Hitachi NAS Platform capabilities ensure enormous data transmission
capacity and enormous data processing power for CAS' image data."
Liu Shi Bin
Manager of Satellite Data Image Project
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Industry: Education
Citizen Machinery
Solution: IT Operations Software
Software: Hitachi IT Operations Director
Services: Provided by Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
“The most important aspect was the remarkable ease of use. Theuser need only look at the Hitachi IT Operations Director home screen to keep tabs on internal IT assets as well as the status of security measures.” — Mr. Kodaira Masaki Information Systems Division Corporate Planning Department Administrative Headquarters Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
Industry: Manufacturing: High Precision Tools
Citra Nusa Insan Cemerlang (CNI)
Solutions: Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, File/Content Services and Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software:
Hitachi ShadowImage Replication and Hitachi TrueCopy Extended Distance
"Today,
we are very satisfied with the Hitachi Data Systems solution. So far,
it can meet our SLA (service level agreement). The combination of
Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 with ShadowImage Replication and
TrueCopy Extended Distance software can deliver the maximum performance
at minimum cost."
Tjetjep Irawati
Head of Information Technology
PT Citra Nusa Insan Cemerlang
Industry: Retail
City College of Manchester
One of the UK’s largest educational facilities, City College
Manchester supports a growing number of students from around the world,
and over 1,200 employees. In order to provide 24/7 access to essential
materials and services online, the college needed a data storage and
protection system to support this continued growth. Through IT solutions
provider Viglen, the college deployed Hitachi hardware and software and
now enjoys enhanced information availability for students and teachers.
“For us, it’s all about providing an infrastructure to support online
learning, both now and in the future. The Hitachi Data Systems storage
solution from Viglen equips us to provide a resource unlike anything
we’ve managed before.”— John Goulden, Network Support Manager, City
College Manchester
City of Coquitlam
Solutions: Virtualization Enterprise Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Services: Integration and migration services provide by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Compugen
"We
went from a data migration mindet to transparently moving dat and apps
anywhere within the SAN environment using the Hitachi Universal
Storage Platform VM. We've had no service disruptions, no service
calls and plenty of improvement in performance and efficiency." —
Darren Browett Technical Services Manager City of Coquitlam
Industry: Government
City of Winnipeg
Hardware: Hitachi TagmaStore® Network Storage Controller model NSC55 and Hitachi high-end modular storage
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager™ utility package
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems
“We
were familiar with Hitachi Data Systems’ reputation for quality and
service. After an HDS Customer Engineer installed the Hitachi midrange
system, we saw the flexibility and acceleration that disk-to-disk backup
provides.” — Tim Rushforth, Systems Analyst, City of Winnipeg
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ Hitachi Network Storage Controller
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Asynchronous
Services: Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“The combined experience of CSC and Hitachi Data Systems in data
migration projects ensured that distance proved no obstacle to a large
scale relocation of IT operations from the US to Australia.” — Danny
Willmott, Director, Managed Computing Services, Computer Sciences
Corporation Australia
Corporation Bank
Solutions: Business Continuity, Enterprise Platform, Virtualization.
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
Software: Hitachi Basic Operating System V, Hitachi
Universal Replicator, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi TrueCopy
Synchronous and Hitachi ShadowImage Heterogeneous Replication software
“Since the deployment of Hitachi solutions, we
have been able to significantly improve our recovery time objective and
recovery point objective." — S. Kumar Head of Data Cener Corporation
Bank
Industry: Banking/Finance
Crown Macau
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 and 200 systems
Software:
Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning
Manager and Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software, as well as Hitachi
Data Protection Suite, powered by Commvault®
"Most
importantly, there have been no failures in the last six months, while
reliability has been good. This is especially important for us as our
services and facilities are key competitive differentiators." — Albert
Tang, General Manager, Information Technology, Crown Macau
DB Systel
Solutions: File and Content
Hardware: Hitachi Content Platform
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Intercom Computer Systems
"The transition ran smoothly, with no hitches whatsoever. The users were not affected. There are still 40,000 to 50,000 users working on the mainframe at the same time." — Wolfgang Eicher, DB Systel
Industry: IT Services for German Railway
DPMB - Brno Public Transport Company
Hardware:
Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300, Hitachi Content Platform
300
Software: Hitachi Content
Platform (software
module)
Services: Provided by
Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner
"One of
the main reasons for implementing the Hitachi archiving solution
[Hitachi Content Platform] in the Brno Public Transport Company was to
ensure, within an internal information system, a safe and centralized
online archiving of electronic mail in its unchanged form, so that users
cannot change or delete data for a given period of time." - Ing. Xenia
Mala, IT Department Director, Brno Public Transport
Company
Industry:
Transportation
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™
Software: Hitachi Storage Services Manager
The
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ features a high-availability design
and has no single point of failure, which is vital in the operations
and management of a critical facility such as the Daya Bay Nuclear Power
Station. — Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operationsand Management
De Montfort University
Solutions: Virtualization, Modular Platform, Enterprise Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 (2), Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Consultancy, implementation and planning services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Viglen Storage Group
"We have continued to be impressed by Hitachi Data Systems’ and Viglen’s dedication and professionalism. The smooth and painless migration from our old Hitachi system to the new Adaptable Modular Storage model reinforced our belief that the decision to stay with the two companies to install an updated, more capable and scalable system, was the right one." — Peter Holt, Senior Support Specialist, De Montfort University
Industry: Education
Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
“The Universal Storage Platform VM has helped us adopt virtualization; now all our applications, barring the core banking solution, run on it. Not only is it easier for us to virtualize storage, it has also created the setup for us to plan a 3-way disaster recovery mechanism.” — Venkat Krishnan, Senior Vice President, Head of Strategic Projects, Data Center, Network Infrastructure, PMO and Technology Management Group
Industry: Banking/Finance
Düsseldorf University Clinic
Solutions: Consolidation
Hardware: Hitachi Modular and high-end Modular Storage
Software
Hitachi LDEV Guard software (now called Hitachi Volume Retention
Utility for IBM IBM® z/OS®) and Hitachi QuickShadow software (now called
Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software)
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Strategic Partner Assistra AG
“Hitachi Data Systems and Assistra AG were the only bidders who could
guarantee us a seamless expansion capability and who could guarantee us a
seamless expansion capability and attractive price-to-performance
ratio.” — Dr. Zbigniew Kowalik, Systems Engineering Manager, Düsseldorf
University Clinic
Industry: Healthcare
E.ON IS
Solutions: Virtualisation/Green Solutions/Migration
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000, Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage 100
Software: Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Services: Storage solution consultancy and migration support and monitoring provided by Hitachi Data Systems
“Hitachi Data Systems’ heritage of working with large enterprises like
E.ON IS means they understood our priorities and challenges well and had
the technical know-how and solutions to address them. They provided
invaluable onsite support throughout the project.” — Peter Arrell, Head
of Storage UK, E.ON IS
Industry: Utilities
eBay
Hardware
Enterprise storage: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform and Network Storage Controller 55: Hitachi Lightning 9980V multi-cabinet, Lightning 9970V single-cabinet and Lightning 9960 systems
Modular storage: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 and 200; Workgroup Modular Storage 100; Hitachi Thunder 9585V ultra high-end and Thunder 9570V high-end systems.
"Hitachi Data Systems has absolutely been the easiest vendor to work with. We've looked at the other vendors, but were concerned about potential restrictions or too much of a focus on other products besides storage. The Hitachi Data Systems team was very flexible and wanted to understand our needs." — Heather Peck, Senior Manager Site Infrastructure, eBay
"We saw results immediately when we went live with Hitachi Data Systems. The storage went live in our environment seamlessly, with little impact on our databases." — Heather Peck, Senior Manager Site Infrastructure, eBay
eClaris
Solutions: Storage Management,Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Provided by Hitach TrueNorth Partner FusionStorm
"Now we can ingest extremely large amounts of data and have very rapid read-write functionality without overwhelming the system, providing a productive environment for our senior consultants and clients to perform analyses without worrying or waiting for data."
Jacques Nack Ngue, CISA, Founder and President, eClaris, Inc.
Industry: Services
EDB Sweden
Eager to address trends in customer demand, leading Nordic IT
services company EDB have developed an innovative solution for managing
their tiered storage environment. Because traditional models for tiered
storage outsourcing created cost and labour inefficiencies for employees
and clients, EDB worked with Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution
Services to implement a Policy-based Dynamic Tiered Storage (PBDTS) with
virtualization to overhaul its storage management and develop a more
efficient business model.
“Our customers help us identify where we need to go, but Hitachi Data Systems helps us identify how to get there.”
— Peter Bellman, Unit Manager, Capacity Services, EDB Sweden
EFAFLEX
Every company makes customer-orientation a priority, and Bavarian
manufacturer EFAFLEX takes that seriously. An extremely diverse range of
offerings transforms each of the high-speed industrial doors the
company manufactures into an individual custom-made unit. To ensure that
the SAP application behind this process nevertheless provides
acceptable response times, EFAFLEX chose the Hitachi TagmaStore
Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS500 from Hitachi Data Systems to
ensure fast data transfers.
“Since then the implementation
of the Hitachi Data Systems solution, there haven’t been any calls due
to agonizing slow response times.” Karl Weinberger, IT Manager, EFAFLEX
ENSO
German energy provider ENSO Strom AG was facing industry competition,
new regulations, and expanding business. Its existing storage
infrastructure was complex and not entirely flexible for the scalability
and security the company would require to meet these challenges. The
Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform helped reenergize the
ENSO IT environment with a highly available and scalable business
continuity solution.
"We've been profiting from the new
Hitachi infrastructure for a year and see significantly more beneficial
operations as a result. The administrative complexity and scalability
issues are gone. Instead, ENSO has a powerful, secure, and compliant
storage infrastructure." — Mathias Zirkler, IT Manager, ENSO
EPB Chattanooga
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ (2) and Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
Software:
Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Device Manager, and Hitachi
Dynamic Link Manager software; Hitachi ShadowImage® In-System
Replication software bundle; and Hitachi Universal Replicator software
(to be used once the disaster recovery site is complete)
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“Between
billing, customer service and IT, we calculated about a 74 percent
increase in productivity since implementing the Hitachi SAN … the
Hitachi solution is a big win for IT, for the company and, ultimately,
for our consumers.” — David Johnson, Chief Information Officer, EPB of
Chattanooga
ec Telecom
ec Telecom sees a significant efficiency boost in customer service through Hitachi Storage Management Solutions. Operating in a fast-changing market, ec Telecom found its systems failing to keep pace with the company's growth, especially when increasing user demands slowed performance to intolerable levels. The company selected a storage management solution that builds on Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and Hitachi Link Manager software. ec Telecom's customer service center has seen a 50 percent increase in response time and significant improvement in stability.
"The Storage Management solution, which runs on the backbone of Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, delivers the significantly improved system performance, reliability, and scalability that we need to keep our business at the forefront in today's highly competitive market environment." Edmund K.K. Chan, Assistant General Manager, ec Telecom
Eldorado
Eldorado achieves rapid growth by implementing scalable storage
solutions from Hitachi Data Systems while maintaining business
continuity. To increase storage capacity quickly and improve performance
in support of its distribution system, Eldorado, a Polish retailer and
wholesaler, needed a simple and scalable solution. Hitachi Data Systems
and its partner Solidex, a member of the Hitachi TruNorth
Partner Program, designed a highly scalable storage repository and
unified heterogeneous solutions with modular storage.
"The
storage solution from Hitachi Data Systems has helped us better utilize
the available processing and storage capacity. Improved performance is
an important factor in the development of our business data and a key to
the company's long-term success. With Hitachi, we have been able to
achieve our goals." Jacek Podsiadly, Information Technology Department
Manager, Eldorado
Elecon Engineering Co., Ltd.
Solutions: Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
"We chose Hitachi Data Systems primarily for the scalability and cost-effectiveness of its solution. But we have also realized a significant improvement in performance levels and application response times with this storage upgrade." - IT Team, Elecon Engineering Co., Ltd.
Industry: Manufacturing
Electro-Motive Diesel
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V (2) and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 systems (3)
Software:
Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi ShadowImage®, Heterogeneous
Replication, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi Device Manager,
Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Services:
Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services, including
hardware and software implementation or quick start services, the Remote
Copy Planning and Design service, project management and a six month
technical resident
"Hitachi Data Systems was the only
storage vendor that was dedicated to solving our business issues, while
not trying to dilute the resulting solution." — Anuraag Bhargava,
Electro-Motive Diesel
Endeavour Foundation
Solutions: Modular Platform, Storage Management, Enterprise Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Services: Integration and migration services provide by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner SureBridge IT
"Hitachi
Data Systems and SureBridge were true partners in the process. They
took the time to understand what we were trying to do from a business
point of view, rather than rushing in with a solultion." — Barry
Sanders, Chief Information Officer, Endeavour Foundation
Industry: Services
Energy Market Company Pte Ltd
Solutions: Business Continuity and Replication, Enterprise Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous and Hitachi In-Sytem Heterogeneous Replication Bundle
“When dealing with the fluidity and dynamism of the market, the need to maintain data integrity and confidentiality is crucial. Given that our entire business model is built on our data being reliable and accurate, we only depend on proven technologiues to drive our systems. We have worked with Hitachi Data Systems over the past five years, and we value their technology and storage expertise for our continued success.”
James Ng
Vice President
Market Operations and Information Technology
Energy Market Company Pte Ltd
Industry: Utilites
Fidelity National Information Services
Solutions: Capacity Management and Virtualization: Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM VM and Hitachi Tuning Manager software
“The
new Universal Storage Platform™ VM has given us the rock solid storage
resource we needed to deliver reliable and timely service in a highly
demanding market. We’re confident that it will stand us in good stead
for a long time to come.” — Gerry Grady, Production Services Manager,
Fidelity National Information Services
Industry: Financial Services
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Solutions: Business Continuity/Replication, Enterprise Platform, File/Content Services, Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous, Hitachi Universal Replicator
With Hitachi Storage Solutions, the hospital has now consolidated its heterogeneous storage systems onto a cenralized Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, enabling effective data archiving and multiple data-center disaster recovery.
Industry: Healthcare
First International Bank of Israel (FIBI)
First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) drives business performance
with Hitachi Data Systems. Employees and customers of FIBI, Israel's
fifth-largest banking group, depend on secure and uninterrupted access
to the bank's data and applications. However, with demand for storage
capacity growing 100 percent a year, the existing infrastructure was
showing signs of stress, with increased application downtime and slow
data recovery. With the help of Hitachi Data Systems, the bank redefined
its storage strategy.
"With our tiered storage architecture
from Hitachi Data Systems, we've improved storage utilization,
dramatically cut our total cost of ownership (TCO), and optimized the
performance of our business-critical applications." Oded Tiagger,
Production, BCP and DRP Manager, EDS-FIBI
FlexITy Solutions
"All customers, regardless of size, are looking for enterprise
features to effortlessly manage, protect, archive and maintain data
assets throughout the lifecycle. So were we…. The Hitachi platform has
everything we need to unite, manage and replicate storage." — Chris
Sator, Director, Data Center Solutions, FlexITy
Folksam
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
Software:
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Storage Services Manager, Hitachi
Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous
and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software
Services: Implementation, customer education and 24/7 support services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"Hitachi
Data Systems has proven to be a strong supplier with many good
characteristics. They are not limited to products and competence, but
also have customer care and service-mindedness beyond the usual." —
Stefan Strömberg, Technical Storage Architect, Folksam
Foothill-De Anza Community College District Police Department
Hardware: Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100
Software: Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 software
"We
learned that the Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 would give us an
excellent price point along with all the enterprise-class storage
features in a cost-effective, easy-to-use platform." — Ron Levine, Chief
of Police, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Police
Department
Forsters LLP
Solutions: Capacity and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Services: Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Intercept IT
“We’re not a 24/7 company, but with remote monitoring we know that even
if there is an issue with a disk in the SAN out-of-hours, the team at
Hitachi will respond straight away so there’s a replacement waiting for
us when we get to work the next day.” — AJ Meade, IT Manager, Forsters
LLP
Industry: Legal
Francaise Des Jeux
Française Des Jeux, the French national lottery, supports 41,000
lottery outlets in France, one per 1,400 inhabitants. The State holds a
72 percent stake in the lottery, which has been regulated by the
government virtually since its creation. Keen to keep up with what's
new, the lottery company has launched an average of one new product a
year for the past ten years, and has chosen Hitachi storage to support
this progress.
"Hitachi Data Systems delivers improvement
of data access times, reduction of the maintenance costs, and simpler
administration." — Christophe Carette, Systems Manager, Française Des
Jeux.
Gangnam-Gu Office
Gangnam is a relatively new urbanized district of Seoul, Korea, but
it has quickly become the most prosperous urban area in the country. The
district delivers extensive civil services through online methods,
including kiosks. To continue stably managing its offerings, Gangnam
needed to consolidate storage and establish a disaster recovery plan.
Hitachi Data Systems helped the Gangnam government develop a tiered
storage virtualization environment, based on the Hitachi TagmaStore®
Universal Storage Platform.
"From this storage
consolidation and disaster recovery system project, I was most impressed
with the high-performance solutions from Hitachi Data Systems and the
systematic maintenance support from LG Hitachi.” Hyang-soo Jung
Computing Development Team Manager Gangnam-Gu Office
Great Florida Bank
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 (supporting a Hitachi SAN)
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager version 5.7, Hi-Track® Monitor
“Before transforming our data protection strategies, managing data
was constant and painful. We have leveraged all that with Hitachi Data
Systems. Now we are able to focus on other priorities that keep the bank
running smoothly and moving forward.” — Hugo Torres, Director of IT,
Great Florida Bank
Green Cross Life Insurance
Hardware: Hitachi Content Archive Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Content Archiver software (supporting Hitachi Content Archive Platform)
"We used to search countless paper documents manually to find the
information needed by our customers. This process took us at least an
hour, sometimes even more than one whole day. By setting up Hitachi
Content Archive Platform and building an image system, however, we can
now search all types of documents needed by the main office as well as
all branches; thus, we enable Green Cross Life Insurance to provide
differentiated services and respond immediately to customer demands." —
Byeong-su Kang, Manager, Information Service Team, Green Cross Life
Insurance
Guangzhou Urban Planning (GUP)
The metropolitan planning bureau moves storage backup forward with
Hitachi high-speed integration platforms. The planning office for the
city of Guangzhou, China, was seeking to reform its data storage
management infrastructure to share and store vital data, such as
geographical images, construction permits, approval processes, and
multimedia data, across the enterprise. The city deployed Hitachi
Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS 200 and Hitachi high-end modular
storage to unify information exchange and storage.
"Hitachi
Data Systems has allowed us to economize on costs, guarantee our
investments, and simply do our job better, faster, and more reliably."
Li Shi Jin, Director of Automation, Guangzhou Urban Planning Bureau
Gulf JP Company, Limited
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous, Hitachi In-System Replication bundle, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2
Services: Professional services, implementation and data migration services provided by Hitachi Data systems Global Solution Services
"Hitachi Data Systems fulfilled our requirements in terms of technologies, performance, cost efficiency and return on investment. Moreover, the services before and after sales were crucial to this successful solution." – Ply Samudavanija, Vice President, Information Technology, Gulf JP Co., Ltd.
Industry: Utilities: Power
HBO+EMTB
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Itaba3
“Hitachi is consistent and their platform is future proof; they don’t
have a reputation for change like other vendors do.” — Kia Hunter, IT
Manager, HBO+EMTB
HDFC Bank Limited
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® 1100, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 600
Software: Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager software
Services: Hitachi virtualized infrastructure installation provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“Hitachi
Tiered Storage Manager [software] is the linchpin to our change
management process. It allows for nondisruptive migration of volumes for
change management to occur. It also allows change management to be a
seamless, repeatable process. ” — Harish Shetty, Senior Vice President
of IT, HDFC Bank Limited
HUK-COBURG
Juggling three computer centers, HUK-COBURG chooses the newest
Hitachi virtualization technique for efficient data security. Hitachi
Data Systems provided a solution that embraced both new and legacy
Hitachi storage and addressed three computer centers to provide
heightened performance and security that HUK-COBURG required.
“Hitachi
Data Systems was the only bidder whose virtualization capabilities
corresponded to our expectations of transparent classification while at
the same time matching our price expectations.” Jorg Reh, Acting
Department Manager, Informatics Operation and Manager, Production
Control, HUK-COBURG
Helse Midt-Norge IT (Hemit)
Solutions: Enterprise Platform/Storage Management/Replication
Hardware:
Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM V (2), upgrade from
earlier-generation Hitachi Universal Storage Platform and Hitachi
Thunder 9530VTM and Thunder 9570VTM systems
Software Hitachi Resource ManagerTM utility package; Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Proact
“Based on [our] positive relationship, we decided to invest in a bigger
Hitachi solution to meet new increased requirements, and in spring 2008
we installed a Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM V.” — Tone Musum,
Group Leader, Operations Department, Helse Midt-Norge IT
Industry: IT for Health Care Institutions
The Henner Group – GMC
Solutions: Modular Platform, Business Continuity
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 (2)
Software:
Storage Navigator Modular 2 program, Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication,
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Global Link Manager and Hitachi
Device Manager software
Services: Provided by Platinum Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Scasicomp
"The
performance of our infrastructure and the high availability of our data
are key for our business. That’s why, based on the recommendation of
our integrator, Scasicomp, we have chosen a storage solution recognized
for its reliability, robustness and flexibility, the Hitachi Adaptable
Modular Storage 2500."
— André Bigot, Assistant ITD Director, Henner Group – GMC
Industry: Insurance
HiT Entertainment
Solutions: Modular Storage, Business Continuity and Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 (2)
Software: Hitachi Storage Navigator, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Solution design and deployment consultancy provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services and Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner B2net
"With a fully scalable, tiered and disaster recovery-aligned storage platform from Hitachi Data Systems, we’re confident we have the tools to support data and business growth while remaining economical." — Ryan Tunstall, Vice President of Global IT Operations, HiT Entertainment
Industry: Media
Home Guaranty Corporation
Solutions: Storage Management, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
"In
order to have a whole proper system, you have to have the hardware to
complement it; that's when I thought of Hitachi Data Systems."
Raymundo B. Diamante III, Department Manager III - MISD, Home Guaranty Corporation
Industry: Government
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Solution: Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
"Through years of partnering with Hitachi Data Systems for our storage needs, we have come to deeply trust the reliability and performance of their products. Therefore, when our data storage volume rapidly increased, we deployed AMS 2100 to enable us to respond quickly to departmental requests, while providing superior levels of reliability, flexibility and performance."
Zina Yung
Senior Computer Officer
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hopital de La Tour
Hopital de la Tour, located in Meyrin, Switzerland, is the largest
private hospital in the area. However, it still has plenty of local
competition. The latest in state-of-the-art equipment helps immeasurably
in this regard. When the hospital recognized the need to move to a
Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), it chose to work with
Hitachi Data Systems to implement a storage area network (SAN) to
support the PACS.
“Hitachi Data Systems has an impressive
list of references and is interested in cultivating long-term business
relationships. Not all suppliers make such commitments. In addition,
24-hour support seven days a week is absolutely essential for us-and
Hitachi Data Systems is providing this with its Geneva branch.” Michael
Lawson, Director IT and Telecommunication, Hopital de la Tour
Huntsville Hospital
Hardware:Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080
Software:Hitachi
Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Tiered
Storage Manager and Hitachi Compatible PAV for IBM z/OS
Services:Project planning, project management and software training services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner
"The
Universal Storage Platform V is very straightfoward, very simple and
very, very fast. We provision new storage in 20 minutes or less, adding
the host and everything. That's compared to the nearly two hours it
took on the previous platform."
William Bishop
Storage Manager
Huntsville Hospital
i/o On-Demand
Hardware:Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
Software:Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Device Manager
Services:Installation and configuration services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"When you're building a bulletproof IT infrastructure, only the best performing storage platform will do. We chose the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V for its ability to handle pretty much anything we throw at it from a perfomance, availability and scalability perspective."
David Shepard
Vice President of Major Accounts and General Manager
i/o On-Demand
iSeek Communications
Solutions:
Modular Platform, Enterprise Platform,
Virtualizaton
Hardware: Hitachi
Unviersal Storage Platform V, Adaptable Modular Storage
2300
"We chose Hitachi
as its technology provided a cost-effective and scalabel solution that
was well ahead of its competitors. The deployment only took a couple of
weeks, with no downtime, which was vital to guaranteeing 24/7
availability for our customers. In short, it just worked." — Jenson
Spencer, Product Manager, Infrastructure Services,
iSeek.
Industry:
Information Technology/Communications
Iccrea Banca
Iccrea Banca of Italy has taken its missioncritical data
infrastructure to the highest level of capabilities for disaster
recovery. Over the course of the last decade, the financial institution
has successfully implemented Hitachi Data Systems solutions to evolve
and safeguard its IT environment. Iccrea Banca and its customers enjoy
the protection of a comprehensive business continuity plan.
"Since
day one, Iccrea has been able to maintain efficiency in the data
center. We have been able to realize remarkable stability, maximize
administrative simplicity, and contain technology costs with Hitachi
Data Systems.” Sandro Rullo Head of Management and Systems Service
Iccrea Banca
Ilsan Hospital
Hardware: SAN with Hitachi Universal Storage
Platform, Hitachi Lightning 9970V single-cabinet enterprise storage and
Hitachi Thunder 9585V ultra high-end modular storage
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Heterogeneous Remote Replication Software bundle
"We
selected the Universal Storage Platform to support relevant solutions
in the future and effectively utilize heterogeneous storage now through
virtualization." — Chung Sung-jik, Head of the Medical Information Team,
Ilsan Hospital
"Stability, scalability, manageability, and
economy are the utmost important factors for an IT infrastructure
model. Hitachi products were chosen because of these advantages in the
Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform™...[and] Hitachi Data
Systems' high reliability as a storage solutions provider." — Chung
Sung-jik, Head of the Medical Information Team, Ilsan Hospital
Indiana University
University IT departments have broad responsibilities for supporting
the full range of academic, research, and campus programs. When Indiana
University needed to upgrade an end-of-life SAN architecture to improve
capacity and service levels and guarantee reliability, Hitachi Data
Systems was called to the head of the class. The Hitachi Universal
Storage Platform™ delivered sophisticated virtualization, tiered storage
management, and exceptional administrative tools.
“We knew
exactly what our technical needs were. Hitachi Data Systems exemplified
the strengths we were seeking in array-based virtualization technology
and we wouldn’t have to compromise on I/O performance, reliability or
scalability. And Hitachi’s storage platform offered a single management
interface to manage the entire storage environment,” says Lowden. “We
consulted with dozens of other IT institutions across the country and
received very favorable recommendations for anything Hitachi. But
because we’re a public entity with a public bidding process, we must be
good stewards of financial assets and we assumed that the Hitachi
solution would be too expensive. The university purchasing department
awards the bids and we were incredibly pleased to learn that Hitachi was
the lowest bid and was awarded the contract for an entire SAN
infrastructure.”— Rob Lowden, Director, Enterprise System
Infrastructure, University Information Technology Services (UITS),
Indiana University
Industrial Electric Wire & Cable (IEWC)
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication and Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot
Services:
Implementation Service for Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services; presales,
implementation and connectivity services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth
Partner AE Business Solutions
“Before, we were
stifled by limited storage capacity and technology. With Hitachi, we've
gained brand new capabilities and nondisruptive data protection that
allow us to manage rapid business growth and deliver a broader, deeper
set of services to customers.” — Matthew Stroh, SAP Basis Administrator,
Industrial Electric Wire and Cable
InfoVision Optoelectronics
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
Software: Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
"The
Hitachi Data Systems products and solutions fully satisfied our
requirements. The consolidated storage platform with virtualization
technology has provided us a flexible SAN infrastructure that can help
us to meet future business growth." — Fu Bin, Maintenance Department,
InfoVision Optoelectronics
Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
Software: Hitachi Basic Operating System, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Backup and Recovery Software
"Our
decision to deploy the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V is very
strategic as it now allows our IT adminsitrators to easily maintain and
centrally manage the agency's storage infrastructure. Data backup can
now be performed regularly and automatically as opposed to the
previously manual process." — Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr. Mohd Shukor
Mahfar Deputy Director General, Tax Operation Inland Revenue Board of
Malaysia
Industry: Government
Innlandet Hospital Trust
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
(soon to add Adaptable Modular Storage 1000) and Hitachi Network Storage
Controller 55 (2)
Software: Hitachi HiCommand® Device Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems partner Ementor and Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"You
need to rely 100 percent on your IT infrastructure to deliver mission
critical data around the clock, 365 days a year. Hitachi Data Systems
fulfills that requirement!" — Frode Finne, CIO, Innlandet Hospital Trust
Insight Investment
Solutions: Virtualization, Replication and Backup
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
Software: Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Device Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner S3
“With Hitachi technology we’ve made the move to an enterprise system
without any difficulty. The visibility we have gained of our data has
enabled us to drive efficiencies throughout the organisation.” — Peter
Lethbridge, Head of IT, Insight Investment
Industry: Finance
Intellidyn Corporation
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager utility package and Hi-Track Monitor
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Platinum Partner Consiliant Technologies
Intellidyn Corporation processes, analyzes, and compiles millions of
intricate information records in order to deliver customized consumer
data, faster and more comprehensively than the competition, with
zero-defect. Challenged with an avalanche of industry regulations,
expanded services, and 24/7 availability demands, Intellidyn turned to
Hitachi Data Systems for a very nimble, responsive, and ultra-scalable
storage design. The solution was based on the Hitachi TagmaStore
Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS500.
"Out of the box, without tuning, the Hitachi solution gave us an
immediate 300 percent improvement of application performance." — Rajeev
Kumar Gagneja, Chief Technology Officer, Intellidyn Corporation
International School of Bangkok
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Partner Acer, Inc./Acer Computer Co., Ltd.
“After installation by Acer of the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
system and Hitachi Data Protection Suite software, we are impressed by
the overall performance without using costly tape backup. Moreover, the
data backup time is cut shorter, from 24 hours to only 12 hours.
Therefore, system administrators can take more time to focus on IT
systems.”
— Mr. Stephen Lehmann, Director of IT, International School Bangkok (ISB)
iplan networks
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller 55
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software
Services: Hitachi Data Systems Customer Services and Support providing 24/7 hardware and software support. Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services, providing in-system replication, virtualization and tiered storage implementation, and online data migration of critical applications; and Hitachi Data Systems Academy training
IPLAN, the first telecommunications company to use IP technology in Latin America, employs networks designed to meet the current and future high-speed information transmission needs. To support these leading-edge capabilities, IPLAN sought to increase application performance and availability without giving up centralized management capabilities, and to cost-effectively improve backup and restore times. Hitachi Network Storage Controller and Hitachi software provided the solution.
"We have been consolidating and integrating our applications using Hitachi storage solutions for five years. This policy allows us to quickly meet our organization’s business needs, improve storage availability, maximize our service platforms´ security and dramatically streamline information management."
Diego Francia
CIO
IPLAN
K7 Computing
Solutions: Storage Management, Modular Platform, File/Content Services.
Hardware: Hitachi NAS Platform 3100, powered by BlueArc, and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
"We
opted for the Hitachi NAS Platform 3100 and Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage 500, which currently handles up to 65TB of data for us." —
Senthil Kumar Ramanujam Senior Manager IT and Networks K7 Computing
Industry: Information Technology
Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage Replication
Services: Project planning and followup maintenance services are provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Eistein Technology Co., Ltd.
"Products with high practicality and stable performance are the fundamental reasons for the hospital's choice of the Hitachi system." — Ms. Cindy Chiu, Director of Medical Information Department, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital
Industry: Healthcare
Karnataka Bank
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (Sun 9990V)
Software:
Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle (includes Hitachi
ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication and Hitachi Copy-on-Write
Snapshot software); Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager and Hitachi Tuning
Manager software
“Our banking environment requires real
time access to information with no room for data loss. We chose Hitachi
Universal Storage Platform V storage systems because they provided us
with enterprise-class functionality and data availability, which
resonated with our business mission and provided the reliability we
required for business continuity.” — Anantha Krishna, Chairman,
Karnataka Bank Limited
Kennedys
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 systems (2)
“Working alongside Hitachi partner Intercept, we’ve successfully
overhauled our core IT infrastructure. Not only that, but we’ve done it
without disruption to our employees and clients, we’ve done it to budget
and we’ve done it to deadline.”
— Ian Lauwerys, IT Director, Kennedys
Kennemer and Spaarne
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Business Continuity and Replication, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Device Manager; Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®
"We've become much more independent with regard to storage systems and can manage the whole architecture from a central management platform. Because of Hitachi Data Systems' experience in the medical world, this task was made for them." — Gerard Hensels, Head of ICT & Medical Technology, Kennemer Gasthuis
Industry: Utilities: Energy Supplier
King Mongkut’s University
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS200
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software and Hi-Track® Monitor (software tool/service)
Services: Provided by Acer Computer Company, Ltd.
The
mission of Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) is to
create the next generation of Thailand’s leading scientists and
technologists. To help accomplish this goal, the university developed
several new interactive learning applications—but its existing storage
infrastructure was insufficient to support video streaming. To
facilitate these new applications, manage storage costs, and protect
critical data, KMUTT tapped Acer Computer Company and Hitachi Data
Systems for a modular storage solution.
"Although KMUTT has
never purchased Hitachi Data Systems storage products in the past, the
university’s analysis demonstrated that the Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage system would provide better performance and greater capacity
than other proposed storage brands."
Dr. Bundit Tipakorn
Assistant Professor
KMUTT
Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
To create an intercontinental disaster recovery system that would
overcome bandwidth limits and ensure secure, highly available global
data access, Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade chose to
employ solutions from Hitachi Data Systems.
"At first, it
was very demanding to set out this gigantic project as a disaster
recovery system project in order to connect Korea in Asia to the U.S. in
North America. But now this disaster recovery center provides
incredible benefits, which exceeded our expectations, and it also
contributes to diplomatic bridge building.” Park Nam-sun Diplomatic
Information Officer Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
L + L Lieferservice and Logistik
Hitachi Data Systems optimizes central service providers' tasks to
support therapeutic shoe manufacturers. The fact that health claims,
high tech and loyalty to Germany as the production location do not
contradict -- but rather sensibly complement each other -- is
demonstrated by L+L Lieferservice and Logistik in Vettelschoss, under
whose auspices traditional brands such as Birkenstock, Birkis, Tatami,
Papillio, Betula, Footprints and Alpro are produced. As the company
grows, availability demands increase. Hitachi Data Systems helped answer
this high-availability challenge with Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable
Modular Storage.
"In particular, the high-availability
[Hitachi storage] functions won us over. Manual intervention for the
failover is no longer necessary. In addition, we can expand the flexible
hardware." Echard Thomas, IT Engineering Manager, L+L Lieferservice and
Logistik
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi Basic Operating System V
"I see the enterprise storage platform being a game-changer for the bank. It helps IT move from being a support function to a business enabler, and a catalyst in redefining business strategy." — B. Murali Nair, Chief Technology Officer, Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Industry: Banking / Finance
Lancaster University
Solution: Business Continuity/Replication and Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 (2)
Software: Hitachi Replication Manager
“As [Lancaster University is] an organisation that depends completely on its critical data, the reliability of the Hitachi Data Systems solution made it the natural choice for building a fail safe business continuity plan.” —Malcolm Baldwin, Database Systems Team Leader, Lancaster University.
Industry: Education
Lloyds Banking Group
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Virtualisation, Consolidation
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (3) and Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM (1); Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
Software: Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Services: Solution design and deployment consultancy provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“The transition to a next generation storage solution using Hitachi Data Systems technology is a key enabler for Lloyds Banking Group’s WMTT Infrastructure Maturity Model strategy.”
Colin Everett, Head of IT Infrastructure, Wholesale Markets Treasury and Trading, Lloyds Banking Group
Industry: Banking / Finance
Lotto Sport Italia
Solutions: Modular Platform and Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Filippetti S.r.l. consulting & technologies
“‘The
system performance levels are excellent, at costs which are quite
beneficial compared to competitors: 1TB from Hitachi Data Systems is
really very competitive compared to the other solutions available on
the market.”
Claudio Pieri, IT Systems Manager, Lotto Sport Italia
Industry: Manufacturing
MAAGNET Systems Sdn Bhd
Solutions: Modular Platform, Tiered Storage/Virtualization Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
“Hitachi
Data Systems has demonstrated its willingness to do more for us as a
customer. Rather than merely selling the product, they have provided
value added services that users appreciate."
— Jimmy Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, MAAGNET Systems Sdn Bhd
Industry: Insurance
MAXCOM Telecommunications
Solutions: Storage Management, Enterprise Platform, Business Continuity/Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Solvan
"The
main differentiators we found in Hitachi Data Systems were the service,
technological support, price and the empathy generated by Hitachi Data
Systems in order to undersand our business and requirements." — Maxcom
Industry: Education
MTV Italy
Solutions: Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
“We have had a very good experience with Hitachi Data Systems on the
project and the deploying phases. One can easily realise that they are
used to focusing on customers.” — Giuseppe Rolla, Director of Broadcast
Services, Broadcast Services
Industry: Entertainment
Maaf Assurances
When MAAF Assurances needed to implement an electronic data
management environment to better manage a high volume of transactional
documents, the decision was made to also centralize its IT
infrastructure to better support and protect the company’s information.
The solution? The Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform,
Brocade SilkWorm directors, and a suite of Hitachi management tools for
optimum performance, availability, and reliability across the
enterprise.
"While EMC and incumbent IBM were considered
for our restructure project, Hitachi Data Systems was awarded the job.
We had great ambitions in terms of deadlines and quality. These
conditions were respected perfectly by the Hitachi team.” Jean-Pierre
Giquel Director of IT and Telecommunications MAAF Assurances
Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers, Ltd. (MVML)
Solutions: Business Continuity/Replication, Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle
"The Hitachi solution was chosen to provide more mileage to the new emerging challenges and technological advancement growth at the MVML facility." - Mr. B. Venkatakrishnan, Head of IT, Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers, Ltd. (MVML)
Industry: Manufacturing
McHenry Savings Bank
Solutions: IT Operations Analyzer, Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer 2.0 and 2.5
“IT Operations Analyzer allows me to see everything in our network without having to purchase licenses for every device because we can monitor virtual machines through the host. Right now we have 135 virtual machines and 12 hosts monitored.” — Bryan Nash, CIO, McHenry Savings Bank
Industry: Banking/Finance
Mediaware
Solutions:
File and Content Services, Modular Platform, Storage
Management
Hardware: Hitachi
Adaptable Modular Storage 2100, Hitachi Essential NAS
Platform
"Only Hitachi Data
Systems could provide a smaller system more suited to the task. The
Adaptable Modular Storage was logical."— Stuart Spencer, IT Manager,
Mediaware.
Industry: Communications/Media
Meuhedet Health Fund
Solutions: Modular Platform, Business Continuity, Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 (6)
Software: Storage Navigator Modular 2
Services: Installation, maintenance and support services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Customer Service and Support
"In
our critical and fast paced environment, users complain loudly over any
minor response time or downtime problem they may experience. Since the
Hitachi storage solution was installed, I’ve heard nothing at all! My
peace of mind is intact, and I’m grateful for that." —Alex Fisher, M.D.,
Head of Radiology Services, Meuhedet Health Fund.
Industry: Healthcare
Movistar - Telefónica Móviles de Chile
Solutions: Business Continuity Enterprise Platform File and Content Services
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V 600
Software: Basic Operating System, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Services:
SAN Implementation and 24/7 software and hardware support provided by
Hitachi Data Systems Customer Services & Support and Hitachi Data
Systems Global Solution Services
“Hitachi Data
Systems, as an integral consultant, helps Movistar solve business
critical issues." — Luis Urzúa, Technology and Systems Operations
Manager, Movistar
Industry: Telecommunications
NASA
Hardware: Dell Servers
Software: Hitachi Content Archive Platform (Hitachi Content Archiver software only)
"The Hitachi archival software makes our hardware clusters appear as a single archive. That means we don’t have to manage different applications with separate interfaces... which greatly expedites the way we’re able to monitor and access content." — Curt Tilmes, Computer Scientist, NASA
Nacamar
Solutions: Storage Management, File and Content, Modular Platform, Green Solutions
Hardware: Hitachi NAS Platform 3100, powered by BlueArc® (2), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (2)
Software: Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2, Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner
“Our business and customers demands are rapidly developing, and with the help of Hitachi storage we can not only meet these demands but also act in an environmentally conscious way.” — Uwe Schnepf, Managing Director, nacamar GmbH
Industry: Information Technology
National Computing and Information Agency
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication
"We have been able to experience a wide range of advantages, including efficient distribution and use of resources, cost effective deployment and operation, reduced power consumption with fewer server systems, as well as reduced system failure time through pilot consolidation and Personnel Policy Support System deployment by setting up the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM." — Official Eung-Su Kim, National Computing and Information Agency
National Library of Scotland
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Extended Distance software and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software
“This solution has given us the resilience, scalability and security to expand our digitisation of Scotland’s literary archive. We look forward to leveraging Hitachi and Viglen Storage Group’s expertise to expand this pioneering tool in the future.” — David Dinham, ICT Manager, National Library of Scotland
National University of Singapore (NUS): Centre for Quantum Technologies
Hardware: Hitachi NAS, powered by BlueArc®, (2100);
Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
“Universities are typically compared to commercial enterprises; however, distinct differences exist in requirements and resources present. Hitachi Data Systems has enabled us to achieve our technological goals through virtualization, open standards and a best- of-breed strategy. With these, we are now empowered to push the boundaries of knowledge even further than before.” — Darwin Gosal, IT Manager, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Neopost (France)
Solutions: Modular Platform, Business Continuity
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 (2)
Software: Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle (includes Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software), Hitachi Device Manager and HitachiTrueCopy® Synchronous software
“Performance and reliability — this is what our customers demand of us. We apply the same principles to our storage! We would like a solution that is capable of supporting our performance requirements, our professional constraints, and our service commitments. With the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 solutions, we consider it done.” — Eric Defaux, Technical Manager DSI Distribution, Neopost France
Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Services
Netgroup
Solutions: Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (2), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
Software: Hitachi Basic Operating System V, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Credocom
“Our main priority is to safeguard and optimize our clients’ operations. That is why we only invest in the best and most reliable technology on the market. Our data centers contain what is probably the country’s strongest backbone of solutions. This is a backbone we have chosen to base on storage from Hitachi Data Systems.” – Jesper Dyhr, CEO, Netgroup
Industry: Information Technology: Hosting/Cloud Computing
Nielsen//NetRatings
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000, Hitachi Network Storage Controller 55
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager™ utility package, Hitachi NAS Manager suite of software and Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems and partner AR Systems
"Finally, our storage architecture now delivers a significant gain in performance. The flexibility and velocity of the Network Storage Controller 55, in particular, helps us to manage all the servers, the connections and the failover in a completely transparent manner. " — Eric Celeyrette, Director of Technical Operations, Nielsen//NetRatings
Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd., Suderland Plant
With Nissan manufacturing plants being opened across Eastern Europe, the company’s operations were relying heavily upon shared applications across the network. Nissan was also under pressure to reduce costs while improving efficiency; the company’s Sunderland, United Kingdom, manufacturing plant needed an ultra-reliable storage infrastructure to ensure data was always available and protected. The Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform with Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage provided the structure and security Nissan required to create a more efficient business environment.
"We needed a storage system that not only guarantees business continuity for all of our applications but also ensures they are working effectively. Hitachi’s technology improves reliability and business efficiency, making it a perfect choice for Nissan.” Neil Melville Manager Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. Sunderland Plant
NoWon District Office
"It is remarkable that all the disparate storage systems are now integrated into a single system. Especially satisfying is the fact that outmoded equipment is being reused after value adjustment. As the midrange product families are utilized for sstorage-to-storage mirroring, we do not worry about saving important data or backup because we have enough capacity," said the IT Manager of NoWon District. "The HDS system has proven its reliability in the finance and securities sectors, and we are deeply interested in the disaster recovery system which will be linked to Hitachi Lightning 9980V enterprise storage system."
"The budget was set up in December 2003 and the storage integration plan started from May 2004 and completed by October 2004. As the project took as long as one year, the district office had high expectations on the new system. In fact, electronic signing process is now significantly faster, resulting in improved overall performance." — Lee Ki-jae, Administrator of NoWon District Office
oOh!Media
Solutions: Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous
"The biggest endorsement we can give the Hitachi solution is that since deployment, nothing has gone down. It sits on the network and does exactly what it promises, without us having to worry about where the data is being saved." — Simon Yeandle, Chief Financial Officer, oOh!Media
Industry: Communications/Media
OTP Bank
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Green Solution
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (Sun StorageTek 9990V)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Resource Manager™ utility package’s cache residency manager feature, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Invigor Informatika Ltd.
“With the new hardware, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, we experienced significant improvement in the performance of our bank applications.”
Mr. Tibor Andráskó, Director of IT Operations, OTP Bank
Industry: Finance / Banking
Ohlone College: Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Extended Distance software, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous software
"The Hitachi Data Systems solution is strategically aligned with Ohlone College Newark campus’s environmental stewardship and energy conservation goals and with providing the teaching and learning environment with a state-of-the-art storage system needed for technology innovation now and in the future." — Leta Stagnaro, Associate Vice President, Newark Center, Ohlone College
One Italia
Solutions: Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
Software: Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager
Services: Configuration, migration and installation services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Atlantica Sistemi
“Thanks to the modular nature of the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 system, we now have a flexible, cost-effective system with easy tiering. This allows us to intermix different types of drives, providing the right price to performance for each type of data and application.” — Roberto Lucentini, IT Manager, One Italia
Industry: Telecommunications
Ontario Science Centre
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite 6.1, powered by CommVault®, Hitachi Device Manager software, Hitachi Resource Manager utility package, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Platinum Partner FlexITy Solutions, Inc.
"The Hitachi implementation has brought a new level of reliability, unseen before, to our core infrastructure along with a greater flexibility to efficiently manage more storage with less effort. That makes everyone happy. I like happy." — Peter Legat, Associate Director, Information Services, Ontario Science Centre
Overstock.com
Solutions: Virtualization, Storage Management, Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Load Balancing Controller, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
"The
Universal Storage Platform V gives us flexibility across a very
heterogeneous data center. We can be somewhat storage agnostic-bringing
in other vendor arrays as needed-but are still able to virtualize,
provision and manage it all from the Hitachi framework"—Sam Peterson,
SVP, Technology, Overstock.com
Industry: Retail
Ozcare
With its data storage and management spread across dozens of sites, health and community service provider Ozcare faced severe challenges in keeping systems reliable and information available. An innovative, affordable solution from Hitachi Data Systems and Technology Partner ordyss turned the tables, supporting high data availability with business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities, and allowing Ozcare to focus on providing the best possible services.
"The combined speed, reliability, and support of the [Hitachi Data Systems] solution really stood out as a shining example of exemplary technology.” —Tom Dunn-Marler Information Technology Coordinator Ozcare
PRC Medical
Solutions: Business Continuity and Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi In-System Replication, Hitachi TrueCopy Extended Distance Remote Replication
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Arkay Data Storage Solutions, Inc.
“Our main objective was to make information available everywhere, across any device, to provide our client physicians and practices with the most consistent, user-friendly applications…Deploying Hitachi storage will afford us impressive scalability, easy replication and high availability.” – Frank Hil, Executive Vice President, PRC Medical
Industry: Healthcare
Pacific Capital Bancorp
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® (2) and Hitachi Thunder 9580VTM modular storage (2)
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous remote replication, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi Storage Services Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“Because Pacific Capital Bancorp’s data needs continue to change and grow with its business needs, we went looking for a vendor to provide a complete storage infrastructure, technical guidance and ongoing support. Hitachi [Data Systems] had it all.” — Al Todd, Senior Vice President of IT, Pacific Capital Bancorp
Pacific Hydro
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager utility package
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
When Pacific Hydro, a fast-growing Australian renewable energy company, faced rapid growth with an inflexible storage infrastructure, it sought out a centralized, cost-efficient tiered storage solution. Hitachi Data Systems answered the challenge with a solution based on the Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS200, which would serve as the framework for an easy-to-manage storage area network (SAN).
"The implementation was as smooth as silk. Hitachi Data Systems and Global Storage proposed a clear-cut solution to our storage problem, and we trusted them to deliver on it, which they did perfectly." — Daniel Hayward, Global IT Manager, Pacific Hydro
Peak Web Hosting
Solutions: Modular Platform, File/Content Services, Cloud
Hardware: Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (also in the environment: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100, 2500)
"Now our storage offerings are on the same par of excellence as everything else in our environment, enabling Peak to complete our zero-downtime Enterprise Managed Hosting and Private Cloud service." — Jeffrey Papen, CEO, Peak Web Hosting
Industry: Services
People's Bank of China
Supporting an important international bank that processes huge amounts of credit business daily, the systems at the Export Import Bank of China handle data that is extraordinarily important for the entire banking organization. The bank required a proven disaster recovery solution and needed to ensure uninterrupted data availability and service continuity. A high-end Hitachi Data Systems solution outperformed the bank’s previous disaster backup standard, as set by China’s State Council.
With support from advanced and innovative solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, the Export Import Bank of China has achieved powerful disaster backup capabilities
Perth Radiological Clinic
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Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
"It was vital for us to retain the quality and quantity of the images on file to help doctors easily access and analyze patient records to make better diagnosis and management decisions. Hitachi Data Systems proved that it delivered the best value solution, as well as the technical expertise and support to solve our business challenges." — Joel Adams, IT Manager, Perth Radiological Clinic
Industry: Healthcare
Pixorial
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS, powered by BlueArc® (3100)
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Platinum Partner Advanced Systems Group (ASG)
"While a couple of vendor products had the performance and scalability we liked, only Hitachi Data Systems proved to have the densest shelves on the market plus value added benefits that no other vendor could provide at the time." — Joshua Terry, Director of Systems Engineering, Pixorial
Punjab National Bank of India
unjab National Bank selects scalable and reliable Hitachi Storage Solutions. To address competition from other banks while providing superior services to customers, India's second-largest public-sector bank selected Hitachi Data Systems solutions for storage consolidation. This greatly improved efficiency and lowered costs.
"Technology provided by Hitachi Data Systems has placed a significant role In Punjab National Bank's overall efficiency performance level and quality of service." R.K. Bansal, Operational Head, IT Division, Punjab National Bank
Qualcomm
Solutions: Virtualization, Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Services: Remote Storage Management Services, Remote Provisioning and Remote Reporting Services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Service Operations Center; product supply and administrative services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Bedrock Technology Partners
"We've been challenged to free up floor space and manage growth without deteriorating performance. Hitachi tiered virtualization will be the key building block of our storage architecture for better command over cost-efficient business and data growth." — John Roden, Senior Manager IT, Qualcomm
Industry: Telecommunications, Information Technology
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Hitachi Simple Modular Storage Solution 100
“The reliable Hitachi Simple Modular Storage Solution 100 provides us with the high performance to manage large virtual test environments and the flexibility to ensure smooth migration to the live architecture when testing is complete.” — Craig Hawthorne, Senior Infrastructure Analyst, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
SDV (Sparda-Datenverarbeitung eG)
Banks are currently under particular pressure from the competition. It is important, therefore, that IT optimally supports bank business processes. Long response times and obsolete systems are hindrances in this case. For this reason, Sparda- Datenverarbeitung eG in Nuremberg, the IT service provider of the Sparda and PSD banking group, decided to renovate and consolidate the group’s existing storage architecture, based on the Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform.
"In comparison to the competition, Hitachi storage could be upgraded with a much more flexible partitioning feature and more comprehensive capabilities for microcode upgrades.” Bernd Bohne Department Manager of Databases and Central System Engineering Sparda-Datenverarbeitung eG
Saint Elizabeth
Solutions: Modular Platform, Business Continuity and Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Replication Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi In-System Replication bundle
Services: Professional services, implementation and data migration services provided by Hitachi Data systems Global Solution Services
"We were able to cut migration time by a third using Hitachi services. We've used services from other vendors before, but the team from Hitachi was the most professional. From the project manager to the engineers, everyone was exceedingly focused and well-versed in the technology." — David Burne, Leader of Information Technolgoy, Saint Elizabeth
Industry: Healthcare
Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview
Solutions: Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner Accucom
“We have been using Hitachi for a number of years and have always been really impressed with its performance. By providing the systems to adequately store, connect and back up our resources, we are confident that we have the foundation to provide our students with the education and training needed to live and work in a digital world." — Matthew Taylor, Infrastructure Manager, Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview
Industry: Education
Savills
Solutions: Business Continuity and Replication, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager
Services: Consultancy and implementation services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"The
Hitachi storage platform gives us excellent system performance,
reliability, scalability and transparency. It enables us to analyze
storage data immediately, and as a result we have greater confidence in
our ability to respond to a disaster recovery incident — all for a lower
purchase cost than our previous storage platform."—James Poon,
Associate Director, Head of Infrastructure, Savills
Industry: Services
Sealed Air
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V and Hitachi Lightning 9980V™ storage systems (2)
Software: Hitachi Storage Command Suite, including Hitachi Device Manager and Basic Operating System/Basic Operating System V; Hitachi Resource Manager utility package; Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager and Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Customer Services and Support, which provides services for Hi-Track® Monitor, and Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services, which provides services for mainframe migration, MOD conversion, in-system replication, and Hitachi Device Manager and Virtual Partition Manager software
“With the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V, we’re able to unite previously isolated storage environments to gain enterprise-wide virtualization and migration capabilities that meet even our most demanding workloads.” — Bryan Cripps, Storage Architect, Sealed Air
Secode
Solutions: File and Content Services, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080, powered by BlueArc®
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Professional services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“We had to find a vendor that could deliver a reliable and highly scalable solution, which could easily be extended, in terms of performance and storage capacity, to meet current and future needs. The only vendor that really could deliver on this promise was Hitachi Data Systems.” Henrik Olsson, IT Operations Manager, Secode
Industry: Services: IT and Managed Security Services
Shaanxi Telecom
Hardware: Hitachi NAS, powered by BlueArc® (3100C)
"Hitachi Data Systems was able to understand our needs and provide the right solutions that catered to our requirements. With their solution, we can now grow our business without worrying whether our data storage infrastructure can meet our business needs." — Shaanxi Telecom
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
As Shanghai Jiao Tong University's data center demands grew, its diverse storage systems were unable to keep up, prompting the university to seek a better-integrated, more expandable storage system. Hitachi Data Systems provided the answer with a solution built on Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage and Hitachi software.
"The SAN system with the [Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage] model AMS500 as its core has provided high stability, reliability, scalability, and ease-of-management for our storage environment in the Network Information Center." — Mr. Huang Bao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Railway Bureau Ticket Center (The Ministry of Railway)
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ (2) and Hitachi Network Storage Controller (1) with McDATA 4700 Switches (4)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager and Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager software and Hitachi Resource Manager utility package
Services: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform Enablement Services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“The two Universal Storage Platforms not only resolve potential system failure due to database errors via asynchronous data replication inside the master Universal Storage Platform, but they also avoid the effects of hardware failures on the system via the synchronous data replication between the two Universal Storage Platforms.” — Shanghai Railway Bureau Ticket Center
Shrewsbury International School
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Acer Computer Co., Ltd.
“After we gathered information from many brands and exchanged information with other schools, we decided to choose Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 from Hitachi Data Systems, which is delivered by Acer Computer (Thailand) Co., Ltd., under the co-brand Acer/Hitachi Data Systems. The key factors that affected our decision were performance and support.” — Mr. Simon Mower, Director of ICT, Shrewsbury International School
Sichuan Changhong Electronics Group Corporation
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller and Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage 100
Software: Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication and Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Extended Distance (remote replication) software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“We selected the Hitachi Network Storage Controller because of its strong and economical virtualization integration functions. The SAN solution from Hitachi Data Systems has helped us break down data silos and integrate and unify heterogeneous storage resources.” — Mr. Ren Zonggui, Deputy Director of Operation and Management Department, Changhong
Sify Technologies Ltd.
Solutions: File and Content Services, Modular Platform, Storage Economics
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080
Software: Hitachi Storage Capacity Reporter software
"The
Hitachi Data Systems solution offered us the best architecture to
enable scalability and provisioning of new features as and when we need
them, in this new On-Demand Storage venture by Sify."
C V S Suri, President and CEO, Sify Enterprise Services
Industry: Information Technology, Telecommunication
Sigtuna City Council
Sigtuna City Council’s traditional data backup system was unable to cope with the increasing volume of data associated with its range of online public services. Working with local reseller Exello, it identified the Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®, as the best solution for its backup needs in terms of speed, reliability and scalability. Since deployment, backup time has fallen from 39 hours to 16 hours, while data volume has grown from 1.3TB to 3.5TB.
"We’re very pleased with the product and the service from Hitachi Data Systems and Exello. We have the ideal combination of local, native language support and technical expertise from the solution supplier." - Lars Eneslatt, IT Manager, Sigtuna City Council
Sinar Mas Group
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® and legacy Hitachi Lightning 9970V™ and Thunder 9520V™ storage systems
Software: Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software
"We are committed to sustainable development and changing the image of our industry. Thanks to Hitachi Data Systems — their solutions and services helped us to achieve exactly that." — Tina Yun-Chin Lee, CIT of APP China, Asia Pulp and Paper Group, Ltd. Sinar Mas Group
SingHealth
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 100, Hitachi Thunder 9520 and Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager utility package and Universal Volume Manager, Universal Replicator ShadowImage Heterogeneous Replication, HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager, HiCommand Device Manager, HiCommand Protection Manager and HiCommand Storage Services Manager software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"Hitachi Data Systems was the only vendor that offered a proven storage virtualization solution together with a commitment to 100 percent uptime on the Fibre Channel disks. The solution the company offered was perfectly tuned to our business needs, and no existing IT investments went to waste." — Fong Choon Khin, Group Chief Technology Officer, SingHealth
"The idea is to have a simplified, central point of management for multiple tiers of storage. This allows us to start at a manageable cost base and add storage as needed." — Fong Choon Khin, Group Chief Technology Officer, SingHealth
SmartyHost
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: VMware Virtualization Infrastructure
Service: Implementation services provided by SmartyHost business partner Optus/Alphawest
“As a high-growth company we needed something that would scale as we grew, was easy to manage and operated independently of any particular server vendor. We went with the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 with VMware Virtualisation software and leveraged Optus/Alphawest to help with implementation.” — Anoosh Manzoori, Founder and CEO, SmartyHost
Solta Medical
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Tiered Storage/Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Basic Operating System (for Universal Storage Platform VM)
Services: Installation, provisioning, documentation and training provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"The Universal Storage Platform VM is sophisticated but straightforward and has automated much of what we used to spend hours doing manually, to save us time, resources and frustration over the long haul."
Ken Hurley, Managing Director of IT, Solta Medical
Industry: Healthcare/Retail
Southern Grampians Shire Council
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi TrueNorth Partner
"We have been particularly pleased with the level of support and assistance from the SDS and Hitachi Data Systems team."
Peter Barras, Coordinator of Information Systems, Southern Grampians Shire Council
Industry: Government
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)
The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) unites 21st century users and 200 years of history via Hitachi Data Systems. The SPTO registers all intellectual property in Spain. With three million paper files, the organization needed to modernize storage and improve user experiences. A move to new offices led the SPTO to seek a scalable, high capacity storage architecture. It chose Hitachi Data Systems to supply and manage the solution implementation to deliver online services in a secure, well-managed archive that is supported by virtualization and remote data protection.
"The highly secure and scalable storage architecture from Hitachi Data Systems enables us to safely manage all of our records. At the same time we can offer online users a fast, responsive experience." Jose Antonio Martin Perez, IT Director, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)
Spoleto Municipality
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 in storage area network (with 10 host bus adapters and 2 Brocade® switches)
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager utility package
Services: Provided by Filippetti Consulting and Technologies and Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services.
“Before the fulfilment of this project, it took us a lot of time to distribute a circular among the council offices. We had to prepare the circular, print it and then have interested employees sign it. Now, thanks to the new solution, every council employee, from the usher to the office worker, has access to the electronic mail and the services on a PC from every point of the network, regardless of the carried out task.” — Vincenzo Russo, Project Manager, Spoleto Municipality
SquareTwo Financial
Solutions: File/Content Services, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi NAS Platform 3100
Software:
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Dyamic
Link Manager and Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 software, and
Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle
"We
saw immediate value with our Hitachi architecture. The systems continue
to run smoothly and without intervention, allowing my team time to work
on other priorities. Today, we have outstanding performance,
scalability and availability. The Hitachi gear just does the job."
Ken Vandenbark, Vice President of IT Operations and Engineering, SquareTwo Financial
Industry: Banking/Finance, Legal
St Josef Hospital
Solutions: File and Content, Modular Storage
Hardware: Hitachi Content Platform 500, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partners März Internetwork Services AG and Green Data Systems
"Thanks to Adaptable Modular Storage 2100, we no longer need to shut down our server just to perform VMware updates. Generally speaking, we no longer need to concern ourselves with running the Hitachi Content Platform and SAN. This saves valuable time." — Christoph Ickler, Head of IT, St. Josef Krankenhaus GmbH Moers
Industry: Healthcare
St Martinus Hospital
Solutions: Business Continuity/Replication, Storage Management and Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 with SAS and SATA disks, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Device Manager and Storage Navigator Modular 2 software Hi-Track® Remote Monitoring system; and Hitachi Resource Manager™ utility package
"The hospital opted to purchase a Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 to expand storage volume and migrate the high performance servers to the new storage."
Industry: Healthcare
St Cuthbert’s College, an Independent Girls Day and Boarding School
With its strong international reputation, St Cuthbert’s College is one of the leading academic institutions in New Zealand. To enhance the learning process, St Cuthbert’s created a strategic plan to also become one of the foremost information communications technology (ICT) schools in the country and turned to Hitachi Data Systems and partners to provide the storage capacity and reliability that would support digital literacy.
"We wanted as little downtime as possible and the highest guarantee that it would work the first time around. We basically turned (the AMS200) on, and it hasn’t hiccupped since." - Stuart Mainwaring, Information Services Manager, St Cuthbert’s College
St. Johannes Hospital
Solutions: Modular Platform, Green Solutions, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Computacenter
"Overall,
with the new [Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage] system, we are able to
save about 36,000 euro on electricity for servers, cooling,
Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) and maintenance over five years." —
Dirk Saphörster, IT Team Lead, St.-Johannes-Hospital
Industry: Healthcare
St. Teresa's Hospital
Solutions: Business Continuity and Replication, Modular Platform, File and Content Services, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300, Hitachi Content Platform
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
“Hitachi Data Systems gives us the confidence and ability to develop our healthcare services. We found that the Hitachi Data Systems solution is cost-effective and exceeds our requirements.”
Pascal Tse
Chief Information Technology Officer
St. Teresa's Hospital
Industry: Healthcare
Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archive)
Solutions: File/Content Services, Replication, Green Solutions, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Content Archive Platform
Software: Hitachi Replication Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Data Matters
" We were looking for an IT specialist to provide us with more than just a machine with software. A flexible attitude and thinking along with us from our situation were the main conditions for cooperation. Hitachi Data Systems appeared to be the only supplier that really understood our problems."
Bert Nijhoff - ICT Team Leader - Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Industry: Government: Public Services
StarHub
Solutions: Business Continuity, Replication, Virtualization, Enterprise Platform,Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 1100, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication bundle, Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“It has been a real partnership, with Hitachi Data Systems sharing their technology with us and constantly coming back with ideas on how to leverage our existing investments or to use new technology to drive down our total cost of ownership." — David Skinner, Vice President, Information Services, StarHub
Industry: Telecommunications
Swan Taxis
Solutions:
Business Continuity/Replication, Modular
Platform
Hardware: Hitachi
Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software:
Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Replication
"The Hitachi solution gives us complete peace of
mind that our data is always secure and has reduced our data
maintenance by at least 50%, saving over 1,900 staff hours per annum."
— Rick Vincent, IT Manager, Swan Taxis
Industry:
Transportation
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE)
Solutions: Storage Economics, Modular Storage
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300, 500 and 200
Software: Hitachi Resource ManagerTM utility package; Storage Navigator Modular 2 feature; Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous software
Services: Services for data migration from a direct attached storage (DAS) architecture to the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“The corporate culture presented by Hitachi Data Systems is impressive and credibly demonstrates that developing a sustainable, independent solution that isn’t merely based on quarterly figures is important to the storage specialist.” — Rolf Leuenberger, Head IS Operations, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Industry: Legal - Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Swisscom IT Services
Solutions: Storage Economics, Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (8); Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (4); Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 (2); Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (8)
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software
Services: Storage Economics Strategy Service and Data Classification Service (8)
"By implementing the Storage Economics Strategy Service from Hitachi Data Systems, we have been able to identify where benefits can be achieved across our storage infrastructure. This means that we can not only meet, but also exceed, management goals around cost reduction." — Donat Kaeser, Product Manager, Swisscom IT Services
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Sykehuspartner IKT
Solutions: Consolidation/Simplification, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller (2), Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ VM (1), Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 100 (4), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (11), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 (2)
Software: Hitachi Storage Services Manager
Services: Provided by Atea, Hitachi Data Systems Sales and Contractual Partner
“This is a true pioneering project, which in the years to come will benefit all health [care in] Norway; we depend on extremely reliable partners along the entire value chain, and Hitachi Data Systems is definitely one of those partners!” definitely one of those partners!” — Roar Haldorsen, Section Manager Storage and Databases, Sykehuspartner IKT
Industry: Services: IT for Healthcare Institutions
T-Hrvatski (Croatian) Telekom
Solutions:Enterprise Platform, File/Content Services
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (3)
Software: Hitachi Universal Replicator; additional software provided by Hitachi Data Systems Technology Alliance Program (TAP) Partner Solix
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Computech
“As our IT business grows, and more data need to be processed, new Hitachi platforms and Hitachi IT solutions continue to be our number one interest.”
M.Sc. Vladimir Šac, IT Operations Department, T-Hrvatski Telekom
Industry: Telecommunications
TDC Hosting
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V, Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
"In this industry, stability is key, and on top of that a number of other criteria must be fulfilled. Overview of the system is one very important factor. Hitachi Data Systems has given us improved stability of operation, and now we can also keep an eye on the system processes using their tool." — Jeppe Odgaard, Storage Specialist, TDC Hosting A/S
Industry: Information Technology and Services
TNT
Solutions: Storage Virtualisation/Consolidation
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM
Software: Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Services: Storage solution consultancy and migration support and monitoring provided by Hitachi Data Systems
“Hitachi’s Dynamic Provisioning functionality really appealed to us as it enables us to meet so many of our core requirements simply and cost effectively.” — Julian Ariel, Storage Manager, TNT ICS
Industry: Services - Logistics
Taishin Bank
A robust storage area management system that supports 200 computers and nearly a dozen main application systems is meeting the requirements of this innovative bank in Taiwan.
“This is the bank’s first, most complex, and largest disaster recovery project ever. After the backup site is activated, users can log on, connect successfully, and use all the various services provided by Taishin Bank.”— Spokesman, Taishin Bank
Teliti Datacentres Sdn Bhd
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, File/Content Services, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi NAS Platform
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Tiering, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
"One of the key features of Hitachi Data Systems solutions is their reliability. The support from HDS has been great, and there have been no problems so far in deploying the solutions. Integration with other systems and hardware has been seamless. In fact, deployment has been very straight-forward and did not take much time. With this solution, we are also able to remotely manage the data center from any location, worldwide." — Encik Musa Mohd. Lazim, Chief Executive Office, Teliti Datacentres Sdn Bhd
Industry: Services/Information Technology
TelstraClear
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™
Software: Hitachi Storage Services Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi Device Manager
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Revera
“The Hitachi storage virtualisation technology enabled us to make the transition without impacting customers in any way.” — Andrew Crabb, Chief Information Officer, TelstraClear
The Capital Library of China
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
"The Hitachi Data Systems solution not only provides more capacity in tiered storage to satisfy the continuous growth of data, but it also improves the operational efficiency of the Digital Library of the Capital Library." — Li Nianzu, Vice-Director, Capital Library Information Center, The Capital Library of China
Tieto-Tapiola Oy
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Virtualization
Hardware:
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (2), Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage 2100 (2), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 (2)
Software:
Basic Operating System, Basic Operating System V, Hitachi Dynamic
Provisioning, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, ShadowImage® Heterogeneous
Replication
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“We knew and felt the potential of Hitachi systems as the result of almost ten years of in-depth collaboration.” — Hannu Sonninen, Development Manager, Tieto-Tapiola Oy
Industry: Insurance and Information Technology
TietoEnator
Customers come first at TietoEnator, one of Europe's largest IT providers. In the face of unyielding growth in the volume of data TietoEnator was storing and managing for its customers, it was clear that both storage virtualization and data consolidation were necessary to keep pace with 24/7 customer requirements. That's why the company chose to rely on the performance, scalability, and availability excellence of Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platforms.
"With Hitachi Data Systems, we boosted our data storage services competitiveness by offering new functionality, greater capacity, and unparalleled performance. All of this adds up to best serving our customers' continuously growing storage needs and tight availability demands." — Tuomo Iso-Aho, Department Manager at the Processing & Network Division, TietoEnator
Tripnet
Solutions: Business Continuity
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle, Hitachi TrueCopy® Remote Replication software bundle, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software and Hitachi Device Manager software
Services: Implementation Service for Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"We have noticed that the Hitachi Data Systems brand is a real assurance for quality when speaking with our customers. Some even say, ‘Great, if you are using Hitachi we are confident that it will work flawlessly and don’t need to go into the details of how it works,’ which is of great value for us as it speeds up the sales process and helps us close more deals." — Ulf Persson, Managing Director, Tripnet
Industry: Services: Storage Outsourcing/Management
Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital
Solutions: Business Continuity/Replication, Enterprise Platform, File/Content Services, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® VM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300, Virtual Tape Library Solutions by Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite, Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer and Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous software
Services: System integration services provided by Hitachi Asia (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
“We have felt the benefits of centralized management of storage equipment, as well as the stability of Hitachi products."
— Bill Wang, Director of Information Technology Department, Tungs's Taichung Metroharbor Hospital
Industry: Healthcare
U.S. Air Force: Electronic Systems Center, Engineering Directorate, Capabilities Integration Environment (CIE)
Solutions:
Enterprise Platform, Storage Management,
Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi
Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Universal Storage
Platform
Software: Hitachi
In-System Heterogeneous Replication bundle, Hitachi Dynamic
Provisioning, Hitachi Resource Manager utility package, Hitachi
Performance Monitor
Within one
year, the CIE had recouped more than the purchase price and had
exponentially expanded its storage environment without incurring any
additional software or hardware costs.
Industry:
Government
UUSee
UUSee New media chooses Hitachi Data Systems for high-performance, centralized storage solutions. UUSee is an added-value provider of broadband services, such as Internet TV and interactive new media, to almost 10 million users around the globe. The company prides itself on advanced media transmission technology and content partners. UUSee selected Hitachi storage solutions that would support the company as it strives to become the new leader in interactive broadband media.
"The AMS1000-based storage system has brought with it high performance, reliability, and expandability. It has effectively resolved the challenges our Web site faced as business developed and actively ensures the possibility of future development for our Web site." Zhang Xiaoli, Director of Operations, UUSee
Universiteit van Maastricht (Maastricht University)
Solutions: Replication, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Storage Navigator Modular 2 program
Services: Project coordination provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner PQR
“We were looking for one centralized storage platform for all e-mail related data. Key requirements were futureproof capacity, flexibility and good value for money. The Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 is a complete storage solution that fully meets our requirements in the area of scalability.” — Maurice Steijvers, Team Leader, Automation of Centralized ICT Organization (ICTS), Maastricht University
Industry: Education
University College London (UCL)
Solutions: Virtualization, Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 (1), Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®
Software: Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc (2, software solution component)
Services: Hi-Track® Remote Monitoring system and service provided by Hitachi Data Systems Professional Services
“The new Hitachi Data Systems equipment and software was really a strategic purchase for us as it will enable us to build an expanding virtual tiered storage environment as we need to.” — Denis Timm, Head of Technical Services Group, UCL
Industry: Education
University HealthSystem Consortium
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication
“We are very, very happy with our new response times. Every stored procedure and standard query that we could measure is running between 200 and 800 percent faster on the Hitachi system.” — Steve Carlberg, Project Manager, University HealthSystem Consortium
University Hospital Center
Hardware: Hitachi Thunder 9570V high-end modular storage system, Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage 100
Software: Hitachi Resource Manager utility package with the Performance Monitor feature and Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot and Hitachi HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager software
Being able to connect to the right information at the right time is critical to saving lives. For the University Hospital Center of Nancy, France, it means sharing timely data such as patient records and lab results in order to make informed decisions. Hitachi Data Systems prescribed a storage area network (SAN)/network attached storage (NAS) architecture to replace disparate systems and bolster data storage health.
"Our Hitachi SAN/NAS architecture helps provide the same peace of mind for our hard-working health care professionals that they strive to give their patients." — Francis Daul, Head of Operations, University Hospital Center
University Hospitals of Strasbourg
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller 55 (2)
Software: Hitachi Resource ManagerTM utility package and Hitachi HiCommand® Device Manager, Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication, and Hitachi TrueCopy® Remote Replication software
Services: Implementation Services provided by Stordata Company
"Since implementing our first Hitachi Data Systems storage solution in 1999, we have not experienced any unplanned downtime and require only two hours of planned shutdown per year for installing firmware updates, giving us an availability rate of 99.98 percent. Now, our new Network Storage Controller infrastructure has totally redundant components enabling updates at any time, corrective maintenance and "hot" extensions." — Daniel Kanja Head, Production Department, University Hospitals of Strasbourg
University of Costa Rica
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software:Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Extended Distance remote
"By purchasing Hitachi Data Systems solutions, we believe no failure will impact the development of information storage; these are modern and proven systems." — Abel Brenes, Head of IT Center/CIO, University of Costa Rica.
University of Texas: UT Medicine San Antonio
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Performance Monitor, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software; Hi-Track® Monitor
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services: Remote Copy Planning and Design, Implementation Service for Hitachi Device Manager Software, SAN Implementation Service, Implementation Service for Hitachi Remote Replication Software, Implementation Service for Hitachi In-System Replication Software
“Having a simplified storage solution that is highly available improves operational costs and efficiencies. Already, we’re managing more than three times the storage we had before and we’ve reduced the six hour nightly backups to a five minute task.” — Mike Walter, Chief Technology Officer, UT Medicine San Antonio
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Solution: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500, 2300 and 1000, Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage Heterogeneous Replication, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
"Honestly, we solved the problems of a rapidly growing storage environment six years ago when we selected Hitachi as our storage partner. That decision was very strategic because it gave us the ability to scale the environement to meet our needs well into the future. We have no intention of changing storage partners."— Jim Livingston, IT Director, University of Utah Health Care.
Industry: Healthcare
VPS - Norwegian Central Securities
Solutions: Business Continuity, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (2) and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Extended Distance, Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle
"With Hitachi storage platform we sleep well at night, because we know from more than 20 years of experience we have an extremely reliable storage solution guarding our information. I can’t remember if or when we’ve had any unplanned downtime at all." — Claes-Henrik Unger, Storage Architect, IT Infrastructure, VPS
Industry: Banking / Finance
Vanke Enterprises
Vanke Enterprises builds for the future with Hitachi Data Systems storage management solutions. When Vanke needed to upgrade the company's original storage and e-mail systems, its IT managers realized that the foundation for the new system environment would need to be built on secure data storage. To achieve data security, the company needed to upgrade its software and hardware, so it selected solutions from Hitachi Data Systems.
"After using the Hitachi high-end modular storage, our e-mail system and primary database achieved 99.99 percent availability." Zhang Yibo, Manager, Group Information Center, Vanke Enterprises
Vereinigte Stadtwerke
Solutions: Modular Platform, Storage Management, Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth™ Partner
"We operate in a dynamic field within a dynamic environment. But with Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and Dynamic Provisioning we are equipped to tackle a whole range of scenarios that we could face in the future.” - Michael Schütz, Head of IT, Vereinigte Stadtwerke GmbH
Industry: Utilities: Energy Supplier
Viana
Solutions: Storage Management, Modular Platform
Hardware: Hitachi Adapable Modular Storage 2100
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Solvan
"Price accessibility, innovations of the product, as well as the service, were conclusive differentiators that made us choose the technology of Hitachi Data Systems." — Julian Souza, CIO, Viana
Industry: Retail
Victoria and Albert Museum
Solutions: Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Extended Distance software and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services and Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Viglen Storage Group
“Not only did the solution from Hitachi Data Systems and Viglen Storage Group win against all of our criteria, but we then found out it was the most cost effective solution, too!” — Anton Benjamin, Infrastructure Manager, Victoria and Albert Museum
Industry: Public Sector
Villeroy and Boch
Economical storage solutions for Europe's leading ceramics manufacturer ensures quick response times worldwide. The performance capability of man and machine at Hitachi Data Systems prompted Villeroy and Boch to change storage providers. Now, the company's online, e-mail, and archiving data are administered in a homogeneous storage landscape. Products from Hitachi Data Systems form the cornerstone of the infrastructure, which was designed to be highly available and centrally managed and to include archiving capabilities.
"With Hitachi storage and software, I can now guarantee an almost online-like read access for the archived data and simultaneously improve the response times for the SAP systems through the reduced size of the database in primary storage." Bernard Schneider, Manager of IT Operations, Villeroy and Boch
Visy
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller; Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®
Software: Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®; Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous/Asynchronous remote replication software and Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication software
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Acer and Hitachi Data Systems Credit Corporation
“Hitachi Data Systems came to us with the capability to not only replace our existing storage, but also provide the ability to consolidate backups from multiple technologies back to a single technology. That is the Hitachi value-add.” — Michael Krull, Manager of IT Infrastructure, Visy
Vita Group Limited
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (2)
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous remote replication software; storage and performance management software from Hitachi Data Systems
Services: Implementation services provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Corpnet
“Vita Group is growing fast and I simply don’t have time to worry about the reliability of my systems. The storage hardware from Hitachi Data Systems has enabled us to keep business momentum going. Its support has also allowed us to feel confident we have made the best storage decision to take us into the future.” — Lex Moses, Chief Information Officer, Vita Group
Voyages Hotels and Resorts
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, model AMS500
Software: Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software and Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Replication software
Services: Provided by Commander
An Australian travel company specialising in experienced-based holidays in wilderness locations, including Ayers Rock, Queensland, the Kimberley, and Tasmania, Voyages Hotels and Resorts manages tailored eco-tourism and cultural experiences of individual guests spread across more than 1700 hotel rooms, campgrounds, and lodges. To meet the challenges of administering these wide-ranging holidays, Voyages turned to Hitachi Data Systems for the sophisticated information technology systems and processes they needed.
"Due to the size and importance of the project it was really about minimising the business risk, and to give us some peace of mind. We felt the people that make storage [Hitachi] probably have the best insight into storage issues."
Greg Hucker
IT&T General Manager
Voyages Hotels and Resorts
Wasu Group
Solutions: Modular Platform, Storage Management
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 and 2100
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
"The Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family storage systems provide a clear price-performance advantage. In fact, in our product testing, we found that the system performance of the AMS 2000 family is 20% to 30% higher than its rival. That's why we decided to also replace some of our Fujitsu storage products in this project."
Mr. Shuping Zhu - President - Wasu Group
Industry: Communications/Media
Waterschap Aa en Maas (Aa and Maas Water Board)
Solutions: Consolidation/Simplification and Availability
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi In-System Replication software bundle (includes Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software and Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software); Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Hitachi Replication Monitor and Hitachi Device Manager software; and Hitachi Resource ManagerTM utility package
Services: Provided by i3 solutions
"The information at the Water Board is always available, which is extremely important for the performance of business critical processes that demand 100 percent uptime. Thanks to the Hitachi Data Systems SAN solution, our employees are now able to consult all data continuously." — Ton Ruisendaal, ICT Manager, Waterschap Aa en Maas
Industry: Government: Water Board
Wilhelmstift Children's Clinic
Solutions: Modular Platform, File and Content Services
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Software: Hitachi Content Platform
"Having had extremely positive experiences with Adaptable Modular Storage 200, our minds were quickly made up in favor of the Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 model." — Mark Brede, Head of IT, Wilhelmstift Children’s Clinic.
Industry: Healthcare
Wuhan University of Technology
To effectively and securely implement centralized data storage and disaster tolerance services throughout the campus, Wuhan University of Technology chose two Hitachi high-end modular storage systems and Hitachi True Copy Synchronous disaster-tolerant software.
X-Tention Informationstechnologie GmbH
Medical devices have considerable IT requirements. After all, technical defects must not trigger any medical emergencies. For this reason, the Kreuzschwestern clinic in Wels, Austria, and the X-Tention system house, its data management company that specializes in health-care systems, rely on storage solutions from Hitachi Data Systems.
"With the tiered storage solution from Hitachi Data Systems, we can grow in a flexible and safe manner.” Harald Waibel Product Manager X-Tention Informationstechnologie GmbH
Yes Bank
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, File/Content Services, Modular Platform,Virtualization
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300, Hitachi NAS Platform 3080, powered by BlueArc
Software: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
"Hitachi's proven mature product, clear roadmap, budgets for research, and having served the enterprise segment of storage for more than a decade, prompted us to approach them. They completely understood market requirements."
— Mitesh Toila, Senior Vice President, Yes Bank
Industry: Banking / Finance
Yuan Ze University
Hardware: Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage 100 and Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100
Software: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Partner Acer, Inc.
“After reviewing all the major brands of solutions, we concluded that the Hitachi price-to-performance ratio best meets our needs and wants.” — Tung-Fu Chen
(陳通福), Office of Library and Information Services, Yuan Ze University
Zen Internet
Solutions: Virtualisation, Business Continuity, Hosting
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 (1), Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (3)
Software: Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Replication Manager and Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous software; Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular program
“The Hitachi storage platform with virtualisation means we can consolidate our hardware at the same time as boosting our hosting capabilities, meaning lower data centre operating costs and enabling us to run our IT more economically over the long term.” —Graeme Hinchliffe, Senior Systems Designer, Zen Internet
Industry: Internet Technology: Services
Zhongda Hospital
Solutions: File/Content Services
Software: Hitachi Content Platform 500
"As early as 2003, Zhongda Hospital implemented an organization-wide "informatization" of its operations with the aim of building a high standard, high quality open platform that meets the needs of our development strategies. In 2009, our hospital implemented the Hitachi Content Platform. It does a great job in helping the hospital handle high volumes of data storage, archive, analysis and retrieval, and lays a solid foundation for further realizing our vision of digitalization." — Dr. Naifeng Liu, Chief Hospital Manager, Zhongda Hospital
Industry: Healthcare
Ziggo
Solutions: Enterprise Platform, Modular Platform, Storage Management, Business Continuity/Replication
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (2); Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (2); Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300 (4), as well as 1000 (3) and 500 (1) systems; and Hitachi NAS Platform 3200, powered by BlueArc®
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi Replication Manager software
Services: Data migration from NAS to Hitachi NAS Platform 3200, as well as quarterly performance and capacity analysis, and reporting services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"The storage platform from Hitachi Data Systems offers us maximum flexibility in supporting the organization, which is essential in the dynamic telecom market." — Peter de Boer, Manager of Core Systems, Ziggo
Industry: Telecommunications
Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific
Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific improves efficiency and mitigates business risks with Hitachi Data Systems in Asia/Pacific. With Hitachi Data Systems as its strategic IT partner, Zuellig Pharma realigned its IT infrastructure using the Hitachi Data Systems managed service approach to meet its current and future operational and strategic needs. Built on Service Oriented Storage Solutions (SOSS) from Hitachi Data Systems, the new infrastructure also furnished the top Asian health care distribution solutions provider the flexibility to capture new market opportunities.
“Zuellig Pharma needed a long-term strategic technology and business partner who would understand its needs and be able to meet its long list of requirements. Hitachi Data Systems was proven in the IT industry and, given its capabilities, a compatible partner.” John Dickson, CIO, Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific
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