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NSW Businesslink relies on a solution based on USP, AMS and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning to Manage Data Growth and Deliver Cost Effective Services
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Accident Exchange Leverages Universal Storage Platform V to Ensure Failsafe Growth and Meet Its Compliance Demands
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Aarhus United
"We are measured primarily on one thing: stable operation. Hitachi Data Systems' SAN solution is extremely stable and gives us security functions that are not available in distributed environments." — Esben Viskum, Systems Manager, Aarhus United
"We want to have the freedom to be able to change to the best technology available at any given time, which is why we only work with suppliers that subscribe to open standards." - Henrik Amsinck, IT Director, Aarhus United
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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 Channel 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
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AOK
"Together with Hitachi Data Systems' Global Solution Services (GSS) we were able to break the project down into various steps, despite its high complexity, and implement it within the set time." — Wolfgang Krause, Head of Production Systems, AOK-ISC Teltow
"We regarded Hitachi Data Systems as the solution supplier rather than as a mere component supplier. They assumed overall responsibility and helped us to implement a stable and productive solution." — Renee Torn, Head of AOK-ISC Teltow
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ATOS Origin
As a leading international IT services company, Atos Origin takes seriously its responsibility to deliver continuously improved offerings for both new and existing clients in order to stay at the head of the market. As part of supplying consulting, system integration, and managed operations to a major UK health care provider over an initial seven year period, Atos Origin sought Hitachi Data Systems’ support in implementing an innovative IT storage architecture to meet its customer’s changing demands and industry challenges.
“We’re very impressed by the pay-as-you-use utility storage service provided by Hitachi Data Systems. It means we can meet our customers’ needs quickly.” Peter Bready, Capacity Planning Manager, Atos Origin
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Austrian Federal Computing Center
As it works to provide customized and innovative public administration solutions—supporting administrative organizations, automating processes of public administration, and ensuring problem free application operation—the Austrian Federal Computing Centre (Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH or BRZ) requires a highly effective and reliable storage infrastructure. By choosing sophisticated storage solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, the Federal Computing Centre has centralized storage, increased reliability and availability, and more than halved its storage costs.
"Together with Hitachi Data Systems, we have managed to migrate all data from different locations in record time." — Wolfgang Danzinger, Director of IT Operations, Austrian Federal Computing Centre
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Banco Leon
Located in the Dominican Republic, Banco Leon, S. A., is a financial institution that has been present in the commercial and retail banking segment for two years. At present, it has over 230,000 customers and 54 branches spread throughout the country. To support these branches and customers, Banco Leon turned to Hitachi Data Systems for reliable data storage and proper support at the right cost.
"We are already enjoying the benefits of Hitachi Data Systems solutions. We have been able to increase the speed of data access and data availability by 40 percent. We cut our infrastructure management costs by 50 percent and we grew out productivity by 100 percent." — Wilfredo Soto, Vice President of IT, Banco Leon
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Basler Kantonakbank
"The environment's transparency and optimum use of resources are also major benefits that have led to significant cuts in administrative expenditure and much greater clarity. All in all,we now have a solid storage base that we can rely on 100%, even in catastrophic situations." — Stefan Tschumi, Project Manager, Basler Kantonalbank
"We needed a partner who could meet our deadline and budget requirements without compromising.The partnership of Hitachi Data Systems and LC Systems was able to deliver exactly this and more. The project benefited significantly from their many years of experience and specialist know-how." — Stefan Tschumi, Project Manager, Basler Kantonalbank
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BAWAG P.S.K.
After the merger of BAWAG and P. S. K., a landmark decision was made in 2001 in the company's IT division—to acquire a shared and practical IT storage solution. Until then, the company had an "enterprise solution." for its backups, including several automated solutions, but no storage area network (SAN). Four years later, BAWAG P. S. K. has optimally secured their banking and transaction data. To do this, the company tested and invested in the data storage infrastructure offered by Hitachi Data Systems over the past several years and regularly adapted the infrastructure to their increasing needs. Thanks to this, the company is now optimally prepared for the future growth of their data.
"Hitachi Data Systems gives us the best solutions and optimal service." — Herbert Bürger, Acting Head of the IT Division, BAWAG P.S.K.
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Bishop Burton College
Campus expansion and the ever-increasing generation of electronic data led Bishop Burton College, an education institute in the North of England, to invest, re-design, and centralize management of its data storage network. With the Plug-and-play SAN Kit for Hitachi TagmaStore Modular Storage, Hitachi Data Systems provided a scalable and robust solution, supporting future growth and making it possible for Bishop Burton College to reduce IT costs and efficiently allocate storage resources.
"We needed an economical and reliable solution to address current and future needs. C>Ways seamlessly implemented the Plug-and-play SAN Kit for Hitachi TagmaStore Modular Storage, which has improved our ability to manage storage capacity to meet individual user needs." — Alan Anderson, IT Manager, Bishop Burton College
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Bitburger Group
The goal of the Bitburger Brauerei (Group) was a high-availability storage solution without a single point of failure. At the same time, the new implementation of the storage solution was expected to be faster and more flexible, in order to better support
"Thanks to our mirrored hard-disk systems combined with regular backups,we are no longer faced with failures of business-critical applications in the event of a fault." — Uwe Siller, IT Manager, Bitburger Group
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BRE Bank SA
"Thanks to this implementation, it was possible to consolidate disk space within a single solution for open systems used in BRE Bank." — Tomasz Kowalczyk, Vice President of Information Technology, BRE Bank SA
"Besides price and the costs of future expansion as well as the cost of warranty service,we also took into consideration the conditions of service and quality, highly effective collaboration in the area of technical support." — Tomasz Kowalczyk, Vice President of Information Technology, BRE Bank SA
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B-Source
Increased demands in the most diverse business fields and the need for uncompromising fail-safe reliability have caused the Swiss financial service provider B-Source SA to reengineer the heterogeneous storage architecture of its two computing centers in Lugano-Pregassona and Adliswil from the ground up. A new storage area network (SAN) concept based on the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform and other high-end technologies from Hitachi Data Systems made it possible to easily fulfill the ambitious objectives.
"In particular, as far as the individual consultation, planning, and implementation are concerned, Hitachi Data Systems is a partner we can trust. They keep their promises." — Paolo Corecco, IT Architect, B-Source
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CASDEN Banque Populaire
CASDEN Banque Populaire is the cooperative banking organization for teachers and other personnel of France's Ministries of National Education, Research, and Culture. When the bank needed to implement a unified business continuity plan to ensure the protection and accessibility of services for its members, Hitachi Data Systems recommended a high-performance, cost-effective Fibre Channel/SATA mix solution based on the Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage model AMS500.
"With little effort and many benefits, CASDEN overhauled the productivity and reliability of the bank's vital data without the expense or headache of overhauling the entire IT infrastructure. This would not have been possible without Hitachi Data Systems." — Jean-Claude Bouvry, IT Manager, Distributed Systems and Networks, CASDEN Banque Populaire
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Daegu Bank
"With this new backup system, we have not only established security but also high availability, while reducing the amount of work. This means we can provide better services to customers and bank employees, and secure an IT foundation for emerging as one of the best local banks." — Chae Seong-gyu, General Manager of the system operation team at the Daegu Bank Information System Headquarters.
"We were very cautious because the solution had yet to prove its performance. In the financial sector, backup is not a major task, but considering the possibility that a glitch might occur, we have to be extremely careful." — Jung Young Man, Manager of IT, Daegu Bank
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De Montfort University
With the University degree program moving towards a modular-based structure and students working across different faculties or schools, De Montfort University needed a single view of its disorganized and dispersed data. A storage area network built on Hitachi high-end modular storage and the advanced management capabilities of Hitachi HiCommand Suite software enabled De Montfort University to consolidate, access, and back up all of its information in one complete system.
"Hitachi Data Systems together with Viglen Storage Group provided us with a complete solution—they did not just sell us "a box" but actually sat down with us and went through the whole project, from concept and design all the way through installation." — Chris Semmens, Services Support Leader, De Montfort University
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Delta NV
"In the event of the failure of one of the sites, we can ensure that business-critical systems are up and running again within just four hours. This illustrates the enormous success that we've achieved at the storage level with our new Hitachi Data Systems infrastructure." — Hans de Moor, Head of IT Services, Delta NV
"In short, with Hitachi Data Systems, storage capacity has more than doubled without a proportionate increase in the total cost of ownership." — Hans de Moor, Head of IT Services, Delta NV
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Easynet Spain
"We found the Hitachi Data Systems solution to be very superior technically, and the reliability and monitoring characteristics of the modular storage give us confidence in the SAN." — Anthony Stanton, Technical Director, Easynet Spain
"Hitachi Data Systems was the winner, hands down. We liked Hitachi's modular storage design and Hitachi's quality/price ratio for services. It was clear that we could easily and endlessly scale our operations along Hitachi's comprehensive technology road map." — Anthony Stanton, Technical Director, Easynet Spain
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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
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Eesti Ühispank
"With HiCommand Device Manager, our operators can map, monitor and analyse the level of utilisation, allocate storage resources and identify and remedy any bottlenecks in the system. HiCommand Device Manager provides us with the information we need to plan our future storage requirements." — Ants Leitmäe, IT Director, Eesti Ühispank
"You should always go for the latest version if you want the best performance. Thunder 9570V is a module-based system offering solutions with the same superb technology, functionality and availability as Hitachi's enterprise systems." — Ants Leitmäe, IT Director, Eesti Ãœhispank
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Euronext.liffe
"The performance and functionality of the LIFFE CONNECT electronic trading platform, and the reliability of the underlying technology provided by Hitachi Data Systems, Cisco and BT, has enabled Market Solutions to expand both its business and worldwide reputation. The CBOT migration has further strengthened our position as the leading supplier and implementer of electronic trading solutions for exchanges." — Peter Shepherd, Director Sales & Marketing, Euronext.liffe Market Solutions
"Euronext.liffe entrusts over Euro 1,000 billion of business a day to the electronic trading system, LIFFE CONNECT. Underpinning this is the storage solution provided by Hitachi, Cisco and BT." — Allan Mycroft Director Account Management Euronext.liffe Market Solutions
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Folksam
Folksam insures a large number of Sweden's homes, people, and vehicles. To keep pace with fast-growing data volumes and new business applications, Folksam wanted to double storage capacity, guarantee availability, simplify administration, install platforms, and migrate data—without disturbing business operations or increasing IT head count—in 120 days. Hitachi Data Systems provided a highly cost-effective and scalable solution based on Hitachi TagmaStore enterprise and modular storage.
"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
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Gmarket
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 1100
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Heterogeneous Remote Replication software bundle, Hitachi Resource Manager utility package, Hitachi Universal Replicator software and Hitachi HiCommand Tuning Manager software
When Gmarket, a burgeoning Internet retail company, began experiencing errors and interruptions in its database systems, it sought out a premier business continuity plan. An Application Optimized Storage solution from Hitachi Data Systems, based on the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform, became the framework for a three data center disaster recovery architecture. Gmarket now has a resilient, high-performance platform to support its exponential growth.
"The three data center disaster recovery solution [from Hitachi Data Systems] is designed to meet global standards and to support content and services so that we can continue to compete effectively in the global Internet shopping mall market." — Mok Ju-young, Technology Team Manager, Gmarket
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Group Health Cooperative
To prevent costly downtime and gain scalability and flexibility for the long-term care of its storage environment—and the 550,000 members who depend on the availability of mission-critical data—the Group Health Cooperative implemented an Application Optimized Storage solution from Hitachi Data Systems.
"Hitachi Data Systems has been great to work with—from the account manager to the engineers and professional services—everyone pitched in to make our migration to the Universal Storage Platform a smooth one." — Chet Sulgrove, SAN Administrator, Group Health Cooperative
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GRZ IT Center
"We reduced back-up time from an hour to just minutes each day and enabled substantial expansion within the client workstation area to be achieved quickly, easily and economically." — Ernst Nimmervoll, Manager of Decentralised Systems, GRZ IT Center
"At the GRZ IT Center we are constantly on the lookout for possibilities to make our storage infrastructure simpler, faster and easier to manage.With the help of Hitachi Data Systems, we have achieved exactly that." — Dr Hermann Sikora, Managing Director, GRZ IT Center
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Hattrick
Players in Hattrick's internet football game were reaching 15,000 at a time. Their existing storage capacity had been reached and the site was slowing down. Players very soon lose interest if the site is slow to respond or is temporarily unavailable. Hattrick chose a new storage infrastructure that failed to deliver the capacity required and they began to suffer random failures. The supplier was alerted but no solution was forthcoming, so they turned to Hitachi Data Systems. Hattrick were loaned a data storage system which was installed, tested, and up and running in just two days. They then asked Hitachi Data Systems to design a robust, scalable, and lasting solution.
"When it comes to delivering world class information solutions, Hitachi Data Systems is not playing games." The reason why we chose Hitachi Data Systems was, to a great extent, the result of the superb assistance they gave us at Christmas. But, what we really appreciate most is the close dialogue we have with Hitachi Data Systems. This was something we really lacked with our previous supplier." — Johan Gustafson, Managing Director, Hattrick
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HDFC Bank Limited
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 600 (3); Hitachi Lightning 900V Series and Hitachi Lightning 9960 enterprise storage systems; and Hitachi Thunder 9570V and Hitachi Thunder 9585V modular storage systems
Software: Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication software bundle and Hitachi HiCommand Storage Services Manager software
The bottom line for HDFC Bank, Ltd., a world-class financial institution in India with more than 500 branches offering online customer services, is real-time connectivity. This requirement demands a highly scalable and available SAN environment—the kind that can be created within a tiered storage solution based on the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform.
"Learning about the role performed by Hitachi enterprise-class storage for our business has been thrilling." — Harish Shetty, Vice President of IT, HDFC Bank
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Holmesglen Institute of Technical and Further Education
"By leveraging high-performance Fibre Channel for our mission-critical application servers and iSCSI for all our peripheral servers, we have been able to maximize the value we receive from our SAN whilst reducing our connectivity costs by 60 percent." — Ron Gascoigne, Manager of Information Technology at Holmesglen.
"We've relied on and worked closely with Hitachi Data Systems, and as they have continued demonstrating their market leadership, we've been happy to continue upgrading with Hitachi products as needed." — Ron Gascoigne, Manager of Information Technology, Holmesglen Institute of Technical and Further Education
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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
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Impsat Fiber Networks
"Impsat is clearly an early-adopter of communications and IT technologies. In the Data Center area, the new technologies we are adopting will help us converge in the middle term in the Utility Computing model.", pointed out Roberto Vigo. And he added that "since our customers are corporations, having state of the art technology is not enough. We have to make sure that our services meet their required quality standards. And in order to ensure this, we need the new technologies not only to be robust but also to have the right support. Hitachi Data System was also selected because of its storage product road map for the next years and their support structure in the region. We feel very comfortable with both of them". — Roberto E. Vigo, VP, Technology and Operations, Impsat Fiber Networks
"All throughout the solutions´ deployment process, our relationship with Hitachi Data Systems has been excellent, both from the technical point of view –solution design, technical resources training, equipment installation and after sale support- and the business point of view that includes the advantages of a single framework agreement for the region and a highly convenient leasing model". — Roberto E. Vigo, VP, Technology and Operations, Impsat Fiber Networks
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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
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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
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Jefferson Union High School District
Jefferson Union High School District needed to expand the amount of data storage allocated to close to 5,500 students and more than 300 faculty to accommodate ever-increasing volumes of homework assignments, student records, and lesson plans that are retained electronically. The Plug-and-play SAN Kit for Hitachi TagmaStore Modular Storage helped the school district graduate to an ultra-scalable, easy-to-manage networked solution.
"The transparency of the [Plug-and-play] SAN Kit from Hitachi Data Systems is amazing…. It's extremely fast, simple to use, and reduces the need for another skill set we thought we had to acquire." — Lou Silberman, Director of IT, Jefferson Union High School District
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Korea Telecom Freetel
"The future of an information technology company depends on cutting-edge technologies and customer services. Since we haven't had any Hitachi storage systems before, it was a real challenge to save crucial customer data in new equipment. It turned out that the Hitachi Lightning 9980V system offered a high level of reliability, and the new system is now managing information for 11.8 million customers in a fast and safe way." — Kang Ji-Kwang, Senior Manager, IT Infra Team, Information Technology Group, KTF
"The Hitachi Lightning 9980V system is showing excellent performance and is also expected to offer lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and higher return on investment (ROI). We expect to cut costs by as much as US$4.5 million per year with deployment of the Lightning 9980V system. This savings will also help KTF to reach its goal of increasing profits by US$53 million over the next three years." — Lee Tae-Jae, Team Manager, IT Infra Team, Information Technology Group, KTF
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Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives
"In the past, system disks were managed separately in order to secure tape-based backup or adjust storage volume. The new system, however, allows for managing most disks through storage management software, improving not only efficiency but also system operations." — Kim Jong-pil, IT Manager for Open Systems, Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC)
"With transaction volume surging year after year, we identified a strong need for an enterprise-class integrated storage system and a need for efficient back-up of data. Therefore, we decided to promote integrated disk management and introduction of internal data replication function." — Park Kyeong-jeon, IT Manager, Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC)
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Large Financial Institution
As a provider of U. S. real estate and financial services, a Large Financial Institution wanted to centralize and streamline transactional processes to better service customers and grow revenue. The institution called for a solution that would transcend their existing EMC infrastructure to achieve these goals as well as meet new storage and disaster recovery requirements. Hitachi Data Systems answered the challenge with a highly available, virtualized tiered-storage solution.
"Our institution needed an extraordinary level of stretch—the flexibility to morph and maneuver alongside our hallmark production system. We selected Hitachi Data Systems, which exceeded our expectations with next-generation ardware and software, plus a strategic partnership." — Assistant Vice President of Performance Management, a Large Financial Institution
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LG Electronics Inc
"We used to run 19 storage management points, all of which were very complicated. But Hitachi Data Systems and LG Hitachi offered professional consulting, solutions and technologies, helping us to finish this project perfectly. Compared with the past, we are now running a far simpler and more powerful storage management infrastructure. That's why we have been using Hitachi technologies and products for more than 10 years." — Munseob Song, Assistant Manager of the Process Innovation Team at LG Electronics Inc.
"Cutting-edge SAN and NAS convergence technology based on the Hitachi Lightning 9980V has provided fast speed and reliability to our company, especially when we do business for the global market. In particular, migration work has been completed seamlessly, without any inconvenience to LG Electronics employees around the world." — KangSeok Chung, Process Innovation Team Leader, LG Electronics Inc.
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LG Electronics, Changwon Factory
"The Universal Storage Platform 'recycles' outdated storage systems and minimizes problems by reducing the time needed for backup and data management." — Ahn Tae-Kyu, Assistant Manager of Information System Center Production Information Administration, LG Electronics Changwon Factor
"Hitachi virtualization technology has largely contributed to our process innovation and our business objectives." — Choi Duk-Ryeol, Team Leader of Process Innovation, LG Electonics Changwon Factory
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MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
"The Hitachi Data Systems solution more or less convinced me right away. Of all the products we had looked at, HiCommand Storage Services Manager software immediately impressed me as being the most modern and most suitable for our environment." — Roman Graminger, Project Manager, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
"We now have total visibility and control of our SAN resources. Complexity is no longer an issue and we are able to take advantage of emerging tools and techniques quickly, easily, and without disruption." — Roman Graminger, Project Manager, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
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NACA Logisitics
"This technology came the closest in helping us achieve our technical requirements and goals in terms of customer service." — Michael Gomez, NACA Senior System and Network Engineer
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National Healthcare Group
Hardware: Hitachi Network Storage Controller 55 (2), Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage (2) and McDATA Sphereon 2700 32-port switches (4)
Software: Hitachi HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software and Hitachi TrueCopy Heterogeneous Remote Replication and Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication software bundles.
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
National Healthcare Group, one of Singapore's largest health care organizations, needed to consolidate disparate systems and improve business continuity to remove barriers to better patient services and lower operation costs. The solution? Hitachi Data Systems' tiered storage virtualization and advanced replication using a dual Hitachi TagmaStore Network Storage Controller design and support from Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services.
"Thanks to Hitachi Data Systems, our storage is no longer the limiting factor in terms of reliability and availability. This is one important step toward ensuring that our applications are always on and ready to meet the needs of our patients. — Linus Tham, CIO, National Healthcare Group
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Nielsen/NetRatings
Internet ratings giant Nielsen/NetRatings needed to propel its consumer-driven data onto a higher-performing, always-on storage platform to ensure continuous delivery of client data analytics. With a new solution, comprising Hitachi TagmaStore® Network Storage Controller for storage virtualization and Hitachi TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage for unification of network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs), Nielson//NetRatings now measures high ratings in storage performance and security.
"Finally, our storage architecture now delivers a significant gain in performance. The flexibility and velocity of the NSC55, 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
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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
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Pacific Capital Bancorp
Pacific Capital Bancorp, a fast-growing California based financial institution, needed to reconcile disparate systems and address data retention and shrinking backup window issues to meet requirements for compliance, storage, and future growth. Solution? Create a data lifecycle management strategy based on a tiered storage infrastructure with Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services and the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform.
"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
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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
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Pieper and Associates
How does a small business obtain networked storage without having to hire a storage area network (SAN) expert or purchase expensive storage management software? Pieper and Associates, a growing design agency, faced that challenge as large design files and rapid data growth were quickly outpacing the agency's storage capacity. The Plug-and-play SAN Kit for Hitachi TagmaStore Modular Storage provided the answer.
"For a small business, the Plug-and-play SAN Kit [from Hitachi Data Systems] is an extraordinary advantage. The hours I save can now be used for more important things like running my business and spending additional time with my family." — Jeff Pieper, Owner, Pieper and Associates
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Port of Brisbane Corporation
Hardware: Hitachi Modular Storage
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Replication software and Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Technology Partner ordyss
The Port of Brisbane, Australia, expects to double ship-freight tonnage on its docks by the year 2025 and is building new wharves to accommodate the growth in shipping traffic. To shore up existing data storage, Port technology officials engaged Hitachi Data Systems and its Technology Partner ordyss to build a highly available and scalable network environment and one of the world's first Microsoft stretch clusters using Hitachi storage.
"Today, we’re confident that our data is safe. The Hitachi storage cluster solution allows the Port to provide the greater security and expanded services that simply were not possible before this implementation." — Tony Marles, IT Manager, Port of Brisbane Corporation
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Postal Remittance and Savings Bank
"This mixed-protocol solution allowed PRSB to leverage existingassets with iSCSI for high availability, high scalability, and high performance—all while maintaining the reasonable budget the bank had established for the project." - Y.C.Yu, Account Manager, Postal Remittance and Savings Bank
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PT Indosat Tbk
Indosat Melds Three Storage Infrastructures into a Single Environment with Hitachi Enterprise Storage
"One of the biggest advantages of the Hitachi Data Systems virtualization strategy is that it simplifies the management and monitoring of storage. It also allows us great flexibility in terms of data migration and data replication." - Joseph Chan, Director of IT, Indosat
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Ressources Mutuelles Group
One of France's largest mutual insurance carriers was prospering with a growing customer base and expanding services, but it was also facing mounting compliance regulations and limited data storage capacity. To ensure a new business continuity policy and keep 24/7 business operations running smoothly, Ressources Mutuelles Group called on Hitachi Data Systems for a dual-site storage architecture based on Hitachi TagmaStore Network Storage Controller and Hitachi Universal Replicator software.
"Ideally, we were looking for a storage vendor to provide scalability, reliability, performance, and integration capabilities, as well as a cost-effective and growth-oriented business continuity solution. We found it all with the Hitachi TagmaStore Network Storage Controllers." — Laurent Lucas, Head of IT Production, Ressources Mutuelles Group
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SCM Group
There are some two million of SCM Group's machines installed in more than 100 countries throughout the world. Following a number of strategic acquisitions, the SCM Group completed its automated machine and integrated systems range for the furniture manufacturing industry in the second half of the eighties. This, together with expansion into new markets and the opening of new markets led to a need for a more efficient and robust information infrastructure. The SCM Group also needed to maximize data protection and improve application and service performance. Hitachi Data Systems, together with its local solutions partner Cinetica, was chosen to deliver an open, scalable and reliable information infrastructure that would meet SCM Group's needs in full.
"We wanted to adopt open solutions that would not tie us to any proprietary technology. Hitachi Data Systems were able to offer exactly what we needed." — Pier Marino Giardi, Group system administrator, SCM Group
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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
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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
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South Carolina Computer Crime Center
"The Hitachi Data Systems storage solution allows investigators to work on multiple cases at once and to more quickly access forensic images of evidence. The increase in productivity allows investigators to rapidly solve computer crimes and ensure criminals are where they belong—behind bars."—Lt. Chip Johnson, Supervisory Special Agent, South Carolina Computer Crime Center
"We were using 176 hard drives to meet our storage needs and needed to simplify the management of our data. The Hitachi Thunder 9570V [system] makes a huge difference because it provides the performance we require and the scalability to keep up with our expanding data needs."—Walker Johnson, Information Resource Consultant, South Carolina Computer Crime Center
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Sykehuset Otfold HF
"The Lightning 9960 has fulfilled our expectations in full. We are extremely satisfied and confident that we have made the right decision. We believe we have a solid technology partner that we can rely upon completely. They have helped us achieve a significant improvement in efficiency." —Haakon Brænden, CIO, Sykehuset Østfold H
"I firmly believe that Hitachi Data Systems is the leading supplier in enterprise storage. In fact, Hitachi Data Systems was the only vendor who was able to guarantee 100% uptime 24/7." —Hans-Henrik Bjelke, Storage manager, Sykehuset Østfold HF
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Teboil
"We wanted to minimize the risks inherent to IT systems and update the back-up functions to meet the requirements of the company's operations. With a centralized system, we were also able to reduce costs." — Krister Tamminen, IT Manager, Teboil
"The system from Hitachi Data Systems was clearly the most reliable solution on the market, providing simultaneous support for several operating systems. We have calculated that the new data storage and back-up system will have paid for itself within eight months." — Krister Tamminen, IT Manager, Teboil
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The Good Guys
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 100 and Hitachi Thunder 9570V high-end modular storage system
Software: Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication software bundle, Hitachi Volume Migration and Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software, and Hitachi Performance Monitor feature
Services: Provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
"Hitachi Data Systems delivered and implemented the USP100 within a week of us signing the contract. It was a pain-free process to implement the solution, even with the challenge of not having a fully functional computer room for it to reside in. " — Joanne Stubbs, IT Manager, The Good Guys
"When you're growing at such a rapid rate, you can't afford to stop and worry about the reliability of your systems. Hardware and support from Hitachi Data Systems meant that we could keep the momentum going and push the business full steam ahead." — Joanne Stubbs, IT Manager, The Good Guys
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UDS
"It wasn't easy to decide to purchase 60TB of storage from a single vendor to handle all our data. We tested the Hitachi products thoroughly, focusing in particular on their stability. The objective market reviews of the Lightning 9980V system greatly influenced our decision, while HDS' aggressive and flexible services made this project possible." — IkJoon Noh, Assistant Manager of UDS Service Operation
"It was risky for us to integrate 17 storage management points into a single storage system, especially since we run 24-hour Internet portal services. With the Hitachi Data Systems solutions, network bottlenecks in certain sectors have decreased. There's no more need to shut down." — HeonJun Kim, Team Leader, Service Operation, UDS
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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
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UUHSC Data Resource Center
"After five years of reliable performance from Hitachi storage systems, we decided that a pilot program was unnecessary to test our new Hitachi storage solution. We trusted the Hitachi team to deliver what they promised—and they did." — Jim Livingston, Technology Architect and Director, UUHSC Data Resource Center
"The migration to the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform was flawless—probably the smoothest migration I have ever experienced." — Jim Livingston, Technology Architect and Director, UUHSC Data Resource Center
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WebCentral
When WebCentral, a fast-growing Web and application hosting company, could no longer meet its service level agreements (SLAs) due to backup bottlenecks and failures, it sought a more cohesive and robust backup solution. WebCentral found the framework for a high-speed incremental backup system in CommVault Galaxy data management software supported by Hitachi Data Systems services. WebCentral now performs backups in a fraction of the time—and storage administrators have cut their overtime by approximately 75 percent.
"Hitachi Data Systems helped us achieve a significant improvement in performance against SLAs. We cut backup and restore times dramatically—and we have seen a 75 percent reduction in overtime from our backup team." — Andrew Spicer, CEO, WebCentral
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Wing Lung Bank
"Hitachi Data Systems storage products are great in terms of performance, reliability, scalability and technical support. The transition has been incredibly smooth, requiring just two weekends to migrate from the previous storage platform. The total down time was less than 6 hours." — Alice Wong, Assistant General Manager, Wing Lung Bank
"Hitachi Data Systems consistently provides excellent technical consultations. Their Hong Kong team is great, a group of true IT professionals that I would refer to any other company." — Alice Wong, Assistant General Manager, Wing Lung Bank
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WM-data
Nordic WM-data provides large scale outsourcing of IT-systems as a fundamental part of its business offering. The size of solutions and databases has grown significantly in recent times. As a result, restoring data in case of failure took a very long time. This was becoming a major issue and even a potential limitation for expansion for WM-data. Customers want to buy storage space as a utility on a price per gigabyte. The storage space available must be easily expandable so customers can fit their storage according to their usage and needs. A highly scaleable, highly reliable and easy to manage storage area network that allowed the tiered storage provision was needed.
"We promise our enterprise class clients 100% utilization. Hitachi Data System's solution guarantees a high degree of uptime under all conditions. It's also extremely competitive when it comes to price for quality. The solution is scaled according to our clients' needs and it supports all of the most critical computer architectural environments." — Juha Snellman, Business Unit Manager, WM-data
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BT Retail
As it evolved from the world’s oldest communications company to one of the leading providers of communications solutions across the globe, BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) has always been at the forefront of innovative communication services. When BT Retail, one of its group businesses, introduced a new portfolio of consumer Internet products and services, it selected Hitachi Data Systems to help manage its storage demands.
"The introduction of new services always creates exacting demands on the data storage systems, and this is particularly the case with new Internet-based services such as IPTV. We have worked closely with Hitachi Data Systems and have been very impressed by their dedication to the project, understanding of our business, and ability to deliver on rigorous SLAs." — Dave Ealham, Infrastructure Programme, BT Retail
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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
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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
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Hunan Provincial Government
China's Hunan Province covers 210,000 square kilometers (81,000 square miles) and has a total population of more than
64 million. To reach its citizens across this region electronically, in an "e-government" format, the province first needed to
resolve incompatibilities in its information systems and build an extranet to connect all the systems to the public. The Hunan
provincial government recognized that doing so required a strong storage management system, for which the province turned to Hitachi Data Systems.
"As government affairs become more transparent and efficient, the Hunan e-government extranet will grow rapidly. The NSC55
from Hitachi Data Systems enabled us to operate and manage the growing extranet while reducing the complexity of maintenance work." — Changyuan Wen, IT Director, Hunan Economics Research Information Center
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Asia Pulp & Paper
The fast-growing Asia Pulp & 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 & Paper
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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.
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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
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ABN AMRO
Intelligent Hitachi Storage Brings Cost Savings, Increased Usability to Large Netherlands Mortgage Provider.
The merger of Bouwfonds Hypotheken and several divisions of ABN AMRO in January
2006 established ABN AMRO Hypotheken Group, one of the largest specialist mortgage providers in the Netherlands. It also created storage integration and legislative compliance challenges. Hitachi Data Systems helped the new company address these challenges with the Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM and Hitachi Content Archive Platform.
"The Content Archive Platform sees to it that we store exactly the right amount of data, neither too much nor too little."— Koen Teeuwisse, IT Administration Manager, ABN AMRO Hypotheken Group
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Casema
Significant mergers, applications, and growth are the order of the day for Casema, one of the fastest-growing providers of network and telecommunications services in the Netherlands. To consolidate existing systems and facilitate both data storage and new customer growth, Casema turned to Hitachi Data Systems for guaranteed availability of a high-performance storage environment.
"Without our Hitachi Data Systems/Sun solution, we would never have been able to realize our current growth. Now we have the best of both worlds: a high-end solution for maximum availability and a modular system for cost-effective archival." &msdash; Aad van Boven, Senior Manager IT Operations, Casema
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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.
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Aa and Maas Water Board
When the Aa and the Maaskant Water Boards merged into the Aa and Maas Water Board, various IT infrastructures had to be combined. To be sure, immediately after the merger the server park was modernized, but a solution had to be found for the complexity connected with a DAS environment. By creating a central storage pool with Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and McDATA Spereon Switches, the Water Board made sure that critical data are continuously available for smooth and trouble-free water management.
"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, Aa and Maas Water Board.
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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.
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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.
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Computer Sciences Corporation
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
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Air New Zealand
The saying goes that the only constant is change.There is no better illustration of this aphorism than in the airline industry, where operators face
significant external influences—things like fuel price fluctuations, acts of terrorism, and changing travel purchasing behaviour—that can suddenly transform
the business landscape.
"surprisingly, these market influences put pressure on IT to deliver a flexible platform that allows the business to deal with rapid change,especially when it comes to managing information.With industry-leading storage from Hitachi Data Systems and IT infrastructure expertise from Hitachi TrueNorth™ Channel Partner Revera intheir corner, this task at Air New Zealand suddenly appeared less formidable.Cleared for Takeoff, Air New Zealand Throttles Up Information Management to Keep Business Humming.
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CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy
L’accès aux informations en un minimum de temps peut être décisif pour sauver des vies. Dans le cas du CHU de Nancy, en France, il s’agit de partager des données utiles telles que les dossiers des patients et les résultats d’analyse afin de prendre des décisions judicieuses. La solution proposée par Hitachi Data Systems est une architecture SAN (Storage Area Network)/NAS (Network Attached Storage) qui remplace les divers systèmes et optimise les performances du stockage des données.
"Depuis la mise en place de l’architecture SAN/NAS d’Hitachi, nous avons pu connecter 3 300 postes de travail au réseau et accorder un espace de stockage privé à 1 000 utilisateurs. Plus important encore, tous les utilisateurs au sein de l’hôpital ont désormais accès en temps réel à presque trois millions de fichiers, à partir de n’importe quel poste. » —Jean-Marc Virion Directeur Informatique CHU
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SDV (Spada-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
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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
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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
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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
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Star Hub Limited
Time to market is extremely crucial in the highly competitive info-communication arena. For StarHub, Singapore’s second largest info-communication company, the deployment of a strategic storage infrastructure plays a key role in accelerating the rollout of new products and services ahead of the competition—and in managing its explosive data growth. Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform and Hitachi legacy storage systems help reduce maintenance costs and backup times while boosting data availability.
"Over the years, the Hitachi Data Systems team has proven its commitment, on not just one occasion but several. They have never failed us." James Woo Head of Information Services StarHub
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Seceti
Seceti, a major Italian company of ICBPI Group specializing in outsourcing services for payment systems, was seeking help with the task of connecting more than 8,000 ATMs and processing transactions at 225,000 POS terminals. By selecting solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, Seceti improved efficiency, continuity, and security in its financial services activities.
"The technology of Hitachi Data Systems came in to play in response to our needs for virtualization. What convinced us was the suitability of the solution.” Guido Gatti Engineer and IT Consultant Seceti – ICBPI Group
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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
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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 Channel 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
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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 & DRP Manager, EDS-FIBI
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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
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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
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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
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Punjab National Bank of India
Punjab 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
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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)
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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
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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
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Villeroy & 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 & 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 & Boch
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ZR West
Pension data was safely stored and efficiently managed, thanks to Hitachi storage and software. As the computer center for the German pension fund in Westphalia and Rhineland, ZRWest is responsible for a truckload of pension notices each month. The data for these notices are safely stored on Hitachi storage systems. Hitachi Hi-Command Storage Services Manager software ensures that the capacity is efficiently utilized and the information is readily available for the pension specialists.
"If a user calls and complains about a slow application, Hi-Command Storage Services Manager software shows what it can do. Using the software, I can track the entire path of the data down to the hard drive, and I can see exactly if there is a problem or a bottleneck." Dieter Potempa, Storage Manager, ZRWest
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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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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
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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
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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.
Export Import 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.
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 & Telecommunication, Hopital de la Tour
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People’s Bank of China
To serve a growing corporate and personal credit system, the People’s Bank of China was seeking a reliable and secure storage solution. The selected network would need to be highly stable, usable, high-performance, enterprise-class, and capable of supporting overall system expansion. Hitachi Data systems responded with a solution for business continuity and consolidation based on Hitachi Universal Storage Platform.
“The integrated, all-in-one solution of hardware, software and services provided by Hitachi Data Systems completely satisfies all the current and future storage capacity requirements of corporate and personal credit system.” Lu Xialong, Spokesman, Software Development Center, People’s Bank of China
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
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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
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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
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Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (St. John’s Ambulance relief organization)
To save lives and to help those who are ill—these are the primary goals of St. John Ambulance relief organization in Vienna, Austria. The availability of important data for patient care or quick medical transport in case of emergency is an around the clock requirement. For this reason, St John Ambulance - also called “Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe” - modernized their storage infrastructure for the coming years by integrating a new storage area network (SAN) solution from Hitachi Data Systems.
"We wanted to implement an open SAN infrastructure that gave us some room to expand in the future. We got just what we wanted in the solution from Hitachi Data Systems."—
Ing. Florian Kattinger, IT Manager, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe
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ME-BIT
Mettmann, one of Germany's largest districts, requires reliable systems for data security for its numerous applications and users. ME-BIT and ASSISTRA were able to bring new momentum to old backup processes with a comprehensive solution from Hitachi
"Of course, the price/technology ratio was a deciding factor in making our selection. However, it was not the only criteria. The comprehensive design won us over."—
Ralf Mülders, System Administrator, ME-BIT
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Michelmores LLP
Michelmores LLP is a leading regional law firm with 260 employees across three sites in London and the Southwest of England. Growing fast in a competitive market, the firm required a new storage architecture to support its current IT requirements and provide a platform for future improvements, such as e-mail compliance and workflow management. Through IT solutions provider ABSNet, Michelmores deployed a Hitachi Data Systems solution and has benefited from increased flexibility, scalability, and resilience
“The highly flexible and scalable solution from Hitachi Data Systems allows us to grow and innovate in a competitive market. The resilience of the system and its automated monitoring also means I don’t have to worry about business continuity.”—
Simon Clarke, ICT Manager, Michelmores
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Mitchell 1
With an 80-year legacy of producing information manuals for the automotive industry, Mitchell 1 has successfully transitioned from printing presses to data networks. To stay competitive and provide a wider range of products and services to its expanding customer base, Mitchell 1 requires significantly greater storage functionality and efficiencies. The Hitachi Network Storage Controller™ helped to drastically reduce production cycle times, manage aggressive data storage growth, and lower operational costs.
“With Hitachi, we’ve reduced production cycle times from hours to minutes, and have exponentially grown our online presence and storage volumes without adding staff or complexity. How great is that?”—
Mark Zecca, Senior Director of IT, Mitchell1
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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
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ESG Elektroniksystem - and Logistik - GmbH
A new storage solution should be cost effective, state of the art and flexible. For ESG, migrating data to Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) enhanced not only the consolidation of the distributed storage solutions, but also the server landscape.
"We now have a uniform, flexible and scalable storage solution that optimally meets the requirements of our applications." - Erich Donhauser, Director of IT Service and Operations, ESG Elektronksystem—and Logistik—GmbH
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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
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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
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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
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TUI InfoTec
At the start of 2005, TUI InfoTec, the IT service provider of Europe's leading tourism group TUI, decided to fundamentally modernize its storage infrastructure. There were two primary goals: to set up an on-demand concept that the company can use to pay for exactly what it uses and to consolidate the heterogeneous data storage assets.
"Thanks to the virtualization from Hitachi Data Systems, we were able to quickly implement the consolidation and thus simplify our environment. The storage virtualization allows us to implement central management over several storage levels very cost effectively." - Michael Wamser, Head of Infrastructure and Storage, TUI InfoTec
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Voyages Hotels & 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
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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
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Infoterra
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 (2) and Adaptable Modular Storage 500 (1)
Software: Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager software, Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot Software
Infoterra, a leading provider of geo-information products and services, delivers reliable geospatial knowledge to customers worldwide — when and where they need it. In order to provide this innovative service, the company required a data storage solution that could cope with vast geospatial mapping image files, which often reach 8 to 12 terabytes (TB) in size, and make them readily available for customers to access. Through leading IT reseller S3, Infoterra deployed Hitachi hardware and software to meet this business challenge.
"The Hitachi Data Systems storage solution from S3 has granted us business agility; we can now roll out new customers in mere hours compared to the days it used to take. Geospatial imaging files create more data than you could imagine, which was causing major storage problems. The solution has solved a very serious business inhibitor, we can now provide a resource quickly and efficiently."
Mark Curtis
Divisional Technical Manager
Infoterra
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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
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KILN
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
"We faced a tough storage challenge — escalating data growth, shortening backup windows, and a fast growing business. The Hitachi Data Systems solution meets all our needs, and we have the reassurance that our storage is future-proof." — Ian Cowe, Systems Analyst, Kiln Ltd.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Ohlone College: Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
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, Ohlone College Newark Center
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Software: Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software
At the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), the Internet is a vital platform to allow for students and teaching staff to communicate and share teaching materials. The electronic exchange of e-mail and multi-media documents, in particular, is growing at an unprecedented pace as teaching becomes more lively and interactive. The university’s IT services department realises that in order to better facilitate this interactive learning, it is necessary to constantly scale up its data storage infrastructure. Hitachi Data Systems was asked to provide a data management and disaster recovery solution that delivers highly reliable and scalable e-mail and storage services, while minimising data loss
"For years, we have been using storage solutions from Hitachi Data Systems because of its unmatched reliability and performance in the industry. With that in mind, we expanded our storage infrastructure to include AMS500 storage systems and a Disaster Recovery solution from Hitachi to enhance service reliability and ensure prompt data recovery while providing the best possible e-mail services for the university." — Mr. Kenneth Lai, SAN Design and Operations In-charge, Information Technology Services Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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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
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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
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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
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SmaryHost
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
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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
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Millenium Hotels and Resorts
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 and Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage 100
Software: Storage Solution Provided by Acer
“Making the move to thin client architecture was obviously a very big decision for us, but it was really the [Hitachi] storage architecture that gave us the comfort and security to go ahead with that decision.” — Eli Salant, Vice President for Information Technology, Millennium New Zealand
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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 Channel 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Juniper Networks
Hardware: Hitachi Thunder 9500™ V Series modular storage system
Software: Hitachi Protection Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager and Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication software
“We found the Hitachi solution to be incredibly reliable due to the excellent engineering behind it. I don’t know of another vendor in the market that can offer the same levels of reliability and performance.” — Chris Barron, Windows Architect EMEA, Juniper
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Jubilee International High School
Solutions: Capacity and Consolidation/Simplification: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 and Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software
“Our goal is to provide the best IT resources for the school, so we needed an industry-led storage platform. Viglen really listened to our needs and the Hitachi Data Systems solution it suggested meets them perfectly.” — Michael Gobey, IT Manager, Jubilee International High School
Industry: Education
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St. Mark's Catholic School
Solutions: Capacity and Consolidation/Simplification: Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100
“The Hitachi Simple Modular Storage system has allowed us to continue expanding the availability of online resources for students, while backing up their coursework and exam details. They’re now much better equipped to achieve success.” — Don Emil, Network Manager, St. Mark’s Catholic School
Industry: Education
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Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust
Solutions: Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
The flexibility of the Hitachi solution has empowered Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust to configure the storage system to suit its
purposes exactly.
Industry: Health Care
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Centrum Rozliczeń i Informacji CERI sp. z o.o., a BRE Bank Group Company
Solutions: Consolidation/Simplification and Availability
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200 and 500
“The solutions from Hitachi Data Systems formed an important part of our high availability data storage and processing system.Hitachi storage systems provided the performance required for processing in key areas of the company’s operations.” — Slawomir Sadowski, IT Systems Director, Centrum Rozliczeń i Informacji CERI sp. z o.o.
Industry: Services
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HBO+EMTB
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Channel 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
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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
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Norwich Union
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V
and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi ShadowImage®
Heterogeneous Replication and ShadowImage Replication, Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Replication Monitor, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Services: Storage solution consultancy and migration support and monitoring provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services
“We were pleased to find that the solution put forward by Hitachi
tackled all of our concerns head on, from the technology right
through to the cost model.” — Roly Goram, Operational Technical Authority,
IT Operations, Norwich Union
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Conwy County Borough Council
Solutions: Consolidation/Disaster Recovery
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500 (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
“Providing secure data storage to support essential services to the and support we’ve been able to streamline our storage environment and focus on other concerns.” — Will Valintine, Principal Technical Support Analyst, Conwy County Borough Council
Industry: Local Government
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Rothschild
Soltuions: Tiered Storage, Availability
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000
Software: Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronous, Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replication software
“The attitude of the Hitachi team was excellent — they showed real enthusiasm and commitment for our project, rather than the ‘sell it and move on’ approach so often seen from other vendors.” — Steve Pikett, Head of IT, Rothschild
Industry: Finance
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TDMi inforsacom
Inforsacom devises and implements integrated IT solutions for all aspects of data centres and, to this end, deploys its expertise in technology and services, along with its strong partnerships with leading technology manufacturers.
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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™ Channel 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
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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
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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
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CHU 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
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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)
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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 & 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
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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
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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
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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
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Clinique Saint Augustin
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Software: Provided by NextiraOne
About the choice of Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200: “We wanted to use the most open system, [one] that is capable not
only of integrating our existing ‘occupation’ solutions but also of changing towards future Computerized Patient File solutions.”
— Estelle Carrard, Manager of Information Systems, Hospital Association of the West
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Businesslink Pty., Ltd
Hardware: Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™; Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
Software: Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Storage Capacity Reporter, Hitachi Basic Operating System V, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager
Services: Consulting services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Business Consulting Group
“Hitachi demonstrated strategic vision, technology, research and development expertise and financial insight around delivering storage within a shared service network. As a result of the Hitachi
storage consolidation and virtualisation strategy, we are in a better
position to manage data growth and provide cost efficient services
to our customers simultaneously.”
— Pat Richards, Managing Director, NSW Businesslink
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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
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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 Channel 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
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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 & Databases, Sykehuspartner IKT
Industry: Services: IT for Healthcare Institutions
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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
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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 Channel 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
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Forsters LLP
Solutions: Capacity and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
Services: Hitachi TrueNorth Channel 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
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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
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Payformance
Packaged Solution: Hitachi Content Archive Platform 500 (with hardware and software components)
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 500
“There were also too many intricacies with the (incumbent) platform. That’s when we discovered the Hitachi Content Archive Platform, with out-of-the-box open functionality that can be managed from a single pane of glass.” — Jason Beckham, Director of Infrastructure, Payformance
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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 Channel 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
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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 Channel 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
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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 Channel 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
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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
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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
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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
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Barry Callebaut AG
Solutions: Tiered Storage
Hardware: 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
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Shrewsbury International School
Hardware: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 200
Services: Provided by Hitachi TrueNorth Channel 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
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