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Hitachi Data Systems announced support for the release of Windows Server 2012.

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS), and Hitachi Compute Blade are certified with support for the Windows Server 2012. It gives HDS and Microsoft customers an enterprise infrastructure to deploy and host Microsoft Windows and Linux applications.

They have worked together on this endeavor since early 2010 to ensure the best user experience with service and support for enterprise data center deployments.

"Windows Server 2012 is one of the most significant releases from Microsoft to date," said Jim Beckman, VP, Alliances, Hitachi Data Systems. "With leading information technology solutions from HDS and Microsoft Windows Server 2012, customers can now host and manage Microsoft application deployments in an always-on environment. Our customers have already started deploying Windows Server 2012 in their production IT environments with plans for large-scale deployments for their Microsoft Windows and Linux applications."

"Windows Server 2012 was designed and built around the cloud. It offers customers advanced technology and the ease of use that comes with familiar Microsoft products," said Mike Schutz, GM, product marketing, Windows Server and Tools, Microsoft. "We're excited about Hitachi Data Systems support of Windows Server 2012 for enterprise customers. We expect that HDS expertise and reliability will help our customers realize demonstrable value from deploying Windows Server 2012."

About HDS Support for Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 sets the foundation for Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track. The solutions combine Hitachi compute and storage with industry-standard network infrastructure and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 software. These solutions provide integration with System Center VM manager 2012 with transparent live migration of VMs. They also support compute and storage resource for provisioning of VMs with support for the System Center Orchestrator 2012.

Scalability of Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V and Microsoft clustering allows HDS to deliver support up to 64 nodes and thousands of VMs in Hitachi infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud offerings for demanding environments. Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track offerings are now more compelling with the ability to scale to hundreds of TBs with performance and availability, powered by the Hitachi infrastructure. Microsoft applications can migrate between VMs in the same data center or across data centers with zero service disruption, enabling mission critical application support on the x86 platform.

About the Relationship
Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Data Systems and Microsoft have a long-standing relationship that has delivered mission-critical solutions to customers around the world. Hitachi solutions that support Microsoft applications include Hitachi Compute Blade, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, a storage virtualization platform for enterprise data centers, Hitachi Unified Storage, and Hitachi Storage Cluster for Windows Server Hyper-V, an end-to-end server-to-storage virtualization solution.