… Embraced by Partners

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced broad global partner support for the company’s new Hitachi Unified Storage family.

The ecosystem includes support from strategic technology partners and the Hitachi TrueNorth Partner community, and complements Hitachi Data Systems solutions and services organizations to help customers successfully and efficiently manage their critical business applications and meet their growth requirements.

The HUS, with a single management framework, redefines unified storage by storing multiple data types with flexibility and balanced scalability, and without compromising performance, scalability or cost efficiency.

Several strategic partners, including technology partners Brocade, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft Corp. and VMware, and Hitachi TrueNorth Partners including ASG, Datalink, HighVail Systems, Intel Corporation, Lumenate and ViON, have provided their perspectives on the new Hitachi Unified Storage.

“We are proud of the widespread praise that Hitachi Unified Storage has received from our partner community,” said Mike Walkey, SVP, Global Partners and Alliances, HDS. “It’s clear that the role of unified storage in the data center is expanding, fueled by its ability to address key customer pain points on multiple fronts. However, until today unified products available to our partners have come with trade-offs. With Hitachi Unified Storage, our alliance partners have a solution that maximizes the full value their technologies can provide, while our TrueNorth Partners can offer their customers a no-compromises approach to unified storage.”

HUS provides organizations with a reliable, dynamic and open architecture that lets them meet their service level objectives more efficiently, save costs and protect their investments.

It is supported by a services organization and a network of partners to help reduce operational and capital costs:

• HUS integrates with alliance partner technologies to deliver to customers performing and scalable solutions that address data growth and help customers reduce CAPEX and OPEX while meeting SLA requirements.
• It enables Hitachi TrueNorth Partners to help their customers do more with their data. The offering aligns with the Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program which is committed to enabling partners to build a sustainable, agile and profitable HDS business supported by proven technology.

Proven Migration Services Bring
Improved Efficiency and Flexibility to Customers
With HUS, Hitachi Data Systems Global Services has customized its best practices and methodologies which help rapidly and successfully transition customers to new data center architectures and environments with lower costs and reduced risk. These practices and methodologies include infrastructure audit and migration services to help customers manage their critical business applications and meet their growth requirements. The Hitachi TrueNorth Specialization Program extends these benefits through authorized partners.