HDS/Hitachi: FY13 Financial Results Ended March 31, 2014
Yearly revenue of storage solutions up 16%
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 29, 2014 at 2:55 pmHDS is currently an exception in the storage industry, being one of the rare storage giants growing rapidly.
For parent company Hitachi’s fiscal year 2013 ended March 31, 2014, revenue of storage solutions of HDS and in Japan increased 16% from $3.68 billion to $4.26 billion Y/Y. (at the rate of ¥103 per US dollar on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market as of March 31, 2014)
But forecast is less optimistic: only 3% growth for the next six months ended September 2014 and for the following fiscal year.
Storage Solutions
(in ¥ billion) | FY12 | FY13 | Forecast 6 mo. ended September 30 2014 |
Forecast FY14 |
Revenue HDS+Japan |
379 | 439 | 205 | 450 |
Growth | 16% | 3% | 3% |
Storage hardware
(including disk array systems, etc.)
(in ¥ billion) | FY12 | FY13 |
Revenue Hitachi |
202.4 | 225.5 |
Growth | 11% |