Confirmation: HDS to Acquire oXya

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced its intent to acquire oXya Corp.,  provider of services for cloud and SAP solutions.

The acquisition is expected to close by the end of March and is subject to customary closing conditions.

Upon the close of the acquisition, oXya, with more than 500 employees, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDS and will continue to execute its current business model under oXya VP and chairman, Frederic de Belloy, reporting to Hicham Abdessamad, HDS EVP, global services.

oXya helps IT organizations manage private and hybrid cloud environments more easily, and designs the infrastructure for more effective and efficient implementations of SAP solutions, including the SAP HANA platform.

As an SAP partner, oXya has solidified itself in the marketplace as one of the leading management and cloud providers, and has achieved customer satisfaction ratings for more than 200,000 users worldwide of SAP solutions, across all industries.

oXya will enhance the portfolio of HDS cloud and managed services. Enterprise customers and partners can experience faster time to value, flexible financial models, reduced TCO and more predictable IT services outcomes for mission critical IT infrastructure.

Specifically, the intended acquisition will give HDS partners and customers:

• An extended portfolio of HDS cloud and managed services for implementation of mission-critical solutions from SAP, including SAP HANA.
• Experience and expertise among the growing network of HDS partners who have capabilities with SAP solutions, increasing the ability of HDS to collaborate and jointly deliver and manage large environments, accelerating time to market, and lowering cost and risk for business applications.
• Additional options to realize Hitachi Unified Compute Platform solution capabilities for environments that are based on solutions from SAP, including SAP HANA.

“Today’spartners and customers demand as-a-service options that enable them to keep pace with market dynamics like cloud, while transforming the way they conduct business,” said Abdessamad.

oXya offers an expanded set of application-as-a-service offerings, both in private cloud and hybrid cloud. They have experience with managing large SAP solution-based environments and a history of customer satisfaction.

“When completed, the acquisition of oXya will enable HDS and our partners to extend our portfolio of managed cloud services and provide additional skills and expertise to enable Hitachi Unified Compute Platform solutions in environments running SAP solutions, including SAP HANA,” said Abdessamad. “With its software-as-a-service offerings for SAP solutions, oXya brings applications as a service, which is a frequent customer request and a bridge into solutions for analytics and Social Innovation.”

“Building upon years of successful partnership, we are pleased to grow our relationship beyond that of a Hitachi cloud Service Provider to officially become part of the HDS family. We are proud of the expertise and market leadership that we have built since our founding in 1998,” said de Belloy. “Combining efforts with Hitachi Data Systems and its partners will allow us to deliver to customers even more innovative solutions to gain insights from their data while expanding global coverage for our services.”

“SAP is delighted that Hitachi is expanding its commitment to our joint customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, EVP, strategic business development and ecosystem, SAP AG. “We anticipate expanded Hitachi capabilities will further enable SAP customers to run simple, powered by SAP HANA.“

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