HDS Discovery Suite for Content Index and Search Services Across NAS and Archive Environments

As organizations struggle with the search and retrieval of unmanaged
data stored in siloed infrastructures, Hitachi Data Systems introduced all new file and content services that dramatically simplify
data management. The newly unveiled Hitachi Data Discovery Suite
delivers powerful content index and search services across network
attached storage (NAS) and content archive environments—an industry
first that breaks through the traditional barriers of stovepipe storage
infrastructures and mitigates the risk of unmanaged or rogue data. With this’s announcement, Hitachi delivers common search, retention,
movement and protection of data—extending its proven capabilities in
block storage data management to file services with in an integrated
services oriented platform.

Today’s organizations are faced with severe business challenges as a
result of the rapid growth of unstructured data stored across multiple
storage infrastructures and data centers. According to an April 2006
IDC report , the cost of ineffective search is estimated at $5,251 per
worker per year. For 1,000 workers, the cost is estimated at $5.25
million. The risks associated with failed or prolonged searches for
legal discovery or compliance can be even higher.

"Today, there is a large percentage of corporate data that is
considered unmanaged or rogue posing serious security and compliance
risks to businesses," said Laura DuBois, research director, Storage
Software, IDC. "As companies grapple with how to manage this
information and put policies around it — from archiving, to storage, to
search and retrieval — IT departments are looking for the best
solutions to manage their expanding information vaults. With the
Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, Hitachi Data Systems offers a viable
solution to companies who are trying to eliminate risk and manage rogue
data before it impacts the bottom line."

"Organizations are spending millions per year in e-discovery and
these costs are compounded by the escalating expenses associated with
storage sprawl in environments with large amounts of file based or
unstructured data," said John Mansfield, senior vice president, Global
Solutions, Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems. "Previous
generation file storage products were not designed to be efficient in
terms of storage utilization and data management. We are taking our
proven experience in storing and managing block storage environments
and extending that strength to file services—reducing the risk of rogue
data, while improving operating efficiencies."

"Hitachi has clearly done its homework with Hitachi Data Discovery
Suite," said John Webster, Principal IT Advisor, Illuminata, Inc.
"Storage administrators should find in the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite
an environment in which to engage their internal records managers,
auditors, and attorneys in an ongoing discussion on policy
implementation and lifecycle management."

The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite: Unlocking the Value of Data
Simplifying
data management with an integrated services approach to storage,
Hitachi is enabling both customers and independent software vendor
(ISV) partners to search multiple data sources with just a single query
from a single user interface with the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite.
This powerful software empowers customers and ISV partners to perform
such functions such as self-service file restoration, cross—platform
search and retrieval, and reporting of file-based tiering. With the
Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, complex tasks associated with e-discovery
become simpler, more efficient and cost-effective—unlocking the true
value of data.

"With the announcement of the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, last
year’s FAST Partner of the Year, Hitachi Data Systems, extends the
value of FAST’s solutions, initially pioneered in the Hitachi Content
Archive Platform, to the Hitachi High Performance NAS Platform," said
John M. Lervik, CEO of FAST. "Specifically, Hitachi Data Discovery
Suite provides federated search across many file storage instances,
simplified HSM functions, and assistance in understanding discovery
risks with storing files across a continuum of platforms. It is one
thing to do this in a tightly controlled environment; however, in a
complicated world of controlling rogue data this task is daunting at
best. Hitachi Data Discovery Suite allows both end users and ISVs to
control the broad problem of unmanaged unstructured data. FAST is
excited to see future innovations both within Hitachi and on top of the
FAST ESP search platform that will benefit our respective ISV programs."

"Today’s IT organizations are faced with tremendous challenges in
managing the rapid and unceasing growth of file data stored in
heterogeneous, distributed computing environments," said Don Jaworski,
vice president and general manager of the Brocade Files Division. "As
customers seek comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to address their
file management challenges, Brocade is excited about the opportunity to
provide Brocade StorageX file virtualization software as an essential
component of the new Hitachi Data Discovery Suite."

Unlike competitors that force customers and partners to haggle with
disparate and closed storage infrastructures, the Hitachi Data
Discovery Suite performs federated search across the Hitachi
High-performance NAS Platform and the Hitachi Content Archive Platform,
and can extend these capabilities to ISV partners or custom
applications. The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite will enable enterprise
content management, e-mail archiving and other third-party applications
to write directly to the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform and
migrate that data to the Hitachi Content Archive Platform for long-term
data preservation—allowing secure, seamless data discovery and
migration across tiers of storage.

The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite also brings data directly to users.
By enabling customers to conduct their own searches and recover data
from their own authorized files, the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite
significantly improves user productivity while ensuring data privacy.
The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite is integrated with Microsoft Active
Directory and Windows Vista Gadget for easy and secure search and file
restoration from a user’s desktop.

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation