Hitachi Data Systems Unveils Industry’s First Integrated File Sync and Share for the Enterprise
HDS Brings Enterprise Security to the Mobile Workforce;
New HDS Cloud Solutions Reduce TCO by 60% and Backup Space Needed by 30%
Delhi, India. — May 22, 2013 — Hitachi
Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today unveiled new solutions and services that allow
enterprises to adopt cloud computing more readily, enable their mobile
workforce more securely and reliably, and provide a better IT experience
to their end users. The Hitachi Data Systems family of cloud services
and solutions offer
new options to help manage the multiple demands of IT. These demands
include explosive growth of unstructured data, user expectations to
access information from anywhere, and the requirement to ensure
security, simplicity and protection of all data wherever it lives. With
today’s new HDS offerings, customers can achieve the cost and
flexibility benefits of the cloud by reducing capex and opex:
‐ Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere:
The industry’s first integrated file sync and share solution that is
built, sold and supported for the enterprise entirely by a single
vendor. It bring secure mobility to the enterprise – it lets users
access data and collaborate on any device, from any location at any time
and easily share files. And IT keeps the data within its control,
security and compliance practices, unlike consumer-grade file sharing
services which have struggled to gain the confidence of enterprise IT
groups. HCP Anywhere is built expressly for the enterprise and jumps
ahead of industry alternatives in ease of implementation and control of
important, but rarely discussed issues of encryption, key ownership and
terms of service.
‐ New version of Hitachi Content Platform (HCP):
One seamless cloud storage platform for data protection, enterprise
mobility and content cloud, it features the most advanced metadata
management in the market and sets a foundation for big data and
analytics.
‐ Hitachi Cloud Services Connection (HCSC): Public cloud offering built on HDS cloud infrastructure and solutions and managed by HDS for partners to resell.
“Though
consumer file sync and share options have been available for some time,
options for the enterprise are still emerging,” said Terri McClure,
senior analyst, ESG. “With this new cloud package, HDS is leveraging its
enterprise solution provider strengths at the core and has done a nice
job providing a consumer-like experience at the edge. Its new HCP
Anywhere application and platform should be particularly appealing to
security-conscious end users who need to lock down access to business
data and leverage additional cloud capabilities and support to satisfy
end user requirements for data access across multiple devices. HDS
already has a reputation of trust with this customer base and the
economics for its file sync and share are very compelling. With all the
back-end integration, self-service and controls HDS offers today and
plans to add, HDS appears to be bringing a serious enterprise sync and
share solution to market.”
“Our
unique approach to cloud allows our customers to choose the best
possible solutions to address their needs, at their own pace, and in a
way that makes sense for their business,” said John Mansfield, executive
vice president, Global Solutions Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data
Systems. “Our cloud portfolio does more than just solve the challenges
customers face today – it sets them up for what is coming next. Trends
like big data, bring your own device, next-generation file services,
secure clouds, distributed IT, and metadata-driven automation,
management and analytics are quickly becoming pervasive. The products
and services we are announcing today allow enterprise organizations to
use cloud and file sharing in ways that were never before possible. It
is with these new offerings that customers can further innovate with
information as the IT industry continues to evolve.”
HDS
delivers secure, flexible, scalable and easy-to-manage private, hybrid
and public cloud infrastructures that enable businesses to lower total
cost of ownership, meet service level agreements, and improve
operational efficiency. At
the heart of HDS cloud solutions are a set of proven, cloud-enabled
platforms that support the unified, virtualized and distributed
environments common in organizations today. Together, HDS cloud
solutions based on HCP enable organizations to experience some of these
benefits:
‐ Reduce TCO by 60%.
‐ Reduce space needed for backups by 30%.
‐ Create a 2 year deferral on new storage purchases.
‐ Enable 5 times more terabytes managed per administrator.
Customer and Partner Supporting Quotes
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia: “At
the Garvan Institute we focus on understanding the role of genes as
well as molecular and cellular processes in health and disease. Secure
collaboration on large data sets is critical for developing future
cures. We’re excited to explore the productivity and innovation benefits
that HCP Anywhere can bring to our researchers by extending our
information infrastructure directly to mobile devices such as laptops,
tablets and even smart phones to deliver pioneering research into some
of the most widespread diseases affecting our society today.” – Dr Warren Kaplan, Bioinformatics specialist, Centre for Clinical Genomics
- ACW Services, Hong Kong: “There
is definitely a move in the industry toward cloud services, and by
partnering with HDS we have launched a cloud service quickly with our
own branding through Hitachi Cloud Services Connection. The combination
of HDS facilities, infrastructure and service management with our sales,
marketing, reseller and ISV recruitment quickly and easily helps our
customers into production.” – Andy Lau, Managing Director, ACW Services
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About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi
Data Systems provides information technologies, services and solutions
that help companies improve IT costs and agility, and innovate with
information to make a difference in the world. Our customers gain
compelling return on investment (ROI), unmatched return on assets (ROA),
and demonstrable business impact. With approximately 6,000 employees
worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does business in more than 100 countries
and regions. Our products, services and solutions are trusted by the
world’s leading enterprises, including more than 70% of the Fortune 100
and more than 80% of the Fortune Global 100. Visit us at www.HDS.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi,
Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global
electronics company with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide.
Fiscal 2012 (ended March 31, 2013) consolidated revenues totaled 9,041
billion yen ($96.1 billion). Hitachi
is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which
includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems,
industrial, transportation and urban development systems, as well as the
sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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Appendix: Facts about the New Solutions and Services Announced Today
HCP Anywhere: Bring Enterprise to the Mobile Workforce
HCP
Anywhere is the industry’s first fully integrated, on-premises solution
for safe, secure file sharing and synchronization. HCP Anywhere is
enterprise- and Internet-ready. Simply
put, HCP Anywhere makes it possible for employees to access any data,
from anywhere, at anytime on any device. But it also gives data control
back to the business by ensuring that end-to-end file sharing solutions
are deployed safely, securely, and with corporate oversight.
HCP
Anywhere is extremely easy to set up, deploy and manage for IT as well
as users. No end user training is required and a self-service portal is
provided. It works with existing IT practices and processes and no
backups are needed. End users can download the HCP Anywhere client app
on their iOS devices from the Apple iTunes store.
Users
simply save a file to their HCP Anywhere folder and they instantly
become more mobile. HCP Anywhere automatically syncs to all registered
devices and becomes available via Web browsers. Users can bring their
own device and have access to work files anywhere, not just in their
offices. And they can safely share files with access-controlled,
time-sensitive links.
IT
gets easy administration with built-in mobile device management,
auditing and full integration with Microsoft® Active Directory®, so it’s
easy to add and manage large numbers of users. Users can send links
instead of attachments, drastically reducing email storage and network
payloads. The software uses HCP to store, protect, share, sync, secure
and manage data in the most efficient, easily scalable and
highest-density object storage platform where the data is
single-instanced, compressed and free from tape backup. Beyond sync and
share, with HCP Anywhere gives IT a top quality cloud storage platform
that works with modern workloads and future plans. With HCP Anywhere,
organizations can:
‐ Safely enable mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) capabilities.
‐ Improve information access to drive business growth.
‐ Increase IT efficiency to control cost.
‐ Reduce loss of data caused by rogue applications.
‐ Avoid legal and compliance issues arising from rogue data on unknown user devices.
New HCP: Highly Scalable Cloud Storage Platform
HCP is an award-winning object store and highly scalable, reliable foundation for Hitachi cloud solutions and services. It
virtualizes infrastructures and intelligently automates IT operations
so customers can manage rapidly growing and increasingly diverse file
data. Multitenancy, built-in data protection, and robust security, along
with chargeback data features, make HCP well suited to cloud service
providers who offer storage as a service, enterprise IT environments who
struggle with data volumes, data growth, backup and data governance or
security issues, and medium-sized data-driven organizations who have
rapidly growing data volumes.
The new version of HCP includes several significant enhancements:
- Cloud
application support: Customers can take advantage of the new ecosystem
of cloud applications built for Amazon S3, while still securely storing
their data on their own premises.
- Metadata
intelligence: Tag files with custom metadata from multiple users and
applications to automate more intelligently, simplify management, aid in
search, and support analytics.
- VMware: Customers can use the server platform of their choice along with VMware to run HCP.
- Tiering to external storage: Customers can enjoy the intelligence of HCP while leveraging other media types to store data.
Hitachi Cloud Services Connection
Hitachi
Cloud Services Connection (HCSC) is a cloud services partner program
with an all-in-one service offering for specific workloads and IT
services. Built on proven Hitachi platforms and hosted and managed by
HDS, partners can rebrand and resell cloud services immediately while
allowing their brand to be associated with a well-known, global storage
management player.
HCSC
goes well beyond today’s cloud service by offering customers the
experience, knowledge, solutions and enterprise-class features in one
package, using an ITIL-certified, low latency, and local data center
architecture with strong support. It also eliminates capex, offers
pricing transparency and reduces the need to invest in expertise. All
that customers need to do is to pay a simple monthly subscription. The
service offerings include infrastructure as a service, content as a
service, and software as a service. HCSC represents one of several
partnering options included in a new HDS partner framework that also
includes cloud builder partners and Hitachi Cloud Service Provider
Program.
Hitachi
Cloud Services Connection is available now in Asia Pacific and will be
available globally later this year. Hitachi Cloud Service Provider
Program is available now in the U.S. and will be available globally
later this year.
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Shree Das | 
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