Hitachi Data Systems Announces the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM Are Fully Compatible with IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex® (GDPS®)
Successful Testing Results Demonstrate Interoperability with IBM Enterprise Servers and Storage.
Santa Clara, CA, April 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced that the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ (USP) V and VM are now certified with IBM’s Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) system solution.
"Hitachi consistently strives to support the latest mainframe environments in order to provide our customers and partners with additional resources for their mission-critical applications,” said Roberto Basilio, vice president, Storage Platforms Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems. "By completing the qualification testing, we continue to grow our partnership with IBM, in addition to reducing cost, complexity and risk for our end-users. The qualification testing is a rigorous process and a testament to the superiority of the Hitachi USP V and VM.”
"Today’s announcement of the testing completion is a significant result for customers when evaluating storage solutions to effectively consolidate and manage the optimized storage solutions on mainframe environments," said Shuji Sugimoto, general manager, Storage Systems Development, Disk Array Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd. "With the increasing prevalence of heterogeneous storage environments, true interoperability is more important than ever. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with IBM to provide our mutual customers reliable disk storage systems and reduce complexity."
Interoperability with IBM servers is a mandatory requirement for mainframe users. Many of the world’s largest organizations in the financial services, telecommunications and other key industries rely on IBM mainframe systems to run mission-critical applications.
Compatibility and interoperability certification with IBM’s GDPS system now allows customers to mix Hitachi storage and IBM storage in the mainframe environment to deliver the performance, reliability and availability they expect for the most demanding applications. Additionally, interoperability support from Hitachi offers customers an end-to-end solution designed to improve their mainframe environments. Hitachi’s approach enables customers to deliver centrally managed storage services such as business continuity, hierarchical storage management, data migration and enhanced disaster recovery solutions, as opposed to utilizing multiple isolated islands of storage to perform similar functions.
The testing of Hitachi's Enterprise System Connection™ (ESCON®), Fiber Connection (FICON®) and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) connectivity for select configurations of IBM GDPS was also included.
As a result of successful completion of compatibility and interoperability testing, a Letter of Qualification was issued by IBM and is posted on its website at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/gdps/qualification.html.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. With over 4,000 employees, and as an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60-percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT/TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Press Contacts:
Hitachi Data Systems
Carli Ghelfi
(408) 327-4024
carli.ghelfi@hds.com
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Dan La Russo
(303) 634-2632
dan.larusso@ogilvypr.com
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"Hitachi consistently strives to support the latest mainframe environments in order to provide our customers and partners with additional resources for their mission-critical applications,” said Roberto Basilio, vice president, Storage Platforms Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems. "By completing the qualification testing, we continue to grow our partnership with IBM, in addition to reducing cost, complexity and risk for our end-users. The qualification testing is a rigorous process and a testament to the superiority of the Hitachi USP V and VM.”
"Today’s announcement of the testing completion is a significant result for customers when evaluating storage solutions to effectively consolidate and manage the optimized storage solutions on mainframe environments," said Shuji Sugimoto, general manager, Storage Systems Development, Disk Array Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd. "With the increasing prevalence of heterogeneous storage environments, true interoperability is more important than ever. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with IBM to provide our mutual customers reliable disk storage systems and reduce complexity."
Interoperability with IBM servers is a mandatory requirement for mainframe users. Many of the world’s largest organizations in the financial services, telecommunications and other key industries rely on IBM mainframe systems to run mission-critical applications.
Compatibility and interoperability certification with IBM’s GDPS system now allows customers to mix Hitachi storage and IBM storage in the mainframe environment to deliver the performance, reliability and availability they expect for the most demanding applications. Additionally, interoperability support from Hitachi offers customers an end-to-end solution designed to improve their mainframe environments. Hitachi’s approach enables customers to deliver centrally managed storage services such as business continuity, hierarchical storage management, data migration and enhanced disaster recovery solutions, as opposed to utilizing multiple isolated islands of storage to perform similar functions.
The testing of Hitachi's Enterprise System Connection™ (ESCON®), Fiber Connection (FICON®) and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) connectivity for select configurations of IBM GDPS was also included.
As a result of successful completion of compatibility and interoperability testing, a Letter of Qualification was issued by IBM and is posted on its website at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/gdps/qualification.html.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. With over 4,000 employees, and as an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60-percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT/TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Press Contacts:
Hitachi Data Systems
Carli Ghelfi
(408) 327-4024
carli.ghelfi@hds.com
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Dan La Russo
(303) 634-2632
dan.larusso@ogilvypr.com
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