Japan-based industrial conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. has established a business unit to help drive the company’s Internet of Things research-and-development and go-to-market  strategic efforts. Hitachi Insight Group, led by Keiji Kojima, will offer IoT-based technologies and services meant to help government and enterprise customers achieve smart city, energy, healthcare and industrial goals through actionable insights, Hitachi said May 10. […] More

Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp., has said large volumes of data driven by the adoption of Internet-of-Things-based devices can bring societal changes and improve people’s lives when used correctly, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes Tanner made the remarks at the Hitachi Data Systems Social Innovation Summit in Washington Thursday. […] More

Vion will offer Hitachi Data Systems‘ visualization products for data analytics to customers in the public sector, law enforcement and emergency management markets as both companies seek to grow their 35-year partnership. The companies plan to expand their combined services into social innovation and big data analytics in addition to joint storage offerings for U.S. federal government and public […] More

Hitachi Consulting has partnered with AT&T to offer a cloud computing service for enterprise client applications through AT&T’s partner exchange program. AT&T will also support a Hitachi Data Systems-powered framework meant to help organizations adopt cloud technology, Hitachi Consulting said Monday. “By collaborating with Hitachi Consulting, we will help them accelerate their customers’ adoption of […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has agreed to combine its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform storage and server tool with the SAP Hana in-memory database management system to help users speed up processing of big data and reduce the need for upgrades of infrastructure systems. The company said Tuesday it designed the Hitachi UCP tool for SAP Hana with […] More

Liz Heiston, national account manager at Hitachi Data Systems Federal, said that agencies using the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program should consider applying system management and automation tools to manage cloud migration efforts. In a guest piece published Thursday on Federal Times, Heiston noted that while FedRAMP covers the security of cloud services offered by vendors, agencies must […] More

CGI and Hitachi Data Systems have inked an agreement to deliver private and hybrid Hitachi-powered cloud services to customers. The cloud model is designed to help users gain access to business data via mobile devices and desktop computers, CGI said Thursday. “Our partnership with Hitachi Data Systems helps clients achieve their goals to transform enterprise […] More

Verizon has partnered with Hitachi Data Systems to offer the Hitachi Content Platform adaptive cloud tiering technology via the Verizon Cloud Marketplace and deliver enterprise content management and hybrid cloud functions. Siki Giunta, senior vice president of cloud services at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said Monday that the partnership aims to support the business of Verizon Cloud customers by facilitating efficiency in […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has introduced a set of hardware and software products for law enforcement and emergency organizations to collect, analyze and integrate disparate information during a critical situation. The Hitachi Visualization portfolio includes video capture and gateway appliances as well as map-based applications intended to help public safety personnel manage incident data in real-time, […] More

Hitachi and its subsidiary Hitachi Data Systems have unveiled an x86-based logical partitioning solution for SAP HANA to support server virtualization and network consolidation on-premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid cloud environment. The company said Sunday Hitachi LPAR works to provide computing and storage functions for system utilization and to streamline operations with a consolidated infrastructure. Mike Walkey, senior vice president for […] More

Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp. has introduced a new digital data preservation offering for federal agencies to archive information over a long period. The digital preservation platform works to store information by using existing Blu-ray and M-DISC technology, HDS Federal said Wednesday. “To fulfill regulatory requirements, agencies are required to archive the data they generate and collect anywhere […] More

MarketsandMarkets predicts the data center networking market’s value will hit $21.85 billion by 2018 and have a compound annual growth rate of 11.8 percent over the next four years. The growing use of software-based networking and cloud computing technology is projected to drive growth in the DCN sector, MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday. Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, […] More