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Hitachi Midrange Storage Platform Wins Bronze in Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com 2008 Products of the Year Awards
The Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com's annual 'Storage Products of the Year' awards recognize the elite technologies that impacted the storage industry in 2008.
SANTA CLARA, CA, March 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage
Solutions, today announced its next-generation midrange storage platform, the Hitachi
Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 Series, has been selected by TechTargetEUR s Storage
magazine and SearchStorage.com as a EURStorage Products of the YearEUR winner.
EURHitachi is proud to be among the award winners recognized by the editors of Storage
magazine and SearchStorage.com,EUR said Roberto Basilio, vice president, Storage Platforms
Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems. EURThis award validates our hard work and
commitment to developing leading-edge storage systems for our customers that better address
their growing storage environments and diverse application requirements. The AMS 2000
Series delivers improved performance, connectivity, scalability, reliability and
ease-of-use to midrange customers.EUR
The Storage magazine and SearchStorage.comEUR s annual EURStorage Products of the YearEUR awards
recognize the elite technologies that impacted the storage industry in 2008. The Storage
magazine and SearchStorage.com editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users,
industry experts, analysts, and consultants narrowed the finalists down to a list of 15
products across five categories: backup and disaster recovery software, backup hardware,
disk and disk subsystems, storage networking equipment and storage management software.
Hitachi Data Systems received the Bronze Award in the disk and disk subsystems category.
Other winners include BlueArc and Intel, which received the Gold and Silver, respectively.
About the Hitachi AMS 2000 Series In October 2008, Hitachi announced the next-generation of midrange storage platforms, the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 Series. This new series delivers several times the performance compared to prior generations, and also offers storage consolidation for iSCSI, NAS and Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) connections. The AMS Series is comprised of three models: the Hitachi AMS 2100, the Hitachi AMS 2300, and the Hitachi AMS 2500. The entire portfolio of midrange storage systems meets the benchmarking standard "Five 9's" of availability.
The Hitachi AMS 2000 Series has many advanced features such as; Symmetrical Active/Active
Controllers with Dynamic Load Balancing, SATA/Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Backplane for
maximum configuration flexibility, EURSpin down; Spin upEUR Power Savings Feature, and is
optimized for Virtual Server Environments.
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.
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dan.larusso@ogilvypr.com
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