Internet of Things
Hitachi unveils roadmap to the future
Hitachi made multiple announcements of significance at their recent NEXT customer show, but they also gave some high level guidance about what’s coming in 2018.
HDS
Channel Programs
Hitachi shift in focus to Internet of Things likely to be major plus for channel
Hitachi Data Systems’ former channels head in Canada, who has moved over to Vantara, and a top Canadian partner share their views on what the restructuring and Internet of Things re-emphasis will mean for the channel.
Storage
TCO enhancements highlight upgrades to Hitachi Content Platform portfolio
The big improvements are to software and hardware capabilities on the core Hitachi Content Platform and to the Hitachi Data Ingestor Platform.
Storage
HDS adds Content Intelligence platform to Hitachi Content Portfolio for object storage
The new content intelligence solution joins the Hitachi Content Platform, an integrated cloud-file gateway and an enterprise file sync and sharing platform as core elements of a broad object storage portfolio.
Storage
HDS enhances flash capabilities in software and in new systems
HDS adds top of the line models in both its all-flash F series, and hybrid flash G series, as well as the new SVOS 7 operating system.
Big Data
HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering
The HC V240, HDS’ first hyper-converged appliance, is based on the VMware stack, but the hyper-converged road map is likely to broaden out beyond that.
Big Data
New HDS UCP1000 for SAP HANA to be strong mid-market partner play
Hitachi Data Systems has greatly deepened its strategic relationship with SAP around HANA in the last several years, and its new announcements, which cover from the low end of the market to the high, broaden that portfolio.
Big Data
HDS adds full native unified capability, predictive analytics to unified VSP G series
The enhancements to the HDS unified storage platform aimed at the enterprise and mid-market also now allow cloud tiering from the appliance itself, and new support for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes assists performance in virtualized environments.
Big Data
HDS moves beyond legacy heritage with scale-out appliance for Big Data and IoT
The Hitachi Hyper Scale-Out Platform, a new, next-generation technology, leverages technology acquired with Pentaho last year to provide an appliance that is aimed at Big Data, Data Lake and Internet of Things use cases now, and at broader use cases once an all-flash version is available later this year.
Storage
HDS enhances all three elements of Content Platform portfolio
The new enhancements to the Hitachi Content Platform extends its value as an integrated content mobility solution.
Cloud
HDS announces three new cloud options
The enhancements to Hitachi Unified Compute Platform which streamline and accelerate the process of building and managing cloud are the big news here for most HDS partners.