Data Systems offers information technologies, services and solutions that help you to innovate with information, to improve your IT costs and agility, and to make a difference in your world. Our customers gain compelling return on investment (ROI), unmatched return on assets (ROA), and demonstrable business impact.

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About Hitachi Data Systems ■■With the right information in the right places, your experts make the right deci- ■■One of the top 3 storage vendors in the sions to uncover new opportunities. Our world. strategy helps you discover, analyze, and ■■ Approximately 6,000 employees. use data for new competitive advantage. www.hds.com/innovate ■■Business in more than 100 countries ■■To help you store, manage, access, Innovation is the engine of change, and regions. search, and correlate your information and information is its fuel. Innovate ■■Customers include more than 80% of across different sources, Hitachi Data the Fortune Global 100. Systems builds superior information tech- intelligently to lead your market, grow your company, and change the world. ■■Wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. nology and services. We are the trusted partner who helps you innovate with infor- Manage your information with Our Parent Company, mation to make a difference in your world. Hitachi Data Systems. Hitachi, Ltd. ■■We solve your problems today and build ■■Hitachi, Ltd., (TSE: 6501), headquartered a path for your future. We help you real- in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global ize new value by transforming your data How Are We Different? electronics company. into your information. ■■As the world leader in storage virtual- ■■Approximately 326,000 employees ■■We give you IT solutions with unprece- ization, Hitachi Data Systems is the only worldwide. dented performance in their segments to company to offer a common virtualized make your business better on every level: platform for all data and information. ■■US$96.1 billion revenues (FY12, ended ■■ March 31, 2013). ■■Manage data growth. Our unique 3-D scaling architecture and ■■Collect and connect data to create valu- management framework lets you: Our Vision able information. ■■Leverage existing investments longer ■■Information, Innovation, Social Good. ■■Cut costs and reduce operational for improved ROA. Innovation is the essential engine of complexity. ■■Reduce operational costs without positive change, and information is its ■■Empower people to access, share and adding operational complexity. fuel. Innovate intelligently and you will secure information. ■■Increase storage asset efficiency. lead your market, grow your company, ■■Help your organization innovate, collab- ■■React to changing business require- and change the world. orate and grow. ments with services redeployment. ■■Increase the speed and agility of IT to support and grow the business. QUICK FACTS

What Is Our Solutions Strategy? ■■Government: NASA, National Computing ■■Networking: Riverbed Technology, and Information Agency, Stadsarchief Silver Peak, Virtual Instruments. From Data to Information. Our strategy – to Amsterdam. ■■ achieve innovation with information – centers Hitachi NAS Platform: Arkivio, CA ■■ on integrating infrastructure, content, and Healthcare: Palomar Health, Saint Technologies, Symantec. information layers with vertical industry appli- Elizabeth Hospital, Seattle Children’s cations to help you turn your data into valuable Hospital, St. Teresa’s Hospital, University What Do Our Customers Say? business insights. of Utah Health Sciences Center. ■■Revenu Quebec: “Hitachi Data Systems ■■Insurance: Die Mobiliar, HBF, The Henner recommended consolidating the manage- The infrastructure layer is where IT profes- Group – GMC. ment of data rather than devices. While sionals have focused historically. Hitachi offers ■■Manufacturing: BMW, Dongfeng our storage capacity was increased by a a complete suite of innovative, reliable and Automobile Co., Hitachi Automotive factor of 12, the same 2-person team still virtualized infrastructure technologies that free Systems of America, Sealed Air. manages it.” data from its physical hardware or media. The ■■Soho VFX: “Hitachi NAS Platform con- resulting data mobility lets you nondisruptively ■■Media and Entertainment: Illumination tinues to evolve with us, which is huge migrate data from system to system, from Mac Guff, Mercury Filmwork, Soho VFX, because work demand is higher, time- location to location. Tippett Studio. lines diminish, and we’re asked to do ■■Retail: Applica Incorporated, eBay, Otto Today, unstructured data is growing dramat- more in less time. Things are constantly Fischer, Overstock.com, Solta Medical. ically and IT professionals are scrambling to changing and this technology platform is ■■ manage it. In the content layer, we free data Services: Infosys, L&T Chiyoda Limited, able to handle it every time.” Peak Hosting, SiteLogic, Smart Data from the applications that created it so that ■■Illumination Mac Guff: “The platform Consulting. you can easily index, search, access, and gives us a lower cost of ownership, ■■ govern it forever. IT: FlexITy Solutions, Infosys data protection and a consistently high- Technologies, Netgroup, Qualcomm. The future of IT lies in the information layer performing storage solution that we can ■■ where data is transformed into information and Telecommunications: Asia Pacific rely on day in, day out, no matter where insight. It may be structured or unstructured, Telecom, Media, One Italia, Telefonica, we are in the creative journey.” historical or real-time, and it may reside in any Ziggo. ■■Hong Kong Baptist University: “Now, all location. It may be a new diagnosis or a faster ■■Utilities: Energy Market Company, Gulf our mission-critical data, such as email, route to market. Understanding and delivering JP Company, Vereinigte Stadwerke. campus-wide database, portal information value from your creates new and and private cloud services are managed by meaningful opportunity. Who Are Our Partners? Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.” ■■Alliances: ®, Oracle, SAP, This integrated strategy is our path to develop Symantec, VMware. What Do the Analysts Say? data into information for your innovation. ■■Strategic Partners: APTARE, Brocade, ■■“In clear terms, Jack Domme laid out what Who Are Our Customers? Cisco, CommVault, Emulex, IBM®, QLogic. the HDS part of the conglomerate means ■■ by ‘Innovate With Information’ ... This looks ■■Banking and Finance: Fidelity National Healthcare: Carestream Health, GE like a play that has merit and it feels to have Information Services, Lloyds Banking Healthcare. a decent chance of success.” – ESG Group, Mahesh Bank, Mizuho Corporate ■■Technology Alliances Partners: ■■“The strategic alignment between HDS and Bank, TSYS. ■■Hitachi Content Platform: NICE Hitachi also provides competitive differentia- ■■Education: Baylor College of Medicine, Systems, Open Text, Symantec. tion against other storage vendors such as Feng Chia University, Indiana University, ■■ Data Protection: FalconStor, IBM. EMC, Teradata, and NetApp as well Regensburg University, Saint Ignatius as providing a holistic approach to solving College. customer challenges.” – Longhaus

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