Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays, 2H07"¹ report.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors for their ability to execute and completeness of vision. According to Gartner, vendors positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant have “the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. It demonstrates understanding of market needs, is an innovator and thought leader, and has well-articulated plans that customers and prospects can use when designing their storage infrastructures and strategies."
Hitachi Data Systems’ midrange storage line-up offers industry-leading performance and value — delivering many enterprise-class storage services such as RAID-6, Logical Cache Partitioning, Host Storage Domains, Virtual Ports, Power Savings Storage, Role-Based Security Access and many other capabilities that other midrange systems do not offer. The highly scalable and versatile Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and Workgroup Modular Storage lines (models AMS1000, AMS500, AMS200, and WMS100) deliver multi-protocol connectivity throughout the entire midrange product portfolio.
"By continuing to extend Hitachi’s innovative high-end storage services to our line-up of midrange storage products, we are giving our customers unparalleled value such as greater flexibility, cost containment and the scalable performance required for critical data and applications,” said Brenda Peffer, vice president, Global Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “We are very pleased to be recognized by Gartner in the leaders quadrant. Our AMS and WMS solutions are rapidly gaining traction in the very competitive midrange storage space due to the exceptional value that only Hitachi can provide.”
As an integral component to Hitachi’s Services Oriented Storage Solutions strategy, the Hitachi AMS and WMS midrange storage systems complement the Universal Storage Platform™ V and the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM as tiered or archive storage, especially when configured with SATA disk for lower costs. Utilizing the external virtualization services of the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V series, customers can incorporate midrange Hitachi AMS and WMS systems, integrated under the same storage management umbrella, and benefit from the same common storage services. This is yet another example of Hitachi delivering unmatched cost-effectiveness and scalability to customers.
For additional information about Hitachi Data Systems' line-up of midrange storage solutions, visit www.hds.com.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted January 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
¹ Gartner Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays, 2H07, by Stanley Zaffos, Roger W. Cox and Pushan Rinnen, January 2008.
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. 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)(TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2006 (ended March 31, 2007) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion yen ($86.8 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 and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.