Hitachi Data Systems Wins Two VMware Innovation OEM Partner of the Year Awards
2017年6月19日 - 9:00PM
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd. (TSE:6501), today announced that it has been honored as a
winner of two VMware Partner of the Year awards in the Innovation
OEM Partner category for its exceptional efforts both globally and
in EMEA at the VMware Partner Leadership Summit 2017 (see VMware
press release here).
The two awards recognize the company’s accomplishments in 2016,
including unprecedented year-over-year revenue growth and continued
integration between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP)
offerings and VMware vSphere, vSAN, vRealize and NSX solutions.
Furthermore, with its next-generation Programmable Data Center
concept, HDS enables customers to consume IT and data services from
both traditional and cloud-native workloads, addressing the needs
of the entire application portfolio.
“Digital transformation requires a modern, agile IT environment
to take advantage of emerging trends and requirements. In
collaboration with VMware, we’ve focused on engineering new ways to
deliver capabilities that meet customer business objectives, reduce
business risk and anticipate future customer needs. We appreciate
the recognition for all that we’ve accomplished over the past year
and look forward to expanding upon that success with VMware to help
customers realize the power of their data for both today and
tomorrow,” said Mike Walkey, senior vice president, Global Partner
Organization, Hitachi Data Systems.
“For years, VMware and HDS have worked together to help
customers on their transformation journey. In 2016, we raised the
bar for our partnership with VMware in EMEA and globally. Our
successful collaborations have resulted in a digital platform that
offers flexibility, agility and a point from which customers can
achieve outcomes above and beyond infrastructure modernization,”
said Steve Furniss, vice president, Solutions and Products, Hitachi
Data Systems EMEA.
“VMware is pleased to recognize this year’s Global Partner
Innovation Award winners, which are given to a select group of
partners for their exceptional efforts in 2016,” said Ross Brown,
senior vice president, Worldwide Partners and Alliances, VMware.
“VMware is proud to see Hitachi Data Systems win these awards and
we look forward to our continued collaboration.”
About VMware Partner Leadership SummitVMware
Partner Leadership Summit 2017 offered VMware partners the
opportunity to engage with VMware executives and industry peers to
explore business opportunities, customer use cases, solution
practices and partnering best practices. An invitation-only event,
VMware Partner Leadership Summit 2017 provided partners with
resources to develop and execute comprehensive go-to-market plans
in 2017 and beyond. The event concluded with awards ceremonies
recognizing exemplary achievements in the VMware Partner ecosystem.
Read the press release here.
Hitachi UCP SystemsThe Hitachi UCP family of
converged and hyperconverged systems enable businesses to drive
greater agility to stay ahead of competition. They simplify data
center complexity with easier planning, implementation and
management of an integrated stack of IT infrastructure and VMware
virtualization technologies. With VMware at the core, Hitachi UCP
systems provide unique management and orchestration software that
enables the next generation of converged infrastructure solutions.
Hitachi UCP provides [superior/leading] reliability, flexibility,
automation and performance to support the most demanding workloads.
Our next-generation Hitachi UCP HC hyperconverged infrastructure
powered by VMware vSAN delivers linearly scalable performance and
high availability with policy-based control for mixed workloads
with near-effortless simplicity.
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About Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Data Systems,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., offers an integrated
portfolio of services and solutions that enable digital
transformation through enhanced data management, governance,
mobility and analytics. We help global organizations open new
revenue streams, increase efficiencies, improve customer experience
and ensure rapid time to market in the digital age. Only Hitachi
Data Systems powers the digital enterprise by integrating the best
information technology and operational technology from across the
Hitachi family of companies. We combine this experience with
Hitachi expertise in the internet of things to deliver the
exceptional insights business and society need to transform and
thrive. Visit us at HDS.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), headquartered in
Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s
challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2016
(ended March 31, 2017) totaled 9,162.2 billion yen ($81.8 billion).
The Hitachi Group is a global leader in the Social Innovation
Business, and it has approximately 304,000 employees worldwide.
Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to
customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power / Energy,
Industry / Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance /
Government & Public / Healthcare. For more information on
Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
http://www.hitachi.com.
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Company Contact:
Kevin Komiega
Hitachi Data Systems
Kevin.komiega@hds.com
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