CALGARY, Alberta, January 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Collaboration to Deliver Greater Enterprise Security, Flexibility
and Choice for Organizations Around the Globe
Hitachi ID Systems (HIDS), an analyst-recognized identity and
access management (IAM) leader, today announced a strategic
agreement with its parent company, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
(HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), to
bundle its IAM suite, which consists of Identity Manager, Password
Manager and Privileged Access Manager, with select Hitachi Content
Platform and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform offerings from
Hitachi Data Systems.
Increasingly, the need to connect and manage a large number of
distributed digital identities across the enterprise has become a
key challenge facing IT decision makers. For this reason, reliable,
proven IAM solutions offered by Hitachi ID Systems, are in high
demand and will continue to be with industry analysts forecasting
the global IAM market growing from $5.13
billion in 2013 to more than $10
billion in 2018.
"As data creation, usage and storage continues to grow, so does
the risk level that IT decision makers face without incorporating
effective data protection solutions with their existing
infrastructure, systems and platforms. With this partnership,
Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi ID Systems will combine powerful
enterprise storage offerings with identity management and access
governance that offer greater data protection, flexibility and
choice to customers and partners around the globe," stated
Neil Colstad, vice president, ISV
Alliances and Verticals, Hitachi Data Systems.
"Our collaboration with Hitachi Data Systems will result in some
of the world's most advanced, integrated enterprise storage and
security solutions offered in the market today," said Howard Trottenberg, Senior Vice President,
Channels, HIDS. "This strategic move opens new avenues for HIDS to
expand the sales of its IAM solutions through the vast global reach
of the HDS channel and direct sales force."
About Hitachi ID IAM Solutions
Hitachi ID Systems identity management and access governance
solutions are designed to help organizations more effectively
manage users, identity attributes, relationships between users,
privileges and authentication processes.
About Hitachi ID Systems
Hitachi ID Systems delivers access governance and identity
administration solutions to organizations globally. Hitachi ID
solutions are used by Fortune 500 companies to secure access to
systems in the enterprise and in the cloud. Hitachi ID Systems is
based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
with offices in Montreal,
New York, Amsterdam and Brisbane, Australia.
Hitachi ID identity management and access governance solutions
are analyst-recognized leading products in the IAM industry. Cited
often as a solution providing the quickest ROI, easiest deployment
and highest number of system integrations, the Hitachi ID Identity
and Access Management Suite has been a clear choice by over a
thousand major corporations worldwide.
To learn more about Hitachi ID Systems, visit
http://Hitachi-ID.com/, e-mail info@Hitachi-ID.com, call
+1-403-233-0740 or follow @Hitachi_ID on Twitter.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd., provides information technologies, services and solutions
that help companies improve IT costs and agility, and innovate with
information to make a difference in the world. Our products,
services and solutions are trusted by the world's leading
enterprises, including more than 70% of the Fortune 100 and more
than 80% of the Fortune Global 100. Visit us at HDS.com .
Dawn Mallyon, VP, Marketing,
Hitachi ID Systems, +1-(403)233-0740, ext 324,
dawnm@hitachi-id.com; Chris Drago,
Hitachi Data Systems, Christopher.drago@hds.com ,
+1-408-410-4591.