Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform Named 2006 Most Valuable Product; End Users Select Hitachi Data Systems' Offering as ''Best of the Best'' Disk Subsystem for Second Consecutive Year.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , provider of Application Optimized Storage(TM) solutions and wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIT), today announced that the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP ASNP Aircrew Style Name Patch (USAF Pilot, Navigator, and ABM Name Patch) ASNP Army Student Nurse Program ASNP Abstract Syntax Notation Production ) and InfoStor Magazine awarded the revolutionary Hitachi TagmaStore(R) Universal Storage Platform the 2006 Most Valuable Product (MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. ) Award for best Disk Subsystem for the second consecutive year. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Originally introduced in September 2004, and continuously upgraded, the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform created an entirely new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. of business-enabling storage technologies for the industry, and continues to change the way companies think about and approach information management across the enterprise. The TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform offers unique capabilities far beyond typical enterprise-class storage systems by powering an embedded virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. layer capable of managing up to 32 petabytes of internal and external storage, logical partitions for the creation of secure Private Virtual Storage Machines, and sophisticated storage-agnostic remote copy that greatly simplifies business continuity, driving continued marketshare gains that have positioned Hitachi at the forefront of storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. . E[acute accent]InfoStor Magazine is a leading monthly publication dedicated to providing more than 50,000 IT storage managers and professionals with the right decision-making information to evaluate, specify, integrate and manage enterprise storage products and technologies. E[acute accent]"InfoStor congratulates Hitachi Data Systems on winning the MVP Award for the second consecutive time in the Disk Subsystem category," said Dave Simpson
E[acute accent]About Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform E[acute accent]With more than 40 percent worldwide market share and an installed base of over 3,000 intelligent virtual storage controllers, Hitachi dominates the enterprise virtualization marketplace with the unique capabilities of the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform. The TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform enables users to externally attach heterogeneous storage systems, including those from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , partition storage resources to maximize application quality-of-service, move data across tiers of storage to match business needs, and achieve business continuity. As an integral component of Application Optimized Storage(TM) solutions from Hitachi Data Systems, the Universal Storage Platform provides the foundation for matching application requirements to different classes of storage. The Universal Storage Platform enables customers to deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage -- and add value to -- current investments, and more closely align IT and business objectives. E[acute accent]About InfoStor Magazine E[acute accent]InfoStor's 50,000 readers include IT storage managers and storage professionals in the channel, including value-added resellers (VARs), storage/systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, please visit www.infostor.com. E[acute accent]About Hitachi Data Systems E[acute accent]Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs. E[acute accent]With approximately 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.hds.com. E[acute accent]About Hitachi, Ltd. E[acute accent]Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 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 The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com. E[acute accent](C) 2006, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. Hitachi Data Systems is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd. TagmaStore is a trademark of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. All other trade names, trademarks, and service marks used herein are the rightful property of their respective owners. |
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