International bureau of technologies and planning

On August 28, 2013 the Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) corporation, Hitachi affiliated enterprise, announced creation of the International bureau of technologies and planning. It was headed by Michael Hay, the vice president and the chief engineer who is responsible in Hitachi Data Systems for global planning of products. The bureau will work together with division of IT Platform Division Group (ITPD) of Hitachi corporation. The staff of new bureau will apply the experience and to provide technical solutions for internal programs of Hitachi and programs of clients, promoting innovations and synergy internationally.

In a command the entrepreneurial spirit helping to use technical know-how and excellent knowledge of the market for effective management of hundreds of engineers of HDS and ITPD will be appreciated and be supported. A task of bureau – to solve the problems arising in connection with rapid growth of amounts of data and to select the valuable ideas capable to bring benefit for business and society.

"We are glad to continue cooperation and to integrate our effective commands, implementing model of achievement of success which is used by division of IT Platform", – Akinobu Shimada, the CEO of division of IT Platform Business Management Division in the IT Platform Division Group group of the Information & Telecommunication Systems Company entering into Hitachi corporation said.

HDS actively implements joint initiatives with Hitachi in more than 10 areas, including in the field of management of call centers, distribution, power, finance, health care, protection of law and order, retail, security, telecommunications and transport. Besides, both commands organized the industry forum allowing to interact with clients, partners and also other organizations and individuals wishing to take part in development of technologies for general welfare.

Our group is already involved in the detailed discussions which are carried out within Community Hitachi Data Systems Community concerning open innovations, programming models which will be necessary in the future for means of the expanded analysis, and new trends in the field of IT.

Joint progress of Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi includes:

• Assistance to paradigm shift in the field of telecommunication networks: Creation of the International bureau of technologies and planning will allow to expand interaction with JDSU, the market leader of solutions for networks and services of the international operators and to develop means of the expanded analysis and quality management of service of users. "Expanding our business in connection with the increase in demand for means of the analysis in real time caused by growth of number of mobile data and applications we found excellent partners on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi. Solutions of Hitachi Data Systems company and its experience in the telecommunication market represent very effective combination, – George Cray, the vice president of JDSU says. – We showed the unique opportunities allowing our clients to optimize the networks and to receive the maximum revenue, and we believe that continuation of cooperation and creations of the innovative technologies is a key factor for expansion of advantages of our solution PacketPortal".
• Explanation of technologies for nonspecialists: Clear understanding of the fact that technologies are born and function not in a vacuum, pushed our command to cooperation with the organizations promoting expansion of the power of the law. "Participation of Hitachi Data Systems in work of section of the scientific and technical right (Section of Science & Technology Law) of Association of the American lawyers (American Bar Association) and the support given us by this company promoted considerable expansion of our knowledge and actions in such spheres as security, privacy protection, cloud computing and disclosure of electronic information. Thanks to experience and communications of HDS we could begin to interact with such organizations as Association of producers and consumers of products for storage area networks (SNIA) and Alliance on security of cloud computing (Cloud Security Alliance) and also to take part and influence development of the corresponding standards (for example, the ISO/IEC 27050 standard "Information technologies – Security technologies – Disclosure of electronic information"). The HDS company made a big contribution to the developing spheres of the right", – Lucy Thomson, the chairman of section of the scientific and technical right of Association of the American lawyers considers.
• Assistance to innovations thanks to access at early stages: In process of expansion of activity of the International bureau of technologies and planning its direct partner interaction and clients concerning advanced technologies will purchase the increasing value. "Access to new technologies at early stages is essential advantage to HDS Federal Corporation. The optical technology which we could use thanks to support of group of open innovations (Open Innovation) of Hitachi Data Systems helped HDS Federal Corporation to solve problems of work with Big Data which faced the U.S. Government", – David Haberland, the manager on strategic development of Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corporation said.

HDS and Hitachi also share the opportunities and experience in area of the software, computer calculations, storage systems and networks within wider industry initiatives, aiming to promote innovations in spheres of interaction of users with computer systems and computer systems among themselves. Now the companies cooperate with the PARC organization belonging to Xerox corporation and leading consortium on creation of new networks (Emerging Networks Consortium) which problem is assistance to creation of the Internet of the next generation on the basis of the content focused network technologies (Content-Centric Networking, CCN).