Hitachi Vantara

History

2021

Io-Tahoe Data Management Platform Developer Purchase

At the end of June 2021, Hitachi Vantara announced the purchase of the American data management company Io-Tahoe. Financial details of the transaction are not disclosed. The capabilities of the Io-Tahoe platform will become part of the Hitachi Lumada DataOps portfolio. More details here.

VSP E990 Storage Overview

In February 2021, Hitachi presented an overview of the E990 VSP storage. Read more [1]here.

Overview of VSP 5000 Series Capabilities

In February 2021, a review of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) 5000 series was released. More details here.

E590 and E790 VSP Storage View

In February 2021, the announcement of two midsize storage models was released entirely on NVMe solid-state memory - Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E590 and Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E790. More details here.

2020

Intention to purchase Waterline Data

On January 30, 2020, TAdviser became aware that Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced its intention to acquire Waterline Data Inc. More details here.

End Merger with Hitachi Consulting

Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced on January 16, 2020 the completion of the merger with Hitachi Consulting. The goal of integration was to help enterprises aimed at digital transformation in creating competitive advantages, stimulating international development, as well as introducing social, environmental and economic innovations, the company said.

As previously reported, the post of executive director and chairman of the board of Hitachi Vantara was taken by Toshiaki Tokunaga, who worked at Hitachi for 30 years and carried out a number of successful transformations in several business divisions of the corporation.

The huge flow of data and the development of new technologies fundamentally changes the activities of companies and entire industries around the world, "said Toshiaki Tokunaga, executive director and chairman of the board of Hitachi Vantara. - This integration will give our customers the opportunities they need for digital transformation.

Thus, Hitachi Vantara intends to offer customers innovative industry practices in several industrial areas, which combine a number of consulting methods. Such best practices, based on the Hitachi Vantara Lumada Manufacturing Insights platform, will allow enterprises to improve the quality of customer service, expand product customization capabilities, create new business models and ensure business sustainability. The platform allows you to integrate all disparate arrays of enterprise production data and use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to evaluate and improve the overall efficiency of equipment.

According to the company, Hitachi Vantara will play a key role in the implementation of the medium-term organizational plan of Hitachi Corporation for 2021. It is based on the concept of combining Hitachi's products and expertise in industry and IT to create new business benefits and solve social problems.

2019: Merger with Hitachi Consulting Corporation

On September 20, 2019, Hitachi Corporation announced the merger of Hitachi Vantara Corporation and Hitachi Consulting Corporation. The goal of integration is to stimulate the global distribution of Hitachi solutions based on the Lumada platform and expand the capabilities of digital technologies for partners and customers. From January 2020, these organizations will operate under the Hitachi Vantara brand.

According to the company, thanks to the merger of the two companies, Hitachi will be able to significantly expand the opportunities for interaction with customers, as well as ensure more efficient work between Hitachi Vantara and its business units. As a result, the direction of Lumada will receive an impetus to development, and customers and partners will have advantages due to the accelerated development of solutions for digital innovation and the expansion of opportunities for joint product creation.

Hitachi Vantara will be headed by Toshiaki Tokunaga (Toshiaki Tokunaga), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hitachi Global Digital Holdings. He has almost 30 years of experience in transforming Hitachi's business areas. Brian Housolder (Brian Householder), as of September 2019, serving as executive director of Hitachi Vantara, and (Hicham Abdessamad Hicham Abdessamad), president and executive director of Hitachi Consulting, will continue to work for Hitachi Corporation in senior positions.

I am convinced that this solution will allow Hitachi Vantara to provide customers and partners with even more benefits. We will strengthen the digital business direction and expand the opportunities to provide innovative solutions. The joint organization will be guided by the Hitachi medium-term organizational plan for 2021, which includes expanding the digital business, increasing the share of the international market and providing social, environmental and economic benefits to customers and partners. told Toshiaki Tokunaga, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hitachi Global Digital Holdings

Hitachi Vantara will continue to develop products for the creation, infrastructures data cloudy environments, digital solutions, as well as provide services that help organizations realize the full benefits of their data.^[1]

2018: Purchase of Rean Cloud Integrator

In July 2018, Hitachi Vantara announced the purchase of Rean Cloud, but did not disclose the amount of the transaction. After completing all the formalities, the company sold will be part of Hitachi Vantara Solutions and Services. More details here.

2017: Creating

In September, 2017 Hitachi declared creation of the new company Hitachi Vantara which included such business directions of the Japanese conglomerate as the Internet of things, systems of data storage (SDS) and Big Data.

Hitachi Vantara includes Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group and Pentaho. With the help of developments at the intersection of operational and information technologies, the new company will help organizations extract valuable knowledge from the data that is necessary for the development of social innovations, the corporation said.

Hitachi Moves Storage, IoT, and Big Data Business to New Vantara

Hitachi Vantara will continue to develop infrastructure and analytical solutions, and will also help customers create comprehensive data-oriented solutions. The priority for the new company will be the realization of the opportunities of the emerging Internet of Things market, the revenue in which Hitachi plans to bring to 1.05 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) in 2018.

About 7,000 employees or about a third of Hitachi's staff will join Vantara.

Hitachi IT departments in Japan, China, India, Europe, etc. will be consolidated on the basis of the new company. Vantara will coordinate the development of new services and the formation of offers for the company's customers around the world, and will also distribute orders between Hitachi divisions and subsidiaries.

The creation of Hitachi Vantara marks a fundamental change for Hitachi in the framework of a unified corporate concept of social innovation, which the company continues to develop, "says Hitachi President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara. - The formation of Hitachi Vantara emphasizes Hitachi's desire for creative interaction with customers and partners and its status as a truly innovative partner in the era of IoT.[2]

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