Hitachi Data Systems Breaks New Ground in Enterprise-Class Storage Innovation

Hitachi High Availability Manager for Open System Environments Increases
Business Resilience and Efficiency With 100% Data Accessibility
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Furthering its commitment to economically superior enterprise-class storage
innovation,Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage
Solutions, today announced the Hitachi High Availability Manager, the industry`s
first open systems storage array clustering technology that delivers 100%
accessibility of business-critical data assets and offers customers
future-proofing of their storage investments over time.

In the current climate of economic slowdown and capital constraint, the need for
an efficiency optimized storage infrastructure has become paramount. Compounding
this challenge is the significant operational risk associated with data
migrations as legacy storage systems come off lease, or as a result of extended
or unexpected downtime. By consolidating, increasing utilization and improving
data mobility through Hitachi virtualization technologies, customers can
maximize the investment return and protection of their storage assets and save
money. With five years of storage virtualization innovation, customers worldwide
continue to invest and rely on Hitachi to curb their most pressing efficiency
and data protection pain points.

"In today's difficult economy, IT organizations face tightening budgets but must
continue to improve the protection and management of their company's rapidly
growing pools of information. One major and fast growing operational cost is the
time and money that IT organizations spend to migrate data to new, more cost
effective solutions," said Richard Villars, Vice President for Storage Systems
and IT Strategies. "Solutions like the Hitachi High Availability Manager provide
customers with instantaneous failover and recovery capabilities that can
dramatically reduce data management costs while also reducing application
downtime."

Breakthrough Hitachi High Availability Manager for the Hitachi Universal Storage
Platform V

Built on the foundation of the pioneering Hitachi USP V Platform and its unique
ability to manage virtualized devices, the Hitachi High Availability Manager is
the industry`s first continuous availability solution for both internal storage
and externally attached heterogeneous storage-all under common and integrated
management.

* Its cutting-edge architecture enables local and remote clustering for
seamless, transparent movement of storage pools from one USP V storage platform
to another system, with zero disruption to business operations.
* Coupled with advanced failover capabilities, customers gain the highest
industry standard of availability to protect data assets during both planned and
unplanned outages, and eliminate the potential risk of data inaccessibility from
the host to primary storage.
* In conjunction with market-proven array-based replication technologies,
Hitachi Universal Replicator and Hitachi TrueCopy software, the Hitachi High
Availability Manager can be used to failover storage pools non-disruptively
across storage systems, enabling instant data access recovery at the primary
site or at a remote site, due to unexpected downtime.

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for
businesses and professionals. Christopher Crowhurst, Vice President of Strategic
Technology for the Professional Division of Thomson Reuters said: "As an early
evaluator of the Hitachi High Availability Manager, we have experienced
first-hand the potential operational resilience and efficiency benefits of this
clustering technology built on the foundation of the Hitachi USP V platform.
This robust solution combines continuous high-availability and disaster recovery
protection in virtualized SAN environments and the ability to seamlessly migrate
data between arrays, and to refresh the SAN non-disruptively. This design helps
remove the impact of potential failures, reduce management costs, and simplify
business operations, and was a major reason behind our adoption of the Hitachi
USP V platform as our preferred SAN virtualization solution going forward."

Claus Mikkelsen, CTO of Storage Architectures, Hitachi Data Systems said:
"Application downtime, for any reason, is one of the highest priority concerns
of customers that can cause billions of dollars in lost business opportunity.
Clustering is a critical feature of an integrated virtualized storage strategy
and Hitachi is the only storage company that is delivering this type of
innovation in the market today. Hitachi is extending its leadership in providing
innovative capabilities for customers, which translates into storage investment
protection and the assurance that critical data assets are optimized and
protected."

Hitachi Data Systems also announced today enhanced support for IBM FlashCopy
technology. When leveraged in conjunction with Hitachi Universal Replicator
software, this new functionality provides customers improved business continuity
and disaster recovery strategies in both two data center point to point
operation and three data center multi-target configurations.

Web Resources

To learn how customers can economize their storage with Hitachi`s storage
efficiency solutions, please visit:
www.hds.com/solutions/resource-centers/storage-economize

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storage innovation news, visit Claus`s Blog at http://blogs.hds.com/claus

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About Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions
that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to
business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi storage
virtualization software. With over 4,100 employees, and as an integral part of
the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage
infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting
services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions.
Its customers include nearly 60 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more
information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.hds.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a
leading global electronics company with approximately 400,000 employees
worldwide. Fiscal 2008 (ended March 31, 2009) consolidated revenues totaled
10,000 billion yen ($102.0 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,
logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit
the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

© 2009, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. Hitachi is a registered trademark of
Hitachi, Ltd. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries.
Hitachi Data Systems is a registered trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd.
in the United States and other countries.

Hitachi Data Systems
Melissa Rische, 408-970-4849
melissa.rische@hds.com
or
Bite Communications
Ashish Patel, 415-365-0466
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