ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
Why Hitachi Data Systems now leads innovation at Hitachi group
The Hitachi group is consolidating its baseline of customer and industrial experiences into Hitachi Data Systems to drive solution innovation and customer digital transformation side by side . By Arun Shankar
( Left to right ) Richard Gadd , Senior Vice President and General Manager , EMEA ; Tom Pegrume , Vice President Emerging Markets EMEA ; Steve Furniss , Vice President Solutions in EMEA ; all at Hitachi Data Systems .
The global Hitachi group is made up of multiple business divisions . The Information and Telecommunication Systems division is amongst the group ’ s top four divisions by global revenue . Its contribution is approximately 20 % of the consolidated global revenue , which is close to $ 100 billion . The other business divisions that make up the $ 100 billion group include Power Systems , Social Infrastructure and Industrial Systems , Electronic Systems and Equipment , Construction Machinery , High Functional Materials and Components , Automotive
Systems , Components and Devices , Smart Life and Ecofriendly Systems , Financial Services , Logistics and Other services .
Hitachi Data Systems is part of The Information and Telecommunication Systems division of Hitachi group . The Information and Telecommunication Systems business division of Hitachi sells out Systems Integration , Consulting , Cloud Services , Servers , Storage , Software , Telecommunications and Network , ATMs , amongst others .
Historically the business of Hitachi Data Systems has been about data . Around 15-20 years ago , Hitachi Data Systems was in the successful business of selling mainframe compatible systems . As a group , Hitachi never got out of computing technology . After the mainframe product line , another less well known , but equally significant innovation from Hitachi was virtualisation of storage .
“ We have been all about data and that is our heritage , making sure data is affordable , reliable and available . We never got out of compute in Japan ,” remarks Steve Furniss , Vice President Solutions , Hitachi Data Systems EMEA .
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