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Hitachi Vantara Doubles Down on its Enterprise Storage, AI, and Hybrid Cloud Business Through Strategic Realignment

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Organization, Growth, Partnership, AI, Cloud computing, Safety, NVIDIA, Engineering

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), announced the completion of a strategic realignment designed to accelerate the company's growth plan, including its ability to respond to market opportunities with a focus on hybrid cloud and generative AI. The new structure includes the integration of Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi's IT Platform Products Management Division, which has been responsible for Hitachi's business development, R&D, and production of data infrastructure solutions.

Key Points: 
  • The new structure includes the integration of Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi's IT Platform Products Management Division, which has been responsible for Hitachi's business development, R&D, and production of data infrastructure solutions.
  • To learn more Hitachi Vantara's data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud offerings, visit:
    The realigned Hitachi Vantara commands extensive infrastructure and data storage experience across manufacturing and hybrid cloud, as well as a shared focus on collaboration to drive meaningful business outcomes for the company's customers.
  • Hitachi Vantara is pioneering the development of hybrid cloud storage that seamlessly combines on-premises and cloud computing to achieve safety, high performance and reliability, and cost advantage in processing critical, large-scale data for complex business requirements.
  • For more information on Hitachi Vantara's leadership updates from CEO, Sheila Rohra, please click here .

Hitachi Digital Services Powers a New Era of Transformation, Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds at Inaugural Event

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Face, Information technology, Science, Trust, Internet of things, Internet, AI, Business Insider, Engineering, Medicine

DALLAS, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Digital Services, the digital consultancy and technology services subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today will celebrate the company's inaugural launch event to meet rising global demand for enterprise transformation. In recognition of the milestone, the company will gather key figures across science, technology and business at an event in Dallas today to discuss leveraging technology and creating impact at scale.

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  • Led by CEO Roger Lvin, Hitachi Digital Services delivers edge-to-core solutions that bridge the gap between digital technologies and physical infrastructure for customers across core industries.
  • "In this transformative era, where AI is reshaping the very fabric of computing, we stand at a pivotal juncture," stated Gajen Kandiah, executive chairman of Hitachi Digital Services and president of Hitachi Digital.
  • Hitachi Digital Services' launch event will feature remarks from some of today's leading thinkers across science, technology and business.
  • Formerly part of Hitachi Vantara LLC, Hitachi Digital Services is now positioned as a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. and will deliver services that power integration and digital transformation across operating and information technology.

Hitachi Collaborates with NVIDIA to Accelerate Digital Transformation with Generative AI

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Synthetic media, Organization, GPU, Digital Systems, Growth, Environment, Drug discovery, Philosophy, Information technology, Software, COE, Operational technology, Problem solving, NVIDIA, Cryptocurrency

BackgroundGenerative AI has demonstrated tangible proof points in improving the performance of organizations in automating tasks, creating efficiencies, and enhancing products and services. Due to its remarkable impact, generative AI has widely been adopted in all industries -- becoming a critical technology for innovation and growth and an enabler for transformative solutions.

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  • Hitachi will invest in expanding the training of engineers on NVIDIA software platforms – including CUDA™, NVIDIA AI Enterprise *1, Omniverse ™*2 and Modulus*3 – among other collaborative measures.
  • In May 2023, Hitachi launched its advanced Generative AI Center to promote the safe and effective use of generative AI both inside and outside the company*5.
  • Furthermore, to accelerate AI transformation, Hitachi will create and host an environment running on NVIDIA-accelerated computing and develop a common platform for generative AI which incorporates Hitachi's domain knowledge and strengths in software development.
  • "The combined technologies of Hitachi and NVIDIA can power the next wave of digital transformation, enabling organizations to push the boundaries of manufacturing and industrialization."

Hitachi Collaborates with NVIDIA to Accelerate Digital Transformation with Generative AI

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Monday, March 18, 2024
Synthetic media, Organization, GPU, Digital Systems, Growth, Environment, Drug discovery, Philosophy, Information technology, Software, COE, Operational technology, Problem solving, NVIDIA, Cryptocurrency

Generative AI has made a tremendous impact in the enterprise and consumer arena, bringing about a new wave of digital transformation, which promises to redefine product experiences and deliver a new level of efficiency to organizations. Through this collaboration, generative AI will now be extended into the industrial sphere by capturing vast amounts of data generated in the world of OT -- from various sensors, devices and industrial machines -- and applied to streamline performance, gain insights, and allow organizations to automate actions that have not previously been possible.

Key Points: 
  • Hitachi will invest in expanding the training of engineers on NVIDIA software platforms – including CUDA™, NVIDIA AI Enterprise *1, Omniverse ™*2 and Modulus*3 – among other collaborative measures.
  • In May 2023, Hitachi launched its advanced Generative AI Center to promote the safe and effective use of generative AI both inside and outside the company*5.
  • Furthermore, to accelerate AI transformation, Hitachi will create and host an environment running on NVIDIA-accelerated computing and develop a common platform for generative AI which incorporates Hitachi's domain knowledge and strengths in software development.
  • "The combined technologies of Hitachi and NVIDIA can power the next wave of digital transformation, enabling organizations to push the boundaries of manufacturing and industrialization."

Hitachi Vantara Announces Collaboration with NVIDIA to Create New Portfolio of Industrial AI Solutions

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Monday, March 18, 2024
Certification, ROI, Intelligence, H100, S&P Global, Transport, AI, Software, DGX, Graphics processing unit, NVIDIA, Video game

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to create a new generation of transformational artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Hitachi Vantara will develop a portfolio of solutions, Hitachi iQ, to drive targeted AI outcomes by layering industry-specific capabilities on top of its AI solution stack, so outcomes can be more specific and relevant to an organization's business.

Key Points: 
  • Hitachi Vantara will develop a portfolio of solutions, Hitachi iQ, to drive targeted AI outcomes by layering industry-specific capabilities on top of its AI solution stack, so outcomes can be more specific and relevant to an organization's business.
  • Through this collaboration, Hitachi Vantara will be able to help address the needs of the market through the creation of hybrid cloud-enabled AI capabilities that facilitate faster, actionable insights.
  • This offering will undergo NVIDIA DGX BasePOD certification and plans to feature NVIDIA DGX H100 sys tems and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.
  • "With solutions built with NVIDIA DGX infrastructure and software, Hitachi Vantara customers will be able to create AI Centers of Excellence to turbocharge their generative AI strategies."

Hitachi Forges a Three Year Strategic Alliance with AWS to Advance Hybrid Cloud Solutions

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Cloud, DX, Senior, Amazon Web Services, SRE, HARC, Generative, Growth, VSP, S3, Synthetic media, Integration, Software as a service, OT, Certification, Amazon, Failure, AWS, Partnership, Video game

Hitachi has been collaborating with AWS since 2021 to develop solutions that can facilitate such environments.

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  • Hitachi has been collaborating with AWS since 2021 to develop solutions that can facilitate such environments.
  • In 2023, we launched the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform on cloud ("VSP on cloud"), a cloud storage services which is the core of public cloud integration with EverFlex from Hitachi(2) , and co-creating solutions to achieve mission-critical hybrid cloud environments.
  • Hitachi and AWS will jointly launch the hybrid cloud solutions, which are the results of the two companies' work, on the market.
  • Hitachi engineers who hold AWS certification develop and provide hybrid cloud solutions and SRE engineers, who are specialized in operating cloud systems, deliver a managed service called "Hitachi Application Reliability Centers" (HARC), which improves the customers' system operation.

Hitachi Vantara Names Ayman Abouelwafa as New Chief Technology Officer

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Architecture, Hitachi, Growth, HPE, Business administration, Intellectual property, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Publication, Software

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that Ayman Abouelwafa has joined the company as its new chief technology officer (CTO), effective immediately.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that Ayman Abouelwafa has joined the company as its new chief technology officer (CTO), effective immediately.
  • Abouelwafa reports directly to Sheila Rohra, Hitachi Vantara's chief executive officer, and will serve on the company's executive committee.
  • "Hitachi Vantara is on a path to grow aggressively and become the number one hybrid cloud company," said Rohra.
  • For more information on Hitachi Vantara's data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management products, solutions, and services, please click here .

Hitachi Energy and TransnetBW make German grid fit for future

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
CFO, Electronics, EnBW, Power, Acceleration, Light, Small Business Saturday, STATCOM

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy has signed a major order with German state-owned transmission system operator, TransnetBW to enable the expansion of renewable energy and stabilization of the grid.

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  • ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy has signed a major order with German state-owned transmission system operator, TransnetBW to enable the expansion of renewable energy and stabilization of the grid.
  • Seated from left to right: Dr. Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW, Dr. Werner Gtz, CEO TransnetBW, Pascal Daleiden, Country Managing Director Hitachi Energy Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and Stefan Habild, Business Unit Manager Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy Germany AG [Source: TransnetBW]
    Hitachi Energy will supply two Enhanced STATCOM1 stations with the next-generation grid stabilization technology, SVC Light Enhanced, to enable TransnetBW to improve power quality in the transmission grid, which supplies power to 11 million people and numerous industries.
  • "As the pioneering technology leader, we are proud to support TransnetBW to safeguard the success of their energy transition," said Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy's Grid Integration business.
  • "Hitachi Energy's power quality solutions enable grid operators to dampen the destabilizing effects of renewable energy and expand transmission capacity without building new lines.

Contributing to Efficient Development of Metal Thin Film Materials by Using Chemicals Informatics and Materials Informatics

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Friday, February 9, 2024
Experiment, Carbon, Hitachi, Electronics, Glass, Temperature, Silicon, Green, Cobalt, Tokyo University of Science, Materials informatics, Digital transformation, Informatics, Organization, Titanium, Digital, Yttrium, GX, Documentation, CO2, POC, Sustainability, Chromium, Statistics, DX, Platinum, WBCSD, Research, Sustainable development

CI is a Hitachi High-Tech's proprietary service that uses AI to analyze public data such as patents and select optimal materials for development.

Key Points: 
  • CI is a Hitachi High-Tech's proprietary service that uses AI to analyze public data such as patents and select optimal materials for development.
  • The PoC clarified that even new materials with no accumulated past experimental data can be developed more efficiently by combining Hitachi High-Tech's MI with CI.
  • This eliminates the document research and round-robin test with experimental designs(1), thereby improving the efficiency of developing new materials.
  • In the past, determining optimal conditions for materials used in development, including ideal combination ratios, volumes and temperatures, involved numerous repeated experiments.

Sysmex and Hitachi High-Tech Agree to Collaborate on Development of New Genetic Testing Systems

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Quality of life, FS, DNA, Running, Diagnosis, Genetic testing, Hitachi, Blood, Sysmex Corporation, IRD, NGS, CE, Insurance, Cancer, Digital technology, Quality, Vaccine

TOKYO, Feb 8, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Sysmex Corporation and Hitachi High-Tech Corporation announce that both companies have agreed to collaborate in the development of genetic testing systems based on capillary electrophoresis sequencers (CE sequencers)(1).

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  • TOKYO, Feb 8, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Sysmex Corporation and Hitachi High-Tech Corporation announce that both companies have agreed to collaborate in the development of genetic testing systems based on capillary electrophoresis sequencers (CE sequencers)(1).
  • To achieve widespread clinical realization, Sysmex and Hitachi High-Tech will develop more efficient genetic testing systems at a lower cost, aiming at expanding optimal genetic testing for individual diseases.
  • In recent years, there has been active development of assay reagents using next generation sequencer (NGS)(2) in the genetic testing field.
  • Having achieved the milestones in the FS agreement, Sysmex and Hitachi High-Tech have agreed, as the next step, to collaborate on the development of genetic testing systems with a view to their widespread adoption in the clinical setting.