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

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Monday, March 11, 2024

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

Key Points: 
  • 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 Energy to appoint Andreas Schierenbeck as new Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Facchin to step down on June 30, 2024

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Zurich, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hitachi Energy today announced that Andreas Schierenbeck will be appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2024.

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  • Zurich, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hitachi Energy today announced that Andreas Schierenbeck will be appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2024.
  • Claudio Facchin, Hitachi Energy CEO, will step down at the end of June 2024.
  • Andreas will engage with the Hitachi Energy Board, Executive Team and Claudio to ensure a smooth transition prior to the handover on July 1, 2024.
  • "It's been an honor and a privilege to lead the transition to Hitachi Energy, working alongside the Executive Team and the entire Hitachi Energy organization across the globe", said Claudio Facchin, CEO of Hitachi Energy.

Hitachi Vantara Names Ayman Abouelwafa as New Chief Technology Officer

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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.

Key Points: 
  • 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

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

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.

Hitachi Vantara Federal Enacted as Member of NIST U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Hitachi Vantara Federal, the trusted leader in mission-centric data solutions for the Federal Government, is proud to announce its collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of the U.S.

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  • Hitachi Vantara Federal, the trusted leader in mission-centric data solutions for the Federal Government, is proud to announce its collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of the U.S.
  • Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) .
  • Together with fellow industry leaders, Hitachi Vantara Federal will help to establish a new measurement science that will enable the identification of proven, scalable, and interoperable measurements and methodologies to promote the development of trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) and its responsible use.
  • That’s precisely what the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium is set up to help us do,” said Secretary Raimondo.

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

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

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.

Hitachi Recognized as 'A List' on Climate Change for the Third Consecutive Year

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

This is the third consecutive year that Hitachi has been selected for the A List in the areas of Climate Change.

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  • This is the third consecutive year that Hitachi has been selected for the A List in the areas of Climate Change.
  • Hitachi has established long-term environmental targets in its Hitachi Environmental Innovation 2050.
  • Additionally, to promote sustainable management, Hitachi amended its executive compensation system*, expanding the ratio of sustainability evaluation in the compensation.
  • *News Release on April 25, 2023 "Hitachi Amends Executive Compensation System, Further Strengthening Links Between Corporate Value and Compensation" www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2023/04/230425b.html

Hitachi High-Tech Achieves CDP's Highest Score of "A List" in Water Security for the First Time

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

As a member of the Hitachi Group, Hitachi High-Tech Group is pushing forward with efforts to fulfill an environmental vision and long-term environmental targets, "Hitachi Environmental Innovation 2050(2)".

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  • As a member of the Hitachi Group, Hitachi High-Tech Group is pushing forward with efforts to fulfill an environmental vision and long-term environmental targets, "Hitachi Environmental Innovation 2050(2)".
  • We aim to realize a resource efficient society by improving water use efficiency by 50% or more compared to the base year by FY2050 through the use of circular water and investment in water-saving facilities.
  • Hitachi High-Tech Group is working to utilize watereffectively by reducing the volume of water used through initiatives including productivity improvements and upgrading to water-conserving equipment.
  • We will continue to work with our suppliers to conduct corporate activities that are responsible for the global environment.

Hitachi Digital Services and OneThird Fight Supermarket Food Waste With First-of-its-Kind Digital Solution

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

LONDON and SANTA CLARA, Calif, Jan 24, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Digital Services, the digital consultancy and technology services subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), issupporting food waste prevention specialists OneThird in the development of a breakthrough solution tackling the global food waste crisis.

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  • LONDON and SANTA CLARA, Calif, Jan 24, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Digital Services, the digital consultancy and technology services subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), issupporting food waste prevention specialists OneThird in the development of a breakthrough solution tackling the global food waste crisis.
  • OneThird selected Digital Services from Hitachi Vantara, now a new entity known as Hitachi Digital Services, to combine its Azure cloud and application expertise with their in-depth understanding of sensing and AI technology and together they created a real-time data insights platform to enable a smarter and more flexible food supply chain.
  • It is imperative that solutions are created to ensure there is enough food for everyone, which also includes reducing thecurrent food waste crisis.
  • "As the food wastecrisis continues, retailers must be equipped with the insights needed to reduce food waste in a truly impactful way.