Released on: March 5, 2008, 9:56 pm

Press Release Author: Webmaster

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: The newly unveiled Hitachi Data Discovery Suite delivers
powerful content index and search services across network attached storage (NAS) and
content archive environments-an industry first that breaks through the traditional
barriers of stovepipe storage infrastructures and mitigates the risk of unmanaged or
rogue data.

Press Release Body: Integrated File Services Platform Delivers Common Search,
Retention, Movement and Protection of Unstructured Data

Leader in Block Storage Virtualization Extends Proven Capabilities to File Storage
Systems-Giving Customers Simplified Data Management on Integrated Platform

CeBIT 2008 -HANNOVER, GERMANY, March 4, 2008 - As organizations struggle with the
search and retrieval of unmanaged data stored in siloed infrastructures, Hitachi
Data Systems today introduced all new file and content services that dramatically
simplify data management. The newly unveiled Hitachi Data Discovery Suite delivers
powerful content index and search services across network attached storage (NAS) and
content archive environments-an industry first that breaks through the traditional
barriers of stovepipe storage infrastructures and mitigates the risk of unmanaged or
rogue data. With today's announcement, Hitachi delivers common search, retention,
movement and protection of data-extending its proven capabilities in block storage
data management to file services with in an integrated services oriented platform.
Today's organizations are faced with severe business challenges as a result of the
rapid growth of unstructured data stored across multiple storage infrastructures and
data centers.

According to an April 2006 IDC report , the cost of ineffective search is estimated
at $5,251 per worker per year. For 1,000 workers, the cost is estimated at $5.25
million. The risks associated with failed or prolonged searches for legal discovery
or compliance can be even higher.

\"Today, there is a large percentage of corporate data that is considered unmanaged
or rogue posing serious security and compliance risks to businesses,\" said Laura
DuBois, research director, Storage Software, IDC. \"As companies grapple with how to
manage this information and put policies around it - from archiving, to storage, to
search and retrieval - IT departments are looking for the best solutions to manage
their expanding information vaults. With the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, Hitachi
Data Systems offers a viable solution to companies who are trying to eliminate risk
and manage rogue data before it impacts the bottom line.\"

\"Organizations are spending millions per year in e-discovery and these costs are
compounded by the escalating expenses associated with storage sprawl in environments
with large amounts of file based or unstructured data,\" said John Mansfield, senior
vice president, Global Solutions, Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems.
\"Previous generation file storage products were not designed to be efficient in
terms of storage utilization and data management. We are taking our proven
experience in storing and managing block storage environments and extending that
strength to file services-reducing the risk of rogue data, while improving operating
efficiencies.\"

\"Hitachi has clearly done its homework with Hitachi Data Discovery Suite,\" said John
Webster, Principal IT Advisor, Illuminata, Inc. \"Storage administrators should find
in the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite an environment in which to engage their internal
records managers, auditors, and attorneys in an ongoing discussion on policy
implementation and lifecycle management.\"
Introducing the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite: Unlocking the Value of Data
Simplifying data management with an integrated services approach to storage, Hitachi
is enabling both customers and independent software vendor (ISV) partners to search
multiple data sources with just a single query from a single user interface with the
Hitachi Data Discovery Suite. This powerful software empowers customers and ISV
partners to perform such functions such as self-service file restoration,
cross-platform search and retrieval, and reporting of file-based tiering. With the
Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, complex tasks associated with e-discovery become
simpler, more efficient and cost-effective-unlocking the true value of data.

\"With the announcement of the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, last year\'s FAST Partner
of the Year, Hitachi Data Systems, extends the value of FAST's solutions, initially
pioneered in the Hitachi Content Archive Platform, to the Hitachi High Performance
NAS Platform,\" said John M. Lervik, CEO of FAST. \"Specifically, Hitachi Data
Discovery Suite provides federated search across many file storage instances,
simplified HSM functions, and assistance in understanding discovery risks with
storing files across a continuum of platforms. It is one thing to do this in a
tightly controlled environment; however, in a complicated world of controlling rogue
data this task is daunting at best. Hitachi Data Discovery Suite allows both end
users and ISVs to control the broad problem of unmanaged unstructured data. FAST is
excited to see future innovations both within Hitachi and on top of the FAST ESP
search platform that will benefit our respective ISV programs.\"

\"Today's IT organizations are faced with tremendous challenges in managing the rapid
and unceasing growth of file data stored in heterogeneous, distributed computing
environments,\" said Don Jaworski, vice president and general manager of the Brocade
Files Division. \"As customers seek comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to address
their file management challenges, Brocade is excited about the opportunity to
provide Brocade StorageX file virtualization software as an essential component of
the new Hitachi Data Discovery Suite.\"

Unlike competitors that force customers and partners to haggle with disparate and
closed storage infrastructures, the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite performs federated
search across the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform and the Hitachi Content
Archive Platform, and can extend these capabilities to ISV partners or custom
applications. The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite will enable enterprise content
management, e-mail archiving and other third-party applications to write directly to
the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform and migrate that data to the Hitachi
Content Archive Platform for long-term data preservation-allowing secure, seamless
data discovery and migration across tiers of storage.

The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite also brings data directly to users. By enabling
customers to conduct their own searches and recover data from their own authorized
files, the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite significantly improves user productivity
while ensuring data privacy. The Hitachi Data Discovery Suite is integrated with
Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Vista Gadget for easy and secure search and
file restoration from a user's desktop.

Hitachi's Services Oriented Platform Simplifies the Entire Storage Infrastructure

With today's announcements of the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite and expanded and
enhanced Hitachi NAS and Content Archive services (see separate press releases also
announced today), Hitachi is once again delivering customers more value on an
integrated services oriented platform. Building on this platform, Hitachi also
unveiled today Hitachi Data Discovery for Microsoft SharePoint. Working with the
Hitachi Content Archive Platform, Hitachi Data Discovery for Microsoft SharePoint
gives users a simple way to archive files to the Content Archive Platform.
Additionally, the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite for Microsoft SharePoint provides
administrative searching across all content stored within the Hitachi Content
Archive Platform. The software can span across many SharePoint sites allowing fully
authenticated and authorized ubiquitous access. With Hitachi Data Discovery for
Microsoft SharePoint, users can also set up proactive RSS feeds that can detect
rogue data or information relevant to a discovery request.

\"We view rogue data as a critical problem the market and our customers are trying to
solve,\" said Michael Hay, senior director, Product Strategy, Hitachi Data Systems.
\"Even moderate amounts of uncontrolled rogue data can increase the potential of not
finding the right data at the right time. Hitachi Data Discovery for Microsoft
SharePoint is able to help our users reduce their electronic discovery risk by
simplifying steps required to both control and find rogue content. This is
accomplished by allowing users to search for content stored in the Hitachi Content
Archive platform, and perform sampling via a Microsoft Vista desktop gadget.\"

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. 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 / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading
global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal
2006 (ended March 31, 2007) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion yen ($86.8
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 and financial services. For more
information on Hitachi, please visit the company\'s website at
http://www.hitachi.com.


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