Released on: July 16, 2008, 2:46 am

Press Release Author: webmaster

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: 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, logistics, materials and financial
services.

Press Release Body: Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage
Solutions, today announced that three Hitachi Data Systems customers have been
selected as 2008 Computerworld Honors Laureate award winners by IDG\'s Computerworld
Honors Program. Hitachi Data Systems customers Amphia Hospital, Indiana University
and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office are the honorary recipients of this
prestigious industry award and will be recognized during the 20th Annual Laureates
Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards Evening at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in
Washington, D.C. on June 2.

\"Each year, the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations, from
a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize technology in order to
benefit society,\" said Ron Milton, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the
Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation and Executive Vice President
of Computerworld. \"We are proud to provide a platform to publicly acknowledge these
important contributions.\"

\"As the creation of new data continues to grow at exponential rates, Hitachi Data
Systems prides itself on working with its customers to deliver the technology
innovations required to allow them to cope with this growth so they can continue to
provide their vital services to society,\" said Brenda Peffer, vice president of
Global Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems. \"We want to congratulate our customers for
their achievements through the innovative use of Hitachi storage solutions.\"

Hitachi Data Systems provides a comprehensive set of Services Oriented Storage
Solutions built on a market-proven storage platform, which when combined with
Hitachi's controller-based storage Virtualization technology, can be easily deployed
to externally attached, multi-vendor storage devices. Customers gain many measurable
benefits including, storage consolidation, improved utilization of assets, reduced
TCO, and a lower environmental footprint, across the enterprise.

Amphia Hospital
Amphia Hospital is the largest general hospital in the Netherlands and they required
a storage solution that would handle the rapid growth in digital patient dossiers
and X-ray images. Amphia Hospital needed a highly reliable storage system coupled
with storage management software to deliver on the high scalability, performance and
availability requirements of their business of patient care. With the combined
Hitachi storage hardware and software solution, Amphia Hospital has been able to
more efficiently and cost-effectively provision and monitor its storage
infrastructure needs. To view the Amphia Hospital customer case study, please visit:
http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/Amphia-SS-076-00.pdf

Indiana University
Indiana University needed to improve their storage management practices to better
meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in support of their business of academic,
research and campus programs. They selected the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform
and Hitachi Adaptable Modular System which together provided advanced storage
services such as data migration, tiered storage, and advanced replication
capabilities. Indiana University gained dramatic application performance
improvements of up to 25 percent leveraging the powerful Hitachi storage solution
under a common, centralized storage management platform. To view the Indiana
University customer case study, please visit:
http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-storage-solutions-indiana-university.pdf

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office was looking to improve its storage
environment to accommodate the need for speedy, long-term access to active patent
records. The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office implemented the Hitachi Universal
Storage Platform and Hitachi mid-range storage system to provide a scalable and
reliable tiered storage solution designed to meet their growing data storage needs.
The combined solution coupled with powerful Hitachi storage management software has
enabled The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office to seamlessly and non-disruptively
migrate data across different tiers of storage, while allowing applications to
remain online. As a result, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office has been able to
achieve faster response times and improve data protection and disaster recovery,
making it easier for them to focus on their business objectives. For more
information, please visit:
http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-storage-solutions-at-spto-tiered-storage-virtualisation-
usp100.pdf

About the Computerworld Honors Program
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, the Computerworld Honors Program
is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards
Foundation. In its 20th year, Computerworld Honors is the longest running global
program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to
benefit society. Each year, the program's Chairmen\'s Committee, a group of 100
Chairmen/CEOs of global technology companies, nominates individuals and
organizations around the world whose visionary application of information technology
promotes positive social and economic progress. Nominations are evaluated by an
independent board of CIO-level judges who select Laureates, Finalists and award
recipients, in 10 industry-related categories, to be honored at the Laureate Medal
Ceremony. This year's ceremony and accompanying Gala Awards Evening will take place
on June 2, 2008 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The
technology achievements honored by this program are preserved and protected in
national archives, and in over 350 universities, museums and research institutions
throughout the world. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive
of past Laureate case studies and oral histories can be found at the Computerworld
Honors website: www.cwhonors.org.

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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