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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hitachi Vantara Supports Aquiris in Modernizing Critical Water Treatment Operations to Streamline and Improve Essential Services
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block provides the speed, efficiency and resilience needed to support critical water treatment processes and drive sustainability efforts BRUSSELS and SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that Aquiris, a leading wastewater management operator in Belgium, has upgraded its storage infrastructure with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block (VSP One Block). The modernization effort improves the performance, scalability and resilience for Aquiris' critical water treatment operations, helping it efficiently manage wastewater processes, reduce operational risk and decrease power usage while lowering its carbon footprint. For more information about VSP One, please visit our website: Aquiris operates the Brussels-North Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest facility of its kind in Belgium, processing more than 110 million cubic meters of wastewater each year. The plant removes contaminants and purifies water before releasing it into the Senne river, ensuring the safe return of clean water to the ecosystem. The around-the-clock operation relies on a complex digital infrastructure, collecting more than one million data points daily to optimize and automate critical processes. To minimize the risk of disruption, Aquiris is implementing Hitachi Vantara's VSP One Block storage platform, which includes a 100% data availability guarantee – assuring uninterrupted access to essential systems, even during peak loads or unexpected events. The solution also supports Aquiris' environmental goals through VSP One's Sustainability Guarantee, which helps track and reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through efficient power usage and reporting tools. "Hitachi Vantara is helping us fulfill our goal of creating a sustainable process for safeguarding supplies of clean water and supporting the growth and development of Brussels," said Juan Ochoa, managing plant director, Aquiris. "The performance gains with VSP One Block will be significant. We are constantly collecting data, tracking KPIs and monitoring our purification processes. The improvement in storage capabilities will help us respond quickly to issues and optimize our plant operations." To modernize its infrastructure, Aquiris partnered with Aretech, a trusted Hitachi Vantara channel partner based in Belgium that specializes in data storage, management and integration solutions. The upgrade replaces aging hybrid storage with all-flash VSP One Block arrays, delivering 30,000 IOPS – a critical measure of system speed and responsiveness – and a 4:1 data compression ratio. The system also supports more than 50 virtual machines, migrated seamlessly using VMware vSphere vMotion for uninterrupted performance. Additionally, the compression and deduplication features of VSP One Block not only enable Aquiris to manage its data more efficiently but also reduce energy consumption and lower its carbon footprint. By handling large volumes of data while ensuring constant availability, the system supports Aquiris' sustainability goals and helps maintain uninterrupted service for the region. "Providing reliable and sustainable infrastructure is essential for critical services like water treatment," said Mikhael Wyns, country manager for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg, Hitachi Vantara. "With the VSP One Block, Aquiris has the reliability and resilience needed to keep operations running smoothly while supporting their environmental objectives." These upgrades reflect Hitachi Vantara's ongoing commitment to innovation, including the recently introduced VSP 360 software platform for unified data management and a series of new VSP One guarantees covering performance, cyber resilience, and sustainability, designed to give customers greater control over critical data environments. To learn more about Hitachi Vantara's storage solutions, please visit: Additional Resources Customer Story: Ensuring Sustainable, Safe and Efficient Water Treatment with a Resilient Storage Infrastructure Press Release: Hitachi Vantara Unveils New Virtual Storage Platform One Capabilities to Enable Stronger Cyber Resilience, Performance and Sustainability Hitachi Vantara FY2025 Sustainability Report: Helping Make the World a Better Place Blog: Growing Our Platform, to Help You Grow Your Business Blog: Hitachi Vantara Revolutionizes Midrange Storage with Virtual Storage Platform One Block Connect With Hitachi Vantara LinkedIn X Facebook About Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Vantara is transforming the way data fuels innovation. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Vantara provides the data foundation the world's leading innovators rely on. Through data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management and digital expertise, the company helps customers build the foundation for sustainable business growth. To learn more, visit About Hitachi, its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at HITACHI is a trademark or registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. 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Channel Post MEA
23-06-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
GigaOm Radar Recognizes Hitachi Vantara As a Leader And Fast Mover In High-Performance Storage Optimized For AI Workloads
Hitachi Vantara has announced it has been named a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads. This marks the first iteration of this GigaOm Radar report in this category, and Hitachi Vantara's inclusion as a leader highlights the company's ability to deliver high-performance, enterprise-ready infrastructure to meet the complex demands of AI and machine learning workloads. The GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads is a comprehensive evaluation of the advanced storage market for AI workloads management. Inclusion in this report requires solutions to meet foundational criteria, and vendors are evaluated based on the key capabilities and features of their offerings. Leaders are selected based on strong performance across both current capabilities and forward-looking innovation, including the ability to execute as well as feature completeness and future readiness, representing solutions that are mature and strategically aligned with evolving enterprise AI demands. Hitachi Vantara was recognized for its Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure solutions, securing positive ratings in several key areas, including: Quality of service and workload isolation: The report notes that 'Hitachi iQ offers world-class QoS and workload isolation capabilities.' Hitachi iQ delivers advanced workload isolation by combining file system-level policies with a flexible cluster architecture, allowing teams to effectively allocate resources for a consistent, reliable performance across high-priority AI/ML workloads – even in multi-tenant or shared environments. The report notes that 'Hitachi iQ offers world-class QoS and workload isolation capabilities.' Hitachi iQ delivers advanced workload isolation by combining file system-level policies with a flexible cluster architecture, allowing teams to effectively allocate resources for a consistent, reliable performance across high-priority AI/ML workloads – even in multi-tenant or shared environments. GPU-direct storage integration : The platform features optimized drivers that deliver significant performance benefits for AI and ML workloads by enabling streamlined data transfer between storage and GPU memory. : The platform features optimized drivers that deliver significant performance benefits for AI and ML workloads by enabling streamlined data transfer between storage and GPU memory. AI-optimized data layout and management: Hitachi iQ demonstrates intelligent and automated data placement across different storage tiers, including TLC/QLC NVMe flash storage for performance and density, as well as object storage. Additionally, the portfolio utilizes real-time monitoring and user-defined policies that is designed to support optimal performance and cost efficiency across different data patterns. 'What really stood out about Hitachi Vantara's offerings is the quality of service and the ability to isolate workloads,' said Whit Walters, field CTO and analyst at GigaOm. 'They've delivered a well-integrated, scalable platform in Hitachi iQ, backed by enterprise-proven storage. This combination gives organizations a powerful and flexible foundation for operationalizing AI at scale, especially as large-scale AI and GenAI workloads will require the ability to manage data and performance as demands continue to grow.' The report accentuates Hitachi Vantara's ability to innovate, citing collaboration with NVIDIA on the NVIDIA Data Platform on Hitachi iQ. Additionally, the report highlights the platform roadmap that includes new hardware and AI solutions, such as the Hitachi iQ M Series, announced in March 2025. It also highlights Hitachi Vantara's advanced integration with Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), enabling intelligent tiering between NVMe flash and object storage. 'AI isn't just pushing the boundaries of what infrastructure needs to do; it's completely redrawing them,' said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer at Hitachi Vantara. 'Our goal with Hitachi iQ is to give customers a high-performance foundation that removes complexity, accelerates outcomes, and adapts to whatever their AI journey requires next. By integrating Hitachi iQ with our VSP One platform, we're enabling a flexible, intelligent storage strategy that's ready for what's now and what's next.' The rating reflects the latest recognition for Hitachi Vantara technology. In May, the company won the Sustainable Technology Award at the Global Tech & AI Awards 2025 for advancing sustainable data infrastructure with its VSP One Block solution. And earlier this year, the company announced that GigaOm recognized it as a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Primary Storage for its VSP One hybrid cloud data platform.
Techday NZ
19-06-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Hitachi Vantara named leader for AI storage in GigaOm Radar 2025
Hitachi Vantara has been recognised as a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimised for AI Workloads. The newly released GigaOm Radar report evaluates advanced storage platforms designed specifically for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. This is the first time the report has assessed high-performance storage optimised for AI, and Hitachi Vantara's positioning underscores the company's capabilities in supporting enterprise-scale data requirements for AI and machine learning (ML). Report evaluation The GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimised for AI Workloads reviews market solutions based on their key capabilities, foundational criteria, feature completeness, and readiness for future demands. Leaders in this assessment are noted for their maturity and strategic alignment with evolving enterprise AI needs, as well as their ability to execute at scale. Hitachi Vantara's placement as a Leader and Fast Mover was attributed to its Hitachi iQ portfolio, which provides AI-ready infrastructure solutions. The report highlighted several strengths, including quality of service (QoS) and workload isolation, GPU-direct storage integration and AI-optimised data layout and management. The report noted, "Hitachi iQ offers world-class QoS and workload isolation capabilities." By combining file system-level policies with flexible cluster architecture, Hitachi iQ enables effective resource allocation, supporting consistent and reliable performance for high-priority AI and ML workloads, even in multi-tenant or shared environments. The platform's GPU-direct storage integration was identified as another area of strong performance. Optimised drivers within Hitachi iQ support efficient data transfer between storage and GPU memory, enhancing outcomes for AI and ML workflows. Additionally, Hitachi iQ's data management strategy utilises intelligent placement across storage tiers, such as TLC/QLC NVMe flash storage for high performance and object storage for additional capacity. Real-time monitoring and user-defined policies are built in to balance performance and cost efficiency for varying data patterns. Industry commentary "What really stood out about Hitachi Vantara's offerings is the quality of service and the ability to isolate workloads," said Whit Walters, Field CTO and Analyst at GigaOm. "They've delivered a well-integrated, scalable platform in Hitachi iQ, backed by enterprise-proven storage. This combination gives organisations a powerful and flexible foundation for operationalising AI at scale, especially as large-scale AI and GenAI workloads will require the ability to manage data and performance as demands continue to grow." The GigaOm report also referenced ongoing collaborations including a partnership with NVIDIA on the NVIDIA Data Platform for Hitachi iQ, a partnership that adds to the capabilities of the platform. The roadmap for Hitachi iQ includes new hardware and AI solutions, among them the Hitachi iQ M Series, announced earlier in the year. Integration with the Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) enables further intelligent tiering between NVMe flash and object storage, providing additional flexibility and performance optimisation. Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, commented on the recognition. "AI isn't just pushing the boundaries of what infrastructure needs to do; it's completely redrawing them," he said. "Our goal with Hitachi iQ is to give customers a high-performance foundation that removes complexity, accelerates outcomes, and adapts to whatever their AI journey requires next. By integrating Hitachi iQ with our VSP One platform, we're enabling a flexible, intelligent storage strategy that's ready for what's now and what's next." Ongoing awards This rating follows recent industry recognition for Hitachi Vantara. In May 2025, the company was awarded the Sustainable Technology Award at the Global Tech & AI Awards for its efforts in sustainable data infrastructure with the VSP One Block solution. Earlier in the year, GigaOm also recognised Hitachi Vantara as a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Primary Storage, related to its VSP One hybrid cloud data platform. The GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimised for AI Workloads aims to shed light on platforms capable of addressing the increased performance, scalability, and operational requirements integral to enterprise AI and machine learning deployments.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hitachi Vantara Recognized as a Leader and Fast Mover in GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads
Recognition underscores the power of Hitachi iQ combined with VSP One to support AI at enterprise scale SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced it has been named a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads. This marks the first iteration of this GigaOm Radar report in this category, and Hitachi Vantara's inclusion as a leader highlights the company's ability to deliver high-performance, enterprise-ready infrastructure to meet the complex demands of AI and machine learning workloads. For more information about the GigaOm Radar for High–Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads, please visit: The GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads is a comprehensive evaluation of the advanced storage market for AI workloads management. Inclusion in this report requires solutions to meet foundational criteria, and vendors are evaluated based on the key capabilities and features of their offerings. Leaders are selected based on strong performance across both current capabilities and forward-looking innovation, including the ability to execute as well as feature completeness and future readiness, representing solutions that are mature and strategically aligned with evolving enterprise AI demands. Hitachi Vantara was recognized for its Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure solutions, securing positive ratings in several key areas, including: Quality of service and workload isolation: The report notes that "Hitachi iQ offers world-class QoS and workload isolation capabilities." Hitachi iQ delivers advanced workload isolation by combining file system-level policies with a flexible cluster architecture, allowing teams to effectively allocate resources for a consistent, reliable performance across high-priority AI/ML workloads – even in multi-tenant or shared environments. GPU-direct storage integration: The platform features optimized drivers that deliver significant performance benefits for AI and ML workloads by enabling streamlined data transfer between storage and GPU memory. AI-optimized data layout and management: Hitachi iQ demonstrates intelligent and automated data placement across different storage tiers, including TLC/QLC NVMe flash storage for performance and density, as well as object storage. Additionally, the portfolio utilizes real-time monitoring and user-defined policies that is designed to support optimal performance and cost efficiency across different data patterns. "What really stood out about Hitachi Vantara's offerings is the quality of service and the ability to isolate workloads," said Whit Walters, field CTO and analyst at GigaOm. "They've delivered a well-integrated, scalable platform in Hitachi iQ, backed by enterprise-proven storage. This combination gives organizations a powerful and flexible foundation for operationalizing AI at scale, especially as large-scale AI and GenAI workloads will require the ability to manage data and performance as demands continue to grow." The report accentuates Hitachi Vantara's ability to innovate, citing collaboration with NVIDIA on the NVIDIA Data Platform on Hitachi iQ. Additionally, the report highlights the platform roadmap that includes new hardware and AI solutions, such as the Hitachi iQ M Series, announced in March 2025. It also highlights Hitachi Vantara's advanced integration with Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), enabling intelligent tiering between NVMe flash and object storage. "AI isn't just pushing the boundaries of what infrastructure needs to do; it's completely redrawing them," said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer at Hitachi Vantara. "Our goal with Hitachi iQ is to give customers a high-performance foundation that removes complexity, accelerates outcomes, and adapts to whatever their AI journey requires next. By integrating Hitachi iQ with our VSP One platform, we're enabling a flexible, intelligent storage strategy that's ready for what's now and what's next." The rating reflects the latest recognition for Hitachi Vantara technology. In May, the company won the Sustainable Technology Award at the Global Tech & AI Awards 2025 for advancing sustainable data infrastructure with its VSP One Block solution. And earlier this year, the company announced that GigaOm recognized it as a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Primary Storage for its VSP One hybrid cloud data platform. For more information on Hitachi iQ, please visit: Additional Resources Report: GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads Press Release: GigaOm Radar Names Hitachi Vantara a Leader and Outperformer in Primary Storage for Virtual Storage Platform One Press Release: Hitachi Vantara Introduces Hitachi iQ M Series, a Modular Design with Hybrid Cloud Data Orchestration for GenAI and Industry-Specific Workloads Blog: Unleashing AI's Full Potential: Hitachi Vantara to Help Solve the Data Challenge Using NVIDIA AI Video: Evolving AI With Hitachi (Presented by Hitachi Vantara) Webinar: Riding the AI Wave with Hitachi IQ Connect With Hitachi Vantara LinkedIn X Facebook About Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Vantara is transforming the way data fuels innovation. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Vantara provides the data foundation the world's leading innovators rely on. Through data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management and digital expertise, the company helps customers build the foundation for sustainable business growth. To learn more, visit About Hitachi, its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at HITACHI is a trademark or registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. 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Channel Post MEA
16-06-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Hitachi Vantara Launches EverFlex AI Data Hub As A Service
Hitachi Vantara has introduced Hitachi EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service. The new AI Data Hub as a Service offering represents a fully managed, all-in-one infrastructure consumption service addressing AI data preparation challenges by providing a modern data lakehouse with integrated workbench capabilities for AI, business intelligence (BI), and data needs. Amid the boom of AI adoption, organizations are tasked with intricate data management tasks despite limited resources and increasingly complex data environments. Hitachi Vantara's recent State of Data Infrastructure Report found 98% of organizations are using more than one storage platform for their data, and over half (57%) store data on all four types of platform: on-premises, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and public cloud, creating a litany of AI data preparation challenges. Research also indicates that up to 80% of AI and data projects fail, and greater than $100 billion per year is lost due to difficulties with AI data preparation, enablement and cost of operations. Offering a modern data lakehouse for accessing data anywhere, the Hitachi EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service helps customers better manage AI workloads by paying for only the infrastructure they need with the security, control and cost savings of hybrid cloud infrastructure. Designed to support robust data quality and governance, customers can leverage the service to enable a single view of enterprise data to feed their AI and BI initiatives with complete and timely data, unlocking faster insights and better business outcomes. 'Through this new offering, we're helping customers integrate, prepare and gain more control over relevant data despite the ensuing boom of unstructured data created by AI,' said Jeb Horton, senior vice president, Global Services at Hitachi Vantara. 'Ultimately, this solution empowers organizations to meet their data where it is, accelerating AI innovation and experimentation, delivering real-time insights, and significantly reducing the cost and complexity of managing today's distributed data landscape.' Hitachi VSP One Storage Innovation and Cisco-powered Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure in partnership with Zetaris Built on Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), Hitachi EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service helps enhance data completeness, accuracy and compliance across the entire data ecosystem by integrating data in real-time without duplication, emphasizing data governance and quality at the source. The AI Data Hub also helps address cost inefficiencies and technical barriers to analytics and BI by enabling rapid AI and machine learning deployment to accelerate data pipelines and provide a unified platform for both data and AI operations. By bringing together Hitachi EverFlex STaaS, VSP One and iQ technologies with Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud IaaS solutions containing GPU Compute and Networking as a Service, customers benefit from: Unified Data Management : VSP 360 offers a unified data management software platform that supports block, file, object and software-defined storage infrastructures. It orchestrates and automates data services, manages data policy compliance, and provides AIOps observability for predictive data infrastructure insights. VSP 360 elevates the VSP One data services by focusing on unified control, observability and management of hybrid cloud data infrastructures. : VSP 360 offers a unified data management software platform that supports block, file, object and software-defined storage infrastructures. It orchestrates and automates data services, manages data policy compliance, and provides AIOps observability for predictive data infrastructure insights. VSP 360 elevates the VSP One data services by focusing on unified control, observability and management of hybrid cloud data infrastructures. Comprehensive AI Data Infrastructure: Hitachi iQ provides the necessary infrastructure for AI and analytics workloads, including GPU servers, high-speed storage, and networking components to form a comprehensive AI infrastructure with integrated systems for AI and analytics workloads. It emphasizes data governance, security, and quality, and offers flexible deployment options. Hitachi iQ provides the necessary infrastructure for AI and analytics workloads, including GPU servers, high-speed storage, and networking components to form a comprehensive AI infrastructure with integrated systems for AI and analytics workloads. It emphasizes data governance, security, and quality, and offers flexible deployment options. AI Data Integration and Preparation with a Modern as a service Data Lakehouse management: With Zetaris modern lakehouse for AI software, the EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service enables real-time connectivity to diverse data sources and performs federated analytics for data in place, emphasizing data governance and quality at the source, reducing cost inefficiencies and technical barriers to analytics and business intelligence. The service accelerates data pipelines, enabling rapid AI and machine learning deployment, and provides a unified platform for AI, BI, and data operations.
