New Storage Solutions From Hitachi
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Hitachi Data Systems has unveiled a new suite of storage solutions for medium-sized enterprises.

The solutions are intended to make it easier for Hitachi’s channel partners to support customers in the fast-growing medium-size space.

The suite provides enterprise-grade data protection, storage consolidation and better management of MS Windows and SQL Server environments at a mid-range price, the company claims.

The solution for Microsoft environments will help companies manage availability and help applications co-exist with other software platforms, as well as protect privacy and security.

“The year 2007 is a key milestone for Microsoft infrastructure upgrades. Customers will use this opportunity to leverage new functionality and releases, like Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows Vista,” said Randy De Meno, chief Microsoft evangelist, CommVault.

“CommVault is pleased to work with Hitachi Data Systems as a technology partner to deliver solutions for enterprise data protection which will truly benefit our joint customers as they upgrade their mission critical Microsoft data.”

Next there is data protection and disaster recovery solutions, which simplify administrations of cross-platform data protection strategies, resulting in a reduction of overall administrative time, Hitachi says.

Meanwhile, the simplification and consolidation solutions simplify and centralise data storage.

Hitachi Data Systems is a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. More information is available at www.hds.com/solutions