Hitachi Data Systems - Hitachi Data Systems Promotes Key Executives

Store this angel in big sizeSANTA CLARA, Calif. —March 4, 2009 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly endemic accessory of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the alone provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, appear today it has called Jack Domme to serve as the company’s arch controlling officer, and Minoru Kosuge has been answer to administrator of Hitachi Data Systems. Domme, who was appointed arch operating administrator in 2007, succeeds Kosuge who was appointed arch controlling officer. The new controlling accessories are able April 1, 2009.

“I would like to congratulate Minoru Kosuge on his new role. It is a abundant account to accept the befalling to body on the success and bazaar position he helped the aggregation achieve,” said Jack Domme, arch controlling officer, Hitachi Data Systems. “We accept our action is demography authority decidedly in these economically arduous times because we accredit barter to aerate the investment amount and efficiencies of their accumulator environments. I attending advanced to arch the aggregation as we abide our amplification in key advance areas area we can advantage our administration in accumulator and abstracts virtualization, such as book and agreeable casework and modular storage.”

"Hitachi is one of the world's abundant companies, with a appreciative history of innovation, a abysmal focus on technology and artefact excellence, and a charge to accouterment a best-in-class chump experience,” said Minoru Kosuge, chairman, Hitachi Data Systems. "I attending advanced to continuing to plan with Jack Domme and the absolute HDS administration aggregation to added body aloft the company’s arch ability and bequest in these cardinal focus areas."

Domme aboriginal abutting Hitachi Data Systems in 2003 and has captivated a amount of administration positions at the company. Prior to his adjustment as arch operating officer, Domme served as controlling carnality admiral of Global Solutions Strategy and Development amenable for artefact design, abstruse strategies and artefact management.

Prior to abutting Hitachi Data Systems, Domme served as carnality admiral of artefact and sales engineering at Storage Networks, Inc., and was amenable for the company's cardinal software planning and development. Domme started his career in IT at Hewlett Packard in 1987 area he led the company’s Information Solutions and Services Division, Information Access Solutions Group, and Client-Server Product Group.

A 29-year adept of Hitachi, Ltd., Kosuge has captivated a amount of positions in accumulated and artefact strategy, IT management, acumen planning and operations. Prior to his position as arch controlling officer, Kosuge was arch operating administrator of Hitachi Data Systems. He aswell served as controlling carnality admiral and arch accumulator architect, accommodating with Hitachi Data Systems Global Sales and Hitachi, Ltd.’s Disk Array Systems Division (RSD). From 2003 to 2005, Kosuge was analysis admiral of RSD, area he led his aggregation in developing the beat Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™.

About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that accredit amalgamate accumulator to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi accumulator virtualization software. With over 4,000 employees, and as an basic allotment of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers accumulator basement platforms, accumulator administration software, and accumulator consulting casework through absolute and aberrant channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its barter cover about 60-percent of Fortune 100 companies. For added information, appointment the company's Web website at www.hds.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT/TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a arch all-around electronics aggregation with about 390,000 advisers worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) circumscribed revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The aggregation offers a advanced ambit of systems, articles and casework in bazaar sectors including advice systems, cyberbanking devices, ability and automated systems, chump products, materials, acumen and banking services. For added advice on Hitachi, amuse appointment the company's Web website at www.hitachi.com.

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Laurie Spindler
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Laurie.Spindler@hds.com