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Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V Debuts at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009

MICROSOFT TECHED, LOS ANGELES — May 11, 2009 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly endemic accessory of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the alone provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today appear the availability of Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V, an avant-garde new business chain and adversity accretion band-aid for virtualized environments based on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

The band-aid combines Microsoft Windows Server 2008 capabilities such as top availability through Microsoft Multipath I/O, server virtualization and absorption with the accurate belvedere capabilities of Hitachi accumulator virtualization and system-based archetype to actualize a amount effective, awful accessible and accidentally replicated basic server basement for organizations analytic to abate business accident and associated blow costs.

Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V extends Microsoft clearing capabilities to limited sites, acceptance midrange to action barter to carbon and drift basic machines aural virtualized environments either locally or above geographically broadcast sites. The band-aid aswell appearance advance automated failover and abstracts resynchronization, as able-bodied as simplified failback of basic machines. Additionally, organizations analytic to optimize business chain can use the quick and abide clearing capabilities of Windows Server for bounded aegis of basic machines.

“Customers today are analytic for means extend the allowances of virtualization and bounded availability alfresco the abstracts centermost to assure adjoin localized outages and widescale arrangement failures,” said Dai Vu, administrator of virtualization solutions, Server and Tools Business, Microsoft Corporation. “The aggregate of our accurate virtualization and clustering, accumulated with abstracts and archetype technologies, accomplish this possible.”

According to a contempo address by Enterprise Strategy Group, an estimated 85 percent of organizations who ache a above adversity and do not accept a applicable business chain or adversity accretion band-aid in abode are either out of business one year afterwards the adversity or ache huge banking losses. In accession to the abounding allowances that server and accumulator virtualization can accommodate alone such as consolidation, bigger ability utilization, and bigger performance, Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V can advice organizations abate blow and advance abstracts availability, which accept important risk-reduction and amount accumulation implications.

“Today’s advertisement marks addition important affidavit point in Hitachi Data Systems’ chip end-to-end server-to-storage virtualization strategy,” said Asim Zaheer, carnality admiral of Product and Competitive Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “As the accumulator virtualization leader, Hitachi Data Systems is abnormally able to accomplice with industry leaders like Microsoft to arch the gap amid server and accumulator infrastructures in customers' abstracts centers. During a time if business chain and adversity accretion is a analytical allotment of accustomed operations, we accept this collective band-aid can advice organizations instantly advance operational efficiencies and cut costs, both abbreviate and continued term.”

Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V Solution
Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V consists of three axiological components: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Data Center Editions, Hitachi Storage Cluster, and Hitachi TrueCopy® software or Hitachi Universal Replicator system-based replication:

* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Data Center Editions – Consists of Hyper-V, Microsoft’s hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, Failover Clustering, and Windows 2008 Server Core Installation.
* Hitachi Storage Cluster – Works with Microsoft Failover Clustering and Hitachi system-based archetype to accredit simple, reliable, limited archetype with automated abort over and re-sync of deejay assets and simplified abort aback in a adversity accretion scenario. Hitachi Storage Cluster manages the administration of archetype and accumulator ability buying aural the Hyper-V amassed environment.
* Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator – Two Hitachi system-based archetype technologies accredit the concrete archetype of basic machines and their associated abstracts amid sites. Both Hitachi TrueCopy software and Hitachi Universal Replicator are accurate Hitachi archetype technologies and are accurate on the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and Hitachi Unified Storage Platform accumulator systems.

Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V is anon accessible through Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services (GSS). GSS helps barter advanced business chain and adversity accretion initiatives in a virtualized ambiance and assists in chargeless the ideal bout of availability.

Hitachi Data Systems at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009
As a Microsoft Worldwide Gold Certified Partner, Hitachi Data Systems accordingly demonstrates some of the world’s a lot of ambitious workloads in a secure, scalable and virtualized environment. Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 attendees can see Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V in action in the Microsoft Virtualization Pavilion and Hitachi Data Systems Booth #911 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, May 11 - May 14.

Web Resources
To apprentice added about Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V, amuse visit:
www.hds.com/go/hyperv or
www.microsoft.com/virtualization/partners/partner-profile...

To acquisition out added about Hitachi Data Systems end-to-end virtualization strategy, amuse visit:

* May 5 columnist announcement
* Enterprise Strategy Group brief:
www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-infrastructure-virtualizat...

To see what Claus Mikkelsen has to say about the collective solution, apprehend his blog:
blogs.hds.com/claus

For added advice on Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009, amuse visit:
www.microsoft.com/events/teched2009

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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 arch 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 the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500®. 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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