Hitachi Data Systems develops and delivers Services Oriented Storage Solutions, including virtualised tiered storage, to maximise each customer’s return on investment and minimise risk. These solutions align IT with business objectives, overcoming such challenges as business continuity, disaster recovery, data lifecycle management, and storage consolidation, while simplifying IT infrastructures.

Solution components include a full range of storage platforms, tailored to meet the needs and budgets of organisations of all sizes that include the Universal Storage Platform family, Adaptable or Workgroup Modular Storage models and Simple Modular Storage, all complemented by Hitachi Storage Management software. Global Solution Services combines it all with consulting and implementation services.

With approximately 3,400 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government, and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of the Fortune 100 companies.

Gartner Dataquest has recognised Hitachi Data Systems as the market leader in enterprise storage revenue and as the fastest growing storage management software vendor. Rapid market-share growth of the company's modular storage family and its award-winning channel partnership program have also made Hitachi Data Systems an important force in the midrange storage market.

Hitachi Data Systems, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a core component of Hitachi, Ltd.'s Information Systems and Telecommunications Division, the company's most strategic business segment.