Data Center Advisors

With the release of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Pro for VMware vSphere, we introduced a number of firsts for converged infrastructure solutions

For everyone that celebrates the holiday, Happy [late!] Thanksgiving. The week of Thanksgiving in the US is a great time to catch-up on many of those little work chores that pile up or slip through the cracks while traveling and prioritizing big tasks ahead of fun work stuff. This morning I was catching up on some HDS Industry [...]

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with John Mansfield, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Strategy and Development at HDS. John and I discussed a variety of topics, including Hitachi’s organization design depth and expertise, along with where we can make investments that make a difference. John also tackles tough questions about what Hitachi does [...]

In March of last year, I wrote a blog about disruptive technologies, specifically how the Blu-ray technology could change the storage landscape (or not). The new Blu-ray disc format specification enhancement was defined in June 2010 for the BDXL standard. This new specification increases the recording capacities for Blu-ray discs in two ways.

The first week of October marks the largest Oracle global event in San Francisco: Oracle Open World 2011.

I’ve worked on three commercial object stores: Centera, Atmos, and now HCP (Hitachi Content Platform). In that time, I’ve seen numerous misunderstandings about this particular brand of storage technology–not just in how they function, but even more fundamentally, on where, when and why such a system would be employed. In a new blog series starting [...]

This is my first official blog with Hitachi Data Systems.  I started with HDS on of all days, Valentines Day 2011!  This reminded me of what I love: of course my wife and children, but also what I have chosen as a career.  I mean, who can’t get excited everyday when you have the unique [...]

We recently issued our Blog Comment Policy and I thought it worthwhile to mention it here and also share a few thoughts and highlights from the policy.

Like many others organizations, I’m pleased to announce that Hitachi Data Systems has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a full corporate member. We are quite excited about the CSA scope of work, and in particular, we anticipate getting involved in Version 3.0 of the “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud [...]

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) is a set of regulations that specify procedures for civil legal suits within United States District Courts. Federal district courts in all fifty states are required to follow these rules, and many state courts’ civil procedural rules closely follow or adopt similarly worded rules. Currently there are 86 [...]