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Having grown up in the 80s I recall fondly Wendy’s famous commercials with the charismatic woman pondering “where’s the beef”. In the included video she ends with, “I don’t think there’s anybody there.  I really don’t.”  The trip down memory lane got me thinking about some things that are going on in the industry this [...]

To those in the storage world who rejoice in being in-the-know about the ever shifting technology and vendor landscape in front of them, Gartner Magic Quadrants are seen as major events in the “Vendor Olympics” that our industry can often devolve into. Now, by combining multiple disparate storage-related Magic Quadrants into one review of General-Purpose [...]

By David Karas HDS is once again proud to be acknowledged  as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. This is the third year in a row that HDS has received this honor – making it a three-peat. The term “three-peat” was coined and subsequently registered by U.S. National Basketball Association [...]

HDS Recognized for its Culture of Leadership and One of America’s Best 100 Places to Work By Asim Zaheer, senior vice president, worldwide marketing

When I look at 2012 and reflect on the top 10 grossing movies worldwide, I also contrast their gross ticket receipts during their opening weekend, it is clear that a BIG weekend that has great weather, positive industry buzz, good critical acclaim, and an interesting plot contributes mightily to a profitable return on an increasingly bigger [...]

That’s what the posters say on many walls across the company right now.  Why, you ask?  We’ve had quite a nice run of delivering industry leading financial results the past three years here at HDS, and just concluded another stellar fiscal year at the end of March.  But before I get into that, we’re proud [...]

Hitachi Data Systems is excited to sponsoring the SAP SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG 2012. The HDS team is off to sunny Orlando, Florida. The conference is being held this week from May 14th-16th at the Orange County Convention Center. HDS is an Onyx level sponsor, so we will be actively involved throughout the conference.

Last week’s  announcement dovetails perfectly with my current series on data archiving, although the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) team may not appreciate my angle based on all their accomplishments with HCP product that go above and beyond just archiving. Be that as it may, I can’t ignore an important feature of the new release of  HCP, [...]

Firstly, it has been quite a while since I’ve last posted. A lot has happened between the beginning of the year and today. In fact it has been so action packed, the past 100 days seem more like 365. While I cannot spill the beans on everything, my colleague Ken Wood and I are super [...]