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Hitachi Data Systems to Showcase at ShareFeb 04, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Hitachi Data Systems Corp. will showcase its new enterprise-class, solid state storage options, and its virtualization and tiered storage capabilities for mainframe customers at Share 2013, through Feb. 8, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel in San Francisco. In a release, Claus Mikkelsen, chief scientist, Hitachi Data Systems, said, "In today's financial climate, customers need to understand where their costs and potential savings are more than ever, which is exactly what our Storage Economics framework helps them do. Using the HDS Storage Economics approach, major HDS customers have been able to optimize storage expenditures to achieve year-on-year cost reductions of 30 percent for 4 years, even while experiencing 40-60 percent annual growth. We expect these impressive savings will only be accelerated by greater adoption of Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage and our advanced tiering software." Share is a training and networking event for the mainframe industry dedicated to the development of enterprise IT professionals for the betterment of their organizations. Attendees of the Hitachi Data Systems booth will view presentations and engage with company representatives. HDS is a silver sponsor of the event and HDS executives will lead the following breakout sessions: "Tiered DISK Storage Panel with HDS, IBM, and EMC" with panelist William Smith, Americas product manager, HDS is Tuesday, Feb. 5, 11 - 12:15 p.m. PST "Hitachi Dynamic Tiering - Storage Tiering for the Mainframe" with presenter William Smith, Americas product manager, Enterprise Storage, HDS is Tuesday, Feb. 5, 3 - 4 p.m. PST "Hitachi VSP Update and Directions" with presenter Smith is Wednesday, Feb. 6, 3 - 4 p.m. PST "Lunch and Learn: IBM System z High Performance FICON on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform" with presenter Steve Rice, master performance consultant, Mainframe Storage, HDS is Thursday, Feb. 7, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. PST "The Dollars and SENSE of Mainframe Storage and Virtualization" with presenter Claus Mikkelsen, chief scientist, HDS is Thursday, Feb. 7, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. PST Hitachi Data Systems provides information technologies, services and solutions. Hitachi is an electronics company. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |