Hitachi  

Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), Japan's largest electronics company, leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions that maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. These solutions include data life cycle management offerings that address customer's regulatory requirements.  

With an employee base of 2,800, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business directly and through resellers in the public and private sectors in more than 170 countries, including the rapidly emerging economies in China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Its customers include more than 50 percent of the Fortune 100 companies.
Gartner Dataquest has recognized 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, CA, is a core component of Hitachi, Ltd.'s Information Systems & Telecommunications Division, the company's most strategic business segment. For Hitachi, Ltd.'s fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004), consolidated sales totaled 8,632.4 billion yen ($81.4 billion).