Hitachi Vantara Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage for Fourth Consecutive Year

Hitachi Vantara receives recognition for completeness of vision and ability to execute

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Vantara, the modern infrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^™ for Primary Storage for the fourth consecutive year based on Gartner evaluation of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) product portfolio.

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Products evaluated include the high-performance Hitachi VSP 5000 series, which scored high in the companion 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Primary Storage report across all Use Cases. Hitachi Vantara believes this is due to its strength in performance, manageability, and resilience. The VSP 5000 Series placed first or second in all four critical capabilities Use Case rankings, including Online Transaction Processing, Server Virtualization and VDI, Containers, and Application Consolidation.

"With data growing by leaps and bounds, businesses have an opportunity to harness that data for actionable benefit, and a modern infrastructure underpinned by scalable, secure, and sustainable storage is key to deriving meaningful insights and outcomes," said Mark Ablett, president of Digital Infrastructure, Hitachi Vantara. "By combining the speed, processing power, and flexibility of our best-in-class storage solutions, including the VSP 5000 Series, with the security and AI-powered Hitachi Ops Center to derive real-time insights, our customers depend on Hitachi Vantara to help address their greatest data-driven needs and opportunities."

Enterprises today are navigating complex data environments with varying performance requirements, cloud interoperability and management platforms. From high-end to midrange, Hitachi Vantara's VSP systems share a common software architecture and operating system that provides customers with a simplified and unified storage management and protection experience. Combined with Hitachi's centralized, AI-powered software tools in Hitachi Ops Center, it provides improved IT operational efficiencies and lowered administration and support costs backed by Hitachi Vantara's signature 100% data availability guarantee. Hitachi's EverFlex as a Service offering offers a flexible consumption model for capacity and data protection, bringing cloud-like agility to on-premises environments.

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Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., delivers the intelligent data platforms, infrastructure systems, and digital expertise that supports more than 80% of the Fortune 100. To learn how Hitachi Vantara turns businesses from data-rich to data-driven through agile digital processes, products, and experiences, visit www.hitachivantara.com.

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