Hitachi Data Systems Challenges Industry Leader EMC with TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform

Strategic Insights -

A new generation of enterprise storage systems from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is vying for market share against industry leader EMC. Introduced in Hong Kong last month, the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform series promises to streamline and automate management tasks across all storage system devices, including those from market giants EMC and IBM. This innovative platform enables new levels of virtualization and replication, transforming data storage assets into logical resources that can be treated as a utility.

Key Takeaways:

  • The TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform series represents a new category in the industry, enabling new levels of virtualization and replication not possible in previous generations of enterprise storage.
  • The platform streamlines and automates management tasks across all storage system devices, including those from market giants EMC and IBM.
  • Storage virtualization allows an organization to treat all data storage assets as logical resources, making it possible to create virtual storage systems as needed at a cheaper cost than adding new devices.
  • TagmaStore acts roughly like a Universal Serial Bus drive, accepting all data sources and allowing them to be used on any USB-ready personal computer.
  • The platform can manage up to 32 petabytes of internal and external storage, make logical partitions, and perform remote copies from any enterprise storage device.
  • Cost reductions are achieved through administrator productivity and a significant reduction in software licensing costs associated with maintaining multiple data copy and storage management products.

Statistics:

  • Up to 32 petabytes of internal and external storage can be managed by the TagmaStore USP.
  • 35 percent revenue increase in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) for EMC, posting US$87.2 million in the second quarter, compared to US$64.6 million in the first quarter.
  • 10.5 percent decline in second-quarter revenues in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) for HDS, however, down to US$37.4 million from US$41.8 million in the previous quarter.

Sources:

  • Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
  • Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Tom Zack, HDS vice-president for Asia-Pacific marketing and technical operations
  • International Data Corp (IDC)
  • Howard Elias, executive vice-president of corporate marketing at EMC
  • Agnes Mak, Sunday Group director for information technology