Hitachi Data Systems offers free storage visualization under Switch it On program

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, has unveiled its Switch it On program to help customers gain more efficiency out of their environments by optimizing their storage assets.As part of the program, Hitachi Data Systems is offering free storage visualization software.

It will enable customers to consolidate all externally attached, third-party storage under common management and optimize with advanced capabilities, such as transparent data movement, dynamic provisioning, intelligent tiering and disaster recovery.

According to the company, programmes that promote storage efficiency are endemic right now.

Heterogeneous support and virtualization are extremely valuable approaches both operationally and financially; however with ‘Switch it On’ Hitachi Data Systems strikes a new and welcome chord, it said.

The realisation that customers are increasingly aware that their data should be considered as digital assets has led to this innovation.

By consolidating and increasing utilization through virtualization technologies, customers can maximize the return on their digital assets as well as the return on the investment in the infrastructure that protects those assets, it has been pointed out.

The company added that its storage efficiency technologies and support assure customers that they can reclaim unused storage capacity, improve storage utilization, and realize an efficient storage infrastructure to meet business requirements.

Hitachi Data Systems’ storage virtualization technology and dynamic provisioning help improve overall storage utilization by up to 40 per cent, recover up to 50 per cent of unused storage capacity and reduce overall power, space and cooling costs in the data center.

The company said that HDFC, with a nationwide network of 1412 branches and 3,177 ATMs in 527 Indian towns and cities, saves thousands of labor hours each year in part because of Hitachi virtualization technologies.