Hitachi Introduces Hitachi Vantara: A New
Digital Company Committed to Solving the World’s Toughest Business and Societal
Challenges
Digital Company Committed to Solving the World’s Toughest Business and Societal
Challenges
Company Formed to Help Customers Achieve
Unprecedented Outcomes by Tapping the Full Potential of Their Data
Unprecedented Outcomes by Tapping the Full Potential of Their Data
SINGAPORE, Sept. 20, 2017—Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”)
today launched Hitachi Vantara, a new business entity to leverage the broad portfolio of innovation, development and
experience from across Hitachi Group companies to deliver data-driven solutions
for commercial and industrial enterprises. This new company will unify the
operations of Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group, and Pentaho into a
single integrated business as Hitachi Vantara to capitalize on Hitachi’s social
innovation capability in both operational technologies (OT) and information
technologies (IT).
today launched Hitachi Vantara, a new business entity to leverage the broad portfolio of innovation, development and
experience from across Hitachi Group companies to deliver data-driven solutions
for commercial and industrial enterprises. This new company will unify the
operations of Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group, and Pentaho into a
single integrated business as Hitachi Vantara to capitalize on Hitachi’s social
innovation capability in both operational technologies (OT) and information
technologies (IT).
More Than a Century of OT Expertise Combined with IT Trusted by the
World’s Largest Enterprises
World’s Largest Enterprises
Hitachi has been a leader in
OT for industries such as finance, government, manufacturing, power/energy and
transportation for over 100 years, providing solutions that have positively
impacted cities, industrial operations and businesses at large. The company has
also been a leader in IT for over 50 years—bringing IT applications, analytics,
content, cloud, and infrastructure solutions to market that have transformed
the way enterprises do business. Combining Hitachi’s broad expertise in OT with
its proven IT product innovations and solutions, Hitachi Vantara gives
customers a powerful, collaborative partner in data – unavailable in any one
company until today.
OT for industries such as finance, government, manufacturing, power/energy and
transportation for over 100 years, providing solutions that have positively
impacted cities, industrial operations and businesses at large. The company has
also been a leader in IT for over 50 years—bringing IT applications, analytics,
content, cloud, and infrastructure solutions to market that have transformed
the way enterprises do business. Combining Hitachi’s broad expertise in OT with
its proven IT product innovations and solutions, Hitachi Vantara gives
customers a powerful, collaborative partner in data – unavailable in any one
company until today.
“Hitachi Vantara marks a
monumental change for Hitachi as we continue to advance our unified corporate
vision of Social Innovation,” said Hitachi, Ltd. President and CEO Toshiaki
Higashihara. “Hitachi has been helping customers harness the power of their
data to support meaningful business action for years. Now as the world is being
transformed by digital tools and processes, we are unifying our strongest
digital solutions companies together as a new Hitachi company that delivers
exponential business impact for our customers and the betterment of society.
The formation of Hitachi Vantara underscores Hitachi’s commitment to
collaborative creation with customers and partners, and being a true innovation
partner for the era of IoT.”
monumental change for Hitachi as we continue to advance our unified corporate
vision of Social Innovation,” said Hitachi, Ltd. President and CEO Toshiaki
Higashihara. “Hitachi has been helping customers harness the power of their
data to support meaningful business action for years. Now as the world is being
transformed by digital tools and processes, we are unifying our strongest
digital solutions companies together as a new Hitachi company that delivers
exponential business impact for our customers and the betterment of society.
The formation of Hitachi Vantara underscores Hitachi’s commitment to
collaborative creation with customers and partners, and being a true innovation
partner for the era of IoT.”
The
Opportunity in Data
Opportunity in Data
Hitachi Vantara
is uniquely able to help customers extract all the value their data has to
offer. By bringing new data-driven solutions and services to market, Hitachi Vantara
will help its customers achieve tangible outcomes that positively drive
business and society forward.
is uniquely able to help customers extract all the value their data has to
offer. By bringing new data-driven solutions and services to market, Hitachi Vantara
will help its customers achieve tangible outcomes that positively drive
business and society forward.
The market opportunity for
mission-critical data solutions has never been greater. Data has become a
businesses’ greatest asset—if they can extract actionable insights from it.
Data holds the key to new revenue streams, better customer experiences,
improved market insights and lower costs of doing business. However, a
comprehensive offering has yet to emerge that combines both OT and IT expertise
to uncover its true potential— until now.
mission-critical data solutions has never been greater. Data has become a
businesses’ greatest asset—if they can extract actionable insights from it.
Data holds the key to new revenue streams, better customer experiences,
improved market insights and lower costs of doing business. However, a
comprehensive offering has yet to emerge that combines both OT and IT expertise
to uncover its true potential— until now.
Filling a
Critical Gap in the Emerging IoT Market
Critical Gap in the Emerging IoT Market
Hitachi Vantara will continue
to provide superior infrastructure and analytics technologies that enterprises
rely on for their mission-critical data in their data centers, in the cloud and
at the edge of new innovations. The new company is targeting the emerging IoT
market opportunity, in which there is no clear winner yet.
to provide superior infrastructure and analytics technologies that enterprises
rely on for their mission-critical data in their data centers, in the cloud and
at the edge of new innovations. The new company is targeting the emerging IoT
market opportunity, in which there is no clear winner yet.
According to Gartner, Inc., “more than $440 billion will be spent on IoT in 2020,”1 and the firm estimates that by 2020, “there will be more than 21 billion
connected sensors and endpoints, and digital twins will exist for potentially
billions of things.”2 in
the same timeframe. To address this market, Hitachi Vantara will harness
business, human and machine data across OT and IT environments to build
comprehensive, data-driven solutions. Customers will be able to manage, store,
govern, blend, analyze, and visualize data—and then take action based on
uncovered insights.
connected sensors and endpoints, and digital twins will exist for potentially
billions of things.”2 in
the same timeframe. To address this market, Hitachi Vantara will harness
business, human and machine data across OT and IT environments to build
comprehensive, data-driven solutions. Customers will be able to manage, store,
govern, blend, analyze, and visualize data—and then take action based on
uncovered insights.
Hitachi Vantara’s Breadth of Solutions: From the Data Center to the
Factory Floor Hitachi
Vantara will continue to develop the trusted data management and analytics
technologies Hitachi is known for, including Hitachi’s popular data
infrastructure, storage and compute solutions, and Pentaho software. It will
also be driving the development of strategic software and services solutions,
including Hitachi Smart Data Center software and services, Lumada, Hitachi’s
IoT platform, now available as a standalone, commercial software offering, and
Hitachi co-creation services. Announced concurrently today and now in its 2.0 release, Lumada has been fully updated
with enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and advanced
analytics capabilities. It also has an elegant, portable architecture that
enables it to run both on-premises or in the cloud, and supports industrial IoT
deployments both at the edge and in the core.
Factory Floor Hitachi
Vantara will continue to develop the trusted data management and analytics
technologies Hitachi is known for, including Hitachi’s popular data
infrastructure, storage and compute solutions, and Pentaho software. It will
also be driving the development of strategic software and services solutions,
including Hitachi Smart Data Center software and services, Lumada, Hitachi’s
IoT platform, now available as a standalone, commercial software offering, and
Hitachi co-creation services. Announced concurrently today and now in its 2.0 release, Lumada has been fully updated
with enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and advanced
analytics capabilities. It also has an elegant, portable architecture that
enables it to run both on-premises or in the cloud, and supports industrial IoT
deployments both at the edge and in the core.
The company will focus on
serving global Fortune 1000 companies with best-in-class data management,
infrastructure, content and analytics products and industrial IoT solutions for
a number of industries including financial services and insurance, government,
industrials/manufacturing, telecom, and transportation.
serving global Fortune 1000 companies with best-in-class data management,
infrastructure, content and analytics products and industrial IoT solutions for
a number of industries including financial services and insurance, government,
industrials/manufacturing, telecom, and transportation.
“No other company brings
together more than a century of operational technology expertise with
informational technology trusted in the world’s most demanding enterprise
environments,” said Hitachi Vantara CEO, Ryuichi Otsuki. “Hitachi Vantara
capitalizes on this unique combination by creating solutions that meet the
needs of an increasingly connected world. Like our customers with whom we
partner and co-create, Hitachi Vantara sees data as an opportunity—a path to
outcomes that matter.”
together more than a century of operational technology expertise with
informational technology trusted in the world’s most demanding enterprise
environments,” said Hitachi Vantara CEO, Ryuichi Otsuki. “Hitachi Vantara
capitalizes on this unique combination by creating solutions that meet the
needs of an increasingly connected world. Like our customers with whom we
partner and co-create, Hitachi Vantara sees data as an opportunity—a path to
outcomes that matter.”
Hitachi’s new Lumada IoT
platform and Smart Data Center solutions will be on display at the Hitachi NEXT 2017
user conference in Las Vegas, September 19 and 20, where event attendees can
see live demonstrations of the company’s software and IoT solutions. For more
information, visit HitachiNEXT.com.
platform and Smart Data Center solutions will be on display at the Hitachi NEXT 2017
user conference in Las Vegas, September 19 and 20, where event attendees can
see live demonstrations of the company’s software and IoT solutions. For more
information, visit HitachiNEXT.com.
1 Gatner, IoT’s Challenges and Opportunities in 2017:
A Gartner Trend Insight Report, April 2017 – Mark Hung,
A Gartner Trend Insight Report, April 2017 – Mark Hung,
2
Gartner, Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017, October 2016
– David W.
Cearley, Mike J. Walker and Brian Burke.
Gartner, Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017, October 2016
– David W.
Cearley, Mike J. Walker and Brian Burke.
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