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Pentaho has announced major updates to its Pentaho Data Catalog, enhancing data governance, quality, and observability capabilities. The platform, used by 73% of Fortune 100 companies, introduces features to help organizations better manage data for AI initiatives. Key enhancements include an improved Data Marketplace experience, stronger security integrations with Okta and Active Directory, data product creation capabilities, and enhanced ML features for data classification. The update focuses on helping organizations achieve data fitness for AI operations while maintaining governance and trust. Pentaho has received industry recognition, being named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape 2024 assessment and winning awards from BigDATAwire and Data Breakthrough Awards.

Hitachi Vantara announced that DestekBank has implemented its Virtual Storage Platform One Block (VSP One Block) to support the bank's retail banking expansion and digital transformation. The deployment has yielded significant improvements, including a 35% increase in application performance, 25% reduction in data center energy consumption, and 30% decrease in storage management workload. The platform features NVMe architecture, adaptive data reduction, and a three-data-center setup ensuring 99.999% uptime. DestekBank achieved a 4:1 data reduction ratio and expects to see a 20% lower total cost of ownership with full ROI within 18 months. The solution provides centralized management through Hitachi Ops Center and includes a 100% data availability guarantee for critical services.

Hitachi Digital Services has announced a strategic partnership with DS Smith to modernize its integration platform and accelerate digital transformation. The collaboration focuses on transitioning DS Smith from Microsoft BizTalk to a cloud-based, AI-powered integration ecosystem built on the Boomi platform. This transformation addresses DS Smith's need to upgrade its legacy system before its end-of-life support in 2027.

The project involves modernizing approximately 5,000 existing integrations across DS Smith's operations, including 300 packaging centers and multiple mills. Key benefits include accelerated integration deployment, enhanced system resilience, AI-driven efficiency improvements, and seamless customer/vendor connectivity through API-first architecture.

Hitachi Vantara (HTHIY) has launched Virtual Storage Platform 360 (VSP 360), a unified data management software solution that integrates block, file, object, and software-defined storage into a single platform. The solution addresses the growing challenges of managing complex data environments, particularly as AI adoption drives a projected 122% increase in data storage needs by 2026. VSP 360 is built on three pillars: Control (streamlined hybrid cloud infrastructure orchestration), Observe (AIOps-powered predictive insights), and Govern (enhanced data policy enforcement). The platform features AI-driven management capabilities, accessible via SaaS, private, or mobile options, and includes Hitachi's 100% data availability guarantees. This solution aims to help organizations simplify data infrastructure management, improve operational efficiency, and overcome IT skills gaps while supporting various use cases including AI, cybersecurity, and PII classification.

Hitachi Digital Services has secured a five-year strategic IT partnership with Envista Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NVST), a global dental care leader. The agreement encompasses comprehensive IT managed services across Envista's operations in over 60 countries. Hitachi will provide 24/7 global IT services, including application support, network infrastructure, analytics, business intelligence, and cybersecurity through its global delivery centers in India, Mexico, Portugal, the U.S., and Vietnam.

The partnership aims to enhance operational efficiency through AI-enabled automation and best practices, allowing Envista's internal teams to concentrate on strategic initiatives. The collaboration aligns with Envista's continuous improvement framework, the Envista Business System (EBS).

Pentaho, a leading data intelligence and integration platform used by 73% of Fortune 100 companies, reports significant growth and customer adoption driven by its data fitness and smart simplicity approach. The company's platform helps enterprises improve data foundations while meeting AI and regulatory requirements.

Notable customers include Vodacom, Fannie Mae, and FirstBank, with particular growth in banking, critical infrastructure, and government sectors. The company's updated platform, released in Fall 2023, features a new architecture supporting AI-ready data, including modules for Data Integration, Business Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Quality, and Data Optimizer.

Pentaho has received recent industry recognition, including awards from BigDATAwire, Data Breakthrough Awards, and being named a finalist in the Cube's Technology Innovation Awards.

Hitachi Vantara has released its FY2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting significant progress in environmental initiatives and energy-efficient infrastructure. The report showcases key achievements including ENERGY STAR® certification for multiple storage solutions, with their VSP One Block securing the highest ranking in the NVSS Disk Online 4 category.

Notable accomplishments include their Netherlands distribution center generating 30% of electricity from on-site solar, 40% recycled materials in storage model bezels, and overall energy consumption of 78,211 MWh with 35% from renewable sources. Their Denver facility achieved a 50% reduction in energy consumption and improved PUE from 1.6 to 1.3 after a 2024 data center refresh.

The company has set ambitious targets for carbon neutrality - achieving Scope 1 and 2 neutrality by FY2030 and value chain neutrality by FY2050. Customer success stories include La Molisana's 30% energy reduction, Malayala Manorama's 70% power cost reduction, and Elisa Eesti's tripled energy efficiency using Hitachi Vantara solutions.

Hitachi Vantara has unveiled the Hitachi iQ M Series, a new AI-ready infrastructure solution that integrates with the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design. The solution combines Hitachi VSP One storage with accelerated computing platforms and integrated file system choices, offering lower entry costs and built-in scalability.

The M Series allows businesses to select specific NVIDIA GPUs for different workloads, enabling independent scaling of compute and storage resources. This flexibility helps organizations manage costs by avoiding overprovisioning while handling diverse data types and workloads.

Through a strategic partnership with Hammerspace, Hitachi Vantara has enhanced the data orchestration capabilities of Hitachi iQ. The integration of Hammerspace software with VSP One storage platform enables distributed data accessibility for GenAI workloads, making it a comprehensive infrastructure solution for AI, analytics, and data lake environments across various industries.

Hitachi Vantara announced its collaboration with Bürklin Elektronik to transform the latter's IT infrastructure using Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) and Hitachi EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio. Bürklin Elektronik, a specialized electronics distributor processing over 1,500 orders daily, faced challenges with fragmented storage systems from different providers.

The implementation included two Hitachi Vantara VSP arrays with Brocade G720 SAN switches across two redundant data centers, offering 100% data availability guarantee. The migration was completed in three days through partner IS4IT GmbH.

Key benefits include:

• Pay-per-use model saving six-figure investment costs
• Energy-efficient all-flash configuration
• 30-40% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to previous models
• Faster and more reliable backups
• Dynamic storage capacity adjustment