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Hitachi Vantara announced that Malayala Manorama, India's second-largest newspaper, has selected their Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) technology and Advanced Servers to enhance its media operations. The implementation has led to significant improvements, including a 66% reduction in storage array footprint and 70% reduction in power and cooling costs.

The partnership established a resilient IT architecture with four major data centers and 11 local sites, ensuring uninterrupted 24/7 operations for Malayala Manorama's print, broadcast, and online media services. The new infrastructure features three-way replication between data centers for quick backup switching, minimizing potential downtime. Users reported notably faster application performance, with previously slow tasks now responding almost instantly.

Hitachi Vantara has been named a Leader and Outperformer in the latest GigaOm Radar Report for Primary Storage for its Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) hybrid cloud data platform. The evaluation, which covered 21 vendors, highlighted VSP One's exceptional performance in key areas, achieving maximum scores (5/5) in NVMe-oF, cloud integration, and ransomware protection.

The recognition comes amid growing enterprise storage demands, with data storage needs expected to increase 122% in the U.S. by 2026. The report emphasizes VSP One's capabilities in supporting diverse workloads, from traditional applications to modern cloud-native environments, while providing scalability, performance, and resiliency. Additionally, VSP One was recently recognized by ENERGY STAR®, ranking among the top three best storage solutions for performance in energy.

Hitachi Vantara announced that Italian pasta manufacturer La Molisana has implemented their Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) Block solution to optimize data infrastructure and support business expansion. The implementation provides significant improvements in storage performance and enhanced security measures.

Key benefits include improved data access speed, enhanced ransomware protection with 100% Data Availability Guarantee, storage cost reduction through data deduplication, scalable storage capacity, and improved sustainability with 30-40% reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The solution, featuring NVMe flash drives, was implemented in partnership with Italian technology provider EOSYS to support La Molisana's expansion into emerging markets across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Hitachi Vantara has announced a collaboration with Virtana to enhance its EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) portfolio. The partnership integrates Virtana's AI-powered monitoring and observability platform with Hitachi's services to deliver advanced consumption-based infrastructure solutions. The integration aims to address challenges in managing complex hybrid cloud environments, with EverFlex Control serving as a centralized SaaS management portal. According to Enterprise Strategy Group, 45% of organizations are increasing IT automation and AIOps adoption, while another 45% are boosting IT hiring to meet operational demands.

Hitachi Vantara has announced a strategic collaboration with Virtana to enhance its EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio with AI-powered monitoring and observability capabilities. The partnership integrates Virtana Platform suite with Hitachi EverFlex IaaS to deliver advanced consumption-based infrastructure solutions for hybrid cloud operations. The integration aims to address challenges in managing complex IT environments, with features including real-time data visibility, automated scaling, and AI-driven insights for improved operational efficiency and cost optimization.

Hitachi Vantara has announced the availability of Hitachi iQ with NVIDIA HGX platform, offering an end-to-end infrastructure solution for modern AI systems. The solution combines storage, networking, and servers with NVIDIA H100 and H200 Tensor Core GPUs, addressing the challenges faced by organizations in implementing GenAI solutions. According to ESG Research, while 97% of organizations view GenAI as a top-five priority, only 37% feel their infrastructure is well-prepared for implementation.

The solution features enhanced data processing capabilities, zero-copy architecture for improved economics and sustainability, and updated Hitachi Content Software for File platform with PCIe Generation 5 technology. The offering includes high-density object storage and is designed to maximize AI performance and reliability.

Hitachi Vantara has announced a strategic partnership with Hammerspace to deliver new AI-ready solutions. The collaboration integrates Hammerspace's technology with Hitachi's AI-enabled infrastructure to provide high performance, scalability, and automated data orchestration for GenAI workloads. The partnership extends Hitachi's capabilities through standards-based parallel file systems, intelligent file-granular data orchestration, multi-site global namespace, and hybrid cloud support. Key benefits include high performance at scale, simplified data access and orchestration, and ease of deployment. This initiative is part of Hitachi's iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services launched in July 2024.

Hitachi Vantara has expanded its Virtual Storage Platform One with new solutions including an all-QLC flash storage array and object storage appliance. The platform features public cloud replication and enhanced cloud integration to address data management challenges. The all-QLC flash technology offers higher density, lower power consumption, and reduced cost per gigabyte compared to traditional storage solutions. The object storage appliance is designed to handle large volumes of unstructured data for AI workloads, featuring multi-node configurations for data availability. The platform ranks among the top three best storage solutions for energy efficiency according to ENERGY STAR®.

Hitachi Digital Services has announced a two-year digital strategic partnership with Mitchells & Butlers, a leading UK hospitality company operating over 1,700 pubs, bars and restaurants. The partnership, which includes digital experience innovator Valtech, aims to manage all digital commerce and guest engagement across Mitchells & Butlers' 17 High Street Brands. The collaboration will focus on enhancing customer interactions across mobile, web, order and pay at table, home delivery, and personalized guest engagement, creating new revenue streams and enabling quick launch of digital features to meet industry trends.