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Hitachi Data Systems Expands Partnership With Symantec

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hitachi_logoHitachi Data Systems Corporation announced an agreement with Symantec to resell Symantec NetBackup data protection software and Enterprise Vault information archiving software.Hitachi Data Systemsselected Symantec’s information management solutions because of their proven reliability in helping customers protect and store their critical information inside the evolving data center.

Enterprise customers want an end-to-end solutionfrom a single vendor to solve their data protection and retention problems. Businesses want to know their data is protected today more than ever before.The rise inbig data analysis and the competitive advantage it brings has made that data more valuable to business. As a result, the needto protect data is increasing along withcomplexity, while budgets are decreasing. With its extended agreement with Symantec, HDS can now provide the best informationmanagement, software and services by leveraging the combined capabilities of the twocompanies.

“Symantec is excited to provide Hitachi Data Systems customers access to its market-leading critical data protection and information governance solutions,” saidBrent Simon, vice president, Global Systems Integrators and Partners, Symantec. “Symantec and HDS have workedtogether successfully in the field for many years, delivering enterprise-class solutions to our joint customers. This agreement extends ourpartnership, enabling customers to acquire a complete hardware, software and services solution for their backup and recovery and retention needs from Hitachi Data Systems.”

Symantec NetBackup and Enterprise Vault are available to HDS customers in North and South America, EMEA and Asia Pacificthrough existing HitachiTrueNorth Partners or directly from HDS. Through a phased strategy for data protection solutions, HDS and TrueNorth Partners will work with customers to build a more advanced data management-based protection and recovery solution.

“The combined solution of Enterprise Vault and Hitachi Content Platform enables customers to reduce overall storage costs, reduce backup windows, and achieve regulatory and corporate governance mandates,” said Mike Walkey, senior vice president, Global Partners and Alliances, Hitachi Data Systems. “This holistic approach helps customers meet the challenges of rapid data growth andexceed service level agreements, while reducing data loss risk and management costs.Together with Symantec, we now offer a fully integrateddata protection and archiving solution that customers can buy from a single source and achieve a faster time to value. It’s been tested, certified and backed by the Hitachi Data Systems global support organization to deliver the highest levels of data integrity in an efficient, easy to manage and optimized solution.”

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