HDS and HP extend global OEM agreement for SRM Software
ConvergenceAsia staff
26/06/2007

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced that it has extended its global OEM agreement with HP for storage resource management (SRM) software. Hitachi combines HP's flagship SRM software suite, Storage Essentials, with the company's own internally developed software to deliver storage management services to customers. The news mark an extension to the existing strategic worldwide partnership HDS forged with AppIQ in 2003, prior to its acquisition by HP in late 2005.

Commenting on the announcement, Enterprise Strategy analyst Bob Laliberte stated, "Today's news underscores Hitachi Data Systems' track record of embracing an ecosystem of strong storage partners aligned under one common goal, which is to satisfy customer needs. The OEM alliance is directly in line with Hitachi's storage management software strategy to provide customers with open-standards-based storage management solutions that align mission-critical application availability and performance with a heterogeneous storage infrastructure, under a common management interface."

The SRM software products based on HP software provide capabilities that are complementary to Hitachi Data Systems' own internally-developed portfolio of SRM, which has garnered strong customer adoption and accelerated share gains for the company in this fast growing market space. Combining the strength from both its vast global partner network and its established research and development engine, Hitachi has extended the functionality and reach of the Hitachi Storage Management Software Suite to uniquely address customer needs for SRM, backup reporting, root-cause analysis and change management.

"HP and Hitachi are delivering innovative storage management solutions that enable customers to more efficiently manage their storage infrastructures — thereby driving deeper value to the business," said Bob Schultz, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Storage and Software Division, HP. "HP’s close collaboration with Hitachi will continue to drive joint revenue opportunities for both companies in the future."

"HP's storage resource management software coupled with our own investments in software development have enabled Hitachi to offer customers a comprehensive open-systems SRM portfolio that provides broad platform support for multiple operating systems and applications," said John Mansfield, senior vice president, Global Solutions Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems.

Storage management is a key storage service delivered by HDS. Hitachi Services Oriented Storage Solutions applies service-oriented architecture (SOA) concepts to storage to deliver a platform that offers sets of automated functions delivered as services to the business which can be invoked as needed.

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