Hitachi Vantara’s next phase of business transformation aims to help it accelerate execution and scale the business to identify and capitalise on market opportunities in real-time.

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud  management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), has completed a strategic realignment designed to accelerate the company’s growth plan, including its ability to respond to market  opportunities with a focus on hybrid cloud and generative AI. The new structure includes the  integration of Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi’s IT Platform Products Management Division, which has  been responsible for Hitachi’s business development, R&D, and production of data infrastructure  solutions.  

The realigned Hitachi Vantara commands extensive infrastructure and data storage experience across manufacturing and hybrid cloud, as well as a shared focus on collaboration to drive  meaningful business outcomes for the company’s customers. As a result, the company will be  able to innovate and adapt to the needs of the market in real time, while also building upon its  long-standing expertise in managing data across mission critical environments. 

The announcement comes at an important time as the emergence of technologies like generative  AI has led to an explosive growth of processing required for data, and many companies are  straining to keep up. One recent survey of IT leaders revealed that many IT professionals are  struggling to manage AI projects and deal with the resulting deluge of data. According to the  survey, nearly nine in 10 IT professionals (88%) can’t support the surge of AI-related requests  that they have received at their organisation. A separate survey found that more than 75% of  organisations are using multiple AI models and 90% said that they have faced challenges  integrating AI with other systems. 

Sheila Rohra, Hitachi Vantara CEO

“The rise of generative AI and the explosion in data processing power are pushing the pace of  change, and many organisations are struggling to keep up,” said Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi  Vantara. “This next phase of business transformation is designed to help us accelerate our  execution and scale our business to identify and capitalise on market opportunities in real-time.

This extension of development, manufacturing, sales, and delivery capabilities will strengthen our  ability to provide our customers with the AI-driven data performance, reliability, and resiliency they  need across their hybrid cloud environments in order to realise real-world impact and growth.” 

A separate survey found that more than 75% of  organisations are using multiple AI models and 90% said that they have faced challenges  integrating AI with other systems. 

As part of the new organisational structure, Akinobu Shimada, formerly president of Hitachi’s IT  Platform Products Management Division, has been appointed as chairman of Hitachi Vantara to  bolster the already strong connection between Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi Ltd.

Akinobu Shimada, Hitachi Vantara Chairman

“Our strong partnership across the organisations has helped to create the right synergy to  formalise a Hitachi Vantara structure that brings R&D and engineering closer to our key markets  around the globe,” said Shimada. “Given the impressive amount of industry expertise and  technical understanding infused into our business, I am confident that we will lead with a unified  digital infrastructure and AI strategy and execution plan that enables us to deliver high-impact  outcomes for our customers and positions our business for continued growth.” 

Hitachi Vantara is pioneering the development of hybrid cloud storage that seamlessly combines  on-premises and cloud computing to achieve safety, high performance and reliability, and cost  advantage in processing critical, large-scale data for complex business requirements. As an  example, the company recently announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to create a new  generation of transformational AI solutions, Hitachi iQ, which layers industry-specific capabilities  on top of its AI solution stack, so outcomes can be more specific and relevant to an organisation’s  business.  

About Hitachi Vantara 

Hitachi Vantara is transforming the way data fuels innovation. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi  Ltd., Hitachi Vantara provides the data foundation the world’s leading innovators rely on, like data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management and digital expertise. To learn more, visit  www.hitachivantara.com. 

(This article was adapted from a press release)