BANGALORE, India, September 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Infosys today announced the expansion of its partnership with
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to bring next-generation infrastructure
and data center transformation solutions to enterprises. The new
solutions will help improve operational efficiencies and facilitate
smooth transition of their IT infrastructure to new cloud-based
environments.
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Infosys will also establish a center of excellence to co-create
pay-per-use solutions with HDS. Enterprises can then convert a
significant share of their capital expenditure, related to
infrastructure and data center management, into operational
expenditure.
Partnership Highlights:
- The new data center transformation solutions, developed by
Infosys and HDS, are tailored to meet refresh cycles of enterprise
data centers. The two partners will also create reference
architectures and solution frameworks to accelerate private cloud
deployments
- Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub is a first-of-its-kind solution
that helps enterprises build and manage a unified hybrid cloud
environment. This will integrate with Hitachi Unified Compute
Platform (UCP) to dramatically reduce time-to-market and simplify
complex migrations. The combination will enable enterprises to move
to a 100% virtualized environment with management, orchestration
and hypervisor integration
- Infosys will facilitate industrialization of big data programs
by deploying its Big Data platform on Hitachi UCP creating
reference architectures for the Hadoop ecosystem. Infosys Big Data
platform enables real-time operationalization of decisions across
enterprise systems and is part of the services offered
by Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub
- Infosys and HDS will create several private cloud offerings to
be delivered as-a-service related to ERP, CRM, Exchange and
Collaboration, with flexible pricing models. This will help
enterprises reduce capital expenditure on their cloud
infrastructure and optimize their private and public cloud
investments
- Infosys and HDS are collaborating to deploy SAP HANA on a HDS
SAP HANA Appliance in both scale-up and scale-out solutions. This
will help enterprises to optimally scale with certified reference
architecture, speed, flexibility, and rapid implementation leading
to lower total cost of ownership and better return on
investment.
Quotes
Brian Householder, Chief
Operating Officer, Hitachi Data Systems:
"Hitachi Data Systems and Infosys have a long history of
collaboration. We are pleased to take our relationship to the next
level by delivering the latest Hitachi Data Systems 'Continuous
Cloud Infrastructure' solutions to help our mutual customers around
the world deploy the most available, automated and agile
environment for next-generation data centers and cloud solutions.
In order to execute in this business-defined world, IT teams are
looking to new infrastructure strategies to deploy more continuous,
adaptable and scalable infrastructure. Businesses need solutions
that don't require constant disruptive changes to the technology
that supports them. This is what we are delivering today in
strategic partnership with Infosys."
U B Pravin, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board,
Infosys:
"Growing our partnership with Hitachi Data Systems will enable
us to bring together our complementary capabilities around cloud
and big data to help our customers enhance their IT infrastructure
with new technology solutions. Infosys and Hitachi Data Systems
will help enterprises implement infrastructure and data center
solutions faster, and at lower costs. Our partnership will also
give enterprises the much needed flexibility to plan and progress
their transformation to next-generation IT infrastructure
seamlessly, and without being daunted by huge capital outlays."
About HDS and Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd., provides information technologies, services and solutions
that help companies improve IT costs and agility and innovate with
information to make a difference in the world. Our products,
services and solutions are trusted by the world's leading
enterprises, including more than 70% of the Fortune 100 and more
than 80% of the Fortune Global 100. Visit us at
http://www.HDS.com.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer
society's challenges with our talented team and proven experience
in global markets. For more information on Hitachi, please visit
the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in consulting, technology and
outsourcing solutions. We enable clients, in more than 30
countries, to stay a step ahead of emerging business trends and
outperform the competition. We help them transform and thrive in a
changing world by co-creating breakthrough solutions that combine
strategic insights and execution excellence.
Visit http://www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY),
with US$8.25 billion in annual
revenues and 160,000+ employees, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise®
today.
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has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of
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