Infosys and Hitachi Data Systems Expand Partnership to Deliver Next-Generation Infrastructure and Data Center Transformation Solutions
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BANGALORE, India -
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.
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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Contact: For further information, please contact: Asia Pacific - Sarah Gideon, Infosys, India, +91-9900647673, Sarah_Gideon@infosys.com; EMEA - Paul de Lara, Infosys, UK, +44-2075162748, Paul_deLara@infosys.com; Americas - Tara Kozak-Lindsay, GolinHarris for Infosys, USA, +1-212-373-6020, tkozaklindsay@GolinHarris.com