Hitachi, Microsoft Team for Unified Platform

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced a platform that will combine computing, networking, storage and systems management. According to this Infostor report, this is in conjunction with a new OEM deal with Microsoft, under which HDS will distribute Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft System Center suite and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 products.

"Hitachi's unified compute platform, which isn't expected until early 2011, will combine HDS software, storage and server products with Microsoft's System Center infrastructure software, Hyper-V virtualization technology and SQL Server database, as well as networking products to serve up an automated, virtualized, 'cloud-ready' platform, according to Miki Sandorfi, HDS' chief strategist for file and content services."

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