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.

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Hitachi plans to combine computing, networking, storage and systems management in conjunction with a new OEM deal with Microsoft.

"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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