Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, announced the next step in its partnership with Cisco, launching an innovative set of hybrid cloud services designed to solve the ongoing data management challenges faced by modern enterprises.
The joint offering, Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud, is unique because it integrates automation solutions and predictive analytics to provide organizations with a future-proof portfolio to achieve advanced infrastructure management, cost efficiency and operational efficiency.
While enterprises are increasingly relying on hybrid cloud environments to modernize existing infrastructure, they are also facing tight budgets, rising costs and an increased need for innovation. A recent study showed that these factors have prompted more than 70% of global leaders to adopt consumption-based models such as IT as a Service (ITaaS) to help them cope with ongoing modernization issues – a trend that is expected to rise. According to Gartner®, consumption-based storage as a service (STaaS) will replace more than 35% of enterprise storage capital expenditures by 2028, up from less than 10% in 2023.
Hitachi EverFlex with Cisco-powered hybrid cloud is designed to meet these challenges head-on. By combining Hitachi Vantara’s expertise in storage, infrastructure, managed services and hybrid cloud management with Cisco’s expertise in networking and compute, this comprehensive offering can be used whether on-premises or in the cloud. Provide a consistent experience. It offers various levels of customization and is delivered through Hitachi Vantara’s partner ecosystem, providing complete flexibility through support and consumption-based models, through pay-per-use pricing and flexible, scalable solutions Provides cost efficiencies without upfront investment. The diversified product portfolio includes Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), STaaS, Container as a Service (CaaS) data protection, managed operation services, professional services and learning services, etc.
Additionally, the product brings together several key features:
- HIOaaS and Intersight: Hitachi Infrastructure Orchestration as a Service (HIOaaS) and Cisco Intersight provide comprehensive observability and cloud-like management for on-premises and cloud environments, enabling powerful performance analytics, hybrid cloud observability and efficient automation.
- Hosting service operating model: Leveraging extensive experience from numerous implementations, the managed services operating model ensures seamless operational transitions, informed decision-making and rapid provisioning without the need for dedicated IT staff. Typically, Hitachi Managed Services has reduced customers’ total cost of ownership (TCO) by 30-50%.
- Hitachi EverFlex consumption model: Hitachi Vantara’s elastic consumption model ensures a flexible pay-per-use solution for hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
“According to a recent survey, nearly half of enterprises are struggling with complex cloud environments,” said Kimberly King, senior vice president of strategic partners and alliances at Hitachi Vantara.
“Hitachi EverFlex with hybrid cloud powered by Cisco is a strategic response to the needs of the modern enterprise. We directly address complex challenges by providing powerful IT operations capabilities through our partners and the Cisco network that can scale with customer data management needs .This partnership enables enterprises to build a strong data foundation today to prepare for innovation tomorrow.”
Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco-powered hybrid cloud deliver impactful results for customers through:
- Hybrid acceleration: Seamlessly facilitate hybrid cloud environments, supporting data storage and processing across different locations.
- Increase efficiency through automation: Automate routine tasks, improve operational efficiency and reduce human errors with IaaS.
- Security and Compliance: Implement comprehensive security policies and compliance measures to ensure data encryption, access control and threat prevention.
“Our joint effort with Hitachi Vantara around hybrid cloud managed services supports a holistic approach to delivering customers’ business outcomes,” said Alexandra Zagury, vice president of partner hosting and as-a-service sales at Cisco.
“Our combined product portfolio, including Hitachi Infrastructure Orchestration as a Service (HIOaaS), delivers the reliability, flexibility and insight to enable customers to be more agile in today’s dynamic business environment. The partner-to-partner model provides customers with Greater choice and opportunities for partners to deliver services around their capabilities capitalize on one of the biggest growth drivers in the industry right now.”
Ashish Nadkarni, group vice president and general manager of the Worldwide Infrastructure Research Group at IDC, said: “As two giants in the data infrastructure field, Hitachi Vantara and Cisco can jointly leverage their unique advantages to provide comprehensive managed services to help enterprises cope with dynamic changes. Digital landscape.
“Strategic offerings like these from trusted industry leaders help effectively solve the increasingly complex problems enterprises face on their hybrid cloud journey.”
“As long-term partners of Hitachi Vantara and Cisco, we recognize the tremendous value this joint initiative brings,” said Axel Heitmann, Director of Data Center and Networking at Computacenter.
“This presents a compelling opportunity for partners and resellers, enhancing our ability to deliver customized hybrid cloud services to our customers.”
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