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SANs up - Brocade gets to team with HDS
News HDS will distribute Brocade's SilkWorm 3250 and 3850 switches, which address the SME market, and the SilkWorm 24000 Director, which is a higher capacity switch for larger enterprises. HDS competes with... [13 Apr 2004]
Huddersfield Uni plumps for EMC in £1m deal
News Previously a shortlist had boiled down to the four big storage vendors: EMC, HDS, HP and IBM. University of Huddersfield has spent £1m on storage technology from EMC - and claims it will see a return on its investment... [13 Feb 2004]
McData CEO: Outsourced back-up just got easier
News Separately, McData executives have denied the company is too dependent on EMC as a channel partner - though it will use them to spread out more sales through high-end rivals HDS and IBM - and denied price pressure will... [20 Nov 2003]
EMC and HDS settle spat
News The five-year agreement calls for cross-licensing of their intellectual property and for mutual releases between EMC and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Hitachi Computer Products, subsidiaries of the Japanese... [04 Mar 2003]
CIOs - ready for storage, worried about jobs
News Those are two of the headline findings from storage giant HDS, which polled 570 CIOs in 12 countries across the continent as part of its HDS European Storage Index. But good as this trend is for data... [28 Feb 2003]
Re:Viewing 2002 - hardware
News And don't think the other major players - HDS, Sun and the tape guys - didn't throw some mud. Another tough 12 months for vendors but with more intrigue, arguments and technological advances than you might remember,... [20 Dec 2002]
HDS and NetApp get close
News Beginning in the first quarter of 2003, HDS, a subsidiary of Hitachi, will sell Network Appliance systems that will act as a front end to HDS' top-end Lightning storage systems, the companies announced... [05 Dec 2002]
HP sues EMC, EMC sues HP
News EMC filed suit against Hitachi on 11 April, alleging that its Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) subsidiary shipped software that infringed six EMC patents. EMC also asked the International Trade Commission to block the... [01 Oct 2002]
EMC: "We're open." HP and IBM reply: "No, you're not."
News The storage giant has built on its AutoIS initiative, introduced in October last year, by rolling out products which its says allow users to make EMC technology and that of companies such as HDS, HP, IBM, Network... [20 Sep 2002]
IT chiefs split over dual vendor strategy
News The survey of 100 UK IT chiefs, commissioned by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), found that the 51 per cent who adhere to a dual vendor strategy do so because they believe it keeps prices competitive (83 per cent), avoids... [28 Aug 2002]
EMC claims first round in Hitachi fight
News EMC is also privately suing Hitachi, and its storage subsidiary HDS, for stealing its intellectual property. Storage giant EMC has scored an early victory in its legal wrangle with Hitachi over alleged patent infringements. [14 May 2002]
Hitachi launches simple storage solution
News Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has unveiled a range of products designed to make storage management easier for companies. HDS unveiled its Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series hardware platform... [09 May 2002]
EMC and Hitachi sue and counter-sue
News Hitachi, which owns storage giant HDS, one of EMC's biggest competitors, did not elaborate on the nature of the patents being infringed. Hitachi has responded to last week's lawsuit from arch-rival EMC by firing back a... [19 Apr 2002]
EMC and Hitachi trade patent blows
News EMC filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) last Friday for infringing six of its software patents. An EMC spokesman stated HDS had done so to beat the market's "natural preference" for EMC... [15 Apr 2002]
EMC takes Hitachi to court
News Data storage systems company EMC has filed a lawsuit against Hitachi and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) for infringing six of its software patents. Hitachi and HDS are accused of breaching patents to EMC's... [12 Apr 2002]
