HDS Takes The 'White Gloves' Off As It Launches New Strategy To Expedite And Simplify Data Migrations

By Jerome M Wendt, Lead Analyst and President, DCIG Inc.

The new relationship that Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) struck with InMage Systems to use InMage about three months ago had a number of immediate ramifications. It provided HDS with a new heterogeneous replication option that it could use across its own storage systems; it made HDS more competitive in customer accounts where it did not traditionally have a foothold and it provided an entrée for HDS into next generation data protection technologies for disaster recovery. So while today's announcement that HDS is formally introducing InMage as Hitachi Dynamic Replicator (HDR) is no great surprise, it does create some interesting new opportunities for HDS and its customers going forward.