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HDS, OPEN TEXT EXTEND TO PROVIDE COMBINED ECM, STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Open Text Corp and Hitachi Data Systems Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced they will extend their partnership to provide combined ECM and storage solutions to large organizations. The partnership will provide solutions that integrate Hitachi Data Systems' advanced storage infrastructure technology with Open Text's leading ECM software to meet customers' complete range of information management requirements.

A key area of focus for the two companies continues to be helping customers manage and store the enormous volume of e-mail they must maintain, while meeting corporate governance and regulatory compliance mandates. Hitachi Data Systems' storage solutions will support the new e-mail management offerings Open Text announced Nov. 17, including new solutions that integrate e- mail archiving capabilities with records management software, so customers can apply legal and regulatory policies to e-mail. The companies' solutions will offer customers a virtually limitless mailbox archive, while improving e-mail performance and reducing the pressure on e-mail servers.

"At Hitachi Data Systems, our goal is to enable our customers to tightly align their IT infrastructures with their business imperatives by optimizing their storage environments to the needs of their business-critical applications," said Derek Gascon, senior director of industry solutions at Hitachi. "Archiving data for these applications is key to managing costs and ensuring regulatory compliance. Our partnership with Open Text is one of the ways in which we bring Application Optimized Storage solutions to our customers."

The two companies are also working together to provide a comprehensive set of archival and compliance solutions for enterprise applications, combining the advanced data lifecycle management capabilities of Hitachi Data Systems' storage platforms with Open Text's ECM software. These solutions let customers store, manage, retrieve and archive documents from SAP systems.

All of these solutions are supported on the breadth of Hitachi Data Systems' family of storage platforms, from the Hitachi Thunder 9500 V Series modular storage to the revolutionary new Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform. The combination of the information management capabilities of the Open Text ECM offerings with the advanced virtualization and consolidation capabilities of the Universal Storage Platform, or the 'tiered- storage-in-abox' capabilities of the Thunder 9500 V Series with the SATA Intermix Option provides customers with an unmatched infrastructure for managing business critical data through its lifecycle.

"ECM and storage solutions are a natural fit when it comes to helping customers meet the challenges of managing information," said Mike Baraiolo, vice president of global business development at Open Text. "The management of e-mail and ERP system documentation is a critical need for customers. We are pleased to be working with Hitachi Data Systems as together we combine complementary expertise and technology into solutions that address these requirements."

About Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs.

With 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries. Its customers include more than 50 percent of FORTUNE 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.hds.com.