Hitachi Vantara has joined Cisco’s Service Provider and Solution Technology Integrator (STI) partner programmes. This enables Hitachi Vantara to seamlessly integrate Cisco technologies with its storage products and be a data centre infrastructure and hybrid cloud managed services provider.
It will also add Cisco UCS X-Series servers to its offerings to deliver a complete converged infrastructure (CI) solution to its customers, helping address a growing market need for converged data centre infrastructure.
As a member of Cisco’s Service Provider program, Hitachi Vantara offers consumption-based managed services to Cisco customers looking for data center and hybrid cloud services. The services can help address a critical shortage of skilled workers in the IT industry, enabling enterprises to adopt new and emerging technologies more effectively and to streamline their hybrid cloud operations.
“Hitachi Vantara and Cisco have been trusted partners for more than two decades, and these agreements are important additions to the innovative relationship these global technology leaders have built,” said Kimberly King, Senior Vice President of Strategic Partners and Alliances at Hitachi Vantara.
“As customers seek to simplify their data centre operations, providing converged infrastructure solutions with managed services capabilities from two trusted global vendors can help them reduce risk and optimise their business outcomes. Together, Hitachi Vantara and Cisco make it easier for customers to navigate complex hybrid data center and storage solutions,” said Nick Holden, Vice President of Global Strategic Partners and Co-sell at Cisco.
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