GDS Adds Hitachi

NEU-ISENBURG/FRANKFURT, Germany and LONDON -- Today Green Data Systems announced their appointment as a distributor for Hitachi BladeSymphony server products in Europe.

Through this agreement Green Data Systems is now authorised to distribute the Hitachi BS1000 and BS320 blade servers into the European market.

Hitachi BladeSymphony range of blade servers aggressively addresses the computing needs of the rapidly expanding market for datacenter computing where high performance, high availability and low power are essential.

This agreement will enable Hitachi to leverage Green Data Systems extensive relationships to deliver its BladeSymphony solutions to a highly skilled reseller network and end users.

Green Data Systems partners will receive dedicated, personalized services including presales technical support; order fulfillment management formulti- and single-platform solutions; business planning and marketing services; demo facilities, vertical market services; flexible financing; customized configurations; and engineering support."Green Data Systems will now have the capability to provide enterprise computing solutions with the Hitachi portfolio of storage and server products in Europe," said Wessel Graatsma, CEO of Green Data Systems.

"Green Data Systems is already an established storage partner through the Hitachi Data Systems division of Hitachi. This combined with the Hitachi BladeSymphony and the other complementary products from Green Data Systems means customers can benefit from a one stop purchasing point for performance computing solutions," said Ravi Ahluwalia, Head of Business Development of Hitachi Systems Solutions Division in Europe.

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