Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is announcing that the Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. With this availability, Hitachi Vantara’s built-in provisioning, compression, and replication capabilities are now applicable to data across Azure and on-premises systems, helping reduce both operational complexity and cloud costs.
Despite 82% of cloud buyers reporting that their cloud requires modernization—according to a report from IDC—organizations are being forced to do more with less. Between skills gaps, staffing shortages, hybrid and multicloud complexity, the rapid growth of data, and the limited visibility available across hybrid environments, unnecessary spending and a lack of ROI derails modern cloud initiatives.
With its newfound support for Azure, VSP One SDS allows Azure users to provision, manage, and protect storage through a single control plane—underpinned by Hitachi Vantara’s VSP 360 unified management software solution. VSP One SDS allows enterprises to benefit from a centralized management layer across on-premises and cloud environments without needing to retool or rewrite applications. Other capabilities include:
- A unified foundation for block, file, and object storage across on-premises systems and the cloud, reducing silos, improving visibility, and simplifying operations in hybrid environments
- Built-in thin provisioning and enterprise-grade compression which can help reduce cloud storage costs by up to 40%
- Two-way asynchronous replication that supports disaster recovery, improves uptime, and expedites recovery during outages
- Migrate, test, and scale workloads across environments without disruption, accelerating DevOps cycles, increasing infrastructural agility, and more resilient business continuity
- Always-on availability and high performance at scale, backed by a long-standing track record of trust
“Enterprises are under pressure to modernize infrastructure without disrupting what already works,” said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara. “By bringing VSP One to Microsoft Azure, we’re helping Azure customers extend the value of their existing investments while introducing new levels of resiliency, efficiency, and simplicity. Our partner ecosystem plays a critical role in enabling that flexibility by helping organizations move at their own pace while keeping costs and complexity in check.”
As part of its Azure support, Hitachi Vantara customers benefit from greater agility and choice for planning and deploying hybrid cloud environments. Azure’s cloud integration enables organizations to enhance protection, improve operational efficiency, and maximize the value of existing Hitachi Vantara storage, according to the companies.
“Microsoft Azure Marketplace welcomes Hitachi Vantara’s VSP One, which joins a cloud marketplace landscape offering flexibility and economic value while transacting tens of billions of dollars a year in revenues,” said Jake Zborowski, general manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. “Thanks to Azure Marketplace and partners like Hitachi Vantara, customers can do more with less by increasing efficiency, buying confidently and spending smarter.”
To learn more about VSP One SDS for Microsoft Azure, please visit https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/home.