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Hitachi and Cisco launch new hybrid cloud hosting services

Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud integrates automation solutions and predictive analytics to provide organizations with a future-proof portfolio.

Hitachi and Cisco launch new hybrid cloud hosting services

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Hitachi Vantara today announced a new partnership with Cisco to launch an innovative suite of hybrid cloud services. Consumption-based storage as a Service (STaaS) is forecast to replace more than 35 percent of enterprise storage capital expenditures by 2028. Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud integrates automation solutions and predictive analytics to provide organizations with a future-proof portfolio.

New product Hitachi Vantara, a data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, today announced a new partnership with Cisco for an innovative hybrid cloud service suite designed to address the ongoing data management challenges facing modern enterprises. The joint product, Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud, is unique in that it integrates automation solutions and predictive analytics to provide enterprises with a future-proof portfolio of advanced infrastructure management, cost efficiency and operational efficiency.

Also read: Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals Predictable development While enterprises are increasingly relying on hybrid cloud environments to update their current infrastructure, they are also facing tighter budgets, rising costs, and increased demand for innovation.A recent study showed that these factors have prompted more than 70% of global leaders to adopt consumption-based models such as IT as a Service (ITaaS) to help them address ongoing modernization issues, a trend that is expected to rise.According to Gartner, consumption-based storage as a service (STaaS) will replace more than 35% of enterprise storage capital expenditures by 2028, up from less than 10% in 2023.

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