Hitachi Information Forums
Hitachi Information Forum series will be held around the world from September to December 2010.

Meet industry experts, innovators and Hitachi Data Systems executives. Network with your IT peers. The Hitachi Information Forum series is the premier event for IT leaders and innovators to address today’s technology needs. Gain strategic insights and tactical tips to make your data centers even more effective.
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VMworld 2010
Event Type: Industry Show
Event Start Date: Aug 30, 2010
Event End Date: Sep 2, 2010
Event Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Event Overview:
Hitachi Data Systems will exhibit at VMworld San Francisco, hosted by VMware, the only premiere event designed to feature the latest technologies and showcase the broad ecosystem of partners that develop complementary virtualization solutions.
Hitachi Data Systems will showcase a wide portfolio of our solutions and expertise to demonstrate Hitachi Data Systems as your one solution for virtualized environments. In partnership with VMware, Hitachi Data Systems will show you how to reduce IT complexity, optimize storage performance, and effectively manage and protect your data.
Visit us in our 20 x 20 booth, #301, you’ll find us in front of the expo floor!
Be sure to attend our sessions:
- Monday, August 30th 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: Using Storage to Efficiently Scale and Manage Enterprise VMware Workloads (Session ID SP9662)
A 60-minute technical / advanced technical session in the Technology and Sponsor Track
- Thursday, September 2nd 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM
Title: Optimizing Storage Performance with vSphere 4.1
A 30-minute session in the Solution Exchange Theater Presentation on the show floor
For any questions, please contact corporateevents@hds.com
IDC Discusses Building Virtualized Data Centers and Private Clouds and the Critical Role of Unified and Converged IT Infrastructure
Event Type: Webcast
Event Start Date: Sept 14, 2010
Event End Date: Sept 14, 2010
Event Location: Internet
To boost the effective use of IT assets and make it easier for organizations to react quickly to major changes, executives are moving to undertake an "operational" transformation of IT. One of the key strategies to reduce capital costs while boosting asset utilization is the transition to highly virtualized data centers and private clouds. In this webinar we’ll look at reasons why hoped for benefits are often not achieved and how converged infrastructure, managed as unified IT assets can help.
By attending this webinar you’ll learn:
- Expected benefits of virtualized data center that are most difficult to achieve
- Why convergent IT is moving to the forefront to address these issues
- Why unified management will maximize the effective use IT assets
Speaker: Rick Villars, Vice President, Storage Systems & Executive Strategies
Oracle OpenWorld
Event Type: Industry Show
Event Start Date: Sep 19, 2010
Event End Date: Sep 23, 2010
Event Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Event Overview:
Hitachi Data Systems will exhibit at Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, the world’s largest annual gathering of nearly 40,000 Oracle technologists, business users, and partners.
For any questions, please contact corporateevents@hds.com
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2010
Event Type: Industry Show
Event Start Date: Oct 17, 2010
Event End Date: Oct 21, 2010
Event Location: Orlando, FL
Event Overview:
Hitachi Data Systems will exhibit at Gartner Symposium ITxpo, the industry’s most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT leaders. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the industry's only event to deliver the insights, tools and relationships necessary to create, validate and execute transformative business technology strategies.
For any questions, please contact corporateevents@hds.com