Hitachi Data Systems Corporation

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.hds.com
Employees: 3,800

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is mounting a raid on the data storage market. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, HDS contends with the likes of EMC and IBM in the market for high-end RAID (redundant array of independent disks) storage devices and software. Its storage systems range in size from PC-sized units to massive cabinets that can manage more than 30 petabytes of data. The company also sells network-attached storage (NAS) servers, and its software portfolio encompasses backup and recovery, content archiving, replication, and storage resource management applications. HDS, which does business in 170 countries, offers training, support, and financing services.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2008:
Sales: $2,500.0M

Officers:
CEO: Jack Domme
SVP and CFO: Susan Lynch
SVP and CIO: Rex L. Carter

Competitors:
EMC
Hewlett-Packard
IBM