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December
5, 2003
HDS
renews thrust for Indian market
NEW
DELHI -- Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) recently announced
its extended strategy for the India market. In a bid
to extend its presence in the entire storage solutions
domain, it has devised new plans to address the Indian
market. HDS sees India as one of the fastest growing
markets, with banking, finance, securities and insurance
(BFSI), IT, telecom and the government being the key
focus areas. HDS has continued to gain momentum in the
India market, since it entry in 1998.
Over
the past year, HDS has grown both market and customer
share organically and by partnerships, through developing
new and existing customer relationships. It continues
to reinvest in its product offerings with a significant
percent of total revenue spent on research and development.
The company's efforts are concentrated on product integration
and consolidation, thus affording customers the ability
to leverage existing HDS solutions and high-value extensions.
Don
McNicoll, senior director, global industry relations,
in his first visit to India, said: "Our mission
is to help customers move their businesses forward faster
by delivering the right solution, implementing it quickly,
and making it pay. The strength of our underlying business
model and world-class products and services has enabled
us to grow even in these economic conditions."
Tom
Zack, vice president-product marketing and management,
AP and international Americas, Hitachi Data Systems,
added: "India is important to the overall corporate
strategy as we see a lot of opportunities in this market.
Our strategy will closely address the growth plans we
have chartered out for India. With this strategy, we
intend to cater to the growing telecom, banking, insurance
and SME segments in India as they are increasingly beginning
to adopt storage solutions and products. The e-governance
sector also represents a huge opportunity for us."
Contact:
Hitachi Data Systems
Tel: +91-80-238-6984/208-8307/8
Fax: +91-80-208-8309
www.hds.com
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