Hitachi adds Live Insight and Clinical Repository to Social Innovation portfolio
Japan's Hitachi recently announced that its wholly-owned Hitachi Data Systems Corporation subsidiary has put in place the next phase of its Social Innovation business strategy, adding new solutions and services such as Live Insight for IT Operations, Clinical Repository for connected health, and the Live Insight Centre of Excellence to its existing portfolio encompassing public safety, telecom analytics, etc.
According to the worldwide announcement, "Hitachi Data Systems is a pioneer in Social Innovation, the unifying strategy across all Hitachi companies that com- bines rich Hitachi heritage in operational technology (OT) with its deep domain expertise in information technology (IT), advanced data analytics and data infrastructure to deliver holistic solutions that address an array of modern IT challenges in a multitude of industries. The company has announced several strategic acquisitions over the past year to bolster its Social Innovation and analytics portfolio - including Avrio, oXya, Pantascene and Pentaho - and is now well positioned to help data-driven public and private sector organisations extract deeper, more sophisticated in- sights and unlock greater value from their data. Concurrently, Hitachi Data Systems also announced a powerful new lineup of software-defined infrastructure solutions to simplify IT and support mission-critical workloads".
The announcement additionally noted, "The Hitachi Data Systems Social Innovation initiative and solutions portfolio address critical business and societal challenges - including population growth and urbanisation, aging public infrastructures and populations, rising healthcare costs and public safety concerns. By helping to address these issues, the compa- ny is delivering value for both businesses and societies. Leveraging its market leading data infrastructure technologies and smart analytics software foundation, Hitachi Data Systems is developing purpose-built solutions for a variety of markets that combine the power of connected devices and technologies - or the Internet of Things (IoT) - with operational technology (OT), machine-to-machine (M2M) and advanced data analytics, and best-of-breed IT infrastructure, all in a unified, fully integrated stack".
Further, the announcement quoted Kevin Eggleston, senior vice president, Social Innovation and Global Industries, at Hitachi Data Systems, as stating, "Our Social Innovation solutions and services leverage a broad spectrum of advanced technologies and considerable expertise from the Hitachi family of companies. From data scientists to data algorithms, machine-to-machine and big data analytics, and operational technology, we have the abundant resources and embedded expertise to help organisations address realworld challenges through data innovation and accomplish more in the areas that matter most".
(JH)