TOKYO and ARMONK, N.Y., May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to deliver a new
mainframe computing environment with Hitachi Ltd. that uses
Hitachi's operating system and IBM z Systems hardware technology to
provide clients new digital solutions while sustaining previous
investments in business-critical data and software.
Hitachi will exclusively adopt the IBM z Systems
high-performance mainframe hardware technology as the only hardware
for the next generation of Hitachi's AP series. These systems
primarily serve major organizations in Japan. This work expands Hitachi's cooperation
with IBM to make mainframe development more efficient through IBM's
global capabilities in developing and manufacturing mainframe
computing.
The collaboration reinforces IBM's commitment to delivering new
innovations in mainframe technology and fostering an open ecosystem
for the mainframe to support a broad range of software and
applications. IBM recently launched offerings for IBM z Systems
that uses the platform's capabilities for speed, scale and security
to deliver cloud-based blockchain services for building new
transaction systems and machine learning for analyzing large
amounts of data.
The IBM z Systems mainframe supports the z/OS, z/TPF and z/VM
operating systems as well as the Linux operating system with Linux
installed by more than 40 percent of z Systems clients. The IBM z
Systems mainframe is the core IT system for the world's leading
businesses, including 44 of the top 50 global banks, ten of the top
insurers and 18 of the top 25 retailers.
"Our agreement with Hitachi allows companies to continue using
the Hitachi operating system and software that's central to their
business while taking advantage of the speed, scale and security
delivered by the latest IBM z Systems hardware technology," said
Ross Mauri, general manager for IBM
z Systems. "Hitachi and IBM will continue working together to
evolve the technology to provide clients with new digital solutions
to transform their own businesses."
IBM and Hitachi have a long history of cooperation and
collaboration in enterprise computing technologies. Hitachi decided
to expand this cooperation at this time to utilize IBM's most
advanced mainframe technologies which IBM delivers globally.
Hitachi will continue to provide its customers with a highly
reliable, high-performance mainframe environment based on the
Hitachi VOS3 operating system. Hitachi also continues to strengthen
mainframe functionality and services which contribute to customers'
reduction of TCO, including improved ease of system introduction
and operation, and better serviceability.
"We are pleased to have this agreement with IBM to strengthen
our collaborative relationship," said Takeo
Ishii, president of IoT & Cloud Services Business
Division for Hitachi. "Hitachi has, for over fifty years, delivered
its proprietary mainframe system offerings to various corporations
and organizations as part of their mission-critical systems and has
supported our customers' stable operations and materialization of
innovations with a high standard of reliability. Hitachi will
continuously provide highly reliable, high-performance mainframe
systems to the customers in Japan
utilizing IBM's most advanced mainframe technologies."
To learn more about the IBM z Systems portfolio, visit
http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/ or the IBM Systems blog.
Contact:
Tim Dallman
507-287-0223
tdallman@us.ibm.com
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