OREANDA-NEWS. Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, and SAP AG announced an expansion of their worldwide alliance by signing a global original equipment manufacturer (global OEM) agreement that introduces plans to include SAP HANA(r) delivered by HDS. The collaboration focuses on providing future technology innovation and combined sales and marketing activities to customers worldwide. With this agreement, the companies will extend further integration in areas such as cloud computing, the SAP(r) Real-Time Data Platform and high-performance enterprise computing. Hitachi plans to build on it's around Hitachi's vision for social innovation, industries, and big data expertise with SAP HANA.

This global OEM agreement enables HDS to bundle a more complete Enterprise Data Center solution for SAP NetWeaver(r) Business Warehouse (BW) on SAP HANA, and is the first OEM agreement for SAP NetWeaver on SAP HANA. The tighter integration will allow customers to make purchases that consist of a unified computing platform, software and managed services from HDS. It is envisioned that customers can benefit from a platform that scales without affecting performance or adding needless complexity.

The global collaboration is designed to bring customers from SAP, Hitachi and HDS a more cohesive solution with a focus on SAP HANA, storage virtualization, cloud computing, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and information life-cycle management (ILM) solutions. The parties expect that customers will be able to achieve maximum value from SAP and Hitachi solutions, including lower implementation and operational costs, higher availability and increased enterprise-class disaster tolerance.

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) for SAP HANA provides 5x more data load than other offerings, with proven transactional and analytical performance for customers.

Leading customers in various industries, including insurance, consumer products and retail, as well as online marketplaces, now can accelerate the power of SAP HANA on Hitachi UCP. Pre-configured software and hardware reduces implementation time, while rapid data loading and fast analytics are key to a successful engagement with an online marketplace.