Hitachi is a publicly owned Japanese multinational company founded in 1910. While originally a manufacturer of electronic machinery and a significant semiconductor producer, its current operations are primarily focused on IT services and IT consulting. The company employs approximately 24,520 people and maintains its headquarters in Japan.
Hitachi Vantara and NTT Communications successfully demonstrated a distributed data centre infrastructure on [Date not specified], using Hitachi Vantara's VSP One Block and NTT's IOWN All-Photonics Network. Hitachi Vantara announced a partnership with Axiz, an IT distributor in South Africa and 22 other African countries, on [Date not specified], to increase channel-driven sales in the EMEA region. Hitachi Kokusai hired Bo Reames as East Coast sales manager for North America on [Date not specified]; Reames will report to National Sales Manager Kenneth Cyr.