Hitachi Data Systems Completes Pentaho Acquisition

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced that it has completed its acquisition of Pentaho, a data integration, visualization and analytics company. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Pentaho will retain its existing brand and continue to operate independently as "Pentaho, a Hitachi Data Systems company". The Pentaho platform will continue to be offered independently and has been integrated by HDS into its analytics foundation software, where it will add to the company's existing big data analytics and processing technologies and extend the capabilities of its information management product and services portfolio.

HDS is a global player in the Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology, big data and machine-to-machine (M2M) analytics markets. Its big data analytics solutions are designed to transform structured and unstructured data from disparate sources into knowledge through the application of data analytics, connected intelligence from IoT devices, and operational technologies (OT). Through its integration with the Pentaho platform, HDS is now extending its data integration, refinement, monitoring, management, and orchestration capabilities to deliver a data analytics stack. This stack powers its Social Innovation solutions and delivers on the Internet of Things message by helping derive insights from data for faster time to value, and supporting the development of smarter, safer, healthier and more efficient businesses.

Through its strategic acquisitions of oXya, Pantascene and Pentaho, HDS is accelerating its Social Innovation vision and IoT product roadmap. In April 2015, HDS unveiled new Social Innovation solutions and services, including Hitachi Live Insight for IT Operations, Hitachi Clinical Repository for Connected Health, and Hitachi Live Insight Center of Excellence, and delivered updates to its existing solutions for the public safety and telecommunications industries. HDS and Pentaho also recently delivered a new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) solution for SAP HANA that enables developers to process and refine big data from multiple sources, at scale.

Melding its existing capabilities in real-time, time-series and predictive analytics together with Pentaho's data visualization, integration and analysis technologies, HDS has added to its analytics foundation software that powers its Social Innovation solutions and is poised to deliver on its vision of a new generation of smart businesses. The company will continue to expand its footprint in the IoT, OT, M2M and big data analytics markets, with plans to introduce new solutions for connected cars, connected energy and other industries, which leverage the experience and the breadth of products, services and industries served by the Hitachi family of companies.

Keywords: Visualization Technologies, Advanced Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Machine-To-Machine (M2M), Predictive Analytics, ARC Advisory Group.