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Hitachi Vantara

Based on 203 reviews.

StarWind

Based on 273 reviews.

Overview

Hitachi, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent of the Hitachi Group and forms part of the DKB Group of companies. Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems.

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Sample Customers

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways

Hitachi NAS Platform

Intersect Australia

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series

Asia Capital Reinsurance, RMZ, Cigniti Technologies, SPAR, Infosys

StarWind Virtual SAN

Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

Sears Home and Franchise Business

StarWind Virtual Tape Library

Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi

StarWind Storage Appliance

Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon

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Top Industries

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

18%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

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Quotes From Member Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

Ozair Amin
Sales Manager - Infrastructure at Synergy Computers
We are a partner with Hitachi, offering our customers a range of storage solutions, from midrange to enterprise,...
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Lisa Williams
Manager, Office of Enterprise Data Management at State of Arizona
We've had a lot of turnover in our agency in the past several years, and we have many new staff members who don't...
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Mir Gulzar Ahmed
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
We are using Hitachi NAS Platform in conjunction with NetApp, Fujitsu, and other server and storage solutions. These...
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Dan Peacock
Enterprise Data Architect at a manufacturing company
We mainly use Lumada to load our operational systems into our data warehouse, but we also use it for monthly...
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ALEXANDRERIBEIRO
DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia
I primarily use Pentaho Business Analytics ( /products/pentaho-business-analytics-reviews ) for data warehouses, and...
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WJHG
Soporte IT at Sildan Security
First, I need to explain what motivated me to use VSAN. Some time ago, I developed a work environment with KVM...
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Kishore CA
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
We were looking for the two-node HCA. We found that VMware was also a solution, but it was a bit costlier for us. We...
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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
I'm a value-added reseller for Microsoft. I do some other stuff on these HCAs too, but that's the easiest way to...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
We have been using the product for backups and long-term storage. We had been using physical tape backups for many...
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Customer Service

Paolo Brega
Business Developer Manager & Marketing Manager at TAI Software Solution
We have had only one instance when we had the disk failure, and we received some calls from them asking about the...
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Mir Gulzar Ahmed
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Hitachi's technical support requires improvement. They don't have a lot of support engineers who can handle all the...
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FarrukhSyed
Head of Infrastructure at a financial services firm
I rate Hitachi support nine out of 10. Hitachi has local support teams that are available 24/7. They are all highly...
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Michel Philippenko
Project Manager at a computer software company
The technical support was okay. I used the open-source version of Pentaho and I used the forum. I found what I...
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Anonymous User
Storage Specialist at a financial services firm
Customer Service: GoodTechnical Support: Good
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Anonymous User
Senior Software Engineer - BI at a tech services company
Customer Service: 9 out of 10. Technical Support: 7 out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Pentaho Specialist/Free Software Expert at a tech services company
Customer Service: My company has been served only be the Brazilian Pentaho's representative, which are knockout good...
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Anonymous User
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 7/10 Technical Support: 7/10
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Anonymous User
Product Specialist at a tech services company
Hitachi support is good, and I would rate it between eight and nine points.
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KrishnaBorusu
Senior Product Manager at a retailer
Support is satisfactory. A few of my colleagues are also there, working with Hitachi to provide solutions whenever a...
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Anonymous User
Director Tecnologia
Really, I don't know about the support of Pentaho EE. As for the support of Pentaho CE, it is bad. Fortunately, I am...
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Mahesh Wijenayaka
Head of Systems at a tech services company
In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country. That's what we have...
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Anonymous User
Senior Software Engineer - Alfresco, Liferay, Pentaho at a construction company
Being a community user, most of the time we depend on forums and the kind of response we got for tricky questions was...
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MehdiRezayi
Storage Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support and the billing team are all winners. Dell is one brand that provides better technical support...
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Anonymous User
Principle Consultant at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: Very Good Technical Support: Very Good
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Anonymous User
Storage Solutions Consultant at a insurance company
Customer Service: It's at a fair level but has bad documentation. Technical Support: It's fair.
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Russell Peat
Solutions Consultant at Revera Limited
Because our own engineers have a high skill base and accreditation on the G-Series, it is seldom that we have to seek...
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Carlos Villegas Martinez
Consultant at Telcel
We have had too many issues.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: Perfect Technical Support: 4/5.
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Anonymous User
IT Storage Consultant
Customer Service: 4 out of 5. Technical Support: 4 out of 5.
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Anonymous User
Data Modeller and Pentaho Integration Analyst at a financial services firm
Customer Service: 7/10 Technical Support: 7/10
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Anonymous User
Senior Analyst at a tech services company
Customer Service: A 3/5. The support is prompt and timely. But there have been some technical limitations sometimes....
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Anonymous User
Head of Information Technology at a insurance company
The customer service is good.
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Jefferson Hernandez
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
Communication with the vendor is challenging, which makes customer service less satisfactory despite being a free tool.
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Anonymous User
Datawarehouse Administrator at a tech services company
It depends, as it takes usually a long time, and some answers are just a way to acquire time and the commitment seems...
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Anonymous User
Technical Manager at a computer software company
Technical Support is really good. To get our answers only takes a little bit of time.
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Hugo Beltran
IT Infrastructure Manager at DISH
The technical support and services are good, strong.
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Tobias Johnson
Manager, Systems Development at a manufacturing company
They are very good at quickly and effectively solving the issues we have brought up. Their support is well...
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Saravanan Ramaraj
Solution Architect at MIMOS Berhad
Customer Service: 3 (out of 5 scale) Technical Support: 3 (out of 5 scale)
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Bratislav Petkovic
System Engineer for Core Infrastructure at Raiffeisen bank Serbia
I use technical support from a local partner. When I open an issue with Hitachi directly, they answer promptly and...
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Edward Wordsworth
Technical Support Manager at Support IT
The product offers great service and support.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at WYATT EARLY HARRIS WHEELER LLP
Support is fantastic. It is quick, responsive, knowledgeable, and professional.
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Eren Cakmak
IT Administrator at Kemmler Kemmler GmbH
The customer support was excellent. We initially opened a post on the official StarWind Support page and received a...
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Seth Weber
Network & Systems Administrator at Clarion Forest VNA
Customer support is very good! The support rep knew what they were talking about and quickly got back to me with an...
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dchapman
Technology Director at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort
Technical support has been top-shelf!
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MIT
IT System Administrator at Ludwig Meyer GmbH & Co. KG
We really only had contacted the support for the final checkup after setting it up ourselves, so that they could...
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Ryan Kimbrel
Chief Information Officer at Scott County Hospital, Scott City, KS
Amazing! They've gone above and beyond with helping us when we had hardware issues last year and again this year when...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Streeter Marshall LLP
Support is absolutely fantastic; we couldn't rate them highly enough.
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Mart Vernik
Digital Archive System Administrator at Rahvusarhiiv
Customer service is helpful.
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Anonymous User
Information Systems Manager at a aerospace/defense firm
StarWind Proactive Support is fairly responsive. They definitely go above and beyond to address the issues, when...
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Brendan
Technology Manager at Tryon International Equestrian Center
Their customer service and support are top-notch.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech consulting company
In over 20 years of working in the IT industry, I have never encountered better support than I have with the team at...
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Anonymous User
Works at a non-profit

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David Rager
CEO CIO at Store & Haul Inc
Their customer support has been pretty good. They've done a really good job of supporting the product and even...
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Anonymous User
Works at a educational organization
Technical support is great. They are very responsive, they always reply quickly, and seem very knowledgeable.
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Anonymous User
IT Tech/ Network Admin at Society of St James
Customer service is very helpful and polite. They will help you with pricing and to find the proper license that...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at Accel Entertainment Inc
I rate StarWind support 10 out of 10. They are fantastic. The StarWind team proactively alerts us about the latest...
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Richard Ojeleye
Deputy Director of Technology and Communications at a comms service provider
I like the ProActive support. All the guys that I have spoken or dealt with are professionals. I find this very...
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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
We don't use the proactive part of support a whole lot but that's really because we're a very simple setup at the...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at SSB Security State Bank
Customer support has been terrific and support has been very knowledgeable and timely. Sometimes, the accent has been...
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SpShawn
Sysadmin at SUN PEAKS RESORT CORP.
Support exceeds expectations every time we work together. I have always been able to work with the same engineer, and...
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Anonymous User
Founder at Provectus Networks
What also sets StarWind apart is the support. They have techs that are not just call-routers, but that actually know...
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Anonymous User
IT Service Supervisor at VIP Technology Solutions Group
Tech support has been fantastic. Always willing to help no matter what time of day/night. I've never had to have an...
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Anonymous User
Senior System Administrator at Inflexion
Customer service and support have been fantastic. The support staff is very knowledgeable.
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Anonymous User
Works
Their software support team had been very helpful in the initial setup of the system and also helped to reconfigure...
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Michael Dotter
Owner at Quo Vadimus LLC
Support is amazing. They are very friendly and helpful.
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Anonymous User
Deputy Director at a government
Over a period of nine years, we applied three times to technical support. In all cases, the problem has been solved.
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Anonymous User
Manager, Network at Burnham Holdings Inc
I would say StarWind has the best customer service and support. They are quick and aggressive in resolving any issues...
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Paul T
Network and Information Systems Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support is absolutely fantastic, always eager to help, and technical support was fast and concise.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Westmoreland Mining LLC
Their support is top-notch. StarWind support is very proactive and easy to work with. Their support engineers know...
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