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Hitachi Vantara

Based on 197 reviews.

StarWind

Based on 271 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

20%

Computer Software Company

18%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

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 have been a partner with Hitachi for around ten years, working with Hitachi products and services. This includes...
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Sayan König
Senior Manager, Financial Services at KPMG
It's a data warehouse for finance and central bank reporting purposes, and an ETL tool in this environment.
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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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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

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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Azhagarasan Annadorai
Founder at Unknown.University
As we opted for an OEM solution. We had to go through the vendor. It was not a great experience with most of the...
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Mir Gulzar Ahmed
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
We need more installations and deployments to share our customers' reviews for "Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics".
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Ozair Amin
Sales Manager - Infrastructure at Synergy Computers
Technical support is the best.
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Ahad Ahmed
BI developer at Jubilee Life Insurance Company Ltd
I have never encountered any issues with Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics.
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Lisa Williams
Manager, Office of Enterprise Data Management at State of Arizona
They have been very helpful to us from day one. I'm not an incredibly technical person, and they have been very...
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Atilla Celiloglu
Broadcast Technology Director at tv8
Technical support by Hitachi is adequate. I am a partner of Hitachi and not just a customer.
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SajithEruvangai
IT System Specialist - Operations & Infrastructure at Daman
The support experience with Hitachi VSP is characterized by a lengthy process for issue resolution. For a simple...
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Anonymous User
Senior technical and storage expert at a tech services company
In terms of technical support, in our country, it's illegal so we try to fix our problem by ourselves. So it is hard.
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Anonymous User
Business Intelligence Supervisor at a manufacturing company
We use only the community edition, so we only consult the internet for help. There is a strong community of users all...
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Anonymous User
Identity and Access Management Engineer at a financial services firm
Open community, you can find good responses at a high level for the free edition. I have not used the commercial...
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Anonymous User
IT Senior Consultant at a manufacturing company
My experience with the technical support has been good.
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Krishnamohan-Velpuri
Sr Consultant at T- systems
I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
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Anonymous User
Product Analyst at a recruiting/HR firm
I've never had to use it, but they do have a strong online community.
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Anonymous User
Data Developer at a tech services company
I use the Community Edition without support or customer service. I recommend the Pentaho Community Forums for...
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Anonymous User
Systems Analyst at a university
The only issue that we've had is that it takes a little longer than we would like for support to resolve something,...
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Carlos Villegas Martinez
Consultant at Telcel
We have had too many issues.
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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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reviewer995501455
Solution Integration Consultant II at a tech vendor
I haven't been part of any technical support discussions with Hitachi.
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Anonymous User
Storage Architect at a government
Excellent. The team is very knowledgeable about their products and how these work with other products.
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Raul ANDRADE
Product Manager Products at TELCOMBAS SA
The customer service and support is very good.
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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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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a transportation company
Customer Service: My company has a procedure to evaluate all of our suppliers and we have questions about promptness,...
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Kanchana Herath
Manager Technical Sales at a tech vendor
Hitachi's technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant at a consumer goods company
Pentaho has stellar support services with extremely intelligent Pentaho and Hitachi consultants all over the world....
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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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Partha Bhattacharyya
Enterprise Architect at Department of Defence, Australian Government
The customer service and support are reasonably good. The environment I work in, there always remains an element of...
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Anonymous User
Storage & Virtualization Team Lead at a tech services company
I used to work with their tech support. Every time I had the need for support, I got it directly from the Israeli...
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Mahesh Wijenayaka
Head of Systems at a tech services company
Our experience with technical support is mixed. We have found that it depends on the country because depending on...
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Anonymous User
IT Consultant at a computer software company
For most of the time, I usually use Pentaho forums and the response from the Pentaho community is very good.
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Balaji Velaga
Consultant at HCLSoftware
I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
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Kader Bouteldja
Infrastructure architect at Mailo
I haven't experienced support since I used the free version. Anyway, I have found plenty of support from StarWind...
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A Mizuno
IT Manager at The Children's Foundation
Service technicians are professional, knowledgeable, and very responsive.
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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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Jacob Egan
Systems Administrator at White Oak Management
Any interaction with customer service and support has been awesome. They are quick to respond and very thorough.
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jioller
Consultant and Content Manager at Jotelulu
In my experience of over 20 years in the IT industry, I've noticed that they provide one of the best services...
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Ross Bullock
IT Manager at Bonitas Trust
The technical support from StarWind is excellent. The guys really know what they're doing, and they're really...
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Max Polanc
IT Admin at Protect Fundus d.o.o.
We have found that we can get a quick response to questions on the forums.
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Anonymous User
Chief Technology Expert at Rapid Response Networks
Vendor support has been very responsive and provided help with all issues we have encountered.
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Anonymous User
Server Administrator at John Wood Community College
Technical support is quick to respond and proactive with our additional support.
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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
Director Of Technical Services at D-J Engineering, Inc.
Technical support seems responsive. We've only used them a few times.
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at Daifuku America
The technical support is amazing. Five stars. They are quick to respond and are able to handle issues very quickly...
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Kamil
Specialist in the center of security at PERN S.A.
Our experience is that we get a fast response from technical support.
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Anonymous User
Area Sales Manager at ABPL
They have very responsive customer support.
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PieterGrootendorst
Technical Consultant at GMA
I only had to call technical support once, and they were very responsive and quick. Overall, I've been satisfied with...
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Anonymous User
Works at a non-profit

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Anonymous User
CTO - Partner at SabreTech Consulting LLC
Support has been very good. I regularly schedule off hours support sessions and their team has never complained.
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Anonymous User
CIO at Sheremetevo Security
The experience of work with clients/technical support is very positive. Everything is fast and available.
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AntonChernomazov
SAO Dept. Head at LLC BIT
Support wants to solve your issue, and they are successful at it. Complex issues are escalated to the next support...
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Anonymous User
Network And Systems Administrator at a financial services firm
The few times I reached out to technical support, my issues were solved in minuets, not hours.
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MemphisGuy
Network Services Manager at a educational organization
It's been great. They generally call if there is any issue.
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Anonymous User
Director of IT at a computer software company
Their support is very knowledgable and willing to help, they always go well beyond what is required to make sure...
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Anonymous User
Senior Cloud Services Engineer at a tech services company
I've not needed to speak to them for any support. That said, I've spoken to a customer service rep, and they are very...
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ReinierMuller
Interim CTO at Royal Koopmans
I praise them for their support and the willingness to always be available. I would rate their support at ten out of...
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastructure Manager at TPRG
Every time I have called, I have gotten the person I need along with an answer to my questions.
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Anonymous User
Informatics Analyst III at University of Alabama at Birmingham
I found their tech support to be excellent. I had a major issue where we could have lost all of our data on the VSAN,...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at Southeast Aerospace, Inc.
Working with the support team has been great. Connecting with somebody during and after business hours has been...
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Anonymous User
Works
Technical support has been fantastic on the very few occasions we've had to call them. The engineers aren't just well...
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Seth Bestulic
IT Network & System Engineer at Energy Trust of Oregon
My experience with support was terrific. The only issue was having to communicate through a sales rep instead of...
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