Hitachi Launches "Highly Reliable Platform Solution" in Collaboration with VMware, for Social Infrastructure Fields

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, President & CEO: Toshiaki Higashihara, hereinafter "Hitachi") today announced that it will, as a result of a collaboration with VMware, Inc. (CEO: Pat Gelsinger, hereinafter "VMware"), offer a "Highly Reliable Platform Solution" for social infrastructure requirements of financial, public and transportation services, beginning September 5. The solution is designed to enable the stable operation of mission critical systems on a long-term basis and in an open and modern system environment.