Gateway Awarded Contract to Supply Services, Support and Hitachi Data
Systems Storage Solutions to Lower Colorado River Authority
IRVINE, Calif. and DALLAS, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway,
the nation's third-largest PC company, and Hitachi Data Systems
Corporation, the leading provider of Application Optimized Storage(TM)
solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today
announced a $2.4 million contract with the Lower Colorado River Authority
(LCRA) in Austin, Texas.
Gateway will provide installation and project management services, as
well as Hitachi's revolutionary TagmaStore(R) Universal Storage Platform
(USP), Universal Volume Manager and True Copy(TM) Heterogeneous Remote
Replication software to LCRA. The LCRA, a conservation and reclamation
district in Central Texas, will be utilizing the products for storage and
disaster recovery.
"By partnering with Hitachi, we are able to provide the Lower Colorado
River Authority, as well as our other customers, a wide range of highly
reliable storage solutions that are customized to meet their specific needs
for back-up, storage and recovery," said Vin Riera, vice president of
public sector, Gateway. "This contract represents one of Gateway's largest
deals for Hitachi storage solutions to date. We're delighted that we can
help our customers keep their data secure with the availability of these
proven enterprise-class storage systems."
"Partnering with companies such as Gateway allows us to extend the
reach of our storage products to small and mid-sized businesses, such as
Lower Colorado River Authority," said Karen Sigman, vice president, Global
Channels, Hitachi Data Systems. "We are excited to collaborate with Gateway
to provide LCRA with superior storage products, support and service to help
them best address their increasing business continuity requirements."
About Lower Colorado River Authority
LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district in Austin, Texas. For
more information on LCRA, visit http://www.lcra.org.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage
solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance,
availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their
risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best
hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely
satisfy our customers' business needs.
With approximately 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts
business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and
private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include
more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please
visit our Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT; TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan,
is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000
employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales
totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range
of systems, products and services in market sectors including information
systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer
products, materials and financial services. For more information on
Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Gateway Professional
From value-priced servers to ultra-reliable desktops to comprehensive
services, Gateway has served organizations for 20 years. Gateway makes
technology purchase, use and support simple through the programs developed
for education, government, business customers as well as the ProNet Partner
Program bringing channel-friendly benefits to help solution providers
strengthen and grow their businesses. Gateway customers include many of the
world's leading organizations, such as the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency,
the University of Arizona, state of California, state of New York and
others. For more information on Gateway Professional solutions, visit
http://www.gateway.com/business.
About Gateway
Since its founding in 1985, Irvine, Calif.-based Gateway (NYSE: GTW)
has been a technology pioneer, offering award-winning PCs, servers and
related products to consumers, businesses, government agencies and schools.
Gateway is the third largest PC company in the U.S. and among the top ten
worldwide. The company's value-based eMachines brand is sold exclusively by
leading retailers worldwide, while the premium Gateway line is available at
major retailers, over the web and phone, and through its direct and
indirect sales force. See http://www.gateway.com for more information.
SOURCE Gateway, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.hitachi.com
http://www.gateway.com/business http://www.hds.com
http://www.lcra.org http://www.gateway.com
CONTACT:
Erin Davern of Gateway, Inc.,
+1-949-471-7785, erin.davern@gateway.com; or Mary Ann Gallo of
Hitachi Data Systems, +1-408-970-4836, mary.ann@hds.com
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