Reorganization of North American Group Companies for Expanding Global Managed Services

Hitachi Systems, Ltd. (“Hitachi Systems”), an entirely owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO: 6501), as we speak introduced that Cumulus Systems Inc. (“Cumulus Systems”) and Hitachi Systems Security Inc. (“Hitachi Systems Security”), its group corporations in North America, can be reorganized with a view to strengthen managed companies (superior safety companies, superior efficiency analytics companies, and so on.) for world markets, with the target of additional increasing world companies.

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Reorganization of North American Group Companies

Effective October 1, Cumulus Systems will change its company identify to Hitachi Systems Trusted Cyber Management Inc. (“Hitachi Systems TCM”) and can take Hitachi Systems Security as its subsidiary. Furthermore, Hitachi Systems TCM will purchase Hitachi Systems Security USA, Inc. by an absorption-type merger.

As a outcome, Hitachi Systems TCM will take Hitachi Systems Security, a safety service firm in Canada, and Cumulus Systems Private Ltd., a growth firm in India, as its subsidiaries, selling a managed safety service business technique that makes use of the expertise and know-how of each corporations.

Executive Structure for Hitachi Systems TCM

With this reorganization, the group corporations accountable for the safety business will take part within the administration of Hitachi Systems TCM to strengthen its government construction and globally broaden our managed safety service business.

Hitachi Systems TCM will appoint Scott Wiebe as CEO. Scott Wiebe is the present CEO and CFO of Cumulus Systems, a world-class engineering firm that has advanced efficiency analytics know-how since 2006. In addition, Anthony Subero, present CEO of Hitachi Systems Security, which has been offering safety and privateness companies in North America and Europe since 1999, can be concurrently appointed as COO. Also, Motoaki Yamamura, present Vice President of Secure Brain Corporation, a Japanese firm which has been offering cutting-edge know-how specializing in cyber safety since 2004, can be concurrently appointed as CSO.

Goal of the Reorganization and Future Direction

On April 1 of this 12 months, Hitachi, Ltd. established Hitachi Digital LLC (“Hitachi Digital”)^*1 based mostly in North America, an space the place the digital market is rising quickly. Hitachi Digital will take the lead in establishing and executing a digital technique throughout the Hitachi Group and goals to maximise synergy with different sectors in Hitachi to speed up the enlargement of the Lumada^*2 business for your complete Hitachi Group.

Under Hitachi’s digital methods, Hitachi Systems TCM will mix the technical abilities of Cumulus Systems with the safety know-how and expertise of Hitachi Systems Security to boost the safety service platform. With this enhancement, we’ll:

• develop pro-active safety monitoring companies which detect and report cyber dangers earlier than they change into threats,
• pursue extra subtle menace intelligence, and
• proceed standard safety monitoring companies which detect threats.

By doing so, we’ll create new safety companies that may enhance the worth for clients and broaden our business into North America and Europe. Furthermore, Hitachi Systems TCM will enhance its SOC (Security Operations Center) in India in addition to its capability to supply safety skilled companies to goal to ascertain its standing as a prime world safety vendor.

In addition, Hitachi Systems considers India to be a strategic space for increasing world business. Hitachi Systems TCM will work in collaboration with Hitachi Systems India Pvt Ltd (“Hitachi Systems India”), using their huge expertise within the Indian market, their superior technological experience, and the excellent energy of the Hitachi Group, the worldwide know-how chief, with a view to ship the experience required to handle a spread of digital ecosystems from cable to cloud and ship superior safety companies.

*1 Hitachi Digital LLC was renamed from Hitachi Global Digital Holdings LLC, increasing the position and features of Hitachi Global Digital Holdings, a company group that had beforehand overseen the digital business of the IT sector.

*2 Lumada is the identify of Hitachi’s superior digital options and companies for turning information into insights that drive digital transformation of social infrastructure.

Comment by Jun Taniguchi, CEO of Hitachi Digital

In North America and the remaining of the worldwide market, the demand for DX in social infrastructure fields equivalent to vitality, transportation, and industrial fields is anticipated to extend. Security is an important discipline for us to commercialize strategic themes throughout the Hitachi Group and to create and supply clients with revolutionary worth by OT x IT x Products. Hitachi Digital will strongly collaborate with the newly launched Hitachi Systems TCM to globally broaden its Lumada business.

Comment by Scott Wiebe, CEO and CFO of Cumulus Systems

Cumulus Systems has repeatedly created worth for its clients by constructing a world-class engineering staff with a concentrate on efficiency analytics instruments, software program engineering, {and professional} companies. We have utilized this worth to Hitachi Systems Security over the previous a number of years by offering safety engineering companies and safety companies operation. By combining the 2 entities into Hitachi Systems TCM, we’ll proceed to capitalize on the convergence of know-how, information, and course of, and we’re wanting ahead to offering enhanced worth to our clients in North America, Europe, India, and Japan.

Comment by Anthony Subero, CEO of Hitachi Systems Security

With this reorganization, we’ll present our clients excessive ranges of availability and reliability for their important business techniques, by the adoption of confirmed cybersecurity, privateness, and efficiency analytics instruments/options.

The true energy of this merger, nonetheless, lies in bringing collectively a cadre of globally skilled {and professional} specialists, that may convey enhanced worth to employees and world shoppers. I’m certainly excited concerning the future!

Comment by Anuj Gupta, CEO of Hitachi Systems India

Hitachi, Ltd. has designated India as an vital area in its world technique owing to the fast progress of the IT companies trade in India. Hitachi Systems, a core firm within the Hitachi Group’s data and telecommunication techniques business, has been actively selling initiatives centered on Hitachi Systems India to safe its IT service business basis and broaden its business in India. Our key focus is on safety and companies business domains, along with our standard gross sales of merchandise and upkeep companies. We are excited to welcome Hitachi Systems TCM’s superior safety companies to our portfolio. Hitachi Systems India will contribute to not solely its large buyer base with the very best of its companies but in addition to the Indian authorities and different corporations present process fast progress.

Overview of Hitachi Systems TCM (as of October 1, 2022)

Overview of Cumulus Systems (as of September 1, 2022)

Overview of Hitachi Systems Security (as of September 1, 2022)

About Hitachi Systems

Hitachi Systems is a number one IT service supplier specializing in creating and implementing business techniques for clients of various sectors and sizes. We additionally function, monitor, and preserve these techniques through the use of a multi-tiered service infrastructure comprising information facilities, community and safety operations facilities, contact facilities, and a nationwide community of round 300 service websites. Hitachi Systems assists clients with their digital transformation wants and works with them in creating new worth by delivering distinctive companies that leverage our various human capital and superior IT options. We attempt to change into a worldwide service firm that earns the entire belief of clients.

For extra particulars, please discuss with https://www.hitachi-systems.com/eng/

About Cumulus Systems

Cumulus Systems is an organization within the USA specializing within the growth and sale of instruments for analyzing the efficiency of platforms together with varied working techniques, digital environments, and storage. They turned a Hitachi Systems group firm in 2012. They have a highly-skilled growth subsidiary, Cumulus Systems Private Ltd., in India. Not solely are they engaged within the sale of efficiency evaluation instruments for {hardware} producers and system integrators on the worldwide market, in addition they present software program growth companies leveraging their technical abilities. In current years, they’ve additionally change into concerned within the safety monitoring companies offered by Hitachi Systems Security.

For extra particulars, please discuss with http://www.cumulus-systems.com/

About Hitachi Systems Security

Hitachi Systems Security is an organization in Canada specializing in safety know-how. They turned a Hitachi Systems group firm in 2015. With SOCs (Security Operations Centers) in Canada and Switzerland, they supply managed safety companies for monitoring safety dangers to buyer techniques in addition to safety consulting companies together with safety threat vulnerability diagnoses and privateness regulation help, primarily in North America and Europe.

For extra particulars, please discuss with https://hitachi-systems-security.com/

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