Hitachi Vantara has struck a new partnership, this time with Supermicro whose specialization in AI, cloud, storage, and 5G/edge technologies made them a big powerhouse in the industry.
The collaboration aims to merge Supermicro’s GPU and AI compute expertise with Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), creating a comprehensive foundation for AI infrastructure, mission-critical applications, and data-intensive workloads. Specifically, it will allow Supermicro to sell VSP One to its customers, while Hitachi Vantara gains the ability to offer Supermicro servers, storage, GPUs, and hardware systems through its established channels.
VSP One is a unified architecture encompassing block, file, object, and software-defined storage. For example, VSP One Block paired with Supermicro servers delivers high-throughput, low-latency performance ideal for AI training and mission-critical workloads. VSP One SDS extends these benefits to hybrid cloud deployments, while VSP One Object introduces native Amazon S3 Tables support, enabling direct analytics on open-format data without the need for complex data transfers.
The collaboration also strengthens Hitachi iQ, Hitachi Vantara’s AI and data orchestration portfolio. Integrating Supermicro’s GPU acceleration with VSP One’s unified data services enhances AI workflow management, governance, and protection. This alignment promises improved visibility across workloads and faster insights for an all-encompassing approach for enterprise AI and GenAI initiatives.
Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, said the partnership marks “an important step in building the foundation that will guide the future of enterprise AI,” emphasizing that bringing compute and data closer together allows scalable, disruption-free workload support.
Supermicro’s president and managing director for EMEA, Vik Malyala, added that the combined solution “will support compute-intensive workloads for dynamic vertical applications yielding better performance and efficiency for customers.”
The companies plan to roll out joint solutions globally, including VSP One Block, VSP One SDS, and VSP One Object, all manageable via the VSP 360 unified control plane for monitoring key metrics like system health and storage utilization. Channel partners will also gain new opportunities, as Supermicro’s ecosystem expands to enterprise-grade storage while Hitachi Vantara’s partners gain access to rapid GPU server provisioning within Hitachi iQ.
