Hitachi Vantara has announced a new strategic alliance with BMC Software that can ultimately enhance the IT operations of fellow clients by integrating Hitachi Vantara’s advanced storage platforms with BMC’s software offerings, optimizing both mainframe and open systems environments.
As businesses increasingly adopt hybrid cloud solutions, they face challenges in data management, security, and operational efficiency. A Forrester study highlights that 66% of organizations are updating their mainframe infrastructure as part of modernization efforts, with 96% of IT leaders expecting long-term benefits. Modernization is crucial for bridging on-premises and cloud infrastructures, addressing security concerns, data processing challenges, cost reductions, and application integrity.
The partnership introduces a suite of solutions designed to enhance operational efficiency in hybrid cloud environments. By combining the BMC AMI mainframe software portfolio with Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One and Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), enterprises can streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve overall IT performance.
Here are several key benefits and solutions that interested organizations can take a look and inquire for additional details.
Key Benefits for Customers:
- Cost Reduction: Optimizing resources and reducing reliance on costly legacy systems, such as virtual tape libraries (VTL) and physical tape, helps lower IT expenses.
- Enhanced Security: Real-time threat detection and robust encryption strengthen data protection, ensuring resilience against cyber threats.
- Improved Automation: AI-driven automation tools simplify workflows, reducing manual tasks and enabling faster response times.
- Data Monetization: Organizations can transform mainframe data into an open systems format, enabling AI/ML-driven analytics for deeper insights.
- Increased Simplicity: Streamlined IT infrastructure reduces complexity, lowers costs, and enhances business agility.
Key Solutions in the BMC AMI Portfolio:
- BMC AMI Cloud: Works with HCP to optimize mainframe secondary storage costs, simplify data management, and enable AI/ML-driven insights from stored data.
- BMC AMI Security: Strengthens mainframe security with real-time threat detection, a zero-trust model, and immutable backup compliance.
- BMC AMI Ops: Leverages AI-driven automation to enhance IT operations and efficiency.
- BMC AMI DevX: Provides modern DevOps tools for mainframe development, testing, and deployment.
For more details on Hitachi Vantara’s partner program, visit: Hitachi Vantara Partner Ecosystem.
