International. Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. announced the completion of the acquisition process of Pentaho, a leading data integration, visualization and analytics company. Based on the terms of the acquisition agreement, Pentaho will retain its current brand and continue to operate independently as "Pentaho, a Hitachi Data Systems company."
The new Pentaho will be under the direction of its CEO, Quentin Gallivan, who from now on will report to Kevin Eggleston, senior vice president of Social Innovation at HDS. The Pentaho platform will continue to be offered independently and has been integrated into HDS's advanced core analytics software, enhancing the company's current Big Data processing and analytics technologies and expanding the capabilities of its portfolio of information management products and services.
HDS is rapidly emerging as a global leader in the area of Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology, and big data analytics. Its data analytics solutions help organizations transform huge amounts of structured and unstructured data from diverse sources into insights through advanced data analytics, connected IoT device intelligence, and operational technologies.
Through its integration with the Pentaho platform, HDS now extends its data integration, debugging, monitoring, management and orchestration capabilities, enabling it to offer a range of incredibly sophisticated data analysis tools.
These tools power their Social Innovation solutions and deliver on the promise of "Internet of Things That Matter," by helping companies extract valuable insights from their data with faster realizing benefits and driving the development of smarter, safer, healthier, and more efficient societies.
"The Internet of Things doesn't just involve "big" data: it also involves the small data that generates big results. Hitachi is developing a robust analytical framework that uniquely combines Hitachi's formidable knowledge and experience from industry, society and enterprise with its broad portfolio of data infrastructure and analytics solutions," said Vernon Turner, senior vice president of Enterprise Systems and head of internet of things at IDC.
