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MLADEN JEVTIĆ, ADRIATIC REGION SALES MANAGER AT HITACHI VANTARA
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itachi Vantara is a young company that unifies IT infrastructure and operational technologies from various industries. Woven into every segment of their operations is the Japanese culture, in which focus is squarely on the customer, and where quality comes first and everything else is less important. “Our 100% guarantee refers to the guarantee that we give to our customers with which we guarantee the 100% availability of data on our devices and no loss of data. Our customers worldwide appreciate that very much, because they recognise the quality of the equipment and the support we provide them,” notes Mladen Jevtić, Hitachi Vantara sales manager for the Adriatic Region. Could you recount for us the interesting history of Hitachi Vantara, which is part of the Hitachi company. - Hitachi Vantara (formerly HDS - Hitachi Data Systems) is part of the large Hitachi Group and was founded five years ago with the goal of unifying IT infrastructure and operational technologies from various industries. This primarily applies to the IoT and big data analytics, with which Hitachi unified all its expertise under one roof. We are now in a position to provide a complete service of process optimisation/automation for virtually every client, whether that’s a telecommunications or an energy company, a factory, a bank, a utility provider or any other, with the aim of reducing costs and maximising profits. You have behind you tremendous experience - 100+ years in operational technology and 60+ in the IT sector. How important is experience in your business?
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- Hitachi is a manufacturer of IT equipment, trains, robots, construction machinery, medical equipment, power plants, home electronics, auto industry electronics and thermal systems. We have products for practically every industry and knowhow going back many years. We are actually the only manufacturer in the world with this kind of portfolio and it is natural for us to continue with digital innovation/ revolution, by integrating/connecting all of our products and solutions across all industries. Perhaps the best example of this is British Railways, which is – with the help of Hitachi – integrating its transport infrastructure with IT. There a million sensors installed on trains and railway infrastructure monitor every segment of work in order to prevent breakdowns and delays, and to increase safety. Financial savings are enormous, and the safety of passengers and their satisfaction have increased massively compared to the time prior to the introduction of such a system. You recently introduced the 5000 Series Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), which is the world’s fastest such platform. How superior is this solution compared to all previous ones? How important is this for your partners? - Yes, this is the largest, fastest and most reliable storage in the world, which can be used to store dozens of petabytes of data. It can be used to hold, for instance, all data from the public administration/state bodies and all data from all ERP systems implemented in Serbia, and for there still to be room for more. It’s good that it can be implemented as a “small” system and then expanded without limitation,
