Hitachi Vantara launches the next-generation Lumada DataOps Suite

By Joy Dumasia

Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure, data management and analytics, and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., announced the general availability of the next-generation Lumada DataOps Suite.

The data management and analytics software portfolio is designed to help businesses rapidly identify and utilize data to enhance customer experiences and provide a competitive advantage – from the customer, operational, and product intelligence to compliance and fraud management. The Lumada DataOps Suite helps lower the cost of data operations by using AI to place trusted data quickly into the hands of data analysts and business leaders.

Lumada is Hitachi’s advanced digital solutions and services for turning data into insights that drive digital innovation. The Lumada DataOps Suite is a modular software platform that features data integration, analytics, data cataloguing, and edge intelligence tools that help connect data, assets, and people to fuel innovation.

The Lumada DataOps Suite is powered by a new version of Pentaho, Hitachi’s enterprise data integration and analytics platform. The new Pentaho 9.2 offers full Microsoft Azure support, expanding customer choice of public clouds and improving data pipelines across providers. The platform’s open ecosystem now includes updated datastore support for Cloudera Data Platform and HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric (MapR), allowing greater flexibility and integration with existing ecosystems and analytics tools.

Radhika Krishnan, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, said: “The ability to provide the right data, in the right hands, at the right time is a simple formula to enable data-driven outcomes. The Lumada DataOps Suite transforms disparate data silos into one in which everyone can use a governed data fabric for innovation. Customers are enabled to tackle data complexity and reduce the time it takes to get access to data and to create valuable insights.”

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focused on its Social Innovation Business that combines information technology, operational technology and products. The company’s consolidated revenues for the fiscal year 2020 totalled 8,729.1 billion yen, with 871 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 350,000 employees worldwide.