The offering, called Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM), is touted as a unified platform which provides virtualization for data types both inside and outside the storage system.

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The university's storage services team leader, Niels Madsen, told Computerworld Australia that the university's current Hitachi Data Systems universal storage platform (USPV) is now five years old.

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If the university decides to implement HUS VM, Madsen said this will simplify the transition of its current virtualized environment while providing additional benefits including virtualization of any data type and improved storage performance.