"We aim to help customers utilise their big data effectively, and HUS does that by addressing the most pressing challenges our customers are facing today," he said.

"Namely, dealing with growth, managing costs, and handling complexity."

One of the key proponents behind the development of the HUS platform architecture would be that it would flexible.

According to Shimada, this is because Hitachi recognised that it is important for customers to help them manage their critical business applications and meet their growth requirements without compromising performance, scalability or cost efficiency.

"So in order for HUS to meet these needs, the flexibility of the platform's architecture was important," he said.