HDS is heavily focused on cloud architectures, both public and private.

Householder said BlueArc's current CEO, Mike Gustafson, would continue to lead the company, which will also continue to run as its own entity.

With this acquisition, HDS said it is executing on its strategy to transform "traditional data centers" into service oriented architectures.

HDS's cloud strategy allows IT administrators to automate the management of file and block data together and allows users to seamlessly store and access all data from anywhere independent of the infrastructure and application.

"Over the past 5 years, BlueArc has been an integral part of our strategy to help customers store and manage unstructured data of all types, such as video, email, medical imaging, scientific data and more," Jack Domme, CEO of HDS, said in a statement. "Bringing BlueArc into the Hitachi family will enable us to better serve customers with more tightly integrated technologies, broader capabilities and deeper expertise globally."