April 19, 2013. METCOMBANK recently launched a Hitachi Unified Storage-based data storage system that aims to support the business’s long-term development, the bank’s press service reports.

The company switched to a new platform in order to expand the range and improve on the quality of services the bank offers and to enhance the company’s internal performance efficiency. Hitachi Unified Storage was selected in the course of a multi-vendor contest. The system’s increased productivity, energy efficiency, and high data storage density proved the decisive factors in the selection process.

'Hitachi Unified Storage solutions have proved quite efficient in supporting our customers’ business both in the banking field and in the other sectors. User-friendly administration, an impressive range of options, good starting price and low maintenance cost are definitely some of the HUS advantages, which is one reason why they are being introduced into the companies’ IT infrastructure,’ says Hitachi Data Systems Director-General for Russia and the CIS Yuri Skachkov.