"Red Hat's Advanced Mission-Critical Program is designed to enable customers to reduce costs while providing the reliability, availability and scalability needed for the most demanding mission-critical applications. We are pleased to announce Hitachi's participation in this program, extending the benefits of Linux to an even greater number of customers," said Scott Crenshaw, vice president, Platform Business Unit at Red Hat. "Hitachi joins the Advanced Mission-Critical Program in providing Red Hat Enterprise Linux to critical workloads throughout Japan."

As a Red Hat Advanced Mission-Critical partner, Hitachi is now able to provide new support options to high-end customers with mission-critical needs leveraging Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Japan. These expanded Red Hat Enterprise Linux support options include a 10-year life cycle, the ability to standardize on a single update release for up to 18 months and proactive notification to reduce system disruption.

"To support the needs of the most demanding, mission-critical workloads, such as for maintaining our social infrastructure platforms, wide experience with and specialized knowledge for mainframe-class systems are the key," said Daisuke Sasaki, general manager, Hitachi, Ltd. "In joining Red Hat's Advanced Mission-Critical Program, we combine Hitachi's mainframe expertise and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux expertise to provide enhanced services to customers. We believe that these new support options will bring greater benefit to mission-critical customers in Japan."

Advanced Mission-Critical offerings are available from Hitachi and Red Hat today.

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Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor is currently charged with the development and manufacture of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with Hitachi High-Technologies largely responsible for global sales of these products. However, both Hitachi High-Technologies and Renesas have acknowledged that the integrated management of development through to manufacturing, sales and services pertaining to semiconductor manufacturing equipment is the most desirable option going forward. This recognition applies not only to the ability to respond flexibly to the changing market environment in recent years, further business structure enhancements, and improved management efficiency, but also to efforts to accelerate the development of new products that reflect customer needs.

With this latest business transfer, Hitachi High-Technologies said it aims to establish and strengthen its business base in the semiconductor back-end process equipment business, where market expansion is widely anticipated. Specifically, the transfer will see Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor as the absorbed company, with Hitachi High-Tech Instruments as the surviving company. Through synergies with technological and development capabilities honed by Hitachi High-Tech Instruments in the surface mount systems and semiconductor manufacturing equipment businesses over the years, Hitachi High-Technologies said it will strive to expand business by bringing even more products to market.

Renesas, for its part, said it is pursuing various measures targeting its production structure, employee resource optimization, and other areas with the goal of improving and enhancing a stable management base - one capable of securing profits even under the adverse business climate that has emerged since last year. The business transfer represents an important decision for Renesas in terms of promoting effective resource utilization for the enhancement of its core competency, the microcontroller business. In pursuing the swift completion of a variety of similar measures going forward, Renesas is determined to realize a more stable management base and a stronger business base for its own operations.

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"We applaud this landmark agreement, which marks a historic moment in the future development of civilian nuclear energy in the UAE and the region," said Jack Fuller, president and CEO of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), the global nuclear energy alliance formed by GE and Hitachi. "The UAE has shown strong leadership demonstrating the role nuclear energy plays in a diverse energy portfolio to address growing domestic demands for clean and cost-effective power generation for generations to come."

The agreement is the latest step as the UAE moves forward with the development of its national civil nuclear energy program. The UAE recently put into place a law establishing the regulatory framework for a civilian nuclear energy program.

The UAE's domestic power demand is expected to increase to more than 40,000 MW by 2020. The country's rapid economic development has stretched existing energy resources, and nuclear energy can help fill the electricity demand gap with cost-effective power.

GEH is a world-leading provider of advanced boiling water reactor technology and power plant services for scores of nuclear power stations around the world. Globally, dozens of new nuclear reactors are being constructed, adding to the 441 reactors currently operating in 31 countries, delivering 17 percent of worldwide electricity production. Global energy demand is expected to increase 44 percent by 2030, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nuclear energy is a safe, affordable and virtually carbon-free energy solution.

GE has been a strong partner of the UAE and an active participant in the country's infrastructure growth for the past 40 years. Today, GE has six facilities and more than 600 employees throughout the UAE, supporting the growth of numerous sectors, including power, water, oil and gas, industrial, aviation, healthcare, finance, media and entertainment sectors. GE also is engaged in knowledge sharing and learning initiatives in the UAE, reflecting its continued commitment to the country and the region.

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From rugged portable drives to ultra-fast rack-mount arrays, G-Tech storage solutions support virtually all levels of AV production and have become well-established in production facilities worldwide.

"As file-based acquisition rapidly increases, so does the need for fast, reliable and large capacity storage solutions. G-Tech's Fibre Channel and FireWire storage products have been a cornerstone in our business, providing transport, I/O and render solutions that we need to be successful," said Michael Cioni, CEO of LIGHTIRON Digital, a Hollywood-based post production house that focuses entirely on end-to-end file-based sequencing. "With G-Tech's new 2TB, 7,200 RPM-based external storage solutions, production can minimize the number of shuttle drives going to and from the set, and post production can minimize its storage footprint, while increasing its overall storage capacity. Storage and speed of this size couldn't have come at a better time."

"I can't wait to get my hands on some of the new 2TB G-Tech external drives. For an HD stock footage company like mine, I need reliable, high-capacity, high-performance storage devices for editing, formatting and transporting content through the workflow process and ultimately to the client," said Clark Dunbar, founder of Mammoth HD. "We have to know that the equipment we invest in will work, and we rely on G-Technology."

"We've grown accustom to using G-Tech products over the years, as they have consistently delivered high performance, high capacity, peace of mind and affordability. G-Tech drives perform without a stutter, which is critical as we race to deliver projects such as the Sundance-winning film FUEL," said Todd Sali, founder of thesandbox, a solar-powered production and post boutique studio. "From the outstanding G-DRIVE minis used in our field production, to the G-SPEED eS for screaming-fast, direct-connect video editing, to the mother ship G-SPEED FC XL, we count on the security and performance of the incomparable Hitachi drives inside. We are thrilled to see the new 2TB capacities coming online, which will give us the ultimate in storage density, performance and price."

Availability

G-Tech's new 2TB-based external storage solutions are now available. For more information, please visit www.g-technology.com

About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, Hitachi GST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. Hitachi GST was established in 2003 with its U.S. headquarters located in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachigst.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 400,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2008 (ended March 31, 2009) consolidated revenues totaled 10,000 billion yen ($102.0 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Hitachi trademarks, including G-Technology, G-SPEED FC XL, G-SPEED eS PRO XL, G-SPEED eS Pro, G-SPEED eS, G-RAID, G-SAFE and G-DRIVE, are authorized for use in countries and jurisdictions in which Hitachi has the right to market the brands. Hitachi is not liable for third parties' unauthorized use of Hitachi trademarks. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

One gigabyte (GB) represents one billion bytes and one terabyte (TB) represents one trillion bytes. Actual capacity will vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

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