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A new Forrester Consulting study reveals that Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One delivers a remarkable 285% return on investment and a quick seven-month payback period, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and scalability for global enterprises.
A recent Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Hitachi Vantara reveals that organisations deploying Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) have realised a remarkable 285% return on investment (ROI) alongside a rapid payback period of just seven months. According to the study, this translates to approximately US$1.5 million in benefits over a three-year timeframe for the average global enterprise using the platform.
The research highlights how VSP One significantly enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and improves scalability within both hybrid cloud and on-premises IT environments. This is especially critical as companies face growing demands for higher performance and simplicity amidst escalating data volumes and increasingly complex workloads. Hitachi Vantara’s platform achieves a data reduction ratio of up to 6:1, enabling customers to store up to six times more data within the same physical footprint while controlling related expenses.
Forrester’s study, which incorporated feedback from six decision-makers spanning North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, found that VSP One substantially lowers operational complexity by roughly 30-35%, with some customers equating this to a reduction in headcount-related costs of around US$200,000 to US$250,000 per employee. Faster provisioning and workload deployment, driven by advanced features like NVMe technology and AI/ML integration, also freed up valuable IT resources. One participant from the education sector noted a remarkable reduction in troubleshooting time—from one to two hours a week down to minimal health checks and routine maintenance.
The economic benefits detailed include US$915,000 in operational efficiencies through modernising storage, US$373,000 saved by delaying capacity expansion due to effective compression and deduplication technologies, and US$241,000 gained from improved workload optimisation and provisioning. These savings cumulatively contribute to the platform’s compelling business case.
Beyond cost savings, VSP One facilitates a unified data platform that helps eliminate silos and supports hybrid environments without the limitations imposed by proprietary systems. Hitachi Vantara’s Chief Product Officer, Octavian Tanase, emphasised that these outcomes align with the company’s vision of offering seamless data platform performance, irrespective of whether data resides on-premises or in the cloud. He underscored that the platform’s ability to cut complexity and speed innovation provides clients with much-needed agility in a rapidly evolving IT landscape.
The study’s findings also bode well for Hitachi Vantara’s partners, who can leverage the platform’s unified architecture to accelerate deployments, simplify ongoing management, and expand service offerings into areas such as migration, optimisation, and hybrid cloud support.
Overall, the comprehensive Forrester TEI study reinforces VSP One’s value proposition as a modern storage solution capable of delivering rapid and substantial returns, operational excellence, and long-term scalability for enterprises navigating the complexities of today’s data-driven world.
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Source: Noah Wire Services
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