Hitachi Integrates AMI's Remote Management Card into Servers to Offer Customers Expanded Remote Hardware and Software Support

Monday: January 12, 2004

Editorial Summary:

• AMI and Hitachi have formed a partnership in which Hitachi will integrate and customize AMI's MegaRAC™ G2 card into its servers
• MegaRAC G2, a 100 percent out-of-band, 100 percent system independent PCI card, is the ideal solution for a network manager responsible for monitoring servers at the corporate and remote office levels
• Hitachi, which will first integrate the MegaRAC G2 into its HA8000/20W server, chose the card to drastically expand its customer support

  ATLANTA (Monday, January 12, 2004) American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leading provider of storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced its MegaRAC™ G2 remote server management card was chosen and customized by Hitachi for integration into its HA8000/20W server for remote software and hardware support.

  “The HA8000/20W provides Hitachi's advanced, high-performing work group server HA8000 series with enhanced scalability,” said Kouichi Nakai, department manager of the server development department within the server development operation of Hitachi, Ltd., Ubiquitous Platform Systems. “Hitachi recognizes the importance of remote management and has integrated the MegaRAC G2 remote management PCI card from AMI to provide its customers with a cost-effective management solutio

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