VMware Cloud on AWS Expands to Europe, Delivers Powerful New Capabilities for Migrating and Protecting Applications

VMware and Amazon Web Services Open New Opportunities for Partners

New capabilities accelerate cloud migration and simplify hybrid cloud deployments


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – March 8, 2018 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in Europe, and will offer new capabilities to accelerate and simplify enterprise cloud migration and hybrid cloud deployments. VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will also enable system integrator and system outsourcer (SISO) partners, managed service providers, and solutions providers to grow their cloud business with VMware Cloud on AWS, helping their customers realize the full benefits of hybrid cloud. For more information about VMware Cloud on AWS, visit: http://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws.

Bringing together the best of VMware and AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS is uniquely architected to offer customers an operationally consistent and familiar way to run, manage, and secure applications in a hybrid cloud. By offering consistent infrastructure across this hybrid cloud, customers have greater freedom to move applications between on-premises VMware vSphere-based data centers and AWS, and accelerate cloud migrations. VMware Cloud on AWS also provides access to a broad range of innovative AWS services including compute, databases, analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), security, mobile, application services, and more. VMware Cloud on AWS customers have access to the same cloud management solutions and services proven in the data center, extending their tools, policies, and expertise for managing and securing mission-critical applications in the public cloud.

“Since launching VMware Cloud on AWS just six months ago, we’ve seen tremendous interest from our global customer base and multi-national enterprises. Today marks an essential starting point for our global expansion to deliver unparalleled hybrid cloud services in major geographies around the world,” said Mark Lohmeyer, vice president and general manager, Cloud Platform Business Unit, VMware. “The VMware and AWS teams are driving a phenomenal pace of innovation, delivering the third major update, with many compelling new capabilities and use-cases, in just six months. Customers across virtually every industry are adopting VMware Cloud on AWS because it gives them a scalable, operationally consistent hybrid cloud that meets their most business-critical use cases.”

“Customers have been asking us to bring VMware Cloud on AWS to Europe, and we are excited to be doing that today in the UK. Working together, VMware and AWS are delivering deeper AWS integration so that customers won’t have to manage their own storage and database services,” said Matt Garman, vice president of AWS Compute Services. “For example, Scripps Network Interactive, a VMware Cloud on AWS customer, is integrating with Amazon S3 and Amazon RDS to further reduce costs and take advantage of their stored data to run analytics and gain better insight in the business.”

Today, a broad range of customers of all sizes and across all industries including healthcare, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, oil & gas, government, education, professional services, and technology are actively using the service. Popular enterprise use cases include cloud migration, ranging from a single application to entire data centers; data center extension to satisfy cyclical capacity, extend to new geographies, or enable new application development and testing; and Disaster Recovery (DR), whether to replace legacy solutions, implement a new DR strategy, or protect additional workloads in the context of their existing DR solutions.

“VMware and VMware Cloud on AWS are the foundation of Brink’s global infrastructure,” said Greg Osgood, global vice president of Infrastructure and Security, Brinks, Inc. “This flexibility improves service levels to customers and is a key driver in Brink’s technology and business transformation. These systems allow the company to easily move workloads between its private cloud and the public cloud, providing agility for production services and disaster recovery. Using these VMware technologies, and with a partnership with Eastern Computer Exchange, Brink’s successfully consolidated its North America data center operations in 2017, and is planning to extend this model to Europe, Latin American, and Asia in 2018.”

Making Enterprise Cloud Migration Fast, Simple, and Secure for Modern Workloads

VMware and AWS continue to accelerate service innovation for VMware Cloud on AWS. VMware Cloud on AWS is making the onramp to the cloud much simpler for customers, enabling them to migrate current and new workloads to the cloud with the most functionality, greatest agility, and best security and performance – both on-premises and in the cloud. With this update, VMware is announcing:
Mission-Critical Application Protections: New capabilities will protect applications against different types of failures, from data center and availability zone outages, to host and VM-level failures. VMware Cloud on AWS will provide Zero recovery point objective (RPO) high availability for any application across AWS Availability Zones (AZ) with Stretched Clusters for VMware Cloud on AWS. This unique service will significantly improve enterprise application availability without needing to architect it into the application, by leveraging powerful VMware infrastructure capabilities, enabling developers to focus on adding business value.
Data-Intensive Application Enhancements: With the acceleration of big-data volumes in the cloud, data-intensive workloads can now take advantage of native VMware vSAN compression and deduplication to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while benefiting from the performance of all-flash storage. It is estimated that customers can cut storage costs in half for typical workloads with native vSAN deduplication and compression while reducing idle resources with elastic, on-demand compute used only when needed. As an example, a customer with typical workloads and a 150 TB storage need can save up to $1.2 million on a VMware Cloud on AWS software-defined data center (SDDC) cluster over a three-year period, based on VMware internal testing(1).
VMware vMotion for Workload Migration: VMware vMotion between on-premises and VMware Cloud on AWS, and between hosts across clusters within a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC is now available. VMware will also be adding vMotion between hosts in a stretched cluster across two AWS availability zones.
Anytime, Anywhere Access to Desktops: Support for VMware Horizon will enable customers to easily deploy and run Horizon virtual desktops and applications on VMware Cloud on AWS with cloud consumption economics. VMware Horizon will enable customers to extend on-premises desktop services via the cloud without buying additional hardware, and co-locate virtual desktops or published applications near latency-sensitive applications in the cloud. Customers will be able to leverage elastic capacity as a cost-effective way to protect on-premises Horizon 7 deployments or fill temporary needs.
Simplified Cloud Migration and Operations: VMware is making it faster and easier to setup, configure, and manage SDDC environments on VMware Cloud on AWS. Integration with AWS CloudFormation and Hashicorp Terraform enable customers to automate SDDC-level provisioning using popular and familiar DevOps tools. VMware is also introducing developer center, which is integrated into the VMware Cloud on AWS service console and offers automation experts, DevOps engineers, and developers a central portal to gain access to detailed API information, Software Development Kits, code samples, and command line interfaces. Additionally, customers will be able to accelerate initial networking configuration and improve ongoing operations with networking and security capabilities provided by VMware NSX, including Tunnel Status Monitor, Connectivity Checker, and Firewall Rule Accelerator.

Additional Support From VMware Cloud Services

VMware Cloud Services are uniquely designed to give customers the flexibility to leverage any cloud environment while providing consistent operations for how clouds are managed and secured. VMware’s growing portfolio of cloud services provides visibility, operations, automation, security, and governance across any cloud. VMware Cloud on AWS previously added support for VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension and Wavefront by VMware. In this release, VMware Cloud on AWS adds support for VMware Cost Insight and VMware Log Intelligence. Cost Insight is a software-as-a-service that enables customers to understand the true cost of migration to VMware Cloud on AWS based on real inventory data drawn from VMware vCenter. Log Intelligence enables real-time visibility into infrastructure audit logs and application logs to isolate problems quickly for faster troubleshooting. Both Cost Insight and Log Intelligence are available as a free trial to VMware Cloud on AWS customers.

Broader Access for Enterprises, New Services, and Revenue Opportunities for Partners

With the expansion of the VMware Partner Network to include VMware Cloud on AWS, enterprises now have even broader access to the cloud service and more choice in strategic IT partners to help accelerate their cloud journey. VMware enables partners to grow their hybrid cloud business with VMware Cloud on AWS through expansion of the VMware Solution Provider and VMware Cloud Provider programs that will provide partners with training, financial incentives, access to VMware expertise, and joint marketing for solutions based on VMware Cloud on AWS. Additionally, the VMware Cloud on AWS Solution Competency is now available for partners, offering the sales and technical training required to be successful selling and managing VMware Cloud on AWS. Visit VMware’s partner page to learn more about these programs.

Working with VMware, managed services provider DXC Technology will be launching one of the first new portfolios of managed services for VMware Cloud on AWS. These services will enable clients to achieve lower cost and increased flexibility by taking advantage of VMware Cloud on AWS. DXC’s managed services offerings, including application migration & transformation services, leverage the integrated VMware Hybrid Cloud stack to deliver greater agility, innovation, and cost efficiency allowing clients to realize the benefit of hybrid cloud.

Availability

Services in the AWS EU (London) region, VMware vSAN deduplication and compression, AWS CloudFormation and Hashicorp Terraform integration are all available today. Stretched Clusters for VMware Cloud on AWS, vMotion between hosts in a stretched cluster across two AWS Availability Zones, VMware Horizon support, Tunnel Status Monitor, Connectivity Checker, and Firewall Rule Accelerator are in preview(2). To view the latest status of features for VMware Cloud on AWS, visit: https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws/roadmap.

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About VMware

VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s compute, cloud, mobility, networking and security offerings provide a dynamic and efficient digital foundation to over 500,000 customers globally, aided by an ecosystem of 75,000 partners. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, this year VMware celebrates twenty years of breakthrough innovation benefiting business and society. For more information, please visit https://www.vmware.com/company.html.

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Bentley Systems Issues Call for Submissions to the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards for Going Digital: Advancements in Infrastructure

Winners to be Selected and Announced at the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference in London





March 8, 2018 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced its call for submissions to the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2018.




The Year in Infrastructure Awards (formerly Be Inspired Awards) are an integral part of Bentley’s annual Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference, which this year takes place October 15 through 18 in London at the Hilton London Metropole.




Users of Bentley software are invited to enter their projects in the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, no matter which phase the project is in – preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or in operations. The three finalists chosen for each awards category win a trip to London to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference, as guests of Bentley Systems. The finalists will present their projects as part of the conference before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media.




Every project nominated for a Year in Infrastructure Award receives significant and valuable recognition across the global infrastructure community. Through the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, participants:




-gain global recognition by having their infrastructure projects profiled in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook, which is distributed in print and digital formats to nearly 150,000 key media, government, and industry influencers around the world; in addition, all winners’ and finalists’ projects are featured on Bentley’s website


-enhance their competitive edge by demonstrating to existing and potential clients the value they add to projects through their digital innovations


-receive media coverage from global media and support from the Bentley team in marketing and promoting their respective projects to the media



Matthew Simon, vice president, HNTB, said, “Our project being a 2017 winner is a game-changer for HNTB. It shows we are able to take this technology and use it for other projects and other pursuits. It puts HNTB in that trusted advisor position with our clients—to deliver these projects every day.”




The 19 Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards categories recognize advancements in going digital for the following categories, several of which are new this year:



-Bridges


-Buildings and Campuses


-Communications Networks


-Construction


-Digital Cities


-Environmental Engineering


-Manufacturing


-Mining and Offshore Engineering


-Power Generation


-Project Delivery


-Rail and Transit


-Reality Modeling


-Roads and Highways


-Road and Rail Asset Performance


-Structural Engineering


-Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance


-Utilities Transmission and Distribution


-Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants


-Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks
The theme of the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference is Going Digital: Advancements in Infrastructure. Presented by Bentley Institute, the conference features plenary keynotes by Bentley executives and guest speakers, including Sir John Armitt, chair of the United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Commission. In addition, six industry-specific forums will feature keynotes by leading industry experts, interactive workshops, panel discussions, product demonstrations. These forums will focus on:



-Buildings and Campuses


-Digital Cities


-Industrial Infrastructure


-Rail and Transit


-Roads and Bridges


-Utilities and Water


For additional information about the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, or to nominate a project, visit the Year in Infrastructure Awards website.





Watch a one-minute video about the nomination process.

Forbes Middle East unveils 31 Arab billionaires

 

Arab billionaires have a combined net worth of $76.7 billion.

· Egyptian, Nassef Sawiris, tops the list with an estimated net worth of $6.6 billion.

· There are 31 Arab billionaires, 7 of which are from the U.A.E. and 7 from Lebanon.

· No Saudi billionaires feature in the 2018 list.



Dubai, UAE – March 8, 2018: Forbes Middle East is uncovering the Arab billionaires that have been revealed in the 2018 Forbes US Global Billionaires ranking. The 31 mega-wealthy Arab business tycoons have a combined estimated net worth of $76.7 billion.

Construction and chemical tycoon, Nassef Sawiris, tops the list with an estimated net worth of $6.6 billion. He is followed by three Emirati business moguls—Abdullah Al Ghurair, Majid Al Futtaim and Hussain Sajwani, with an estimated net worth of $5.9 billion, $4.6 billion and $4.1 billion respectively.

None of the previous year’s Saudi billionaires made it to this year’s rankings.

This year Forbes US chose to abstain Saudi Arabia billionaires from the list due to reports revolving around their asset seizures. Last year Saudi billionaires were worth $42.1 billion, this year they were expected to be worth more considering the rise in oil prices and capital markets globally.

As a result, the total wealth of Arab billionaires has fallen from $123.4 billion to $76.7 billion, and 11 have dropped off the charts: last year there were 42; today there are 31.



To view the complete list- Forbes Middle East

الأثرياء العرب لعام 2018 

لأول مرة فوربس تستثني الأثرياء السعوديين 

- إجمالي ثروات أصحاب المليارات العرب يقدر بـ 76.7 مليار دولار 

- الإمارات ولبنان تحتلان صدارة الدول العربية من حيث عدد الأثرياء، بواقع 7 أثرياء لكل منهما 

- الملياردير المصري ناصف ساويرس يتصدر القائمة بثروة صافية تقدر بـ 6.6 مليار دولار 

دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 8 مارس 2018: 

أطلقت فوربس قائمة أثرياء العالم 2018. وللمرة الأولى استثني منها الأثرياء السعوديون، حيث فضلت فوربس عدم إدراج 10 أثرياء من السعودية على خلفية تقارير تفيد بمصادرة بعض الأصول عقب احتجاز نحو 200 شخصية سعودية من بينهم أثرياء ورجال أعمال. 

وقد أدى استثناؤهم من القائمة هذا العام، إلى تناقص عدد الأثرياء العرب من 42 إلى 31، وانخفاض إجمالي ثرواتهم إلى 76.7 مليار دولار مقارنة بـ123.4 مليار دولار في العام الماضي. 

واستبعد الملياردير السعودي الوليد بن طلال من صدارة القائمة التي احتلها لسنوات عديدة، كأغنى رجل أعمال في الشرق الأوسط، بثروة قدرها 18.7 مليار دولار- تعادل حوالي الـ 3 أضعاف ثروة ناصف ساويرس، الذي احتل صدارة قائمة الأثرياء العرب 2018 بثروة قدرها 6.6 مليار دولار. 

واحتلت الإمارات ولبنان صدارة الدول العربية، من حيث عدد الأثرياء العرب في القائمة بـ7 أثرياء لكل منهما، تليها مصر بـ6 أثرياء. وتصدر عبد الله الغرير أثرياء الإمارات، يليه ماجد الفطيم وحسين سجواني، حيث قدرت صافي ثرواتهم بنحو 5.9 مليار دولار، 4.6 مليار دولار و4.1 مليار دولار على التوالي. فيما تصدر طه ميقاتي أثرياء لبنان، يليه نجيب ميقاتي. 

اعتمدت فوربس عند إعداد قائمة أثرياء العالم 2018 على: أسعار إغلاق الأسهم، وأسعار صرف العملات بتاريخ 9 فبراير/ شباط 2018، علماً أن صافي قيم الثروات يتأثر يومياً بناء على متغيرات أسواق الأسهم. ومثالاً على ذلك: ارتفع صافي ثروة جيف بيزوس أكثر من 12 مليار دولار خلال أسبوعين فقط، من تاريخ إعداد القائمة حتى موعد نشرها. 

فيما اقتصر قياس الثروات على الأشخاص، دون التطرق إلى العائلات متعددة الأجيال التي تتشارك ثروات طائلة، على الرغم من تمرير جانب من تلك الثروات إلى الأبناء والزوجات. 

وفي بعض الحالات النادرة، تضاف أسماء الزوجات أو الأبناء، في حال تعذر الفصل بين حصصهم وحصص آبائهم أو أزواجهم. لكن يشترط للإدراج في القائمة، أن تصل صافي الثروة المقدرة إلى مليار دولار. 

وتعمل فوربس على تقييم العديد من الأصول والممتلكات بما فيها: الشركات الخاصة والعقارات والأعمال الفنية واليخوت، وغير ذلك. 

ومع أن بعضهم يشارك القوائم المالية معنا، إلا أن فوربس لا تزعم معرفتها لقوائم الأثرياء المالية كلها. وفي حال تعذر الحصول عليها، يخفض فريق البحث الثروة المقدرة. 

للإطلاع على القائمة كاملة: قائمة الأثرياء العرب 2018

startAD seeks to empower local angel investors and strengthen foundation for entrepreneurial ecosystem in the UAE

The 4^th edition of the Angel Rising Investor Education Symposium will host more than 200 industry and community leaders

Abu Dhabi, 8 March, 2018: Organized by startAD and VentureSouq, the Angel Rising Investor Education Symposium returns to NYU Abu Dhabi for its 4^thedition on Saturday, March 24. More than 200 industry and community leaders in Abu Dhabi will convene for the event and discuss methods to empower new angel investors, as well as strengthen the potential of Angel Investment in creating a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the UAE.

This year's symposium explores the theme of ‘Investing in MENA – Finding MENA’s Competitive Edge on the Global Stage’ and brings together renowned local and global experts including Partner at AngelList Jake Zeller; Cofounder & CEO at BitOasis Ola Doudin; Executive Director at Consensys Lina Hediah; Founder and CEO at Hackers/Founders Jonathan Nelson; CEO at UAE Exchange Promoth Manghat;  Managing Editor at Entrepreneur Middle East Aby Thomas; Founder of Glambox and Managing Partner at Iliad Partners Christos Mastoras; and CEO and Founder at ArabNet Omar Christidis.

The panels this year will explore critical topics of interest to local investors, such as the “Local Vision: How do Regional Investors See Deals Differently?”, “Investing in Venture & Crypto: Is One Replacing the Other?” and “Getting Liquid: Choosing Investments that will Exit.”

The symposium will also feature a demonstration with CEO of Classpass and Angel Investor Fritz Lanman, who will provide insight into recommended strategies for investing across the technology spectrum. Following the demonstration will be a roundup, in which UAE tech startups that are actively seeking angel investment will pitch their ventures and investors and audience members attending the session will get the chance to engage with them and ask questions.  This event will help aspiring angel investors identify the key questions and areas to focus on when evaluating an early stage technology startup. 

Catalyzed by recent significant and high-profile government initiatives in the technology sector, local investors across the GCC have been encouraged to explore venture investing. Local investors, at both the individual and institutional levels, have access to capital and offer significant strategic value, particularly to regional companies. The Angel Rising Investor Education Symposium pushes the investor community to think about the industry in terms of the sectors and business models that are most attractive, the structure of investments, how diligence is done and how decisions must be made.

Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship Development at NYU Abu Dhabi and Managing Director of startAD Ramesh Jagannathan, commented: “Angel Rising 2018 focuses on ‘Investing in MENA –Finding MENA’s Competitive Edge on the Global Stage', convening global and local thought leaders taking a deep-dive into the investment landscape. This marquee event is shaping up to be a key pillar of our overall strategy to catalyze the UAE startup ecosystem. UAE Angel investment strategies are adapting and evolving with global sensibilities to accommodate the diverse digital economies of the 21st Century. At startAD, we are committed to leading the way in the re-definition of the regional Angel investment space.”

Partner at VentureSouq Tammer Qaddumi, said: "The past 12 months have proven to all of us just how dynamic the new economy is. New technology is upending market share pecking orders that have existed for decades, and a whole new class of stakeholders are taking the upside. Participating means investing – money, time or expertise. And that needs to be done in a smart, informed way. Angel Rising has emerged into a high-impact and hard-hitting event that assembles some of the best venture investors in the world and extracts from them what makes them jump out of their seats, and what keeps them up at night. This year features the deepest crop of partners & speakers that the event has ever had."

The symposium intends to elevate a new class of Angel Investors by providing education on key topics related to Angel Investing, demystify the startup investing landscape, facilitate conversation among community and industry leaders, and ultimately enable and inspire more investors to fuel greater innovation in the UAE.

Hitachi Vantara Announces Key Executive Promotions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – 8 March 2018 – Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced two key promotions to its executive team: Brian Householder has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer and Scott Kelly has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Both promotions are effective April 1, 2018.


Ryuichi Otsuki, the current CEO of Hitachi Vantara, will leave his role to take an expanded role for Hitachi, Ltd. as Deputy General Manager of Hitachi’s Corporate Sales & Marketing Group and Chairman of Hitachi Global Digital Holdings, the holding company for Hitachi Vantara, oXya and Hitachi Consulting. Otsuki will also serve as Chairman of Hitachi Americas and will continue to reside in Santa Clara, California.

“I am pleased to announce the promotions of Brian and Scott, two critical and successful members of our leadership team,” said Otsuki. “Hitachi Vantara has demonstrated strong performance as the premier partner to deliver to enterprises unprecedented value through data. I look forward to continuing to work with both Brian and Scott in their new roles during this important phase of the company’s growth.”

Prior to being named as Chief Executive Officer, Householder served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hitachi Vantara where he was responsible for daily operations of the company with global responsibility for product management, sales, service, support, marketing, business development, partner development, finance, legal, IT, logistics, business operations and planning.

In addition to assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer in April, Kelly will continue to serve as Hitachi Vantara’s Chief Transformation Officer, leading the company’s enterprise-wide initiatives to drive its global growth strategy. Prior to his promotion, Kelly also served as Chief Human Resources Officer where he was responsible for all aspects of human resources at Hitachi Vantara, including HR information systems, workforce planning and staffing, total compensation, performance management, management development, leadership succession planning, diversity and advocacy, HR legal compliance, organization development and management support consulting.

About Hitachi Vantara

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., helps data-driven leaders find and use the value in their data to innovate intelligently and reach outcomes that matter for business and society. We combine technology, intellectual property and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises improve their customers’ experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower the costs of business. Only Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by combining deep information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and domain expertise. We work with organizations everywhere to drive data to meaningful outcomes. Visit us at www.HitachiVantara.com.

هيتاشي ڤانتارا تعلن عن تعيينات جديدة في الإدارة التنفيذية

دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 8 مارس 2018: أعلنت اليوم شركة هيتاشي ڤانتارا، التابعة والمملوكة بالكامل لشركة هيتاشي المحدودة (رمزها في بورصة طوكيو: 6501)، عن ترقيات رئيسية ضمن فريق الإدارة التنفيذية، حيث تمت ترقية برايان هاوسهولدر ليشغل منصب الرئيس التنفيذي، في حين تمت ترقية سكوت كيلي لمنصب الرئيس التنفيذي للعمليات. وتتم هذه التعيينات بأثر فوري اعتباراً من 1 أبريل 2018.

وسيغادر الرئيس التنفيذي الحالي لشركة هيتاشي ڤانتارا رايوشي أوتسوكي منصبه ليضطلع بمنصب أوسع لدى الشركة، حيث سيعمل كمدير عام مساعد للتسويق والمبيعات، ورئيس مجلس إدارة هيتاشي غلوبال ديجتال القابضة، الشركة الأم لكل من هيتاشي ڤانتارا، وأوكسيا، وهيتاشي كونسلتنج. كما سيشغل أوتسوكي منصب رئيس مجلس إدارة هيتاشي في القارتين الأمريكيتين، حيث سيواصل اقامته في سانتا كلارا في ولاية كاليفورنيا الأمريكية.

وفي هذا الصدد، قال رايوشي أوتسوكي: "يسعدني جداً الإعلان عن ترقية كل من برايان وسكوت، فهما اثنين من أهم وأنجح أعضاء الإدارة التنفيذية، إذ حققت هيتاشي ڤانتارا بجهودهما أداءً قوياً، وباتت تعتبر الشريك الرئيسي لمساعدة الشركات على يحقق أعلى مستويات من القيمة لبياناتها. وأتطلع قدماً لمواصلة العمل مع برايان وسكوت من خلال منصبيهما الجديدين في هذه المرحلة الهامة والمفصلية من مسيرة نمو الشركة".

وقبيل تسميته في منصب الرئيس لتنفيذي، شغل برايان هاوسهولدر منصب الرئيس والرئيس التنفيذي للعمليات لدى هيتاشي ڤانتارا، حيث كان مسؤولا عن العمليات اليومية للشركة مع مسؤولية عالمية عن إدارة المنتجات، والمبيعات، والخدمة، والدعم، والتسويق، وتطوير الأعمال، وتطوير الشركاء، والتمويل، والأمور القانونية، وتكنولوجيا المعلومات، والخدمات اللوجستية، والعمليات التجارية، والتخطيط.

وبالإضافة إلى توليه منصب الرئيس التنفيذي للعمليات اعتباراً من شهر أبريل، سيواصل سكوت كيلي عمله كالرئيس التنفيذي لعمليات التحول لدى هيتاشي ڤانتارا، حيث سيقود مبادرات الشركة الرامية إلى تعزيز وتطوير استراتيجية النمو العالمية. وشغل كيلي قبيل هذه الترقية منصب الرئيس التنفيذي للموارد الإنسانية حيث كان مسؤولاً عن كافة عمليات الموارد الإنسانية لدى هيتاشي ڤانتارا، بما فيها أنظمة المعلومات الخاصة بالموارد الإنسانية، والتخطيط والتوظيف، والتعويضات الإجمالية، وإدارة الأداء، وتطوير الإدارة، والتخطيط للتعاقب الإداري، وعمليات الامتثال للقوانين والتشريعات الخاصة بالموارد الإنسانية، والتطوير المؤسسي، ودعم الاستشارات الإدارية.