Hitachi Data Systems

Ryuichi Otsuki, CEO

Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif.

HDS's software-defined infrastructure strategy includes bringing its midrange and enterprise storage product under its own software-based management offering, the Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operation System, or SVOS. Its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform, or UCP, supports VMware NSX, while its hyper-converged infrastructure V240 supports Docker containers.