Hitachi has said that two companies within its Information and Telecommunication Systems – Hitachi Electronics Services (HES) and Hitachi Information Systems (Hitachi Joho) have agreed to merge effective from 1 October 2011, and will be rebranded as "Hitachi Systems."
Through this merger, Hitachi will consolidate their management resources, and will leverage their combined strengths to reinforce the structure for providing one-stop offerings to support the entire IT life cycle, ranging from consulting for systems installation to operation and maintenance, said the company.
HES has 320 domestic service sites, and provides IT management and maintenance services that are closely tied to customers in the field and platform business offerings, which utilise the company’s support capabilities.
Hitachi Joho is a provider of proposal, design, and construction of operational systems, especially for local governments and the manufacturing and distributions industries.
Post merger, the new company will concentrate the management resources developed by both companies and to strengthen the structure for providing one-stop offerings that are tailored to customers in all regions throughout Japan, and add value to Hitachi’s systems operation and maintenance services.
