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By Hitanshi Gupta
Hitachi Vantara has expanded its Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) and Hitachi iQ portfolios with new capabilities designed to support enterprise AI workloads, accelerate data analytics and simplify infrastructure management. The enhancements also create opportunities for channel partners, systems integrators and managed service providers as enterprises increase investments in AI-ready infrastructure.
The company has introduced a four-node configuration for VSP One Object, enabling organisations to deploy scalable storage infrastructure with a smaller initial footprint. The new configuration allows businesses to expand capacity as their data requirements grow, providing greater flexibility for enterprises adopting AI and analytics applications.
Hitachi Vantara has also enhanced small-object performance, claiming up to 5.5 times faster data access for AI, analytics and S3 workloads. Improved multisite replication capabilities aim to strengthen data availability and operational resilience across distributed environments.
A key development is the introduction of enhanced data lakehouse capabilities within VSP One Object. The platform supports direct analytical queries across open data formats, including Apache Iceberg, Parquet, JSON and CSV. According to Hitachi Vantara, the technology delivers up to five times faster analytical query performance while using 80% fewer CPUs, helping enterprises optimise infrastructure resources and reduce data processing complexity.
The company has also upgraded Hitachi iQ Studio, its environment for developing and managing enterprise AI applications and agents. New capabilities include additional filesystem and Network File System knowledge sources, enabling organisations to connect existing enterprise information with retrieval-augmented generation applications without extensive data migration.
Other enhancements include Model Gateway for governed access to AI models, Model Context Protocol connectivity and ServiceNow integration. These features are designed to strengthen AI governance, improve operational visibility and simplify the management of AI applications across enterprise systems.
The expansion comes as organisations increasingly transition from AI experimentation to production deployments. Enterprises require infrastructure capable of handling growing data volumes while maintaining performance, security and regulatory compliance. Hitachi Vantara is positioning its portfolio to address these requirements through integrated storage, analytics and AI management capabilities.
For the IT channel, the developments present opportunities beyond traditional storage sales. Value-added resellers and systems integrators can expand their offerings into AI infrastructure modernisation, hybrid cloud integration, data management and enterprise analytics. The smaller VSP One Object configuration could also help partners address customers seeking phased infrastructure investments.
Managed service providers may benefit from increasing demand for AI workload optimisation, infrastructure monitoring and data governance services. In India, these capabilities could be relevant to channel partners serving banking, manufacturing, healthcare and telecommunications customers undertaking AI-driven transformation projects.
Hitachi Vantara plans to demonstrate the expanded capabilities at Supercomputing 2026, scheduled for 16–19 November in Chicago.
With these enhancements, Hitachi Vantara is strengthening its enterprise AI infrastructure strategy while enabling channel partners to develop higher-value services around data modernisation, AI deployment and infrastructure management.
