Hitachi Data Systems taps new CEO
Hitachi Data Systems has named Shinjiro Iwata as its new chief executive and declared its intention to displace EMC as the top storage company by 2004. Iwata, a 29-year veteran of HDS parent company Hitachi, spent four years at HDS, where he helped to create the alliance with Hewlett-Packard that propelled the company's high-end storage systems into mainstream use.