Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has acquired network attached storage (NAS) specialist BlueArc, a company it has had an OEM relationship with for over five years.

BlueArc enterprise NAS solutions are used in a variety of markets such as health and life sciences, media and entertainment, telecommunications, energy and e-discovery..

BlueArc provides file-based virtualisation, built-in intelligent tiering, automated data movement capabilities for unstructured data and tight integration with the Hitachi file, content and block portfolio.

“The combination of BlueArc and Hitachi Data Systems storage and cloud technologies will lead to a powerful solution that enables enterprises in Asia Pacific to transform their data centres into information centres,” said Kevin Eggleston, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Hitachi Data Systems.