September 22, 2011
Hitachi Solutions

TOKYO, September 22, 2011 . Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. (Hitachi Solutions) and Swisscom Ltd., division Corporate Business (Swisscom Corporate Business) today announced they have launched an exciting partnership to bring a new collaborative meeting experience to the market.

In the recent years, many conferencing and screen sharing solutions have been introduced to improve laptop to laptop based communication. However, there is still a strong need to address creative collaboration between remote groups, not only working from desks but also from meeting rooms.

Hitachi Solutions and Swisscom Corporate Business are partnering to allow customers the opportunity to drastically improve the experience and productivity of all collaborative working across its organization. It promises an entirely new approach to collaborative working, combining advances in remote data interaction and touch control technology to enable an atmosphere of interaction, engagement and creativity.

Hitachi Solutions and Swisscom Corporate Business have been working jointly to provide the solution with the right features that meet the needs of the customers to improve the experience of a collaborative environment. The new solution is made possible by combining Swisscom Corporate Business`s network service capabilities and strong reach to the market with innovative technology, with the software and solution development strength of Hitachi Solutions.The solution is expected to be available from Swisscom Corporate Business from the beginning of 2012.

Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a solutions provider with approximately 10,000 employees. Hitachi Solutions was formed in the merger of Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. on October 1, 2010. Hitachi Solutions provides value-driven services throughout the IT life cycle, from systems planning to systems integration, operation, and maintenance. For more information on Hitachi Solutions, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi-solutions.com/

Swisscom Corporate Business specialises in communications solutions and the associated IT infrastructures for corporate customers. Voice or data, mobile or fixed network, individual products or integrated solutions: as the leading specialist provider, Swisscom Corporate Business offers tailor-made business communications solutions . from planning through realisation to operation of the overall information and communications infrastructure (ICT), all from a single source.

*Company names and product names are the registered trademarks and/or trademarks of the respective companies.

Corporate Communications Department
E-mail: inquiry@hitachi-solutions.com