Tomorrow's competitive advantage will be determined by how well industry leaders innovate today. Having the right infrastructure will make all the difference in enabling them to deliver. Hey, everyone, welcome to this event. Data-driven starts with intelligent infrastructure. I'm your host, Lisa Martin. This segment is called Managing the Cost and Complexity of Hybrid Cloud Data Infrastructure. It's going to focus on exploring the challenges customers are facing around data infrastructure and how they're solving them with Hitachi Vantara. Please welcome my guest, Dan McConnell, SVP Product Management and Enablement for Digital Infrastructure at Hitachi Vantara. Dan, great to have you on the program. Great to be here. Thank you, much, Lisa. So customers, Dan, across every industry are facing so many challenges that go well beyond just managing the growth of data right out in the field. I'd love to know some of the things that you're hearing from customers about what they are expecting their data infrastructure to deliver. Absolutely. As you pointed out, data growth continues. No surprise there. Pick your alarming stat of the week. But data growth just in volume continues to grow. But it's not only the amount of that data, it's also the importance of that data, not just the ones in the zeros, but what's actually in the data. Is it a social security number that can't be copied outside this region? Is it the personal iPhone picks? That probably don't need to be backed up and triplicate. In the same vein, increasing regulatory and compliance regulations surrounding that data, as well as new requirements such as sustainability. How do I store the increasing amounts of data all while trying to drive a zero carbon footprint initiative? And all of this in an increasingly more complex environment with the introduction of edge and hybrid and multi-cloud, those are driving a much more distributed environment of data. And on top of all of this, to help solve all of these mounting challenges, they're faced with skill set shortages. They need an infrastructure that is automated and flexible with the agility of the cloud models, capable of managing cost and complexity of increasingly distributed hybrid environments. Also one that is able to scale to meet growth demands while understanding the actual information that resides in that data. So some great opportunities with respect to data, also some pretty significant challenges that you articulated. Let's kind of look into that. And one of the things that we know, Danis Atachi-Vontara, well known for enterprise storage across every industry, I happen to notice that nine of the 10 banks are using Hitachi's solutions, for example. So with customers needing this modernized data infrastructure and you talked about hybrid, edge, core, cloud, we know Hitachi is talking way more about selling boxes. So talk about how you're working and partnering together with customers to solve the challenges that they have that you were talking about. Absolutely. To your point, our solutions are trusted. You mentioned nine out of 10 banks. It's nine out of 10 of the largest media. It's nine out of 10 of the largest telecom. There's a good reason for being trusted and trust is earned for many, many years. We've had infrastructure running in the world's most mission critical workloads in the industry's toughest environments. We will continue to innovate and drive leadership in our core storage products. But there are other strategic pillars as well that we are focused on that are shaping our offerings. The first one, driving ease of use through analytics and automation. This is leveraging the telemetry, analytics and automation across the stack to reduce the complexity with what we'll call self-driving infrastructure. So we are accelerating the transition to software defined in hybrid enabled. Transitioning our trusted traditional stacks into software defined stacks to enable flexibility and agility as well as the ability to run them in the cloud to create a seamless data plane across both on-prem and off-prem. And lastly, delivering on as a service. This is both from a flexible consumption pay-as-you-go model but also from a service level and manageability perspective. One of the things that caught my ear that you mentioned Dan is trust is earned. That is trust is currency that is so incredibly important to Hitachi Ventura. I know to your customers as well. You talked about ease of use. You talked about reducing complexity, accelerating transition to software defined. So let's double click a little bit here. Walk me through some of those really tangible concrete innovations that Hitachi Ventura is delivering to its customers. We'll do, much appreciated. You know, a full core portfolio refreshed across mid-range and enterprise.  But one particular innovating aspect here is that this includes a true scale out software defined version based on a common code base. So this is a software defined storage based on our industry proven traditional code stack that enables common management and common data services across mid-range, enterprise and software defined wherever you run it either on-premise or cloud hosted. So another one we recently released cloud connect. It's a near cloud solution that enables the advantages of enterprise class storage but direct connect to major cloud service providers for use cases like compute scaling or backup in DR. Another one, we recently launched cybersecurity capabilities that enables immutable copies as well as a cyber resiliency air gap solution on our VSP product line. Also in general, a broader mindset shift where we are treating our storage as much more of a continuous platform. The offering we call modern storage assurance but basically enables our platforms. Obviously our platforms scale as you grow from two controllers to four controllers to 12 controllers. So from a performance capability they scale with you but also across generations as well with full data in place upgrades and no downtime. So your storage stays as a long-term platform as you scale in performance or as you grow over generations much more of a consistent platform view of the storage. In addition, we released a cloud managed storage as a service solution as a part of our EverFlex portfolio with it's got a standardized rate card integrated billing system or billing system integration as well as automated provisioning for the on-premise storage. So quite a list of recent launches. So no doubt we've been busy but you'll see we continue to be busy moving forward. That's a good thing. You mentioned cloud connect, cyber security capabilities so important in today's cyber landscape. You also mentioned no downtime which is probably music to everyone's ears. Cloud managed storage as a service. So let's finish up, let's take it home Dan by talking about some of the nuggets, the proof in the pudding, the voice of the customer. I always think there's no better validation than what your customers are saying about their outcomes. So share with us a customer example or two that you think really articulates the value of what Hitachi is delivering. Absolutely, I'll share a few. One, Hitachi has the pleasure of being a key strategic partner for BMW providing their enterprise cloud storage and data management. We deliver this as a service from Hitachi Ventura. This enables BMW with simple agile flexible solution that's pays you go to help them fuel their innovation without managing the underlying infrastructure leaving that to people who are focused on managing the infrastructure. Another great example is Robobank. This is a Netherlands based financial services company. Over 8 million customers across 39 countries managing over 590 billion euros. The top priority for its IT teams is to build a reliable infrastructure that safeguards business continuity. Their private cloud grew quickly from 2,000 VMs to over 21,000 VMs. They handled that kind of scale through implementing an automated private cloud approach with the help of Hitachi Ventura and our converged solutions. They leveraged our built-in automation capabilities that drove both a 40% increase in performance but also notable improved operational efficiency and time to value. In fact, they handled what was over that 10x scale without adding a single additional person to manage it. So they went from 2,000 VMs to 21,000 VMs all with the same IT staff. Great example of how analytics, automation, converged solutions can greatly increase operational efficiency. And I'm going to guess that we are just scratching the surface. You mentioned two great customer examples. I'm sure there are so many more. Unfortunately, we're out of time but Dan, thank you for joining me on the program today talking about what customers in every industry are expecting from their data infrastructure. The challenges that are there but also how Hitachi is helping customers to eliminate those challenges one by one. We so appreciate your insights. Thank you so much for having me. All right, my pleasure. This is Lisa Martin on behalf of theCUBE and Hitachi Ventura. Thanks for watching. Stay tuned for more. There's a dirty little secret in the tech industry. Data centers emit more greenhouse gases than the entire airline industry which is why we're making data centers not only eco-friendly but eco-first and foremost reducing carbon emissions by 65% and consuming 65% less energy. Hitachi Ventura for the planet, for the data driven. Our founder, Namae Odaera, had the vision of converting Japan from coal-fired steam power to hydroelectric power. Hitachi designed and built the first hydroelectric generator in Japan. Sustainability is in the DNA of our family of companies. We're in this for everyone. Hey everyone, welcome to this event. Data driven starts with intelligent infrastructure. I'm your host, Lisa Martin. ATOS is shifting its entire IT operations across data center and multi-cloud to one cloud operating model. And the benefits are cloud experience and cloud economics for workloads that are distributed anywhere for a future that's nimble, that's climate neutral and more efficient. Please welcome my guest for this segment, Adam Lewis, the global CTO of ATOS. Adam, it's great to have you. Thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you, it's great to meet you and it's a pleasure to be here today as well. So let's have a quick chat here. ATOS set up to shift its entire IT operations. We're talking across data center, multi-cloud to one cloud operating model. Talk about that process, some of the challenges and expected opportunities that drove that massive change. Absolutely, so ATOS is an organization of over 110,000 people globally. We support clients in over 70, more than 70 countries. And we've got thousands of customers. As an organization, we have been around for many, many years. And if you trace our history back, it's over 50 depending on which part of the business we've acquired along the way. So we've been part of the IT evolution for multiple, in multiple countries and for multiple customers for a very long time. We recognized, we're listening to our customers and working very closely with them that the way that we've been operating our business for many years, the way that we've been serving our customers, the way that we need to deliver our services needs to shift to a new paradigm. That new paradigm needs to be built around and understanding that the data centers that we've been supporting for many years is changing in nature. The continuum around cloud isn't just around supporting core data centers, but of course the movement to hyperscalers, public cloud, maybe sovereign cloud in the future and of course, edge clouds as well, mean that we need to do things differently. So we need to be able to service our customers in a consistent way, giving them consistent experience wherever their workloads may sit, being able to deliver for them a consistent set of operations while still delivering on those service levels that they've known us there for years. And we have to do that with the customer at mind, really helping them to enable, to embrace our services and consume those services from our marketplace or a set of APIs that are enabling them to get the services as and when they need them in their real time. And also for them to get ability to get real time data about the way that their services are performing so that we can continue to support them and enhance their operations. So listening to its customers to deliver consistent services and experiences is obviously key to Actus. I know that Actus works as a partner with Hitachi Ventura, but you're also a customer of its infrastructure solution. So let's focus on the customer side for a moment. Talk to us about how you've worked with Hitachi Ventura to help with that transition that you just talked about. Maybe address some of the challenges that you still expect to see in the future and some of the results that you've achieved so far. It would be a pleasure. So we've been working with Hitachi Ventura for many years and they've supported us in different types of industries, whatever the industries are, and again, multiple countries around the world. And it started off as a really great partnership. And I think for that trusted partnership, it developed into us being as a customer as well to be able to consume and understand where they're investing in their innovation so we don't have to. It's our job as a system integrator and an outsourcer to be able to get the best of technologies from whatever of our ecosystem partners we have and be able to glue those together in a way that allows us to serve our customers as mentioned earlier in the best possible way. So what we started to do with them is work in a much closer way, much earlier in the process in the CTO to CTO capability, understand the emerging technologies they're investing in and embed that as part of our core services that we're transforming. We're moving to a model delivery framework where we need to have embedded as the foundations of those capabilities. All of the components that allow us to continue to serve our customers but also with a view to the future and why that we mean moving from the cloud to a multi-cloud environment, understanding what true hybrid cloud means, enabling what we'd call elasticity to be able to scale up and scale down on demand, enable things like visibility of on-demand based pricing, consumption based, whilst retaining the SLAs that we've been famous for and can guaranteeing those services that consistency of service, the consistency of deliverable, deliverable is that our customers expect from us. And it's actually, have never let us down and we're really pleased that we can continue this journey with them. I've been a partner with them for many years, but also as a consumer of their services, we need to be able to have someone who moves with us. And one of the things that's really important for us as a customer is our journey to net zero and in particular areas around things like sustainability. And we know that's really high up in their agenda as well, so there's a perfect alignment from that perspective. So it sounds like it started out with a great partnership, as you mentioned, it sounds quite collaborative. So talk to me a little bit in our final question here, Adam, about how Actos has worked with Hitachi Ventura to solve the issues for your customers. Maybe give us some examples of business outcomes, technical outcomes that your joint customers are realizing. We work together to plan and focus on the business outcomes and the value we can deliver for customers. And that doesn't matter which particular industry, but we focus on various different industries to allow us to continue to build the momentum there and to grow the capabilities and skills that we've managed to create over the years, the IP that we were able to deliver together and the service capabilities that we want to continue to build upon. One of the things around the partnership is to build on things like the optimized power systems that Hitachi Ventura give us, where we are supporting, let's say, governments or organizations in managing buildings, managing cities, delivering infrastructure for railways or providing secure data foundations for the businesses of the future. And one of the reasons why we continue to do this is it's easy for us to train our people up in the necessary tools and technologies that as they are emerging with Hitachi Ventura and we continue to invest in that space and they support us, not just to make sure we've got the right competencies and capabilities available when we need it, but also in our joint go-to-market activities to make sure that we understand the solutions that we need to be able to push out and those industry solutions that we continue to build upon are able to be supported in the best possible way but also continuously advanced from an innovation perspective going forward. It's definitely a journey, Adam. It sounds like it's a great collaborative, really deeply integrated partnership that Actos and Hitachi Ventura have. Thank you for talking with us about the partnership as well as how it is for Actos as a customer if Hitachi Ventura. And ultimately how you're working together on the transition Actos has been through and helping your customers to become truly data-driven. Adam, it's been a pleasure to have you on the program today. Thank you. Thank you so much. Nice to meet you. Likewise, this is Lisa Martin on behalf of theCUBE and Hitachi Ventura. We want to thank you so much for watching. Stay tuned for more great content coming up. At Hitachi Ventura, we're making data centers not only eco-friendly but eco-first and foremost, reducing carbon emissions and consuming 65% less energy. Hitachi Ventura for the planet, for the data-driven. Welcome back to our event. Data-driven starts with intelligent infrastructure. I'm your host, Lisa Martin. In this segment, we're gonna be talking about partnering for innovation in an uncertain market. As you know, in addition to solving for complexity and security and sustainability, IT leaders are also facing some pretty big economic pressures in a market that continues to evolve. In this segment, you're gonna hear from two industry leaders on how they're partnering to help customers solve some of these problems. Please welcome my two guests, Kevin Purcellis here, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at Hitachi Ventura and Giorgio Vanzini, VP Strategic Alliances and Partners at DXC Technology. Gentlemen, it's great to have you on the program. Thank you. Thank you. Great to be here, Lisa. Yeah, all right, Giorgio, we're gonna start with you. Talk about some of the challenges, the biggest challenges that you're hearing about today from customers that are coming to you wanting to set up a data infrastructure. Yes, well, as part of a systems integrator that works worldwide, we see the same challenges pretty much consistently across all the geographies, meaning the lack of resources and having the right delivery skillsets on the customer side. But then also going into kind of the cost-effective solutions that they want to deploy or modernize as well. And then obviously, the outcome-driven kind of commitments that they have, the ability to really drive to the bottom line there, which goes to the TCO and the return of investment. And basically all of our customers are asked to do more with less. And so they're looking for efficiencies and they're looking for leverage points and also to reduce the overall technical depth. A lot of people are being asked to do more with less. Kevin, let's bring you into the conversation. Comment on some of the challenges that you're seeing from your standpoint in the market and then give us a little bit of backstory on how DXC and Hitachi Ventura are working together to help customers come out some of those challenges. Yeah, absolutely. And yeah, I think, Lisa, Giorgio spot on with many of those topics that he brought up.   You know, in some parts of the world, it's even worse than others. But I think the impact is causing a change in how many customers are dealing with not only purchasing solutions, but also how they address the challenges and how do they compete in their markets? So, you know, I think at least from an Hitachi perspective and certainly working with Giorgio and his team at DXC, we're looking at really developing joint solutions that are recession-proof ESG initiatives that I'm sure many have heard about in the, you know, in the media and across many of the businesses that we're working with, you know, we're looking to help drive more sustainable data centers through infrastructure that we provide that actually use less energy. So there's a lot of focus around green data centers, also, you know, from a joint perspective and what we're doing in the marketplace. And to be honest with you, it's so unique is that, you know, Atachi infrastructure has been really known for its uptime. And what was really interesting, a real quick story, when Giorgio and I first met, you know, we talked about the fact that, you know, there isn't a lot of interaction with our senior executives. And one of the things that Giorgio said to me was, look, probably the reason is, is because your stuff doesn't break, you know, and they don't hear about it. So one of the things that we're trying to do is really address some of the uptime challenges that maybe some of the banks are having in that marketplace. Certainly in the automobile industry, we're focused on EV vehicles. And as you're probably aware, Atachi is an $80 billion conglomerate of companies that focus on many different industries, such as energy and rail and other parts of the industry. So yeah, there's a lot of uniqueness to our partnership. We're going to unpack that a little bit as well. Giorgio, give us your perspective through your lens. How are DXC and Atachi Ventura working together? Specifically, Kevin mentioned the recession proved solutions, but in a recession like environment, what's that partnership like? Yes, no, you always try to differentiate yourself. So when you think about DXC and Atachi Ventura, so we're trying to go after cost-effective solutions, but not just in a generic term, but for a specific industry. So Kevin mentioned like, you know, banking, capital markets. So what can we do that differentiates our offerings and our solution in that specific market? And then also being cautious about the requirements that the customers have, specifically around the service offerings and being flexible around this. You see a lot of the shift in industry to as a service, right?  And basically helping the customers move into that kind of direction, helping them, you know, finding out the competitive advantage, and then addressing the macro-economic challenges, you know, as you mentioned before, is like doing more with less and customizing those solutions to their specific industry, be that automotive, be that banking and capital market or be that manufacturing to specifically go after those. I want to get both of your perspectives. You've talked about a uniqueness differentiation from a solution perspective. Kevin, question for you, Georgie, same for you, is what's unique about the partnership and how you're working together with customers to combat those challenges? Yeah, as Kevin mentioned, is like when we started the road together, you know, with Hitachi and DXC, it basically, you know, it all boils down to trust and competency that we bring together. And so we had a multi-year engagement based on trust and transparency of focusing on our joint clients. And the success basically proves that kind of approach where the clients come back and say, we believe in both of your solution and there's nothing more compelling than showing up together at a customer so that the customer doesn't have to worry about, oh, so you guys not just have lip service, you actually show up together to the customer and provide the solution as well. The other thing is, you know, we have regular engagements on the product roadmaps. So we know exactly where Hitachi and Tara is going and how that aligns to our offerings. So when we do joint development, it actually coincides and comes across nicely together because it's a joint kind of development and approach. And so the technology stacks makes a lot of sense. And if you combine that with the flexibility on the cost infrastructure for the customers as a service, then it really is a win-win, you know, from a technology and from a business perspective. That trust is key. Kevin, in our last minute or so here, can you comment on from Hitachi, Vantara's perspective through that lens, what's unique about the partnership and what you guys are doing together, showing up together obviously as Georgie were talking about. Yeah, absolutely, Lisa. So, you know, I think if you look at where we are today and where we came from, the uniqueness and the differentiation we bring to the marketplaces is really specific. Many of the as a service offerings that Georgia was talking about actually requires no commitment upfront. And, you know, that's a new, really new way of doing business together. What we're looking to do is provide flexibility to our joint customers. So as they need more infrastructure, we provide it when they need less, we provide less. And I think it's really working well. We're very much looking forward to the future. And I think we'll see some really great things in the next year or so. Very collaborative, very responsive to the customer's environment. George, your last question is for you. Give us a look peak on the horizon for the rest of the year priorities for the business. Maybe even in so 2024. Absolutely, perfect timing because we started our fiscal year DXC, you know, next month. So we clearly did a lot of planning around fiscal year 24. The focus is really gonna be on solutions and offerings for our customers and doing the right things, especially around mainstream modernization, but also in the verticals. And so we have kind of the approach of like, you know, we believe in like constraints will set you free. So we'll do fewer things, but we'll focus really on those things and do them really well for our customers.  Excellent, guys, thank you so much for sharing what Hitachi Ventura and DXC technologies are doing together for customers. It sounds like a great collaborative relationship. We appreciate your insights. Thank you. We wanna thank you for watching Data-Driven Starts with Intelligent Infrastructure. I'm Lisa Martin. Thanks for watching. Data senders account for about 4% of the total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and it's about to rise. Hitachi Ventura is committed to changing that. We look at every aspect of our storage business. Hitachi has reduced the annual carbon footprint of VSP by up to 86% since 2014. We are in this for everyone. Where for the data-driven? For those who understand clarity as currency, believe progress requires precision, and no neutral is not an option. Where for the data-driven? The ones who can't tolerate failure, who won't put up with downtime, or allow access to just anyone. Where for the data-driven? Who act on insight instead of instinct? Bank on privacy instead of probabilities, and rely on resilience instead of reaction. We see ourselves in the obsessive, the incessant progressive, and the meticulously engineered. We enable the incredible, identify with the analytical, and are synonymous with the mission critical. We know what it means to be data-driven, because data is in our DNA. We were born industrial, and we breathe digital. We speak predictive analytics, so you can keep supply chains moving. We bleed in store and online insights, so you can accurately predict customer preferences. We sweat security and digital privacy, so you can turn complex regulations into competitive advantage. We break down barriers and eliminate silos, so you can go from data-rich to data-driven. Because it's clear, the future belongs to the data-driven. Hey, everyone, welcome back to our event. Data-driven starts with intelligent infrastructure. This segment is called Unleashing the Potential of a Data-Driven Enterprise. I'm your host, Lisa Martin, and I'm very pleased to welcome Ashish Nadkarni to the program, Group VP and General Manager of Worldwide Infrastructure Research at IDC. Ashish, welcome. Great to have you. Thank you for having me. So I hear that you recently had a great opportunity to attend an industry event where you got to talk with a lot of company execs about the data infrastructure and the data management market. So you and I are gonna have a conversation with that in mind. Love to hear from you what you learned, what you concluded, and most importantly, some of your key takeaways for IT leaders. So Ashish, as more enterprises across every industry are really striving hard to become data-driven, I wanna get your thoughts on some of the challenges they're still facing when sending up a data infrastructure. That's a great question. I think the first thing I would say there is that as companies become data-driven, they need to ensure that the storage infrastructure which houses the key data elements that their company relies on, that storage infrastructure is implemented very efficiently. It requires that there be a tight connection between what we call as a data plane and the data persistence layer. That connection actually allows these companies, their workloads, the applications to make the most out of the data, being able to intelligently weave through the different data sets. And at the same time, also be able to look forward in terms of how that analytics is done and how the intelligence is gathered from those data sets. Now, what happens is if the storage is not implemented efficiently, then you're going to start to have challenges. You're not going to be able to bring out the potential in all of the data that you're gathering and collecting and keeping in your infrastructure. So basically, storage solutions have to be implemented efficiently and vendors have to be able to deliver that connection between the data plane and the storage infrastructure natively in a way that makes it seamless for these companies to implement that storage infrastructure. So as those organizations, as we talked about in any industry, are really striving to not only become data driven, but to leverage the intelligence that you talk about and you look out on that data horizon, what are some of the things that IT leaders really need to be ensuring to ensure that their infrastructure is future ready? And the second part is how do you define future ready? Yeah, so that's another great question. I think the future ready part of it comes from making sure that these organizations can bring in newer workloads as they are modernizing their existing workloads. Now, we hear about cloud all the time, but what really cloud is is the organization embracing an agile pay as you go, you know, cookie cutter infrastructure that can then be designed to work for the organization as it sort of switches from these traditional workloads to modern cloud native workloads. It requires that the, not just the infrastructure be modern and agile, but also the consumption of it. You know, it cannot just be the way that people consumed infrastructure a few years back, which was a very capital intensive process. It requires companies to be more OPEX friendly or embrace the infrastructure consumption in an OPEX friendly fashion. It requires them to embrace what we call as a hybrid cloud operating environment. And ultimately what it is is, you know, you cannot just say one thing or the other. So in the past, it was all about on-premises traditional infrastructure. In the future, it's all about, you know, a hybrid model, which takes what is public cloud and connects it with on-premises workloads or on-premises infrastructure in a way that delivers an agile infrastructure across your entire infrastructure state, if you will. And at the same time, you are able to deliver what your business needs in an agile and, you know, flexible fashion. You mentioned being modern and agile agility key there. With those in mind, when you're talking to customers and you're in conversations, what do you advise them be looking for when they're evaluating technology providers that they need to help them solve those challenges so that they can truly become data-driven with an infrastructure to your point that's future ready? So that's, so I think the first I would start by saying that, you know, sometimes putting all your eggs in one basket can be a dangerous proposition. People need to think about their environment as a flexible operating entity, something that can be decoupled from the rigidity that we've had in traditional environments. So whether it is, you know, hybrid environments which make a use of public cloud and on-premises infrastructure. So with that in mind, I think, and the second thing I would say is that workloads are changing, so it's not just your traditional business workloads, but also modern cloud-native workloads. So with all of that in mind, I think you need to look for storage solutions that offer number one, the hybrid operating model natively, meaning that they should be able to seamlessly make use of all of the real estate footprint that you have at your disposal. And that includes public cloud services. The second I would say is that it needs to be a combination of performance optimized solutions and capacity optimized solutions that operate together in a seamless fashion, which means that when your workloads require lots of performance, you can deliver that when your workloads are looking for that capacity footprint so that you can tear off some of the colder datasets or datasets that are no longer active. Then you can do that in a seamless fashion. The third, as I mentioned earlier, is that connection between the data plane and the infrastructure or the data plane and the persistence layer. What that allows you to do is not just query the data, but also get that intelligence from the data in a sort of a native fashion, which then minimizes some of the overhead that your IT decision makers have to do to gain that level of visibility into their data real estate. I would also say that increasingly, we are seeing this trend where different business units are combining their efficiencies, if you will, to get the most out of their real estate, infrastructure real estate. And what I mean by that is the operational technology and the internet of things technologies and the IT technologies are being combined to deliver a seamless experience powered by a common infrastructure footprint. So the solution has to support that convergence. So the IT or the convergence, as we call it, needs to be part of the storage solution. And then the last thing I would make as a comment here is increasingly customers are concerned about the carbon emissions footprint, the sustainability footprint of their overall IT and data centers, as we know, are huge contributors to the overall carbon emissions, if you will. So people are looking for ways to make their real estate, data center real estate efficient. And so the storage solutions that they're looking for must support those in a measurable fashion, meaning that they should be able to give you the, not just the return on investment, but also how efficient are they? And so going from what you had before to what you would be implementing in the future. With those recommendations in mind, I'm glad that you brought up the ESG factor. In our last minute, Ashish, talk to me about some of the key takeaways from the recent assessment that you've done of Hitachi Ventura. Where do you see tech providers investing like Hitachi, why are customers engaging? Give me that 60 second overview. Sure, so let me start by first saying that I am a long time fan of Hitachi in the sense that I've been using Hitachi products for a long time in my previous life before I joined IDC. And so I've seen this journey for over 10 years now, almost 15 years, 16 years. And I've appreciated the fact that Hitachi Ventura has made some significant strides in modernizing their storage portfolio, going from what it used to be as a sort of a data center-based portfolio to be a modern, software-defined portfolio that can offer not just the foundational element for the storage infrastructure, but also some of the key data analytics, software-defined capabilities that are mandatory almost in a modern IT infrastructure. What I also appreciate is the fact that they have solutions now that can deliver the data intelligence and the efficient IT footprint that is necessary for most modern applications to scale. They have done significant strides in providing solutions that offer that IT OT convergence on a common infrastructure platform.  And they are also at the forefront of articulating the efficiency of their storage for the modern, highly sustainable green data center. Green data center's modern agile. Ashish, thank you so much for coming on the program, talking about how organizations across every enterprise can set up a data infrastructure that allows them to truly leverage data to be data-driven. We appreciate your time. We appreciate your insights. Thank you. And we appreciate you for watching. As we've talked to you about in this program, we know more enterprises are striving really hard to become data-driven so that they can deliver greater value to the customers. That's what they want. But in addition to solving for complexity and security and sustainability, IT leaders are also facing economic pressures in a market that we know continues to evolve. 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Hey there friends, thanks for checking in after age done. I've got my big frame revolver check that out seven and a half inch barrel Made by Magnum research. This is chambered in 4570 government and there it is a hunting load with a 325 grain bullet.  It's been a while since I shot this this has a rubber grip But now they make them with ivory grips also make this with a 10 inch barrel But it's a stainless steel matte finish Beautiful single action revolver that you could hunt with now the optic that I have here is an aim point eight thousand They don't make it anymore But let me see if this thing is sighted in I Got the dot That is really something. Let me try that again Wow Makes that target jump around Yep, that's sighted in all right. I'm gonna take one more here Missed I guess I'll take another one Okay Well, I guess we'll try it again. I'm just it's heavy. So I'm trying to There we go What a nice-looking revolver This is the kind of firearm that you love to have in your collection I'm gonna use a bench rest now. I forgot to mention the cylinder holds five rounds of 45 70 magnum research offers the BFR big frame revolvers in 12 different caliber offerings and That single action trigger pull is amazing big ramped up front sight as well. There you've got the the loading gate and there are Your rounds 45 70. I'm gonna take three shots here Backed up a bit Let's see how It does I think I jumped on top of that this thing is powerful And we already know the 45 70 is a powerful round 325 green powerful But that single action trigger pull is nice All right, I've got one round left. Let's go ahead and take a look at the recoil The 45 70 is not a one-size-fits-all some loads that are out there offer a lot Heavier bullet more recoil. This is a 325 grade hordity FTX. I think I mentioned that but let's check it out anyways And see what you think man What a fine revolver And I like it and it's great to have you know, especially for times like this when you have a few rounds in You want to have a little bit of fun or hunt with it? Or anything else if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Harper Collins presents The Black Khan by Usma Zainat Khan, read by Jenny Brice. CHAPTER 1 In the deserted courtyard of the Klay Manar, the bodies of Basmachi fighters were gathered in a pile beneath a stunted tree in the shelter of a square stone base. White ribbons streamed down from the tree's slender limbs tied to its branches and twigs. The ribbons were bare of script. The people of Black Aura could not write. The ribbons were meant as a reminder of their sacred traditions. They were desperate, desolate prayers. The bodies piled beneath the tree formed the authoritons answer to those prayers. No wind stirred the ribbons or the dying branches. Sunlight blunted the edges of Aryan's vision, and she found her way around the tree more by instinct than anything else. She knew she was about to be taken inside the house of worship, just as she knew the authoriton expected a demonstration of her power, a compulsion she had resisted with all the force and determination she was capable of as a companion of Hera. There were only three people in the courtyard, Aryan, the authoriton, and his consort, Lania, Aryan's older sister. Each night, since she'd been captured in Black Aura, attempting to retrieve the blood-print, Lania and the authoriton had brought Aryan to this place. They showed her the stunted tree and the bodies mouldering beneath it, then coerced her into entering the blue-domed house of worship to test her abilities with the claim. Situated on the eastern side of the square, the dome was the pinnacle of a massive structure. Four arcades met at its doubled entrance, each lined with portals decorated with mosaics and glazed bronze brick. At the entrance to the main portal, a sand-coloured octahedron with open arches could be reached by a set of stairs. Here great recitations of the claim had once been addressed to the people of Black Aura, the bloodless sharing the teachings of the blood-print, an ancient and powerful manuscript long believed to be lost. The manuscript that was the oldest, most venerable record of the claim, the powerful, mysterious magic seeded throughout the history of all the lands of Chhorasan, but lost to a people now condemned to a final age of ignorance. Skirting the pulpit, Aerin was taken through to the indoor galleries covered by dozens of smaller domes perched on a peristyle. Though well-lit, the interior space was cold and as quiet and deserted as the courtyard. They stopped at a niche in the wall where multicoloured mosaics were arranged in a magnificent declamation. Lania read the words first, verses commonly known to the companions of Hera, though Lania's inflection was different, the words gathered up in hubris and flung out, outlining the niche in a darkly radiant fire while the authoritan nodded his approval. Prodded by her sister, Aerin repeated the same words, her strong voice giving them distinctions of grace that coaxed out their inner meaning. The authoritan looked down on Aerin from the top of a flight of wooden stairs positioned beside the niche.  He seemed too frail to do her any damage, yet his hands and voice transmitted his inescapable power. Now the rest. His reedy voice was like a needle in Aerin's ear. That's all there is, she said. You know the conclusion of these verses from your training at the Citadel of Hera. Recite them for us now. The cold command in his voice whipped at Aerin's nerves. It was a compulsion to do as he asked or suffer intolerable pain. Yet she'd learned that though he could otherwise affect her, he could not compel the claim to issue from her lips. It was a tiny point of victory that Aerin held to herself, infusing her with a strength of self-reliance that was no reproof against the pain. He raised a bony finger in the air and aimed it at the Sample complete. Ready to continue?


top of it so I want to straighten my leg out so it pops off and I'm sitting back over top of it now I have him in a position I want him in right when he's here and he has my weight on my hands and he's driving me up on top I'm in trouble so I got to straighten this out and sit back over top of it now I can move right now I'm in a position to cross pommel so before I can sit to my hip what I have to do cross pommel right so I'm here I can drop to a knee or an elbow cross pommel I'm sealing off now I can sit to the hip here staying in a ball some of you did this and you're going to get your face ripped off I have to block him because he's trying to take his face off so I'm here staying in a ball his legs aren't locked this is what we want so I'm going to cross pommel this side seal off now I'm scooting low do not be afraid to scoot low right this is an important part so if I'm scooting low I can't get from right here I can't get under this knee so I gotta scoot again scoot again knee goes to the ceiling and compete on the ceiling here take it over top take a straighten out sit back over top of it now I can move my hands cross pommel sit him to a hip staying in a ball so I'm here I want to cross pommel this side seal off now the object is to scoot low I'm scooting low again I'm going to scoot one more time and I'm turning this knee to the ceiling that creates the space for me to get my elbow under so if I'm here he's staying in tight turn the knee to the ceiling scoot again come on again be a good partner thread this leg so we can just work on it straighten it out sit back over top of it cross pommel seal off to the side staying in a ball chest towards the back cross pommel again no what do I got to do scoot scoot low don't be afraid to scoot here scoot low knee to the ceiling I'm underneath please fight me here I can turn to this try ready one two three


I'm basically gonna be moaning all day. Mmm. Stop. What are you doing? Oh. Okay. Oh. Babe!  What is up, guys? So I thought this would be a perfect time to start today's video. So I should guys wrap up today's title. I'm basically gonna be moaning all day after everything that I say and do.  I'm making this super quick because Bill actually just made us our wraps. He's in the other room right now editing our thumbnail for today's YouTube video.  So sorry if this is really cringy, but you guys already know Team Mariah. Team Mariah is the best team. All right, guys. This is just gonna be quick intro. You basically know what's about to go down. So the perfect time to get this video started right after the gym, right when I'm eating my wrap, moaning while I eat. You guys already know what's about to go down. But like I said, this video a big thumbs up and let's go right on in there and let's start moaning. How's the thumbnail going? I said, how's the thumbnail going? Are we gonna- It's started. Are we gonna start filming after? Yeah, I'm just starting this though. It's gonna be a moment. Mm. Huh? Oh my God. Mm. I thought it was gonna look good. Mm. What are you doing? Mm. Stop. What are you doing? Mm. It's combed out. It's a good wrap. Yeah, I know it is. I just didn't have mine. I already finished mine. Mm.  Mm. Babe. It's just a good wrap. You're in my ear. Let me edit. Let me go and edit. Mm. Okay, bye. Leave. Bye. See you in a jiffy. Okay. Mm. Guys. This is so- I'm gonna provide for our family. Whatever. This is already so cringy, but so freaking funny because I don't even really know how to like, try to like fake moan. I know it's weird, but hey, I tried. Mm. Mm. What is good? It's his face. He has nothing to do with it. Why are you starting a video here? Because I wanted to set him up and show him our sushi roll that we found that was not really good. My mouth is full. I wanna start the video with you. Okay, start it.  I'm sorry, Mariah called me out guard. I did not know we were starting the video here, but I am currently eating sushi and we found- We are eating sushi. There's this like usually, oh yeah, we are, but there's usually crappy sushi at grocery stores, but we found the best sushi ever. Guys, it's a tiger roll. It's a tiger roll.  It's amazing. It's a spicy tiger roll tempura shrimp. And it's amazing. It's like the best sushi we've ever had from a grocery store. Mm. Hey, what the f*** are you doing? Off camera. What are you doing? Stop. What? Stop. Oh my God. We can't put this in the video, babe. Stop. I'm gonna show off the camera. Why? Because you're acting weird. So today, on the agenda, we have to go to Lowe's because- We have to go to Lowe's because we're finding a new bathroom sink because we're doing our bathroom right now and it's looking fire. We have to get you guys to update by the end of the video. Should we show them though? Because it's supposed to be like kind of a surprise for you. Yeah. I don't know. Should we? Should we? Babe, why? Babe, off camera. Why are you doing it? What is it? What is wrong with you? What?  Just- You got stuff in your teeth. And stop. Okay. So if you're new to our channel, thank you so much for watching this video. Make sure to subscribe and like this video. Give this video a thumbs up. Big thumbs up. For the sushi that we found. And yeah. Okay. Yes. Babe! So we're off to Lowe's, but before we left guys, I wanted to show you, this is our new bathroom sink top. And we have to find sinks to go on top of this. So we have to find something that matches this, Mariah. Guys, look at how good this looks. It looks amazing. This looks so good. It's not even granite. It just looks like granite. But it- Oh my God. It's so good. What? Are you on something? It just looks so good. Are you looking at- Oh, you're looking at me. That's why. Yeah. Oh. Okay. I'm gonna see you at Lowe's. Okay guys. So we're making our custom key. So Bill's got that Florida one and I got that home one. Mariah, I was sick of the old like key look. So we're getting an actual key.  Oh. We'll show you it after, but mine looks like an actual Florida key with the borders on it. So stay tuned. Stay tuned. So Mariah got this blue one and it says home on it. Guys, it's so cute. Look at this one. So this was a home one and this one's a Florida one. They look dope. Aren't they so cool? It's way better than that. The little people wanted that one because it was like too girly. I like it. I don't think so. I don't think it's girly. No, I think it looks good. I think it looks so good. People just turned the stops doing that. I'm not sure why Bill's getting so angry with me, but I think what I'm doing today is fine. But why are you getting mad at me? Why are you getting mad at me? Right there. Stop, stop. We're turning around. Stop. Please. No. I'm walking away. I don't know you. Go away. I don't know you. You love me. You love me. Oh. I know. So the one thing that we came here for guys, they don't, they literally have like nothing here. This is the only thing. We were trying to get like this type of style where the sink actually sits on the counter. But yeah, so we have to look somewhere else. Look at what we just came home to. Snap, he usually waits for us by the door, but today he wasn't. He was just like laying here. What are you doing? You must have been really tired. What are you doing? He's so cute. I know. Okay. Snap is getting extra love today. Give me some of that. Give me some of that. Give me some of that. You wanna kiss me? Yeah. No. Come here. Come here. No. Come here. Why? Come here. Give me some of that. Actually, come here. Why are you not giving me love? No. Give me this. Mmm. Okay. All right. Anyways, look at him. He looks like a little loaf of bread. His little swifter tail. We went to Lowe's and we did not buy anything. We... Oh. Snap. Why are you doing that? Because you're hot. Oh my God. Babe, please. You're hot. Oh, our pool looks good. Look at her. It's so good. Okay. Anyways, so I only filmed a little bit in the sink aisle because this dude kept coming up to me and talking all about like the sinks and he was a Lowe's worker. He's like, oh yeah. This, well, I'm like, dude, I, okay. Like, thank you so much. He was a nice guy, but just talked way too much about sinks. But anyways, I'm gonna have to buy something online because the sink, we want a certain type of sink we could find at the store. Well, look at my two little babies. Snap has been really cute all day. It's actually funny. We filmed a TikTok today. Mariah got, can we show them? Let's put it on. Okay, hold on. We're gonna put... I wanna put one on him right now. Grab one with a glove. Let's do it. All right. Are you ready to see this guys? Three, two, look at this cute guy. Here, let him go. Let's see what he does. Look at him. He looks like a who from Whoville. Look at how cute this dude is. Let him rock it on. I wanna see what he does. He's so cute. I know. I wanna see what he does. Look at it. He doesn't know what to do in himself. Oh, cutie. Snap, why are you staring at the floor? Our cat's broken. Snap. Hey, dog. Are you okay? Look, it's okay. I don't know why he's not moving. Are you good, dude? There you go. Look, he's like, all right. We won't do that again to him. We just had to do that because Mariah bought it for a TikTok. I know. Look at him. Look cute on you, though. We should buy Mariah bunny ears. That'll look hot. Guys, I wasn't lying. Our pool's looking awesome. Like, look at the, what? Oh, no, we did on our vlog channel, but on our main channel, you guys have never seen this. If you did not see our recent vlog channel video, make sure to subscribe to Marvel Vlogs. Chill. Can you just, stop, stop. We're outside, stop. Just for two seconds. Make sure to subscribe to Marvel Vlogs. M-A-R-B-L-E blogs. That is our second YouTube channel that you guys see behind the scenes stuff. Why are you, babe? Actually, stop moaning. Stop. We're outside. Our neighbors are out here. Please, stop. Stop, we just, we just moved here. I'm not gonna film if you do that. Come on. Seriously? Yeah. No, I'm not, I'm not kidding. You haven't called right yet. Hold on to what? I'm not kidding. We just moved here. That's a good impression for our neighbors. Have you not called on yet? Oh. Have you not called on yet? Oh. Wait, were you doing that on purpose today? Dumb. Stop. Oh my goodness. I thought you were just saying some random stuff. Let's, let's be real here. Team Bill Hat is so clueless when it comes to these type of things. Like, that's why it's so cute. No, it's not. No, I am not. But I had, I literally thought you were just being dumb on camera. I did not think you were doing it for a video. What is the video? Moaning after every, after every scenes. That's why I was moaning. Why are you moaning? Why are you moaning? Dude. But I was eating sushi. I was going down. Why do you have to do that? First you cheated on me. Okay, actually I cheated on you. I guess in the last video. Make sure to go watch our recent video, guys. I'm sorry that Mariah had to do that and play with all your feelings. But I backfired it on her. But you, why do you have to do this all day? I was wondering why you were acting like that. I thought you were just being. I love money. Okay, okay. Video's over. Stop. Stop doing that. No, no, okay. Okay, no. Calm down, please. I got a big old booty.  Oh my God. Mariah was filming this TikTok in Lowe's today. We didn't show you guys, but she was twerking in the middle of the aisle. So make sure to watch out for that on TikTok because I'm sure she's gonna be posting that. People everywhere. And I'm like, why are you doing this? Stop. She's so embarrassing sometimes. But guys, make sure to give this video a big thumbs up. 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Hello welcome to SSUNITECH social decide and today we are going to see about the unpivot transformation. So in the last video of this video series we have seen about the pivot transformation. So if you haven't watched the last video of this video series so I would strongly recommend to watch that video before going forward. So let's get started with unpivot transformation. So use unpivot in a mapping data flow as a way to turn an unnormalized data set into more normalized version by expanding values from multiple columns into a single record into the multiple records with the same value in a single column. So what does it mean? So it means we will be going to have the multiple columns will be going to pick the column names from there and we will be keeping those into a single column. So this is the rotation of the table we could say. So this is the reverse of the pivot transformation. So go to on the source and we will try to understand. So this is our source and here it is having the employee ID month then it is having the day of week like Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So what we want to do we want to having the employee ID and month name as it is in the output but all these day of week will be in a single column and the values will be Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday. And we will be having one more column that will be expenses. So those expenses column will be keeping the numeric values that we can see under that. So go to the Azure Data Factory and we will try to implement this in practical. So here let me try to add a new data flow. So we can click on this new data flow here and after that here we are required to add the source. So let me try to close this first. Now let me call this data flow as unbiode. So we can call this as unbiode transformation. Now here we can see the add source. So we can click on that and we are required to add the source here. So either we can add the source from the data set or we can use the inline query. So I am going to use the inline query and this is the delimited text. So we can select that one. So now we need to select the link service. So here is the link service we can select now go to the source option and under the source option we can browse and select the file. So the file which is under the input folder. So here is the file we can select and click on OK. Now we can scroll a little bit down side and the first row as header we can select. Go to the projection and try to import the schema. So this is we have to done because we are using the inline query. If you are going to use the data set directly then it will be imported automatically. So here we can see the employee ID month then the Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday all these values are solved. So that looks good. Now we can go in the data preview and we will try to refresh it. So here we can see the data. Now we can add the unpivot transformation by clicking on this plus symbol and here we can see under this schema modifier the unpivot. So under this unpivot transformation it has three options. The first option that we could see ungroup by. So under the ungroup by we are not required to do anything on the first two columns that employee ID and the month. So we can go and try to select these two columns first. So that is the employee ID and the second column that is the month. So we can select that. Now we can go in the unpivot key. So this unpivot key will be going to have the column which will be keeping the values for these columns. So that will be day of week. So we can call this as day of week and the data type that should be string. So we can select that one. After that under the option we can pick column names as value or the inter values manually. So I am going to choose the first option. Go to the unpivot columns. So under the unpivot column it will be the column that is the expenses. So we can call the expenses in the column names directly and then we can select the data type. So this is the only thing that we need to do. Now we can go under the data preview and here we can see the problem with. So we can close this go back to here and here we can go in the unpivot column and the expenses that should not be integer it should be sort. So we can select the sort and go to the data preview and try to refresh it. Because in the source we have seen the Friday, Monday all those values in the sort. So that is why we have to choose the same data type. So here we can see the value as we were expecting. So we can add the string here and we will be going to load the data into the string. So we can add the string directly and after that we can go here and choose the inline query. So here we want to keep this as delimited text file. So we can select that one go to the settings and before settings we need to select the link service. So we need to select the link service go to the settings now and here we have to specify the container name and the folder path. So we can go under the output folder of this and then we can choose that folder. Now here we can see the first row as header that is okay. Then the file name option so that should be output to a single file and the name of that file will be unpivot data temp we can call. Now we can go under the optimize and instead of use current partition we need to go with the single partition option. We can go in the data preview and try to refresh it now. So we should be able to see the data here so that we can see that. We can publish this so we can click on this publish and here let me publish it. So this will be going to publish. Now we can go under the pipeline and we will try to add a new pipeline and this pipeline will be going to execute the unpivot data flow. So for that we are required to use the data flow transformation here and after that we can go in the settings and we need to select the data flow. So the data flow that we have created the unpivot this one. Now everything looks okay. Now we can click on this debug. So after execution of this data flow one file should be in the output folder with the unpivoted data so go to the output and here as of now I cannot see the unpivot data file here so we can refresh it. So now we can see the unpivot data temp file because your pipeline is executed successfully. So we can refresh and we can check the output status of this. That we can see this is succeed. Now we can go here and this is loading. So go to the edit now and under the edit we could see all the data that we can see like employee ID month day off week and expenses. So all data are here. So this is all about the unpivot transformation. So thank you so much for watching this video. If you have any doubt then you can comment your questions in the comment box. See you in the next video.