CIOs are facing unique business and budgetary pressures in 2025. Uncertain economic conditions and stubborn inflation are facing off against intense pressure to innovate with AI/ML, cut cloud spending, and automate processes. More than nine in 10 IT decision makers project that their budgets will increase in 2025, according to Forrester. But Forrester also expects those IT budget increases to be modest – only a single digit – with IT talent and software driving spending first and foremost.
As a trusted advisor, you can help your customers cut their cloud spend and get more value out of their IT investments with a flexible hybrid cloud model and XaaS (anything as a service).
EverFlex from Hitachi is next-gen XaaS that delivers cloud economics and a cloud-like-experience for your customers. The EverFlex portfolio includes storage, data protection, and infrastructure as-a-service. Organizations can scale up and down as their business needs change, either on or off-premises. Efficient pay-as-a-you-go pricing keeps IT costs aligned with their business usage. And they can count on guaranteed outcomes with EverFlex SLAs.
Hitachi EverFlex Demonstrates a 214% ROI
Forrester’s Total Economic Impact™ of Managed Services From Hitachi Vantara for XaaS quantifies the value of the Hitachi EverFlex XaaS portfolio compared to traditional acquisition models or simple pay-as-you-go consumption models. Forrester’s interviews with IT executives that use Hitachi EverFlex showed that their organizations made significant gains in meeting business-critical requirements for storage uptime, accessibility, and responsiveness while reducing the burden they faced to design, deploy, maintain, and operate their environments.
In fact, Forrester’s TEI analysis found benefits of $25.88 million over six years versus costs of $8.24 million, adding up to a net present value (NPV) of $17.64 million and an ROI of 214%.
Key benefits included improved service levels with no unplanned downtime, reduced asset costs by shifting to a consumption-based model, reduced operational costs, and greater agility and flexibility to respond to business change.
Capitalize on New Revenue Opportunities with EverFlex
Hitachi EverFlex is designed to deliver flexibility and simplicity for today’s evolving business needs. EverFlex With Partners is designed to help you differentiate your business with unprecedented agility and flexibility for your customers. EverFlex With Partners is designed to help you speed time to revenue with a transparent, proven consumption model. You maintain control while reducing operational and financial risk.
Easily adapt Hitachi EverFlex services to your needs, or Hitachi Vantara can customize EverFlex services for you. You decide. Choose how much management support you need from Hitachi Vantara and select from a range of subscription and pay-per-use consumption models that fit your business – and your customers’ needs. Seamlessly add other products and services on top of EverFlex services.
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