TEI Study Finds Hitachi Vantara's Virtual Storage Platform One Delivered 285% ROI and Seven-Month Payback

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 16, 2025

According to the Forrester study, "Organizations across industries are facing increasing demands for performance, scalability and simplicity in their data infrastructure, especially as modern workloads grow more complex and data volumes surge. Many are seeking solutions that not only meet current operational needs but also provide headroom for future growth, improved efficiency and seamless integration with evolving IT environments." Forrester noted that VSP One addresses these needs directly, improving storage efficiency with up to a 6:1 data reduction ratio, allowing customers to store as much as six times more data in the same physical space while keeping costs under control as demands grow.

The TEI study evaluated the VSP One experiences of six decision-makers across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Participants reported reduced operational complexity, faster deployment of new workloads and significant cost savings through features such as deduplication and compression, along with performance improvements driven by NVMe technology. Forrester created a composite organization – a midsize global enterprise – based on customer interviews to quantify results, estimating benefits of $1.5 million over three years. Moreover, the study found that VSP One customers began to realize returns on their investments in less than a year, with streamlined provisioning, easier scaling and reduced administrative overhead contributing to both cost savings and agility.

Participants in the study highlighted measurable improvements in cost reduction, operational efficiency and performance:

• "We measured roughly about 30% to 35% reduction in operational complexity," said a chief technology officer in information services. "That translates into a headcount at $200,000 to $250,000 a pop."
• "The new array technology allows you to literally add one drive at a time," said a senior infrastructure architect in legal services, during customer discussions conducted for the study. "That's a huge quantitative improvement, at least in terms of pricing and economics in this platform."
• "My team used to spend one to two hours troubleshooting storage issues weekly," said the head of IT infrastructure at an education organization. "Now, they just log in, check the health, and move on."

"Delivering more than just cost savings, VSP One is helping customers eliminate silos, simplify operations and support hybrid environments without the constraints of proprietary systems," said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara. "We believe these results support our approach of delivering a unified data platform that performs wherever our customers' data resides – on premises or in the cloud – and demonstrates that modernizing with VSP One has the potential to achieve rapid ROI, cut complexity and give organizations the agility to scale and innovate."

Together, these benefits add up to about $1.5 million in savings over three years. Key findings from the composite organization include:

• $915,000 in operational efficiencies over three years from storage modernization, driven by a 35% reduction in complexity and a 40% decrease in troubleshooting time
• $373,000 in savings over three years from increased storage efficiency through compression and deduplication, which delayed expansion and reduced storage-related capital expenses
• $241,000 in time savings over three years from optimized workloads and faster provisioning enabled by AI/ML capabilities, freeing teams for higher-value initiatives

The study's findings also reinforce the value of VSP One for Hitachi Vantara partners. By helping customers modernize more efficiently with a unified platform, partners can accelerate deployment, simplify ongoing management and expand their services to include migration, optimization and hybrid cloud support.

The study is part of Hitachi Vantara's ongoing efforts to provide customers and partners with independent, third-party analysis of its solutions. To learn more about the findings, join our upcoming webinar featuring Forrester and participating organizations. It will offer deeper insights into customer experiences and study results. Click here to register for the webinar.

Methodology
In November 2024, Hitachi Vantara commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a TEI study of VSP One. Forrester interviewed multiple Hitachi Vantara customers across industries to understand their challenges, use cases and results with VSP One. Insights from these interviews were combined into a composite organization and financial model to quantify the solution's benefits, costs, flexibility and risk.

For more information about Hitachi Vantara's VSP One, visit: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/storage-platforms/data-platform.

Additional Resources

• Study: The Total Economic Impact™ of Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One
• Webinar: Unlocking ROI: The Forrester Study That Could Save Your Next Storage Investment
• Press Release: Hitachi Vantara Unveils New Virtual Storage Platform One Capabilities to Enable Stronger Cyber Resilience, Performance and Sustainability
• Press Release: Hitachi Vantara Launches Virtual Storage Platform 360, a New Data Management Software Solution that Delivers a Simplified, Streamlined Experience
• Blog: Growing Our Platform, to Help You Grow Your Business

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About Hitachi, Ltd.
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