Hitachi Data Systems controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
BB&T sues Hitachi Vantara over 2018 outage
Lawsuit filed
BB&T filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Vantara, alleging breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and gross professional negligence related to hardware management at a data center. BB&T said a February 2018 outage blocked thousands of customers from accessing their accounts; Hitachi Vantara said it was reviewing the claims and believed it provided high-quality service.
Company response
Investigation — Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara, a unit of Japan’s Hitachi, said in a statement that it is reviewing the lawsuit's claims.
Source excerpt
The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 26 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, accuses the vendor of breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices and gross professional negligence in its management of hardware at BB&T's Zebulon, N.C., data center.
BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has filed a lawsuit against a technology vendor that the bank says was responsible for a February 2018 outage that blocked thousands of customers from accessing their accounts.
Hitachi Vantara, a unit of Japan’s Hitachi, said in a statement that it is reviewing the lawsuit's claims.
1983
IBM litigation over mainframe technology
IBM sued National Semiconductor and NAS, alleging that computer technology secrets had been misappropriated. The dispute ended with a settlement involving Hitachi and licensing of IBM mainframe operating-system software; NAS then stopped manufacturing its own mainframe line.