Oracle North America Names Hitachi Consulting Titan Award Winner for Integration and SOA Solution

Hitachi Consulting, the global consulting company of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), has received the Oracle North America Titan Award for its Integration and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution for client AmeriPath, a diagnostics services company. The results were announced during the Partner Solution of the Year Awards ceremony Nov. 11 at the Oracle OpenWorld Conference in San Francisco. The North America Titan Awards are given by Oracle to its leading partners, recognizing solutions and business practices developed or delivered in 2007. These awards recognize partner excellence in a number of categories, including solution development. "This Titan Award serves as further proof that Hitachi Consulting’s SOA solution experience is genuinely benefiting our Oracle clients,” said David Rodman, Hitachi Consulting managing vice president, Oracle Strategic Service Line. "This award means a great deal to us as it recognizes work done for our client AmeriPath and the SOA solution we developed for them,” said Justin Winter, Hitachi Consulting vice president leading the AmeriPath engagement. Hitachi Consulting developed an enterprise process and information integration platform for AmeriPath that leveraged the Oracle SOA Suite. The solution reduced the time needed to implement new client interfaces, and it improved billing integration and information delivery. "On behalf of AmeriPath, I'd like to congratulate Hitachi Consulting on receiving Oracle's Titan award,” said Marlon Cortez, director, Business Integration, AmeriPath. "Hitachi Consulting has worked with us over the past three years and has played a key leadership role in our strategic initiative to standardize operational systems and processes across our laboratories and billing centers. "Their knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware was critical in helping us implement our new SOA-based enterprise integration platform that has allowed us to significantly improve our ability to share information in a timely manner between our core operational systems and those of our external partners.” Some of Hitachi Consulting’s other Oracle client work includes Arbonne, F5 Networks, Garmin International, IHOP, and World Fuel. As a recognized solution provider with Oracle, Hitachi Consulting has been recognized with "Partner of the Year" awards as well as receiving the "Great Ideas Award for Most Creative Use of Oracle 9iAS Portal.” Hitachi Consulting is delivering a wide variety of Oracle-related services across various industries, including Industrial Manufacturing, High-Tech, Software, Professional Services, Engineering and Construction, and Consumer Products. In fact, Oracle selected Hitachi Consulting as one of their preferred partners in the Engineering & Construction industry. About Hitachi Consulting Corporation As Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global consulting company, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, Hitachi Consulting is a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realize measurable business value and achieve sustainable ROI. Hitachi Consulting's client base includes 25 percent of the Global 100 as well as many leading mid-market companies. We offer a client-focused, collaborative approach and transfer knowledge throughout each engagement. For more information, call 1.877.664.0010 or visit www.hitachiconsulting.com. About Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT) (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2006 (ended March 31, 2007) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion Yen ($86.8 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachi.com. About Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. 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