Melissa Zelyez
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Applications & Databases
January 28, 2026
In every industry, leaders are facing the same reality: mission critical applications and databases can’t run on yesterday’s infrastructure. When core systems slow down, the entire business feels the drag from customer experiences to employee productivity to innovation velocity, VSP One is the chosen solution for many wanting to turn data strategy into business momentum. Here’s how two organizations turned their mission critical applications and databases into engines of innovation.
Today’s pressure to modernize is not imagined — it’s measurable. Global IT spending is projected to reach nearly $6 trillion by 2026, underscoring the massive investment flowing into digital modernization initiatives. And as cloud, AI and data workloads surge, over 91% of enterprises now have a defined cloud transformation roadmap, reflecting a nearly universal shift toward modern, flexible infrastructure models.
That’s why more enterprises are rethinking the foundation of their IT environments. They’re moving from fragmented, aging storage to unified, high performance platforms built for modern workloads. And across banking, communications, manufacturing, the public sector and beyond, one pattern keeps emerging: organizations that modernize their infrastructure gain the agility, performance and resilience needed to accelerate growth.
Here’s how two organizations turned their mission critical applications and databases into engines of innovation.
With more than 300,000 employees relying on internal systems every day, Infosys operates at massive scale. But legacy platforms were making it difficult for the company to deliver the instant, seamless digital experiences its workforce needed to stay productive. Microservices couldn’t communicate efficiently, and workflows slowed under the pressure of growing demand. Infosys set a bold goal: reduce application response times to below 10 milliseconds across hundreds of internal applications — a key requirement for its modern microservices architecture.
Infosys has worked with Hitachi Vantara for more than two decades, aligning technology refresh cycles to always stay ahead with the latest storage innovations. When Hitachi introduced the high-density NVMe powered Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) for High End, Infosys seized the opportunity. The solution offered the performance, density and energy efficiency the company needed to consolidate data center footprint while accelerating critical workloads.
This aligns with broader enterprise trends: 74% of organizations now consider digital transformation a top priority, and 77% have already begun their modernization journey, placing Infosys firmly in the leading majority.
The impact of this technology was immediate and dramatic:
Infosys didn’t just modernize infrastructure — it built a foundation for long-term‑, sustainable innovation. This reflects a global movement: enterprises that modernize during cloud migration see 40% higher ROI compared to those that attempt simple lift and shift approaches.
Suva plays a vital role in Switzerland’s social infrastructure, insuring more than 2 million full-time employees and processing nearly 480,000 claims per year. To deliver timely, accurate and high-quality services, Suva depends on fast, reliable access to SAP ERP, CRM‑ and analytics systems.
But, as Suva expanded its digital initiatives — including real-time analytics, machine learning and automated decision-making — their legacy infrastructure became a limiting factor.
Under its strategic smartCare program, Suva invested heavily in automation and intelligent workflows. The goal was simple: respond to claims faster and improve customer experience through digital innovation. To succeed, Suva needed a storage environment capable of:
After evaluating storage offerings from five major vendors, Suva selected Hitachi Vantara as the clear performance and price leader.
Suva deployed the NVMe‑optimized VSP High End Platform, Hitachi NAS Platform, and Hitachi Content Platform as the core of its modern data foundation. The result was a high-speed, intelligent infrastructure with the power to accelerate digital transformation.
Key outcomes included:
Suva’s approach aligns with global findings: 69% of infrastructure firms report improved decision-making‑ from digital data analytics, and 65% of projects using digital twins see major efficiency gains — evidence that modernization directly strengthens operational outcomes.
Digital transformation demands modern, scalable, resilient infrastructure. Whether serving millions of global employees or supporting a nation’s insurance needs, organizations like Infosys and Suva prove the impact a strategic storage modernization can deliver.
If your mission critical applications are slowing down innovation, now is the time to modernize — and build a foundation ready for AI driven, insight-rich, always on operations.
Read how 5 other organizations have leveraged Hitachi Vantara VSP One to accelerate their infrastructure transformation.
Melissa Zelyez is Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Applications & Databases at Hitachi Vantara. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
