Hitachi Vantara Unveils Hitachi iQ Studio to Simplify and Accelerate Agentic AI Development
Hitachi Vantara, the data
storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. announced
Hitachi iQ Studio, the latest addition to the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI
solutions. Hitachi iQ Studio is designed to help enterprises build, deploy and
manage AI agents and applications at scale, acting as a turnkey integration hub
with a no-code and low-code agent builder and a library of industrial AI
solution templates that enable rapid prototyping and production across diverse
data environments. This helps enterprises operationalize their AI solutions
faster while maintaining full control over their data and models.
Although AI adoption is growing
rapidly, many organizations still face barriers in moving from experimentation
to scaled deployment. A recent industry report by Boston Consulting Group found
that 74% of companies struggle to operationalize AI and achieve lasting
business impact. Additionally, the study found that the majority of struggles
stemmed from people and process-related issues, including a lack of AI talent
on staff, while a separate study found that 62% of organizations believe a lack
of data governance is the primary data challenge inhibiting AI initiatives.
Hitachi iQ Studio was developed to close these gaps by giving enterprises a
simpler way to design and deploy AI solutions that are secure, compliant and
cost-effective.
Unlike fragmented point tools or
cloud-only offerings, Hitachi iQ Studio provides a fully governed, on-premises
and sovereign AI environment. This means that information can be easily kept
within existing infrastructure, helping businesses, particularly those in
regulated industries, work toward meeting strict compliance requirements while
protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access. At its core, the
solution builds on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design to provide
pre-integrated retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to deliver
AI-ready data to agentic AI workloads. Hitachi iQ Studio combines RAG pipelines
with Model Context Protocol (MCP) to support fast data access, automation and
pre-built templates, to make it easier for companies without in-house technical
expertise to create and deploy AI solutions. It provides intelligent,
context-aware responses and serves as the foundation for industry-specific
solutions. In addition, Hitachi iQ Studio includes a built-in model management
system that allows enterprises to deploy and serve large language and machine
learning models locally within their own infrastructure.
"AI has evolved beyond
experimentation, but many organizations still need the right foundation to
scale it effectively," said Jason Hardy, chief technology officer for AI
at Hitachi Vantara. "With Hitachi iQ Studio, we are making AI more
user-friendly and manageable by combining accessible tools with
enterprise-grade performance and governance. The result is faster innovation,
stronger oversight and a path to scalable, responsible AI."
By combining intuitive design
capabilities with proven enterprise infrastructure, Hitachi iQ Studio allows
both technical and business teams to create, manage and monitor AI agents that
drive measurable outcomes, with features for evaluation, fine-tuning and
lifecycle governance. For GenAI and predictive AI applications, Hitachi iQ
Studio supports model and prompt management, data curation with feedback loops,
scalable deployment and built-in governance and safety.
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