hitachi ltd annual report 200114 information & telecommunication systems in fiscal 2000 ended march 31 2001 investment it was brisk japan against a backdrop of restructuring financial services industries intensifying competition logistics and expansion e government net businesses overseas markets saw significant increase demand for storage solutions that facilitate the centralized man agement sharing data dispersed throughout companies this climate s integration si turned strong sales growth due particular to from industry redundant array indepen dent disks raid increased supported by introduction new models review operations electronics growing pcs pc servers were also above year ago levels mainframe decreased as company decided shift its focus mainframes hard disk drives although they affected falling prices telecommunications integrated service digital network isdn optical com ponents posted higher primarily north america
