Hitachi Solutions America opens Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific in Singapore

Source: Hitachi Solutions America. From
right: Mike Gillis, President & Global
COO, Hitachi Solutions America and
Kaichiro Sakuma, President & CEO,
Hitachi Solutions with other senior officials
cutting a cake to mark the opening of an
Asia Pacific subsidiary in Singapore.

Hitachi Solutions America, which provides industry solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, has opened an Asia Pacific subsidiary in Singapore. Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific brings sales and support closer to customers in the region. 

“We are excited to respond to the rapidly growing need for Microsoft Dynamics solutions with the opening of this new subsidiary in Singapore,” said Mike Gillis, President and Global Chief Operating Officer, Hitachi Solutions America. “The Singapore subsidiary will cater to the business solution needs of our customers in Asia Pacific region. Industry-specific solutions and accelerators, developed by Hitachi Solutions specifically for Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, will be made available for a wider coverage in Asia Pacific to customers across several major industries.”

“The Singapore subsidiary is a very strategic initiative for Hitachi Solutions Group and will serve the customers across the region. Being closer to the market will mean a lot for our customers,” said Keiho Akiyama, Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Solutions America. “This subsidiary will pave way for large scale growth in next few years with dedicated investment. We recognise Singapore to be the strategic destination for enabling growth in the Asia Pacific region and I am very pleased to see the global sales and service vision of Hitachi Solutions come through.”

Ananth Subramanian, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Hitachi Solutions India and Director, Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific, said that the Asia Pacific operation will enable expansion into key markets in Asia Pacific across manufacturing, financial services, and professional services among other industries, and will strengthen the strategic partnership with Microsoft. Hitachi Solutions’ Global Development Centre in India will be extending delivery support for the Asia Pacific operation.

“Hitachi Solutions continues to invest in expanding into Asia Pacific and the new regional Singapore subsidiary will enable our enterprise and mid-market customers to leverage the proven and reliable services from Hitachi Solutions,” said Adrian Johnston, Vice President and Regional Lead Asia, Microsoft. “Hitachi Solutions has made significant investments across a wide variety of industry-specific accelerators on top of Dynamics and I look forward to these being available to customers in Asia Pacific.”