Loyalty Made Easy: Marriott Bonvoy Members Stand A Chance To Win 10,00,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points At Loyal-Tea Pop Up In Mumbai

Marriott Bonvoy brings the ease of its loyalty programme to life with pop-up experience in Mumbai featuring limited-edition tea created by Dilmah

Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International’s award-winning travel programme, is redefining what a loyalty programme should feel like - effortless and easy to enjoy, just like a cup of tea. To bring this to life, Marriott Bonvoy has partnered with renowned Sri Lankan family tea brand Dilmah to launch Loyal-Tea by Marriott Bonvoy, a limited-edition collaboration featuring a special India-exclusive tea blend. Inspired by the idea that loyalty should feel as effortless and habitual as a daily cup of tea, the India special blend will be available in a public pop-up experience in Mumbai on 21–22 March, where Marriott Bonvoy members stand a chance to win ten lakhs Marriott Bonvoy points.

For many travellers, loyalty programmes still feel complicated, effort-heavy and reserved for frequent flyers. Marriott Bonvoy is setting out to change that. Through its latest regional campaign “Loyalty, Just That Easy,” the programme is reframing loyalty as intuitive, effortless and rewarding for everyone,whether you travel often or occasionally.

The ‘Loyal-Tea’ Takeaway: Win the Golden Cup in Mumbai

Bringing the regional campaign to life in India, Loyal-Tea by Marriott Bonvoy will debut through a high-energy public pop-up at Phoenix Palladium Courtyard in Mumbai on 21–22 March. Visitors can sign up for Marriott Bonvoy on the spot and participate in a fast-paced game for the chance to win one of 300 exclusive Loyal-Tea blind boxes, each containing a collectible tea tumbler and an India-exclusive tea blend created in partnership with Dilmah.

Hidden among them is one Golden Tumbler, the prize that will award one million Marriott Bonvoy points to one lucky member. The winner will have the flexibility to redeem the points as they wish, be it for stays or meals across 10,000 Marriott Bonvoy locations worldwide. As an illustration of how points could be redeemed, one million Marriott Bonvoy points may translate to approximately two weeks’ stay at The St. Regis Mumbai, a month’s stay at The Westin Resort & Spa Cam Ranh, or two months’ stay at Moxy Kuala Lumpur Chinatown*.

Redefining Loyalty in India

The Loyal-Tea campaign is the latest in a series of recent extensive Marriott Bonvoy milestones in India. Just a few weeks ago, Marriott Bonvoy fulfilled the dreams of more than 500 members by giving them exclusive access to the International Cricket Council’s T20 Men’s World Cup. It has also added notable market leaders in the everyday earn space as strategic partners, allowing members to earn points when they shop on Swiggy and Flipkart.

Commenting on Marriott Bonvoy’s many enhancements, Khushnooma Kapadia, Vice President – Marketing, South Asia, Marriott International, “Hospitality led loyalty is no longer just about points. Today, it is about relevance, accessibility and everyday engagements – meeting travelers where they are present and at their passion points. We are focussed on building this complete ecosystem of simple, rewarding pathways with an ambition to make Marriott Bonvoy programme second nature for travellers, easy and effortless to engage - something that fits seamlessly into their journeys, whether they are staying, dining or seeking new experiences.”

Marriott Bonvoy members can earn and redeem points across more than 30 hotel brands and 10,000 destinations worldwide, not only through stays but also while dining, visiting the spa, or unlocking experiences across music, sports, art and culture through Marriott Bonvoy Moments™. With five elite tiers — Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium and Ambassador Elite — membership unlocks benefits ranging from free night stays and room upgrade to dining discounts, bonus points and exclusive experiences, all through free enrolment.

About Marriott Bonvoy®

Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International's award-winning travel platform, connects travelers to the people, places, and passions they love through an extraordinary collection of hotels and experiences worldwide. The platform features over 30 hotel brands and 10,000 destinations, including the largest collection of luxury offerings, distinctive boutique properties, premium home rentals, and more, providing renowned hospitality across the globe. With unrivaled access to the best in entertainment, culinary, sports, outdoor adventure, arts, culture, and more, Marriott Bonvoy offers transformative travel experiences that leave a lasting impression.

Marriott Bonvoy membership is free and unlocks unique benefits including the ability to earn points through travel and everyday activities, like purchases with co-branded credit cards. Members can redeem their points for free stays, experiences and more. Visit marriottbonvoy.com for more information and download the Marriott Bonvoy app here. Travelers can connect with Marriott Bonvoy on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.

Hyatt Announces Signing Of Agreement For Hyatt Place Ahmedabad Nikol, Expanding Its Essentials Portfolio In India

* New 140-Key Signing Reinforces Hyatt’s Commitment to High-Growth Urban Markets in India

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the signing of an agreement for Hyatt Place Ahmedabad Nikol, marking a significant milestone in Hyatt's continued expansion in India. In development by Golden Buildcon, this 140-key hotel will offer a unique blend of comfort, style, and modern amenities, further strengthening Hyatt’s brand presence in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s administrative and commercial hub.

The hotel will feature a range of dining options offering a variety of culinary experiences, including a main restaurant and grab-and-go market. The hotel will also include a 3,455-square-foot (321-square-meter) ballroom, along with several conference rooms and a boardroom, providing ample space for meetings and events. Guests will also enjoy a fitness center and swimming pool, making it an ideal choice for both business and leisure travellers.

“Ahmedabad continues to demonstrate strong economic growth, driven by infrastructure development, manufacturing, financial services, and entrepreneurship,” said Dhruva Rathore, Vice President, Real Estate & Development for India & Southwest Asia at Hyatt. “This signing reflects our confidence in the city’s expanding hospitality landscape and reinforces our commitment to strengthening Hyatt’s portfolio in high-growth markets across India. We look forward to delivering thoughtfully designed hospitality experiences that cater to the evolving needs of business and leisure travelers in Ahmedabad.”

Hyatt Place hotels combine style, innovation, and 24/7 conveniences to create an easy and comfortable stay experience. Designed for multitasking travelers, the brand offers modern guestrooms, flexible meeting spaces, and thoughtfully curated amenities.

The signing of this deal for Hyatt Place Ahmedabad Nikol is a testament to Hyatt’s commitment to continued growth in India, where Hyatt remains focused on expanding its brand portfolio across key gateway cities and emerging markets.

The term “Hyatt” is used in this release for convenience to refer to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliates.

About Hyatt Place

Hyatt Place hotels combine style, innovation and 24/7 conveniences to create an easy to navigate experience for today’s multi-tasking traveler. Guests can enjoy thoughtfully designed guestrooms featuring distinct zones for sleep, work and play, and free flowing social spaces that offer seamless transitions from work to relaxation. With more than 450 locations globally, Hyatt Place hotels offer freshly prepared food around the clock, efficient service and differentiated experiences for World of Hyatt members. For more information, please visit hyattplace.com. Join the conversation on Facebook and Instagram, and tag photos with #HyattPlace.

About Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company guided by its purpose – to care for people so they can be their best. As of December 31, 2025, the Company's portfolio included more than 1,500 hotels and all-inclusive properties in 83 countries across six continents. The Company's offering includes brands in the Luxury Portfolio, including Park Hyatt®, Alila®, Miraval®, Impression by Secrets, and The Unbound Collection by Hyatt®; the Lifestyle Portfolio, including Andaz®, Thompson Hotels®, The Standard®, Dream® Hotels, The StandardX®, Breathless Resorts & Spas®, JdV by Hyatt®, Bunkhouse® Hotels, and Me and All Hotels; the Inclusive Collection, including Zoëtry® Wellness & Spa Resorts, Hyatt Ziva®, Hyatt Zilara®, Secrets® Resorts & Spas, Dreams® Resorts & Spas, Hyatt Vivid® Hotels & Resorts, Bahia Principle Hotels & Resorts, Alua Hotels & Resorts®, and Sunscape® Resorts & Spas; the Classics Portfolio, including Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Destination by Hyatt®, Hyatt Centric®, Hyatt Vacation Club®, and Hyatt®; and the Essentials Portfolio, including Caption by Hyatt®, Unscripted by Hyatt, Hyatt Place®, Hyatt House®, Hyatt Studios®, Hyatt Select, and UrCove. Subsidiaries of the Company operate the World of Hyatt® loyalty program, ALG Vacations®, Mr & Mrs Smith, Unlimited Vacation Club®, Amstar® DMC destination management services, and Trisept Solutions® technology services. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.

Groww Foundation Supports CeNSE, IISc To Strengthen Semiconductor Skill Development And Women’s Participation In STEM

CeNSE, IISc and Groww Foundation collaborate to strengthen India’s semiconductor talent pipeline while encouraging greater participation of women in deep-science fields.

Programs such as Akanksha – STEM for Girls introduce school students to the exciting world of micro- and nano-technology.

Women students gain hands-on research experience through structured programs with access to advanced nanoscience laboratories and mentorship.

Internship opportunities provide practical training for students from national skill development initiatives, supporting careers in the emerging semiconductor industry

The Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Groww Foundation, has launched the Groww Foundation – CeNSE Semiconductor Skill Development Program, a new initiative designed to inspire and train the next generation of talent in semiconductor science and technology.

The program aims to encourage greater participation of women and young students in advanced fields such as micro and nano-technology, while also strengthening the emerging semiconductor ecosystem through targeted skill development and research exposure.

The initiative comprises three complementary programs that address different stages of the academic and research journey led by Dr. Dhavala Suri, Assistant Professor, CeNSE.

(a) Akanksha – STEM for Girls

“Akanksha” is designed to introduce meritorious school students to the exciting world of micro- and nano-technology. Through immersive exposure at CeNSE laboratories and interactions with researchers, the program seeks to inspire young girls to pursue careers in science and engineering and opens a window into cutting-edge research and innovation at the nanoscale.

(b) Women in STEM – Research Experience Program

The Research Experience Program (REP) provides women students with an opportunity to gain hands-on exposure to advanced research in nano science and semiconductor technology. Participants work closely with researchers at CeNSE and engage with state-of-the-art facilities, gaining insights into experimental techniques, device fabrication, and interdisciplinary scientific research. The program is designed to encourage women to pursue long-term careers in research and development.

(c) Research Internship Program

The initiative also includes a research internship track for students trained under the skill development programs supported by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. Through internships at CeNSE’s advanced research facilities, these students gain practical exposure to semiconductor fabrication processes and laboratory practices. The experience is intended to strengthen their technical skills and enhance their readiness for opportunities in the rapidly growing semiconductor manufacturing sector.

Commenting on the development, Prof. Ambarish Ghosh, Chair, CeNSE, IISc stated, “At CeNSE, we believe that building India’s semiconductor future requires nurturing diverse talent. Through this collaboration with Groww Foundation, we hope to create meaningful opportunities for young girls, women researchers, and emerging talent.”

Kalpana Swaminathan, spokesperson of Groww Foundation, said, “Groww Foundation strives to stand for innovation and holistic education that fosters opportunities for sustainable livelihoods. Through this collaboration with CeNSE IISc under what we call the Groww Scholar Program, we hope to unlock opportunities for young girls, women and tribal communities in a manner that organically builds pathways for their growth and advancement in deep science and advanced technology.”

Groww Foundation, through this program, will support 160 girl and women students over the span of three years to encourage their greater participation in India’s semiconductor ecosystem.

About CeNSE, IISc

The Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science is a leading interdisciplinary research centre focused on science and engineering at the nanoscale. Established in 2010, CeNSE works across areas such as advanced materials, semiconductor technology, nanoelectronics, MEMS/NEMS, photonics, nano-bio systems, brain-inspired computing, quantum technologies, and solar energy. The centre hosts state-of-the-art national user facilities including the National Nanofabrication Centre (NNfC), Micro Nano Characterization Facility (MNCF), and Packaging and Systems Facility (PASF), enabling cutting-edge research and supporting collaborations with academic institutions, startups, and industry partners.

About Groww Foundation

Groww Foundation is dedicated to building inclusive and sustainable communities across India. The foundation focuses on expanding access to quality education, advancing research and development, and driving skill development initiatives for a sustainable livelihood and quality of life.

Through partnerships with nonprofits, educational institutions, governments, and community organisations, Groww Foundation supports on-ground and technology-driven programs with a focus on long-term impact. These initiatives strengthen essential services and promote socioeconomic empowerment, ensuring wider access to opportunities created by India’s growing digital and economic transformation.

Bengaluru Gets A World-Class Electronics Co-Innovation Hub As Henkel Launches Advanced Application Center

With India's electronics output growing six-fold in a decade, Henkel opens a co-innovation hub designed for what comes next.

Henkel today announced the launch of its Customer Application Center in Bengaluru, reinforcing its commitment to India’s rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing sector. The new facility will serve as a collaborative innovation hub where Henkel experts and customers can co-develop, test, and validate advanced adhesive and thermal management solutions for next-generation electronics manufacturing.

The new facility represents one of Henkel's most significant application engineering commitments in the India Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region, and is designed to address a critical gap in India's electronics value chain: the absence of localized, world-class application testing and validation infrastructure that allows manufacturers to develop, qualify, and scale advanced materials solutions without the time and cost of sending work overseas.

India's electronics manufacturing sector has grown nearly six-fold over the past decade. The momentum is accelerating, driven by the rapid build-out of data center and AI computing infrastructure, 5G and fiber network expansion, electric vehicle charging systems, industrial automation, and advanced medical devices. Each of these sectors depends critically on high-performance adhesives, thermal management materials, and protective coatings, and each demand faster, more localized application engineering support than India's ecosystem has traditionally been able to provide.

Bengaluru was a natural choice. The city's concentration of semiconductor design talent, electronics R&D centers, and global OEM engineering teams makes it the single most important node in India's electronics innovation ecosystem. Locating the center here puts Henkel's application expertise directly alongside the engineers and manufacturers who need it most.

"India's electronics manufacturing ecosystem is at an inflection point, and Bengaluru is at the center of it," said S. Sunil Kumar, Country President – India, Henkel. "What manufacturers across our focus sectors increasingly need is not just world-class materials, but a local partner who can co-develop, test, and validate those materials under real production conditions, and help them move from concept to market faster. That is precisely what this center is designed to do. It is our most tangible expression yet of Henkel's long-term commitment to India's electronics future."

The 5,000 sq. ft. facility, of which approximately 2,400 sq. ft. is dedicated laboratory and testing space, is built to replicate actual electronics manufacturing conditions, allowing customers to evaluate and optimize materials and processes before committing to production scale. Around 60-65% of the investment has gone into advanced lab and testing equipment, with 20-25% directed at customer co-development infrastructure.

The facility serves five high-growth sectors: telecom and 5G infrastructure, data centres and AI computing, power electronics and EV systems, industrial automation, and medical electronics. Its key capabilities span advanced thermal management testing, precision dispensing systems, electrical characterisation tools, and rapid-cure chambers, supporting the full journey from prototyping and material validation through to production readiness.

The center directly supports India's Make-in-India and Production-Linked-Incentive objectives by bringing application engineering, process optimization, and reliability validation onshore. A substantial share of activities that Indian electronics manufacturers previously had to route through overseas facilities, or simply defer, can now be conducted locally, compressing development cycles and accelerating time to market.

Henkel application experts will work side-by-side with customer engineering teams at the facility; co-developing solutions tailored to specific device architectures and manufacturing requirements. This collaboration model is central to the center's design and is what distinguishes it from a conventional testing laboratory.

About Henkel

With its brands, innovations and technologies, Henkel holds leading market positions worldwide in the industrial and consumer businesses. The business unit Adhesive Technologies is the global leader in the market for adhesives, sealants and coatings. With Consumer Brands, the company holds leading positions especially in laundry & home care and hair in many markets and categories around the world. The company's three strongest brands are Loctite, Persil and Schwarzkopf. In fiscal 2025, Henkel reported sales of about 20.5 billion euros and adjusted operating profit of around 3.0 billion euros. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. Sustainability has a long tradition at Henkel, and the company has a clear sustainability strategy with specific targets. Henkel was founded in 1876 and today employs a diverse team of about 47,000 people worldwide – united by a strong corporate culture, shared values and a common purpose: "Pioneers at heart for the good of generations.” More information at www.henkel.com

About Henkel India

Henkel in India has two legal entities, namely, Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel) and Henkel Anand India Private Limited (a joint venture company of Henkel and Anand Group). The adhesive technologies business operates primarily in the business-to-business realm in the country, while in the consumer brands business, Henkel is present in the “hair” category. Headquartered in Navi Mumbai, the adhesive technologies business has a footprint comprising four manufacturing sites, two innovation centers, a customer experience center, a flexible packaging academy and three application centers serving the footwear, consumer electronics and electronics industries, respectively. Its hair business has five Schwarzkopf Professional academies across the country. Further enhancing Henkel’s innovation ecosystem is its Global Technology Center, designed to help implement innovations quickly and build future-oriented digital competencies at the company. Henkel employs over 1,300 employees across these sites. More information at www.henkel.in.

Tata Motors Announces Price Increase For Commercial Vehicles From April 2026

Tata Motors today announced a price increase of up to 1.5% across its commercial vehicle range, effective 1 April 2026.

The price increase is being undertaken to partially offset the impact of rising commodity prices and other input costs. The increase will vary depending on the model and variant.

About Tata Motors Ltd (Formerly TML Commercial Vehicles Ltd):
Part of the USD 180 billion Tata Group, Tata Motors Ltd., (BSE: Scrip code 544569; NSE: Scrip code TMCV) is India’s largest and a globally renowned manufacturer of utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks, and buses. With over eight decades of leadership in commercial mobility, the company is known for its innovation, reliability, and performance. Its advanced powertrains, connected technologies, and intelligent fleet solutions support a wide range of applications—from last-mile delivery to public transport while seamlessly driving the wheels of the nation’s economy. Guided by its brand promise Better Always, Tata Motors delivers future-ready solutions that enhance customer experience and drive sustainable growth. The company operates in India and South Korea, with a global presence across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and SAARC countries.

As per the Composite Scheme of Arrangement sanctioned by the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench—amongst Tata Motors Limited, TML Commercial Vehicles Limited (the Company) and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited—the Company’s name was changed to Tata Motors Limited from TML Commercial Vehicles Limited (effective 29 October 2025), and its equity shares are listed on the BSE Ltd and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. 

Fabindia Redefines Corporate Style With Newly Curated Workwear: “Write Your Own Code”

Fabindia, India’s much-loved brand, announces its latest workwear campaign, “Write Your Own Code.” This versatile curation celebrates individuality in the modern workplace, offering an extensive range of ethnic wear, western wear, and accessories designed for both men and women.

The workwear curation seamlessly blends artisanal heritage with contemporary functionality. Women can pick from versatile options- short dresses, co-ord sets, kurtas, dupattas, and saris featuring delicate Chikankari, hand embroidery, and block prints. The men’s edit features crisp shirts, short and long kurtas, and Bandhgala jackets, showcasing Ikat weaves alongside Bagru, Ajrakh, and Dabu prints. Both these ranges are handcrafted in premium textured cotton and linen. Complementing the look, the ensembles can be paired with leather bags and an elegant jewellery selection of earrings, rings, and bracelets, featuring tribal and floral designs in sleek silver, gold, and dual-tone finishes.

“Our ‘Write Your Own Code’ campaign is a tribute to the modern professional who views their wardrobe as an extension of their personal narrative,” says the Fabindia Spokesperson. “Workwear today is no longer about blending in; it’s about standing out through authenticity. By merging India’s rich artisanal heritage with contemporary cuts, we are empowering our customers to bring their whole selves to work. This curation is designed to provide the comfort and confidence needed to navigate a dynamic workday.”

Rejecting the monotony of corporate uniforms, this selection champions a "mix-and-match" philosophy that lets your personality shine. By pairing heritage crafts like Ikat, Ajrakh, and Dabu with modern silhouettes, professionals can curate a signature look that is as unique as themselves. Every garment in the workwear range is verified by the Craftmark Tag, ensuring the authenticity of the handcrafted work across all 350+ stores.

The full curated workwear edit is now available at over 350 Fabindia stores nationwide and online at www.fabindia.com

About Fabindia Ltd.

Fabindia Ltd. was founded in 1960, with its first retail store in New Delhi. Bringing forth craftsmanship with contemporary designs, Fabindia carries a 65-year legacy of celebrating India’s rich heritage, panning over 340+ stores across 127 cities within the country and 13 international outlets across 7 countries. The offering includes a variety of Indian and Western wear for men, women, and children.

Over the years, jewellery, bags and footwear, home furnishings, furniture, gifts, organic food and personal care products have been introduced to the range. An amalgamation of aesthetics and affordability, the brand is a celebration of India and its crafts and is one of the country’s largest private platforms for products made from traditional techniques, skills and hand-based processes. Fabindia connects thousands of craft-based rural producers to urban markets, creating employment for artisans and preserving the country’s traditional handicrafts.

Hitachi Vantara Expands Hitachi iQ Capabilities To Help Enterprises Advance Responsible Agentic AI

* Expanded AI blueprints, infrastructure capabilities and intelligent data integration strengthen the Hitachi iQ portfolio for secure, on-prem production AI

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced new capabilities across the Hitachi iQ portfolio, including enhanced AI blueprints and multi-agent coordination in Hitachi iQ Studio, expanded NVIDIA AI infrastructure options, and deeper data integration to support agentic AI in on-premises and virtualized environments. Together, these enhancements position Hitachi iQ as a comprehensive, enterprise-ready AI solution, enabling customers to build and manage AI agents within their own environments.

For more information about Hitachi iQ, visit:

https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/solutions/ai-analytics/hitachi-iq

As organizations move from AI experimentation to scaled deployment, many are facing growing challenges tied to data complexity, AI sovereignty and evolving governance and security requirements. According to a recent report, in the U.S. and Canada, only 42% of organizations are considered data-mature, and 84% of those organizations report measurable AI ROI, compared with just 48% of organizations with weaker data foundations. As AI moves into production, the ability to pair strong data practices with secure, well-governed infrastructure is becoming a critical differentiator. The Hitachi iQ portfolio is designed to help close that gap by bringing together AI-ready infrastructure, integrated agent capabilities and enterprise-grade oversight and compliance controls designed for responsible enterprise AI deployments.

“AI is moving into production faster than many organizations’ data foundations are ready to support,” said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara. “With these latest enhancements to the Hitachi iQ portfolio, we are expanding across software innovation, high-performance infrastructure and intelligent data integration to give customers greater flexibility and control as they move agentic AI from pilot to production.”

New Accelerated Computing Options for Modern AI Workloads

Hitachi iQ is designed to help enterprises deploy and operate AI infrastructure with predictable performance and reliability, built on Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) data platform and supporting HMAX by Hitachi, a suite of next-generation solutions that brings the power of AI to social infrastructure. Hitachi iQ now supports NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs (air-cooled), NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs (air-cooled and liquid-cooled) and a 2U NVIDIA MGX-based system with up to four NVIDIA RTX PRO™6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. Hitachi iQ also plans to support the newly announced NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPU. These options give customers greater flexibility to align compute with their AI workloads – from model development and fine-tuning to inference and agentic applications – while supporting diverse form factors that address cooling, power and space constraints and meet enterprise requirements for security, resilience and production readiness.

Hitachi iQ integrates accelerated computing, networking and storage into a validated infrastructure stack. It is built to keep data close to compute, helping improve utilization and efficiency for data-intensive AI workloads.

New AI Blueprints and Data Orchestration in Hitachi iQ Studio

Hitachi iQ Studio, the AI software component of the Hitachi iQ portfolio, enables organizations to design, deploy and govern AI agents within secure enterprise environments. Built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, it now includes expanded AI blueprints and multi-agent coordination capabilities that help teams move from prototype to production with greater clarity and control.

The new blueprints introduce defined agent roles, including supervisor and worker models. Worker agents execute tasks while supervisor agents coordinate multi-agent workflows and adapt based on outcomes. This structured orchestration helps organizations automate complex processes while maintaining visibility, efficiency and governance.

Hitachi iQ Studio also expands support for NVIDIA Nemotron models, large language models designed to power advanced, tool-using agentic AI systems, and introduces time machine capabilities that enable AI systems to navigate historical datasets with context and speed. This time-aware intelligence strengthens explainability and supports industries that rely on long-term data patterns to inform decisions.

“As enterprises continue to scale AI, the ability to combine accelerated computing with consistent software and trusted data becomes essential,” said Jason Hardy, vice president of storage technologies, NVIDIA. “Full-stack AI infrastructure optimized for enterprise demand enables organizations to support a wider range of AI outcomes while maintaining the performance, governance, and operational consistency enterprises require.”

Expanded Hammerspace Capabilities to Simplify, Automate and Accelerate Data Access

Building on their strategic partnership, Hitachi iQ delivers tighter integration between Hitachi iQ Studio and Hammerspace to streamline data access for agent-driven workflows. With this expanded capability, data managed by Hammerspace can be accessed directly within Hitachi iQ Studio using Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that allows AI systems to securely connect to external data sources.

This enables customers to build AI agents in Hitachi iQ Studio that can securely work with and help manage their Hammerspace data environments, extending automation and insight directly to distributed data without requiring relocation. Data remains governed and protected within VSP One, helping maintain availability and consistent performance as agents operate across environments.

This deeper integration improves data observability and simplifies access to distributed datasets without adding infrastructure complexity, allowing AI agents to work with in-place data across environments without unnecessary data movement. The result is a stronger connection between data orchestration and agent coordination, supported by VSP One Block infrastructure to deliver consistent performance and 100% data availability while preserving hybrid cloud flexibility for enterprise AI.

Accelerating AI Storage

Hitachi Vantara will also be supporting the newly announced NVIDIA STX reference architecture to develop AI-native storage solutions powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin, BlueField-4, Spectrum-X networking, and NVIDIA AI software.

Hitachi Vantara will showcase Hitachi iQ and Hitachi iQ Studio at NVIDIA GTC 2026, taking place March 16-19 in San Jose, California. Attendees can explore how Hitachi iQ simplifies and advances agentic AI development across industries. Learn more about the One Hitachi presence at GTC 2026 at https://hitachidigital.com/hitachi-at-gtc-2026/.

For more information on Hitachi iQ Studio, visit: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/solutions/ai-analytics/hitachi-iq-studio.