We provide managed services that leverage blockchain technology to support the growth of our customers' businesses. We provide optimal services tailored to the growth phase of our customers' businesses, such as "creating new value," "building a system to provide value," "providing value in a stable manner," and "strengthening the system to respond to business growth."
Hitachi leverages expertise cultivated through the construction and operation of mission-critical systems to support the long-term stable operation of customers' blockchain systems from various perspectives.
- Achieving high availability
This service provides a RAS framework that facilitates the complex error handling inherent in Hyperledger Fabric and supports the continuous operation of the system.
- Flexible operation
We adopt the long-term support (LTS) version of Hyperledger Fabric provided by the development community and offer an extended support period even after community support ends, ensuring a stable environment. Upgrades are carried out in consultation with customers.
- Comprehensive support system
Hyperledger Fabric experts support problem-solving for customers at various phases, including consulting, application design and development, troubleshooting, and more.
We have acquired the "LF Decentralized Trust Certified Service Provider" qualification, which is a vendor qualification certified by the LF Decentralized Trust.
Service features
Creating new value
Creating new value requires developing prototypes and verifying their value. We provide a low-cost verification environment with the necessary configurations for PoC* and PoV* for business use cases utilizing blockchain. You can start a proof of concept or proof of value at any time.
- * PoC:
- Proof of concept
- * PoV:
- Proof of value
Building systems to provide value
Based on the results of the PoC and PoV, we create mechanisms to provide value.
- Hitachi engineers support the design and development of Hyperledger Fabric and application development, such as consulting and performance tuning.
- You can easily generate an environment on the service portal.
- Components necessary for development, such as sample applications, are also available, so you can start development immediately.
Providing value in a stable manner
To continuously provide business, it is necessary to consider system operation.
- Customers can monitor the operating status of the blockchain environment.
- In response to customer requests, we check for tampering of the data stored in distributed ledgers to protect customers' businesses and enhance trust.
- In the event of an emergency, Hitachi's specialist engineers will assist you in solving the problem.
- We support business continuity by backing up distributed ledgers.
Strengthening systems to respond to business growth
As business grows, trading volume will increase. To continuously provide business, a scalable blockchain environment is essential.
- You can store a large amount of transaction history data in a ledger.
- You can add distributed ledgers when necessary to accommodate flexible configuration changes.
- The specifications of the node on which distributed ledgers operate can be enhanced after the start of operation.
- You are charged based on the number of nodes used and the amount of data stored on the blockchain platform, allowing efficient use tailored to the scale of your business.
Main service content
Provision of a blockchain environment
- We provide a low-cost verification environment with the necessary configurations for PoC and PoV of business use cases utilizing blockchain. You can start a proof of concept or proof of value at any time.
- You can use a ledger capable of storing a large amount of data to handle increases in the number of users and increases in transaction volumes due to long-term use. You can also increase the number of peers in your organization for load balancing.
- The specifications of the node on which distributed ledgers operate can be enhanced even after the operation has started.
- You are charged based on the number of nodes used and the amount of data stored on the blockchain platform, allowing efficient use tailored to the scale of your business.
Blockchain platform provision and application development consultation
- Hitachi's experienced engineers, well-versed not only in blockchain platform provision but also in application development, provide consultation to support customers in implementing blockchain.
- For developers, we provide product training, such as explanations of the Hyperledger Fabric architecture and lectures on environment construction procedures.
- We provide technical support, which includes evaluating implementation methods on the blockchain platform and application development, based on the customer's use case.
Provision of a service portal
- By using the service portal, customers can generate their own blockchain networks*, add peers, and start development immediately.
- You can download a sample application that runs on the generated blockchain network from the service portal and immediately start application development.
- *
- Blockchain network: A group made up of multiple organizations that share transaction histories
Managed services
- Customers can monitor the operating status of the blockchain environment.
- We respond to inquiries that arise during the use of the blockchain environment.
- We can also provide support for Hyperledger Fabric and offer suggestions for performance improvements.
Detection of tampering in distributed ledgers
- In response to customer requests, we check the data stored in distributed ledgers for tampering to protect your business.
- If tampering is detected, we support customers with data recovery.
Backing up of distributed ledgers
- In response to customer requests, we take backups of distributed ledgers to ensure that business can continue even if data is corrupted.
- It is also possible to save a cross-section of the system during development.
Selectable service grades
We offer optimal service grades tailored to meet customers' needs.
Starter
- Recommended for these scenarios:
- PoC and PoV for business use cases using blockchain
- Blockchain application development
- Features
- This service provides functions for efficient development, such as using the service portal to change configurations and display the blockchain operation status, and acquiring logs during development.
- Low-cost implementations are possible through the provision of a simple and minimal configuration.
Standard
- Recommended for these scenarios:
- Development and operation of production businesses using blockchain
- Verification of non-functional requirements and performance for a system configuration equivalent to a production operation in a PoC and PoV using blockchain
- Features
- This service provides a managed blockchain environment.
- In the event of a failure, we support business recovery by applying or suggesting workarounds. (Note that improvements to open-source software are not included.)
