They've had their issues on the road in the playoffs and had to go seven vs Atlanta

They've had their issues on the road in the playoffs and had to go seven vs Atlanta and Cleveland Ray Allen has slumped.Now, they've been rejuvenated. Beating a tough talented veteran Detroit Pistons’ squad in six, finishing them off on the road. Ray Allen has found his sweet stroke again.Those of us that have watched this rivalry unfold know better than to put too much stock into previews and predictions. Throw them all out the window.Once the ball goes up in game one, each possession, quarter, game, and the entire series takes on a life of its own. Wild swings in momentum and new story-lines emerge.You wish that late announcers Johnny Most and Chick Hearn were here to announce these games because they were truly special to listen too.If you are a Boston fan, you think back to seeing Red Auerbach light up the victory cigars. Their memories and the special memories each of us have all come flooding back to life. Last night, there was Boston Celtic Captain Paul Pierce chanting "Beat LA,” and "bring it on." Pierce grew up in LA, a big Lakers’ fan.The Lakers-Celtics games were a big reason why he started playing basketball.

Growing up hating the Celtics, now their captain propelling them to the Finals and a match-up against his childhood team.The Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers are playing each other in the NBA Finals.It is special, magical, and to be treasured. It is the reason that sports matter. It is why we watch.  Please don't wake me from this dream.      . Enables Customers to Increase Return on Storage Assets, Recover up to 50 Percentof Unused Storage Capacity SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.(NYSE:HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, todayannounced the "Switch it On" program to help customers derive more efficiencyout of their environments by improving the optimization of their storage assets.As part of the program, Hitachi Data Systems is offering *free storagevirtualization software which enables customers to consolidate all externallyattached, third-party storage under common management and optimize with advancedcapabilities such as transparent data movement, dynamic provisioning,intelligent tiering and disaster recovery. "Programs that promote storage efficiency are endemic right now and deservedlyso," said Mark Peters, senior analyst, the Enterprise Strategy Group."Heterogeneous support and virtualization are extremely valuable approaches bothoperationally and financially; however with `Switch it On` Hitachi Data Systemsstrikes a new and welcome chord - it is not only exposing inefficiency andtalking about what it can offer, but is actually helping its customers to dosomething to address it, without them having to get out their checkbooks." "Customers are increasingly aware that their data should be considered asdigital assets," says Benjamin S Woo, vice president, enterprise storagesystems at IDC. "By consolidating and increasing utilization throughvirtualization technologies, customers can maximize the return on their digitalassets as well as the return on the investment in the infrastructure thatprotects those assets." Hitachi`s storage efficiency technologies and world class services and supportprovide customers the assurance that they can reclaim unused storage capacity,improve storage utilization and realize a dynamic and efficient storageinfrastructure optimized to meet business requirements. Hitachi Data Systemsmarket proven storage virtualization technology and dynamic provisioning helpimprove overall storage utilization by up to 40 percent, recover up to 50percent of unused storage capacity and reduce overall power, space and coolingcosts in the data center. With more than 11,000 virtualization-enabledcontrollers, Hitachi Data Systems is the undisputed market leader in the storagevirtualization space.

"This initiative reaffirms our commitment to help customers save money byenabling them to leverage existing assets they own and reclaim under utilizedstorage capacity," said Brian Householder, senior vice president of worldwidemarketing and business development, Hitachi Data Systems. "Customers tell us wehave the winning strategy because, unlike other storage vendors, our strategy isbuilt upon enabling customers to do more with less and improving on operationaland capital expenditures. By leveraging our market leading storagevirtualization technology, customers can dynamically thin provision not onlyinternal storage, but external storage as well for non-disruptive data movement,copies, replication, business continuity and migration of thin volumes acrossexternally virtualized storage." Hitachi Storage Efficiency CustomersWith a nationwide network of 1412 Branches and 3,177 ATMs in 527 Indian townsand cities, HDFC Bank saves thousands of labor hours each year in part becauseof Hitachi virtualization technologies Mr. Harish Shetty, executive vicepresident of IT, HDFC Bank stated: "The Hitachi virtualization solution hashelped us simplify our storage management practice. We're not only able toenhance the life of our legacy assets but also to manage all assets in onesingle, virtualized pool - improving storage utilization and operationalefficiencies. We've drastically improved efficiency and productivity bydelivering notably faster customer response times and keeping costs low formultiple snapshots of 3TB production databases." HUK-Coburg, a large European insurance company, dramatically simplified itsstorage environment, improved storage utilization and reduced operational costs.Since implementing Hitachi Data Systems` dynamic provisioning technologies,HUK-Coburg has reclaimed 30% storage capacity. Renar Grunenberg, manager of dataadministration, HUK-Coburg said: "We capitalized on Hitachi virtualization andtiered storage technologies to reduce operational and capital IT expenses byminimizing the cost of doing business.