Sara Driscoll

Cisco Systems is pushing further into the applications space by opening out selected routers and services to third-party application developers and customers. The Cisco ISR (Integrated Services Router) and WAAS (Wide Area Application Services) are now open to application integration as part of Cisco’s Empowered Branch initiative, which it launched in 2007. Cisco has launched […]

Partners are likely to feel a significant impact from IBM’s suspension from seeking new federal contracts, according to government analysts and the General Services Administration. IBM was banned by the Environmental Protection Agency from completing or signing any new or pending federal contacts. However, any ongoing contracts or contracts that have already been signed will […]

IDC released some preliminary figures for the Western European storage software market at the conference, with archiving and HSM way out in front as the growth leaders. In Western Europe for 2007, the analyst said the storage software market was worth $3.3 billion, 30 percent of the worldwide market, and is showing a 7.7 percent […]

DataCore Software claims to have bridged the gap between SAN and NAS technology with its latest SANHarmony software. The company, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary at CeBIT, has integrated NAS services into its virtualized platform, meaning that end users who already have a NAS installed and face a barrier due to cost or functionality, […]

The comparison was evident, walking from the mega stands of the vendor halls into the much smaller booths of the reseller hall, or Planet Reseller, as CeBIT organizers called it. It was the place to go to buy your memory, to get a laptop bag or chat with some of the distributors. And yet here […]

Traditionally a high-end storage vendor, FalconStor is now readying its push into the SME sector. The company announced its SMB plans back in December, but Danielle Gauthier, vice president of marketing for Europe, said the firm is now gearing up for a major push in the SMB sector. “We have recruited channel partners and have […]

Technology is not the first thing people would associate with New Zealand–sheep or the “Lord of the Rings” films maybe, but certainly not cutting-edge technology. But that is exactly what the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, part of the New Zealand government, is at CeBIT to change. The organization has helped fund 16 New Zealand […]

SAP is ramping up its partner business for its Business By Design software as a service offering, and today announced it has signed 21 new partners bringing its total to 43 globally. Speaking to eWEEK, Hans -Peter Klaey, president global SME at SAP, said the company is looking to more than double its customer base […]

Everyone here at Cebit has an environmental pitch; be it greener technology, how long they have been focused on their corporate social responsibility or how little energy their systems take to power up and cool down. Except there is one snag for the plethora of environmentally enlightened vendors. Having taken a stroll around the numerous […]

Hitachi Data Systems unveiled a trio of new products today at Cebit in Germany. The vendor launched two NAS products: the Hitachi Essential NAS platform aimed at the midmarket, and the Hitachi High Performance NAS Platform 3000 series aimed at large enterprises. The company also launched the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite (DDS), which allows companies […]

Officials with the European Union are skeptical of Microsoft’s announcement that it is opening up its technology to the outside world. However analysts in Europe have welcomed the move, claiming Microsoft and users will benefit in the end. The software maker announced Feb. 21 its four interoperability principles and said it will open up all […]

Widespread changes will hit IBM Internet Security Systems VARs as Big Blue looks to roll the solution providers gained through its acquisition of the security vendor into its own incumbent channel program. Speaking exclusively to Channel Insider, Clifford Leary, director of worldwide channel sales for IBM ISS, said the vendor has ambitious plans for the […]