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CMS looks for partners in vertical market shift

 

Distributor realigns operations and looks for vendors to help move closer to specific new markets

 

James Sherwood, CRN 15 Aug 2005

ADVERTISEMENTStorage distributor CMS Peripherals is realigning its operations to move closer to specific vertical markets and is looking at signing new vendors to help it achieve its aim.

 

Astley Gayle, newly appointed product marketing manager at CMS Peripherals, said the realignment will be centred on three new elements: digital consumer, digital office and digital enterprise.

 

He added that the move will be a “fundamental market shift” for the company. “There is not a do-nothing option for us. We can’t continue as we are. We have to adapt and change, move forward and add more value, as opposed to simply being in fulfilment,” he said.

 

CMS has also identified the public sector as a potential growth opportunity for storage sales.

 

Astley claimed the growth is partly driven by the implications of data compliance regulations in the sector. “Over the years our strategy has become reactive and demand-driven. It has served us well, but now we have to change. We need to become much more proactive and driven by market intelligence,” he said.

 

The distributor already partners with several established vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, Computer Associates and Tandberg Data. CMS has identified several new vendors, including two in Silicon Valley and one in Israel, in the storage infrastructure and appliances sector.

 

Mark Blowers, senior analyst at the Butler Group, said vertical specialisation allows a business to narrow its focus down to its core strengths.

 

“This is the trend in the IT and storage markets. Many storage distributors are looking to add expertise in a select number of areas, rather than distribute across the board,” he said.

 

james_sherwood@vnu.co.uk

 

 

http://www.vnunet.com/crn/news/2141123/cms...rtners-vertical

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AFX News Limited

Tandberg Data Q2 opg swings to loss on shift to LTO technology 08.18.2005, 04:30 AM

 

OSLO (AFX) - Tandberg Data ASA said it swung to a second quarter operating loss on the back of a shift towards Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology that hits its sales and margins.

 

It posted an operating loss of 1.964 mln usd compared with a profit of 130,000 usd a year earlier.

 

Sales fell to 24.0 mln usd from 26.5 mln as volume and the gross margin have been adversely affected by strong competition in Europe - particularly in Germany -- during the quarter.

 

The net loss came to 2.279 mln usd compared with a profit of 398,000 usd a year earlier.

 

Looking ahead, Tandberg Data said the newly signed strategic agreement with Advanced Digital Information Corp (ADIC) shows that the repositioning of the technology and products over the past two years are beginning to pay off.

 

It added, though, that the agreement is not expected to have any significant effect on sales and gross profit this year.

Tandberg Data said the shift to LTO technology, which is supported by the major original equipment manufactures as International Business Machines Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co, is continuing to gain market share from other technologies. This is creating substantial pressure on volumes and prices of other technologies.

 

This is adding to the effects of a slow economy in Europe, Tandberg Data's largest market.

This situation is expected to have a negative impact on Tandberg Data in the short term, which will last until its new products have achieved sales volume offsetting the declining volumes on the DLT (Digital Linear Tape) and SLR (Scalable Linear Recording) products.

Bente.Bjorndal@afxnews.com

 

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Techworld

August 22, 05

 

http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/...age=1&pagePos=2

 

Could ADIC be Overland's white knight?

 

Buys around 10 percent of Overland's shares

 

By Chris Mellor

 

 

 

ADIC has bought around ten percent of the shares in Overland Storage according to Overland's SEC filings. ADIC met with Overland officials in January to discuss the futures of the two businesses and signed confidentiality agreements to do with potential transactions. Now ADIC has spent almost ten million dollars to buy 1.3 million shares and so-informed Overland CEO Chris Calisi. A joining together of Overland and ADIC was mentioned at this meeting.

 

The timing is significant in that the purchase took place just after news became public about the loss of HP's future OEM business from Overland. This was followed by the purchase of Zetta Systems, signaling the move into protecting primary data storage. ADIC may not have known the full story of Overland's loss-making results and forecast of a loss in 2006 - ADIC has just announced profitable results - but it certainly knows now.

 

With the previous January meeting it's probably feasible to consider that Overland has been pretty open with ADIC about its woes. ADIC and Overland products overlap in the SME space. Both companies have disk-to-disk backup products, with ADIC's probably being the more sophisticated product.

 

If both companies agree that there is over-capacity in the tape storage product business then a merger or acquisition would help remedy that. It seems obvious that ADIC would be the senior member of any joined entity.

 

In public Calisi has been talking up Overland, mentioning competing with NetApp. It's easy to talk about such things, but far harder to compete with NetApp outside the small enterprise space. Also Overland's primary disk protection products are not even on the streets yet and we await further illumination on its primary disk strategy.

 

The influence of Sun's purchase of StorageTek may pervade ADIC and Overland discussions. All three tape companies know that software is playing an increasingly strong role in data protection and this represents an opportunity to loosen the lock on data protection held by the backup software vendors.

 

ADIC has a more solid penetration of medium and larger enterprises. Overland could represent an opportunity in the SME space and a second opportunity in the primary data protection area. It also has its channel partners and OEM relationships. A better-run Overland could increase its profit margin. A joined-together ADIC-Overland could also eliminate some product-related costs.

 

If ADIC does join with Overland then life will get harder for Quantum, Qualstar, SpectraLogic, Tandberg, Breece Hill and others. Such a move could trigger more consolidation in the tape storage industry.

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Friday, September 9, 2005

Tandberg Data Targets SMB Backup

Poway-based Tandberg Data said this week that it has introduced a new product aimed at the SMB backup market. The company said that its new InteliStor SMB network backup appliance uses Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 and Symantec Backup Exec software to provide easy backup for small and medium businesses. The appliance allows companies to easily deploy data backup as a starter package for those businesses, which typically have few IT resources and personnel and support. The NAS appliance integrates disk capacities of up to 1.6TB, web-based browser management, and pre-configured setup of the software.

posted on Friday, September 9, 2005

 

 

http://www.socaltech.com/story/0002355.html

 

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/g...097&newsLang=en

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Tandberg and Chi Corporation Expand Marketing Agreement to Include LTO Format Drives and Tape Automation Product Lines

 

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050920/205428.html?.v=1

 

Ser vi tjuetallet snart.... :lol:

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Westan Loads up on storage

Julia Talevski, ARN

 

27/09/2005 07:27:04

 

Storage tape specialist, Tandberg Data, has selected Westan as the latest local distributor for its StorageLoader LTO range.

 

Westan product manager of server and storage division, Geoff Bull, said the products were complementary to its own range of Armaserve servers. He said its Tandberg partnership was expected to generate good revenues for resellers operating in the SMB or corporate space.

 

Westan will offer product training and is also conducting product road shows throughout Australia during October that will include the new LTO products range.

 

Tandberg business development manager, Georg Schlueter, said the company chose Westan because it was capable of penetrating its target SMB, SME and OEM markets.

 

"Westan is the right partner to help increase our sales revenue and reseller base," Schlueter said. "It is located in every state and we want to have good representation bases in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia."

 

Westan joins ACA Pacific and T Data in the Tandberg stable. Schlueter said Westan's whitebox focus would bring the vendor a different customer base to its other distributors.

 

Tandberg has revamped its partner program with more specials and benefits in a bid to include more resellers. It has also extended its 1U 1.6/3.2TB capacity Storageloader promotion for resellers until the end of December, which offers eight LTO2 cartridges and one LTO cleaning cartridge free with every purchase.

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8e6 TECHNOLOGIES TEAMS WITH TANDBERG DATA TO RESELL NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE SOLUTIONS

NAS Products Enhance 8e6 Enterprise Reporter Internet Monitoring History Storage,

Adding Value to Customer Experience

 

Orange, CA (September 27, 2005) – 8e6 Technologies, a leading supplier of Internet Content Filtering, Monitoring and Reporting Appliances, today announced they are reselling two of Tandberg Data Corporation’s Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions. These NAS units, the InteliNAS 4100 and the InteliNAS 4160, can be connected to the 8e6 Enterprise Reporter to enhance its ability to retain years of Internet usage history.

 

http://www.inostor.com/news/news_8e6.html

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TAD - LAUNCHING OF FIRST PRODUCT FROM ADIC

28.09.2005 09:52

 

Tandberg Data has today announced the launching of the new

Tandberg S24 tape library from Advanced Digital Information

Corporation (ADIC) under its own brand. This is the first

product Tandberg Data is launching based on the strategic

partnership agreement which was entered into early August

this year.

 

As previously announced ADIC and Tandberg Data will supply

products to each other under the strategic agreement. The

agreement implies that the parties will resell the products

under each company`s brand in its global reseller channel

and on product offerings to the OEM customers. The

qualification of these products progress according to plan

and launching will take place the fourth quarter this year.

Tandberg Data estimates the value of the agreement to be

USD 60 - 100 million in revenue over the next 3 years,

beginning at the end of 2005.

 

A full product press release is attached.

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TAD - NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDING IN TAD NO

30.09.2005 09:52

 

Funds managed by Ennismore Fund Management Ltd have sold

4,346,500 shares . We have sold all our holdings in the

abovementioned stock

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TAD - SHIPMENTS OF LTO2 TO DELL STARTED

29.09.2005 16:10

 

DELL Inc has qualified the Tandberg Data Half Height LTO2

tape drive and has commenced shipping. DELL is marketing

the Tandberg Half Height LTO2 tape drive manufactured for

DELL under the PowerVault brand

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TAD - SHARE ISSUE - NOK 53,3 MILLION

30.09.2005 09:02

 

Tandberg Data ASA has adopted a resolution for the issue of

4.260.000 new shares, which is close to 10 per cent of the

company`s share capital, at a subscription price of NOK

12,50 per share fully paid up in cash. Net cash proceeds

after payment of fees related to the share issue, is

approx. NOK 51 million (equivalent to approx. USD 7,9

million).

 

The share issue was resolved after close of Oslo Stock

Exchange yesterday by authority granted by the general

meeting to the board on May 13, 2005. The share issue was

fully subscribed last evening.

 

The purpose of the share issue is to strengthen the

company`s position to support the strategic evolution which

is now in progress, and to strenghten the working capital

to be able to support the expected growth which is based on

the OEM contracts and the strategic partnership with

Advanced Digital Information Corp (ADIC).

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TAD - OUTLOOK Q4 2005 - STRONG BUSINESS GROWTH

29.09.2005 16:11

 

The today announced commencement of shipment of half-height

LTO2 tape drives to DELL Inc. in combination with the

previously announced OEM contracts and Tandberg Data`s new

product offerings in the global reseller channel, is

expected to generate substantial growth in the fourth

quarter this year.

 

Further, Tandberg Data has entered into a new OEM contract

with a Japanese customer on the half-height LTO2 tape drive

which will add an estimated annual revenue of USD 5 - 6

million. A full disclosure will be announced when

shipments have started.

 

Under reference to the above Tandberg Data wants to make a

forward looking statement for the fourth quarter 2005 which

is contained herein.

 

The above stated positive events are expected to generate a

stronger growth in the fourth quarter this year than

previously anticipated. The positive trend is expected to

continue on a quarter by quarter basis thereafter, as

volumes will increase both on the OEM contracts and in the

channel business.

 

As previously announced, Advanced Digital International

Corporation (ADIC) and Tandberg Data will supply products

to each other under the strategic agreement which was

entered into early August. The agreement implies that the

parties will resell the products under each company`s brand

in its global reseller channel and on product offerings to

the OEM customers. The qualification of these products

progress according to plan and launching will take place

the fourth quarter this year. Tandberg Data estimates the

value of the agreement to be USD 60 - 100 million in

revenue over the next 3 years, beginning at the end of 2005.

 

Volume shipments to IBM of the half-height LTO2 tape drive

is building up month by month, and the fourth quarter will

be the first full quarter with shipments.

 

The European sales operation has been through an extensive

restructuring during the third quarter and a more customer

focused team with short decision lines have been

established to enable us to more successfully respond to a

more dynamic market situation.

 

The third quarter 2005 will not be significantly affected

by the above described development and revenue and EBIT in

the third quarter are expected to be in line with the

second quarter.

 

In order to meet the increasing demand for its products the

Board of Tandberg Data is considering to strengthen the

company`s capital base. Consequently, the company has

retained Carnegie and Handelsbanken Capital Markets to

advise on a potential equity issue.

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12:57pm 11/02/05

Advanced Digital sees Q4 rev exceeding previous forecast (ADIC) By Gabriel Madway

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC) on Wednesday said that it expects fourth-quarter revenue to exceed its earlier forecast. The Redmond, Wash.-based computer storage company had previously forecast revenue in a range of $110 million to $115 million.

 

Link

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Hammer signs Maxtor and drops Tandberg

 

Storage firm agrees distribution deal with Maxtor and drops Tandberg to focus on Quantum relationship

 

James Sherwood, CRN 07 Nov 2005

ADVERTISEMENTStorage distributor Hammer has signed a UK distribution agreement with hard drive vendor Maxtor, but has dropped Tandberg Data as part of its vendor line up.

 

Under the terms of the Maxtor deal, Hammer will distribute the vendor’s full range of disk storage products, such as its 15K II SCSI drive, to the enterprise, SME and industrial consumer electronics sectors, as well as associated services.

 

James Ward, managing director of Hammer, said: “Disk is experiencing a huge growth and partnering with Maxtor will help us to take advantage of the expanding market.”

 

Storage capacity growth overtook revenue growth in disk storage systems by 49.4 per cent to 457 petabytes during the second quarter of this year, according to IDC (CRN, 12 September).

 

Didier Trassaert, vice president of Maxtor EMEA, said: “Hammer will help us drive strong sales growth in the UK storage market. Its proactive approach to business development makes it the ideal storage partner.”

 

Astley Gayle, product marketing manager for UK and Ireland at rival Maxtor distributor CMS Peripherals, said he was surprised by the move.

 

“The million dollar question with this arrangement is whether there is enough demand in the market place. Also whether or not Maxtor is already over-or under-distributed. I’m just not sure if the demand is there,” he said.

 

“There could be two outcomes to this appointment; it could dilute Maxtor’s capabilities, or leave some interesting pricing dynamics.”

 

Ward said its partnership with Maxtor also comes at the same time as a reduction in its tape vendor collaborations.

 

“We have decided to no longer distribute Tandberg Data as its product range has too many similarities with Quantum, which we still distribute. We felt distributing products from both vendors was diluting our focus somewhat so we decided to focus on just one of the vendors,” he added.

 

Separately, Maxtor reported a $1m drop in turnover to $927m for its third quarter, compared to the same quarter last year.

 

The vendor also reported a $17m net loss for the third quarter ended 1 October 2005, which it said included a $4.2m payment in severance expenses following its recent Singapore workforce reduction.

 

Gross profit margin also dropped by 2.1 per cent to 11.1 per cent in Q3, compared to the previous quarter, however its drive shipment level for consumer electronics OEMs increased by 74,000 drives to 1,139,000 during the quarter.

 

 

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Har ikke vært skrevet så mye om TST/TAD i det siste så derfor tar jeg med denne fra Computerworld i Malaysia:

 

CA, Tandberg Data join hands

 

Tandberg Data Asia (TD Asia) has announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with CA, one of the world’s largest enterprise IT management software companies. The announcement will see the two companies collaborate on storage and tape backup businessses to achieve greater sales volumes and establish a superior channel alliance in Asia Pacific. The agreement will enable Tandberg Data to bundle its tape storage product with CA’s BrightStor ARCserve to provide a complete storage solution for customers. Both companies expect that by providing a competitively priced solution that combines an industry-standard tape product with reliable backup software, they will be able to capture a bigger consumer base in the region.

 

http://computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?...id=4&issueid=84

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Siste nytt fra Prostor

 

http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?...&WT.svl=news1_1

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From BREAKING NEWS!

 

Tandberg To Ship 1U Autoloader With Half-Height LTO-1

 

By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN

3:17 PM EDT to. jun. 15, 2006

 

Tandberg Data has taken advantage of its recently unveiled half-height LTO-1 tape drive to develop one of the industry's lowest-cost LTO-based tape autoloaders.

 

The new StorageLoader LTO-1, which Tandberg plans to release to the channel next week, offers a maximum capacity of 800 Gbytes native, or 1.6 Tbytes compressed, in a 1U rack-mount footprint, said Ken Cruden, vice president and general manager for the Poway, Calif.-based vendor. The native data transfer rate is 32 Mbytes per second.

 

Tandberg is targeting the StorageLoader LTO-1 at small businesses that may be using AIT or DAT tape formats but may be interested in LTO technology, according to Cruden.

 

"Customers like LTO but feel it's too expensive," he said. "That's what caused us to come out with our half-height LTO-1 drive."

 

Greg Knieriemen, vice president of marketing at Chi, a Cleveland-based solution provider, said Tandberg has been doing a great job with autoloaders. The market is definitely ready for such a high-density tape autoloader like the new StorageLoader LTO-1, but it won't go only to small businesses, he noted.

 

"This creeps into the lower end of the midmarket," Knieriemen said. "A lot depends on users' configurations."

 

Though many 1U or 2U autoloaders use a revolving carousel to load tape cartridges, the StorageLoader LTO-1 uses two removable, four-tape magazines for simplicity, Cruden said. It also includes a bar-code reader for cataloging cartridges.

 

Designed with serviceability in mind, the autoloader features field-replaceable power supplies, fans, drives and air filters, Cruden said. It also can be upgraded with other half-height LTO tape drives, including Tandberg's half-height LTO-2 drive, introduced a year ago, and its upcoming half-height LTO-3 drive, expected to be released in a year, he said.

 

The list price for the StorageLoader LTO-1 is less than $3,000, and its street price is expected to be as low as $2,300, Cruden said.

 

 

 

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/d...cleId=189401505

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Tandberg Data Debuts Industry's Lowest Priced LTO-Based Tape ...

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA

... Tandberg Data's solutions are designed to meet the growing storage requirements of small- and medium-sized organizations and are backed by a three-year ...

 

 

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/g...132&newsLang=en

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Stor-avtale til Tandberg Data

TDN Finans

 

Tandberg Data har inngått en oem-avtale som sikrer dem 45-50 millioner dollar i inntekter de første tre årene.

 

Tandberg Data har inngått en oem-avtale med en stor servertilvirker (tier one) for leveranse av LTO 3-tape drives. Verdien av avtalen estimeres til 45-50 millioner dollar i omsetning de første tre årene.

 

OEM står for «Original Equipment Manufacturer», som betyr at en partner bruker Tandberg Datas teknologi, men videreselger produktene under eget varemerke.

 

Tandberg Data venter at leveransene vil starte etter at det foreligger nødvendig godkjennelse fra stor-kunden.

 

Avtalen løper i første omgang over tre år, og kan forlenges på årlig basis etter dette.

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Tandberg Data StorageLibrary T128 combines Modular Design With Continuous RoboticsPublished 10th July 2006

 

New tape library solution provides growing mid-range storage environments with scalable, easy and reliable data protection with a performance up to 3.5 TB/h and storage capacity of 102.4TB...

 

Oslo, Norway 10th July 2006 ­ Tandberg Data ASA, the only European data storage company that designs, develops and manufactures tape drives, tape automation and disk sub systems, today announces the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library, which delivers the scalability and modular design that today¹s exponentially growing data environments demand. Developed to serve the mid-range market, the StorageLibrary T128¹s superior design and scalability offers a high capacity, flexible and modular solution.

 

All too frequently, organisations struggle to accurately predict data growth volumes; access and retrieval requirements; the effects of retention policies and storage consolidation, so initial capital investment can be threatened from the outset. With this in mind, Tandberg Data has set out to provide a future-proof expansion solution that allows users to easily increase their storage infrastructure as their data grows, enabling them to invest and grow capacity according to business requirement and budgets. The StorageLibrary T128 features capacity-on-demand (COD), modular design and easy-to-use management and diagnostic tools through an enhanced local and remote user interface. The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 has been developed for the mid-range market, and its modular design and expandability enable this system to truly accommodate a more sophisticated level of storage capability, says Carl Waadeland, product manager, automation solutions at Tandberg Data. ³For example, it takes approximately 30 minutes for the customer to expand the unit from 5U to 14U.

 

Gudmundur Einarsson, CEO at Tandberg Data, further elaborates, 'We¹ve listened to the LTO market drivers and responded with the introduction of the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 to allow mid-range storage environments faster, easier and more reliable data protection up to 102.4TB.'

 

Tandberg Data¹s new StorageLibrary T128 further expands its LTO based solutions portfolio. 'We are seeing LTO technology largely governing the demand for mid-range tape automation autoloaders and libraries,² commented

Ray Stewart, sales director at EACS, Tandberg Data Platinum Partner. 'The T128 is a natural extension of the Tandberg portfolio, adding weight and versatility, so that accredited partners like ourselves can penetrate this

market.

 

The StorageLibrary T128 will be invaluable to the mid-range library space, not just through its flexibility but also through its innovative user-interface and built-in diagnostics. The product allows for easy installation, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of devices and offers up to 128 slots for tapes. I/E Mail slots can be configured to allow 6, 12 or 18 tapes for single and bulk loading and you can install up to 6 SCSI or Fibre Channel (NF) LTO3 tape drives.

 

The new library also provides Reliability-Availability-Serviceability (RAS) tickets when a problem is detected. Using advanced problem detection, reporting and notification technology, the StorageLibrary T128 performs numerous self-tests to monitor the system¹s temperature, power consumption and standard operational functions. These are run each time it is powered on and also during normal operation. Users can be alerted to defects through LED activity, email, a Tandberg Data screen saver indicator or Web client. Email notifications can be enabled for up to 10 users or sent automatically to Tandberg Data for investigation directly from the system.

 

The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 is scalable from 28TB to 102.4TB. It also offers customers a system that is fast to upgrade and service, ensuring short maintenance downtime and system restoration. The product has a MTTR

(Mean Time To Repair) of less than 30 minutes.

 

The Tandberg StorageLibrary 128 is supported by all major backup application and operating systems and is available from 28th July throughout Tandberg Data¹s qualified reseller partner base.

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Nå tar det av for Tandberg Data Storage Library T128!

 

En liten oppfølger til mitt eget innlegg forrige måned

 

 

 

New Products

 

 

.....General availability in the United States is scheduled for sometime in the next month.

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Tandberg Data Asia øker innsatsen i India!

 

Resellers night

 

 

Så gjenstår det å se om salget øker etterhvert....

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TAD:KJØPER EXABYTE FOR USD 28M

 

Oslo (TDN Finans): Tandberg Data har kjøpt datalagringsselskapet Exabyte

Corporation for 28 millioner dollar.

 

Det opplyser i en børsmelding onsdag.

 

Det sammenslåte selskapet vil ha ventede driftsinntekter på 215 millioner

dollar i 2006 og være nest største aktør innenfor datalagring.

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TAD(NY):USD -9,0M F. SKATT I 2.KV 2006 (-2,1)

(Oppdatert med tre siste avsnitt)

 

Oslo (TDN Finans): Tandberg Data fikk et resultat før skatt på -9,0

millioner dollar i andre kvartal 2006, sammenlignet med -2,1 millioner

dollar i samme periode året før.

 

Det opplyser selskapet onsdag.

 

Driftsresultatet ble -6,8 millioner dollar (-2,0) av driftsinntekter på

30,6 millioner dollar (24,0).

 

Driftsresultatet er belastet med fem millioner dollar i

restruktureringskostnader knyttet til kjøpet av Exabyte.

 

Fallet i bruttomarginen forklares hovedsakelig av en økning i

servicekostnader for nye produkter, produktmiks og sterk konkurranse i

Europa, Midtøsten, Afrika og Asia.

 

"Konkurrentene har drevet aggressiv prisingsstrategi med intensjon om å ta

markedsandeler fra Tandberg Data. Vi har bestemt at det er strategisk

viktig å beskytte våre markedsandeler i denne perioden og vi har hatt

suksess i dette. Vi venter at marginen vil bedre seg ettersom de

automatiserte produktene tar markedsandeler", heter det i rapporten.