News Switzerland

Devil to attack Europe
2010-03-11
Germany : broadliner Devil has announced that it was starting up plans to expand out of German boundaries. Following a good first half-year, its founder Karsten Hartmann has left the company and given its reins to Axel Grotjahn who will pilot the expansion, through acquisitions. Target countries have not been mentionned. Only Benelux has been said not to be a short-term option (source : Computer Reseller News Deutschland).

Digital Warehouse enters Europe with a new name
2010-03-11
Netherlands : Digital Warehouse Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Warehouse USA, enters the European refurbished networking market under DurabilIT name. The new company, with its headquarters based in Amsterdam, Holland, hopes to become a key European player in providing refurbished networking solutions from Cisco, Juniper, Brocade/Foundry, Extreme, Nortel or Alcatel-Lucent.

Colour Confidence protects screens with PChOOD
2010-03-10
British-based Colour Confidence has started the distribution in EMEA region of PChOOD monitor hoods.

Online-USV Systeme unveils expansion plans
2010-03-10
Cebit 2010/Switzerland : German UPS vendor Online USV Systeme has unveiled its plans to grow its Swiss business. Currently distributed by broadliner Also, the company is seeking a dedicated distributor, able to cover electrotechnology resellers, as it is virtually absent from this market. The company is also willing to sign a few other IT distributors, in order to grow its global marketshare in the country. A maximum of two more distributors in local Top 5 is officially targeted. No names have been yet given, but the company is very active in Switzerland, and will undoubtedly talk about itself in the coming weeks…

Two new services for Adiva
2010-03-10
Software and storage VAD Adiva has expanded its offer with two new services for resellers. "Consulting service" allows resellers, through Adiva teams, to design IT infrastructures for UNIX environments (hardware, software, networks, etc.) and to advise end users about their operating systems, databases, transaction monitors, application servers as well as server and storage virtualization environments. "Installation service" covers server and storage infrastructure installation and testing of system environments, virtualization of physical environments and documentation of a full infrastructure system. These services are available in DACH region through Adiva offices in Germany and Switzerland