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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made his first trip to CeBIT in six years bearing promises of new products and advice – a move designed to re-cast the software giant as a friend of both Europe and the environment. Talking to a crowded CeBIT press conference yesterday afternoon, Ballmer made little of Microsoft’s recent battles with European regulators, which resulted in the company being fined a total of some EUR1.7 billion. He highlighted the potential benefits Breaking News.......................................1 In Brief...............................................4 World Wire........................................6 Today @ CeBIT..................................9 The Buzz..........................................12 Face to Face....................................16 Business Solutions.....................18 & 56 Home & Mobile Solutions..........32 & 46 Public Sector Solutions......................42 Reseller & Channel Solutions............76 Index.......................................................82

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to customers of Microsoft’s recent decision to open up its protocols and APIs and downplayed Microsoft’s need to meet the requirements of “the European regime”. “We are permitting more interoperability, and that’s potentially going to let third parties take away some of our business,” he told journalists. Turning to the environment, Ballmer said energy “is work for the software community as well as hardware.” Reducing power consumption, he insisted, is a big aim for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Vista is a good example of Microsoft’s green commitment, he said: Vista’s idle mode consumes 30 times less power than XP’s, while Windows Server 2008 is up to 40% less power-hungry than Windows Server 2003. Microsoft, which is currently building new data centres Continued on page 85

CeBIT 2008’s opening ceremony last night welcomed four world leaders to the Hannover Congress Centrum. From left to right, French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, European Commission President Barroso, BITKOM President Scheer and Microsoft CEO Ballmer.

Shiny New CeBIT Launched By Philip Gallagher

CeBIT 2008 sees far-reaching improvements to meet the fastchanging needs of visitors and exhibitors. You’ll already know that the show is now contained with a six-day week, not broken by a weekend. This enables exhibitors to better focus their

resources and gives business decision-makers more flexibility when scheduling their visit. CeBIT’s traditional 3 pillar structure has also evolved. Dr. Sven Michael Prueser, Senior Vice-President of CeBIT, says the “display categories of Continued on page 84

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Breaking News Do They Dream of Electric Sheep? By Keith Waller

Visitors to Joker AG‘s Stand D40 in Hall 25 are in for a surprise. A one-week old Camarasaurus sauropod, or long neck dinosaur, going by the name of Pleo, has taken up residence on the stand. The company that makes Pleo, UGOBE, says that thanks to some nifty technology the “organic robot“ can move in a lifelike way and behaves completely autonomously. Equipped with nearly 40 sensors, including infrared and stereophonic sound, Pleo requires

no remote control and is free to interact with his owner and environment. Pleo is engineered to mimic life and relate to its owner on a personal level. Pleo will let its user know how it feels at any moment. He is capable of multiple expressions, including joy, aggression, sorrow, and fear. Every Pleo eventually exhibits a unique personality. Pleo can sigh, sniff, sniffle, snore, cough, hiccup and sneeze. When Pleo is tired, he gets drowsy and goes to sleep. Sometimes he may even dream.

We think he‘s cute. Others see him as big business. Market researchers ABI say the market for personal robots – offering the sweetness of a pet with none of the feeding or walking duties – will be worth US$15billion by 2015. Massive Software (Hall 14, Stand G38) is also showing a robot. This one is called Zeno. Massive says Zeno has the ability to navigate, make facial expressions and move his body based on what he sees in his physical environment, learn and become smarter over time.

Cute or what? Pleo features 14 servo joints and 38-touch, sound, light and tilt sensors.

Zeno is highly articulated with more than 28 built-in servos in his legs, torso, arms and face. He is described as an intelligent character robot that can show emotions with his flexible expressive face and perform stunts with his agile and self-balancing body.

U-Blox GPS Powers NAVIGON/Porsche PND By Philip Gallagher

GPS technology from Switzerland’s u-blox (Hall 15, Stand D27) is driving a gorgeous new PND from NAVIGON (Hall 15, Stand E13). NAVIGON has developed the device in partnership with Porsche Design. NAVIGON’s P9611 – measuring 125mm x 82 mm x 19mm – weighs just 250 grams. The little beauty boasts a wide range of hardware and software features, including a pre-installed SD memory card, USB cable, car cradle and charging cable and high quality audio player. The device comes with Bluetooth, enabling hands-free communication support for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. Other software features include digital maps of 37 European countries and an integrated TMC (Traffic Message Channel). The TMC alerts users about traffic jams and automatically calculates alterna-

tive routes. The clever feature is preloaded with international information that updates automatically when users cross a border, displaying country-specific information such as speed limits or permitted alcohol limits. “The P9611 combines u-blox’ high sensitivity, high accuracy SuperSense GPS technology with NAVIGON’s cutting edge navigation knowhow and Porsche Design’s slick looks,” says Thomas Seiler, ublox CEO. “This combination, added to the device’s myriad of features, makes the P9611 the ideal PND for discerning users who want a reliable, long-lasting navigation device.” NAVIGON‘s Porsche Design P9611 GPS unit also boasts two powerful processors, a 4.3-inch 480×272 pixels (WQVGA) high-resolution TFT touch screen and a 1400mAh Li-Ion battery. The P9611 is available from

NAVIGON’s online shop (www. navigon.com/site/ porsche) and from electronics retailers. This compact, highly desirable PND has been created by NAVIGON, Porsche Design and advanced chip supplier, u-blox.

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Cold; sunny spells in the morning, followed by rain during the day and possibly snow after 18:06 sunset. High: 6 Celcius/43 Fahrenheit Wind: 18 kph/11 mph; Chance of precipitation: 70%

Currency Exchange Rates (As of 3 March at 15:30) Currencies USD $ EUR USD $ 1.0000 0.6555 EUR 1.5256 1.0000 GBP £ 1.9888 1.3037 JPY ¥ 0.0097 0.0064 CNY Yuan 0.1408 0.0923 IDR Rupee 0.0248 0.0162

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Breaking News Building Strange and Marvellous Mice By Keith Waller

A new interface technology that allows consumers to enjoy the full power of a desktop mouse and keyboard within mobile environments is on the menu at Simtrix (Hall 14, Stand G38). Simtrix is demonstrating its Swiftpoint TriPed designed primarily for Tablet PCs and multi-touch tabletop surfaces. The company says the strange-looking device provides seamless transitioning between mouse, pen, and text

entry without introducing any of the compromises typically associated with pen or touch interfaces. The company is also showing the Swiftpoint Slider. This gadget holds broader market appeal as it solves the problem of laptop or living room PCs lacking space for a mouse. The “Slider,” as the name suggests, resolves this dilemma by an ingenious design concept whereby it slides over keyboard keys - effectively enabling the

keypad to become a large mouse pad. Saitek (Hall 21, Stand A40) is showing a more traditional looking mouse. However, this one has a transparent top that flips up to allow you to insert your favourite It‘s a mouse - but not as we know it, Jim. photo. When the mouse is plugged into a USB its Swiss Travel product line, port the picture is backlit by a is showing the latest designs white LED. of its Swiss MoGo Bluetooth WorldConnect (Hall 25, Mice, which are specially deStand E48), better known for signed for notebook users.

Siemens Launches OpenScape Unified Communications Server By Gerhard Kafka

Siemens Enterprise Communications (Hall 13, Stand D37) has announced a significant step in its transformation into a software-oriented company: it has launched OpenScape Unified Communications (UC) Server, an innovative unified communications software platform. OpenScape is designed to remove legacy barriers between today’s traditionally separate voice, video and unified communications systems to enable a comprehensive suite of UC applications. This suite initially includes OpenScape Voice Application (HiPath 8000 V3.1 R2, enterprise grade voice and IP least cost routing), OpenScape Video (integrated HD, desktop and client video conferencing) and OpenScape UC Application V3 (role-based UC). OpenScape can operate in IT or telephony environments, including IP telephony and legacy PBX telephony environments run by Siemens or any other vendor. Installation



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is easy and affordable, with options that do not require expensive or complex proprietary technology stacks. New modular capabilities are enabled by simply activating the desired license keys on a user-by-user basis. OpenScape will be available in three versions. The Medium Edition (ME) configuration is a single server solution with optional redundancy for up to 1,000 users. The Large Edition (LE) is a multi-server configuration for up to 100,000 users (with full UC functions for up to 20,000 users and basic UC functions for up to 100,000 users). The Hosted Edition (HE) contains additional application components to support the unique requirements of service providers and hosting organizations. Built on the standardsbased OpenSOA framework, OpenScape UC Application allows deep business process integration into virtually any existing line of business application to provide rich commu-

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nications embedded business processes (CEBP). Unified communications includes voice, data and video.

In Brief Of all the scintillating green products showing at this year’s CeBIT, one will be selected TODAY as the greenest and most virtuous. German Economy Minister Michael Glos himself will announce the winner of the PRIZE for best ICT-based energy efficiency project – a handsome award worth up to EUR40 million in government aid. It’s too late to nominate yourself, but check out www.e-energie.info after 15:00 to find out who won. Or simply watch this space… Ever tried moving files from PC to Mac without losing the files or your mind? For those close to despair, have a look at JMTek’s (Hall 21, Stand B46 (C4)) Crossbox. This little gadget works like a car jumper cable. Simply link up your two computers with the Crossbox’s two retractable USB 2.0 cables, and bingo, the transfer begins. Each system recognizes Crossbox and launches a window to drag and drop files from drive to drive. With no software required, it’s hard to imagine something more idiot-proof.

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Breaking News French Centres of Excellence Seeking Partners By Philip Gallagher

With so much attention on the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) technology markets, it’s easy to forget the great tech partners on our own doorstep. CeBIT’s Partner Country this year is France. That reflects the strong showing that French exhibitors have made at the last two CeBITs. For the Partner Country role, the French government is sponsoring exhibits by nine of its regional centres of excellence. These are clusters of companies from the same area engaged in mutually complementary activities within a shared value chain. In total 35 of the cluster companies are exhibiting in Hall 9 at Stand B19.

Among the intriguing clusters to investigate are: • IMAGES ET RÉSEAUX, located in Brittany and the Loire valley, working on applications that include highresolution television (HDTV, DVB-T), mobile TV and Internet TV, the transmission of images over networks and secure transmission. • MINALOGIC, located in the Greater Grenoble/Isère region and based around the semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics, carries out research in nanotechnology and develops intelligent miniaturized systems. • CAP DIGITAL Paris Région specialises in digital

Topex Offers Trio of IP Telecom Solutions By Jim Charos

TOPEX (Hall 13, Stand D53) VoisTel, Topex VoiBridge and Topex VoxiPlus are telecom solutions designed for small medium business environments. The trio of products is available in multiple configurations depending on the customer needs of investments, security and simplicity. TOPEX VoisTel is a VoIP Private Branch Exchange that offers full PBX functionality and services and it has built in ISDN-PRI (E1), ISDN-BRI, GSM, UMTS or analog interfaces. This is an all in one IP-PBX, E1 and GSM gateway, Fax and Unified Messaging server offering powerful Least Cost Routing and simple deployment of IP Telephony. The company’s VoiBridge is a VoIP to GSM/UMTS small



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capacity gateway and its main functionality is to interconnect VoIP networks with mobile networks. Some of its benefits are that the equipment supports up to 4 cellular operators and the customer makes significant savings on calls from IP to GSM networks and backwards. TOPEX VoxiPlus is a VoIPPRI-GSM gateway that combines multiple types of connections like GSM, PRI, BRI and IP lines into a single platform, helping the client to better optimize and support their business needs. TOPEX‘s leveraged expertise includes: NGN solutions, Softswitch, Media Gateways for TDM, VoIP, GSM and CDMA, Signaling Gateways, Broadband Wi-Fi Mobile Routers, FixedMobile Terminals and ATC Voice Communication Systems.

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production, processing of data, sound and images as well as the transmission of analog content. This technology is widely used in cinema systems, video games and multimedia applications. On Wednesday the centres of excellence will be introducing themselves at a ClusFrance’s ICT regional clusters encourage ter Workshop, 10:00 companies to support each other along a to 17:30 p.m., in Hall shared value chain. 1, Brussels Room. Main themes of the sessions will be joint venture opportunities and market outFranco-German ICT high-level looks. Today French and Gerconference in the NORD/LBman bigwigs will meet for the Forum.

World Wire UK Set to Launch Green Sports Car

A “zero-emission” sports car with a top speed of nearly 100mph is set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the BBC reports. Based on the design of the Morgan Aero-8 roadster, the hydrogen-powered Lifecar produces little noise and only water vapour from its exhaust. The GBP1.9m project, partly funded by the UK government, has taken nearly three years to complete. Geneva’s Motor Show opens its doors on 6 March.

US Seeks Terrorists in Virtual Worlds

The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds. Codenamed Reynard, it aims to recognise normal behaviour in online worlds and home in on anomalous activity. It is likely to develop tools and techniques for intelligence officers who are hunting terrorists and terror groups on the net or in virtual worlds. The project was welcomed by experts tracking terror groups using the net to organise or carry out attacks.

3Com Booms On Buyout Chatter

3Com shot up 17% Monday following a Wall Street Journal report saying people familiar with the matter suggest that Bain Capital LLC and China‘s Huawei Co. plan to resubmit an application seeking US approval for their planned US$2.2bn buyout of the networking company within the next several weeks.

fairgrOuNds Map

Technology + Infrastructure Halls 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26

Home & Mobile Solutions Halls 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26

Public Sector Solutions Halls 8, 9

Business Solutions Halls 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

TOday @ ceBiT Conference and Presentation Schedule Yahoo! Press Conference Journalists -- don‘t miss the Yahoo! press conference today in The Convention Centre’s Heidelberg Room, 12:30 to 13:30.

Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT

The Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT takes place today in the Congress Area of Hall 8. A wide programme looks at Web 2.0 technologies that have captured so much attention in the consumer sector and what they may mean for executive decision-makers. Two main topic sessions will probe the opportunities and challenges of social networking, blogs and wiksi in the enterprise.

You may still be able to a get ticket for the event in the hall. Entry costs EUR490.00, but you get your money‘s worth: the SUMMIT runs from 11:00 to 20:00.

Big Name Mobile Conference at CeBIT Looking ahead to Thursday morning, the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance) is holding a conference on „The Future of Mobile Broadband Communications“ in Room 13/14 of the Convention Centre, from 10:00 to 13:00. For your FREE tickets, send an email to [email protected]. Comprising 44 member organisations, the NGMN is

considered the world‘s top initiative by mobile communications network operations, equipment providers and research institutes. The conference keynote address will be delivered by Hamid Akhavan, CEO of T-Mobile International and Chairman of the Board of the NGMN Alliance. Akhavan will detail objectives of the mobile communications initiative, offering a glimpse of the future challenges facing the industry.

CeBIT Global Conferences

Welcome to CeBIT Global Conferences – a brand new springboard for visionary concepts and groundbreaking

innovations that can help you gain a crucial edge over the competition. True to the motto „Improving Life for the Global Village,” leading personalities from the realms of business, R&D and academia will be taking the stage at this inaugural event from 4 to 6 March. They will champion their causes for the sake of long-term social benefit – all by means of keynotes and executive labs held in the Convention Centre between 10:00 and 19:00. Check the public display screens for details.

Conference and Presentation Schedule Multidisciplinary Conferences 10:00-11:00

CeBIT Global Conferences Keynotes

Convention Center (CC), Saal 2

Public Sector Solutions Global threats how can the information technology used by civil society help? 11:00-11:30

CeBIT Global Conferences Keynote - Special Guest

Convention Center (CC), Saal 2

KevinTurner, COO, Microsoft Corporation Delivering Innovation and Business Excellence CeBIT Global Conferences Executive Labs

Convention Center (CC), Saal 2

11:30-14:00

Information technology – the hits and flops of the last decade and the next 10 years

15:00-17:30

Human Resources, Social networks - the new challenge for companies

17:30-19:00

CeBIT Global Conferences Evening Lecture and Executive Networ¬king Lounge

Convention Center (CC), Saal 2

11:00-14:30

German-French ICT Summit Business Solutions

P37/Nord/LB forum

10:30-17:00

CeBIT Forum Learning & Knowledge Solutions in German

H 6, Stand B38

10:00-17:25

Content Management Arena In German

H 3, Stand

10:30-17:00

CRM Arena, in German

H 4, Stand D64

DMS Area In German

H 3, Stand A29

11:00-20:00

Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT

Kongressbereich H 8

13:00-16:00

ERP Forum, in German

H 5, Stand D18

10:00-18:00

CeBIT SME Forum (In German).

H 5, Stand B48

09:30-18:00

CeBIT Security World Forum

H 6, Stand G16

10:15-17:30

forum-bi-eii - Forum Business Intelligence & Enterprise Information Integration (German)

H 3, Stand C45

LinuxPark – LinuxForum, German/English

H 5, Stand F48

10:15-18:00

Marketing Solutions Area Deutsch

H 4, Stand F58

10:30-14:00

BSI Presentations German Language

Convention Center (CC), Saal 107

14:30-17:40

soa-bpm-world - Service Oriented Architecture & Business Process Management World In German Technology Infrastructure

12:00-17:30

CeBIT in Motion (German/ English)

H 15, Stand D41

09:15-17:15

IPCentral@CeBIT 2008 (German/English)

H 13, Stand D34

09:15-14:15

WIRELESSWorld@CeBIT 2008 Banking & Finance (German/ English)

H 13, Stand D34

10:30-17:05

CeBIT Finance Solutions Forum Research & Development (German/ English)

H 17, Stand A01

11:00-15:15

Future Parc

(Dutch Pavilion) H 9, Stand A66

10:30-17:30

future talk (German/ English)

H 9, Stand A30

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Breaking News Digital Radio Hits Mobile Phones

TomTom’s New Beats

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Radio has entered the mobile age. At this year’s CeBIT, German radio broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and Australia’s The Technology Partnership (TTP) present Future Radio. The project foresees multimedia digital audio broadcasting on any mobile phone. SWR and TTP will unveil the aims of Future Radio to broadcasters and operators in Hall 26, Stand A59. The first trial of these innovative interactive radio services will launch in Stuttgart this summer. Future Radio will have an open service delivery specification to enable new visual, interactive and download services on any digital radio receiver. These services will allow mobile phone users to listen to digital radio and to view, navigate and store visual content such as images, slides, weather information, music tracks and podcasts. The trial’s 500 participants will give feedback on what content works best and how it should be delivered. Unlike traditional non-interactive radio, this trial will encourage users to create their own services. The team believes visual, interactive and multimedia services will stimulate the listening habits of young consumers. This in turn will help position digital radio on mobiles as a viable broadcast medium for public service broadcasters with their wealth of public value content. Commercial radio stations and network operators, too, will find new revenue opportu-

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nities. These will include mass advertising through downloadable special offers and coupons, as well as a range of value-added content services requiring user interaction, such as competitions, music charts, shopping, voting and user generated content.

TTP’s nanoDABTM accessory: a key vehicle for new revenue opportunities, says TTP Digital Media General Manager Martin Orrell.

Dutch navigation king pin TomTom (Hall 15, Stand E14) revealed the first fruits of its TeleAtlas acquisition at a CeBIT press conference yesterday. TomTom’s EUR2.7 billion takeover of the digital maps company marks a bold new strategy for Europe‘s satnav star -- adding services to its mass-market hardware lines. So besides new GO portable navigation devices in Hall 15, you‘ll find improved mapping services. TomTom Map Share lets you make corrections to your own map and benefit from thousands of corrections made by TomTom users, free of charge. The company‘s Latest Map Guarantee promises that if your preloaded map isn’t the newest version at the moment of purchase, you can simply download the latest release for free via

TomTom’s road ahead: hardware, software and digital mapping services.

TomTom HOME. TomTom will be battling with Nokia in a navigation equipment and services market forecast to hit US$33bn worldwide by 2014, according to Strategy Analytics. Nokia has spent even more to get mapping knowhow -- EUR5.7 bn to take over TeleAtlas rival NAVTEQ. Hear more on Friday’s Navigation Day@CeBIT 2008 Conference the Convention Centre. See also the Wednesday edition of CeBIT News for comments by Strategy Analytics on TomTom‘s ambitious moves.

Sony Celebrates Victory for Blu-ray Disc By Bryan Betts

With Blu-ray Disc having beaten HD-DVD in the war over the next generation optical format, Sony NEC Optiarc (Hall 21, Stand A06) is bringing its latest Sony-branded Blu-ray drives to CeBIT. These include Blu-ray disc burners for desktop computers and Blu-ray combo drives for laptops, says Thomas Nedder, managing director of Sony NEC Optiarc Europe. All Bluray drives can read CDs and DVDs, while Blu-ray combo drives can read Blu-ray and burn DVDs, he adds. “We sell both to PC builders and assemblers and through retailers,” he says. “The other

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news is that our retail sales will all be under the Sony name now, not NEC.” As laptop manufacturers look for ways to differentiate themselves from the herd, they are adopting not only Blu-ray, but slot drives, Nedder says. These are like a car CD player, where you feed the disc into a slot, not a slide-out tray. Sony‘s latest DVD slot drive is just 9.5mm thick. Its Blu-ray slot drives are headed that way too - the thinnest is just 12.7 mm thick. “With Blu-ray we are basically talking about higher storage capacity,” Nedder says.

A dual-layer Blu-ray can store 50GB per disc. That‘s enough for a high definition movie or plenty of high-resolution photos. Nedder says he expects film fans, photographers and video-processing professionals to be among Blu-ray‘s earliest adopters.

Laptop combo drives can play Blu-ray and write DVDs or CDs.

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Breaking News Speed-Link Takes Games Seriously By Keith Waller

Speed-Link is showcasing its specialist gamer products in Hall 22 (Stand C35) as part of the World Cyber Games. The Styx Gaming Mouse will be available in Hall 22 for computer gamers to test out to the max. The first Speed-Link gaming mouse is equipped with a 2200 dpi laser sensor and features seven buttons. One special feature is its multi-fire function that fires off multiple bursts, one after the other, at a single press of the button. The main highlight on

the stand is the Speed-Link Gaming Edition Mini Cooper. Equipped with the latest Speed-Link racing wheel, the Mini Cooper offers the chance to achieve new lap times while sitting in a car, just like in real life. Compatible with the PC, PS2 and PS3, the racing wheel cover is made from artificial leather and provides excellent grip. The pedal unit, featuring gas and brake pedals, and the shifters for manual gear shifting make for real driving fun that is as close to real life

What’s Up with RFID? By Bernhard Schoon

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) supports our daily lives, be it for access systems, ski passes or car keys. An even larger potential is in logistics and retail, where various products and components can be identified contactlessly. RFID can help reduce expenses in automotive and aviation logistics and control the stream of objects more efficiently. The Auto ID/RFID Solutions Park in Hall 7 takes up more than 5,000 square metres at CeBIT and shows the full range of RFID applications and equipment. Among the exhibitors are deister electronic (Stand C20/2), Identec Solutions (Stand D15), Psion Teklogix (Stand C06) and Siemens A&D (Automation and Drives) at Stand C20/6, while the user side is represented by Metro Group, Procter & Gamble, Rewe Group and logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel. Real-life scenarios show RFID applications in commercial processes. Among them

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RFID-ready devices accelerate logistics and reduce cost in warehousing.

is a reader station for luggage at airports, demonstrated by Siemens. The Tracking & Tracing Theatre – that premiered last year – shows RFID at work in supply chains from manufacturer and distributors to the consumer. Another demonstration is a pharmacy with RFIDsupported stock management. The demonstrations are accompanied by the CeBITForum Auto ID/RFID with discussions and personal networking from 5 to 8 March. Topics include the position of RFID in Europe; security and identification; innovative applications of Auto ID/RFID and healthcare solutions.

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as it gets. Another CeBIT highlight is the presentation of the Speed-Link Wii accessories. Kitted out with the right gear such as the Professional Boxing Kit, the Cooking Pro Kit or the Fishing Kit, gamers can have even more fun.

The Styx Gaming Mouse - seven buttons for the serious gamer.

Public Debut for HD-Videoconferencing By Keith Waller

The first software-only full motion desktop HD-videoconferencing solution is being shown at CeBIT by VidSoft (Hall 7, Stand A28) Due for release in May, the new VidSoft Version 1.9 has a video resolution of 1280 x720 pixels at 30fps and is compressed below 1 Mbit per second during parallel sending and receiving of HD-Video. Based on this, VidSoft can deliver optimum picture quality even at a lower bandwidth. According to VidSoft a complete in-house solution for 10

users requires only an investment of under EUR10,000. Sascha Kuemmel, CTO and managing director VidSoft GmbH comments: “With VidSoft Version 1.9 we have reached to overcome the limitations of HD-Videoconferencing in meeting rooms and are now able to deliver the best quality right to the desktop of the user. Many of our customers have asked us for low-cost, internet-based HD-Quality right on their Desktop, this wish now becomes reality.“

The Buzz Personal navigation systems are one of THE hot topics at CeBIT this year. Being able to get from A to B in the quickest possible time is something all our readers will appreciate on this opening day of CeBIT. This is the day that the employees of Ustra, the local bus and tram operator, have decided is a good time to flex their industrial muscle and go on strike. Getting to the show will be a lot more difficult than normal. Ustra’s solution is to suggest we all have a lie-in and come to the show later in the day when services are running properly again. However, the majority of visitors to CeBIT are expected to attempt the journey regardless and use taxis and private transport. With the increased traffic on the roads you can bet that the stands of GPS companies like Garmin and TomTom will be busier than ever.

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Breaking News New Directions For Netviewer’s Web Conferencing By Keith Waller

Netviewer is launching significant new services at this year’s CeBIT on Stand C63 in Hall 3. Building on the recent release of Netviewer five (an extensively enhanced version of their award winning web conferencing solution), Netviewer has revealed a portal for interactive live video events, new web extensions and integration with Microsoft OCS. Netviewer says its prime goal is to make web conferencing as easy as possible. So that all types of workers find online collaboration becomes as natural as making a phone call. The new developments premiered at CeBIT are Netviewer Web calendar, Netviewer PreChat,

Netviewer Live Presenter, Netviewer for Events, plus integration with Microsoft OCS. They further extend the ease of use for web Find Netviewer and its partners in Hall 3. conferencing and remote collaboration. communication from NetCeBIT 08 sees Netviewer viewer. Samsung is showing joined on its booth for the a new type of monitor with first time by its strategic partintegrated web cam, microners. Projectplace is exhibiting phone, and speakers aimed the latest version of its webspecifically at Web conferencbased project management ing users. Inneo Solutions solution with integrated VoIP and Aviconet are resellers of technology and face-to-face Netviewer solutions.

New Product Device Offers a Pocketful of Fast Internet Service The PocketSurfer2 from Datawind is a mobile Internet device that delivers fast, basic web usage that is included in the cost of the product and does not require the user to sign-up on a contract or pay monthly fees. The Pocketsufer2 allows users to access the Internet wirelessly using a mobile phone network and delivering web pages exactly as they appear on a PC. An embedded SIM card provides a fully integrated solution in a mobile environment. Compression technology offers website load speeds of less than seven seconds.

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Harmony in the Home from Logitech By Keith Waller

Logitech (Hall 25, Stand D40, (H110)) is showing its Harmony One advanced universal remote control that the company says is a significant leap in the evolution of the best-selling line of Harmony remotes. We sought to intimately understand the interaction between people, their remotes, and their entertainment systems. Harmony One is the result of our most comprehensive R&D undertaking ever,” says Ashish Arora, vice president and general manager of Logitech’s Harmony business unit. One outcome of Logitech’s research is a 2.2-inch colour touch screen that uses capacitive technology. This responds to tiny electrical charges from the fingertips. The Harmony One remote also provides for control of home entertainment devices an intelligent and intuitive button layout divided into four distinct zones (numbers; traditional DVD controls; D-pad with volume and channel up/down; and on-screen menu buttons). Only the 40 most essential buttons appear on the Harmony One remote so people can fast find the right one. Using the Harmony One colour touch screen, people simply touch the appropriate activity button and the Harmony One remote does the rest, including turning on the right components in the right order and setting the correct inputs. To watch a DVD, for example, people simply touch “Watch a DVD” on the touch screen. The Harmony One remote then turns on the TV, the DVD player, and the A/V receiver.

Face to Face Super Micro Computer Takes the Lead with Green Blades Philip Gallagher

Super Micro Computer (Hall 21, Stand B46 (A1)), HQ‘d in San Jose, California, specialises in supplying highly reliable mission critical servers to a wide array of industries. The company has expanded into modular computing and enterprise storage. CEO Charles Liang now places a strong emphasis on green IT. Supermicro‘s European HQ is in The Netherlands.

CeBIT News: What’s your headline message for visitors to the show? Charles Liang: Supermicro has the most comprehensive selection of servers, workstations and Server Building Block Solutions® in the industry, and we are consistently first-tomarket with the latest technologies. As a leading, responsible corporate citizen when it comes to protecting the environment, our technology outpaces the industry in energy efficiency.

What are some of the product ranges you will be showing at CeBIT? We are showcasing over 40 of our latest server and workstation motherboards, more than 20 server and workstation systems including our whisper-quiet (28dB) but powerful SuperWorkstation, and our growing blade server family (SuperBlade™) which includes the low power consumption OfficeBlade™ that is suitable for office environments (as

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quiet as 50dB). We also have partners like Microsoft in our booth showing their solutions on our hardware.

What’s new? What’s the highlight of your stand? With 93% peak power supply efficiency, our SuperBlade™ is the industry’s most energy-efficient and earth-friendly blade server system. SuperBlade™ has multiple choices of server blades, such as those based on the latest Intel Seaburg and San Clemente chipsets all the way to AMD-based DP and MP blades. Based on the blades’ configuration, we offer a selection of several power supplies in the same form factor for the most optimized power solutions. In addition, our SuperWorkstation 7045A-C3 is the quietest high-performance workstation in its class, operating at 28dB.

What new technologies are you looking at? What product areas are you expanding? We are continuing to increase the energy efficiency of our products beyond 93%, while expanding our blade server system product line. We are expanding product offerings based our popular Universal I/O (UIO) architecture and solutions, providing more advanced networking technologies like 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and leading the way with a new HPC architecture for next-generation supercomputers. For

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workstations, we are continuously reducing power consumption and noise levels, while increasing performance.

What technology trends do you see around your products, for the next couple of years? What’s going to start growing? The trend is toward low-power CPU, chipset, motherboard Charles Liang, CEO and President, Super and system designs Micro Computer, Inc., with the company’s as well as higher high performance, super density, energy efficiency power sup- saving SuperBlade, which has won multiple plies. On the other awards. hand, more powerful flexibility? systems with higher capacity Greater energy efficiency rewill be required when running duces the need for more power multiple virtual machines using and cooling, while increased virtualization technology for performance moderates the server consolidation and betneed to increase IT floor space. ter resource utilization. I also In addition, low-power high see blade servers becoming performance systems have mainstream server solutions. higher reliability and help our High-end servers will be trendcustomers lower their TCO. ing toward even more RAS features. For our next-generation Itanium servers, which are What kinds of visitors do under development, nearly all you particularly want to atof the components will be hottract to the CeBIT booth? pluggable. Also, direct-connect memory, which Intel calls QPI Our products are very popu(Quick Path Interconnect), will lar with many CeBIT visitors become the standard system including channel customers, architecture. system integrators, OEMs and corporate IT managers & How do these products executives. We appreciate the and technologies help your opportunity to come here each customers improve ROI, efyear. Thank you.

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Green IT...........................................18 Technology Infrastructure ...........20 Content & Document Management...................................26 Enterprise Storage.........................27 Display & Imaging Technologies...................................29 IT Services & Consulting . ............30 Web & Software- Based Processes...........................31 Security & Biometrics...................56 Auto ID & RFID................................58 Fixed Line & Networks..................59 Mobile Communications & Devices........................................62 Carriers & Services Providers.........................68 Wireless Technologies..................70 Telematics, Logistics & Navigation.......................................72

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Rittal’s Must-See Green Data Centre By Philip Gallagher

A star exhibit at CeBIT 08 is Rittal’s 200 square metre green data centre demo in Hall 12. You’re hearing all this talk about green IT. A visit to the Rittal display will show how your company can make significant changes in its carbon footprint. Not only that: the Rittal demo addresses another big corporate worry - data security. The fully functional

RimatiX5 data centre features a raised floor, high-density climate control, free cooling, plus power distribution and back-up. A high-availability LSR 18.6 E Security Room provides physical protection. Features include safety doors, security partitions and false floors. “We are aiming at increased efficiency of secure voltage supplies and consumption, in particular with our flexible systems for UPS and cooling in data centres,” says Bernd Eckel, Rittal’s Executive Vice President IT. “This is of strategic importance for us.” To build the demonstration Rittal has worked with subsidiaries Lampertz and Litcos. Lampertz is a world leader in physical data and systems security. Litcos offers consultancy services for data centre planning and business continuity management. The partners have planned

their green data centre to meet the demanding E4 formula, which guarantees optimum efficiency in the areas of energy, security, availability and synergy.

Rittal’s green data centre meets the demanding E4 formula. In the energy sector for instance the group claims to offer the most modern UPS with a high level of efficiency. Its rack-and-room-based climate control concept is environment-friendly, making economic use of resources and creating cost savings for the user. Rittal, Lampertz and Litcos deliver security via IT safety rooms and safes for physical protection of information technology.

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CeBIT’s Green Sheen By Leo Cendrowicz

IT eggheads may have a genius for miniaturisation, but while they rush to shrink our computers, cell phones, and other gadgets, they have been slow to do the same to the industry’s carbon footprint. That appears to be changing. Over the past year, every major IT company has unveiled new green policies aimed at cutting

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the environmental impact of their products and processes. And this year, CeBIT has put the issue centre-stage. There will be three featured components addressing environmental questions at the trade fair: the Green IT Village, the Green IT Guide and a series of presentations and conferences. “The ICT sector has a pivotal role to play in devis-

The Green IT Guide will showcase issues, companies and initiatives on a wide range of environmental challenges facing the IT industry. Some 50,000 copies of the Guide are expected to be sold as a supplement to the CeBIT issue of Computerwoche magazine. CeBIT hopes it can become a reference book with concrete solutions and case studies on projects and sustainable economic management. ing solutions to promote energy efficiency and reduce the volume of CO2 emissions,” says Ernst Raue, Member of the Board of Deutsche Messe, which puts on CeBIT. “At a time of rapidly rising energy prices, green IT offers business users the potential for significant savings in energy costs.” CeBIT’s Green IT Village in Hall 9 is showcasing a range

of the latest technologies, in its networked office, home devices, energy-saving PCs, alternative power sourcing and other environmentally friendly innovations. At the same time, an extensive program of conferences and presentations involving specialists from business and research will aim to stimulate debate and encourage the exchange of ideas. Continued on page 81

Rittal’s Bernd Eckel: “We are aiming at increased efficiency of secure voltage supplies and consumption.” Source: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG

To ensure around-the-clock availability service providers linked to Rittal can offer a comprehensive range of solutions for 100% business continuity. Finally, says Rittal, E4 stands for synergy, with its customers receiving wide-ranging and competent solutions from one source – worldwide. CeBIT NEWS

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Mobile Devices: A Challenge For Corporate IT By Benjamin Gray, Forrester Research

Around the globe, IT departments in this increasingly mobile world are realising that they need to treat handhelds the same as they do PCs. Awareness of the scale and scope of both internal and external threats has increased. Government regulations around data protection and privacy are becoming increasingly common and stringent. High-profile stories in the media about lost customer data have tarnished company reputations, damaged brand equity, and hurt the bottom line. These factors combined have forced IT to come to the bitter realisation that ultimately it is

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responsible for protecting all information and technology assets. And it’s only going to get harder. Longer-term trends that will drive enterprise mobility — and make it harder for IT to secure and manage it — include: • A new generation of employees entering the workforce. The retiring Baby Boomers will shift the workforce and give way to Millennials, people born between 1980 and 2000. Millennials will come into your company with a higher technology IQ and different expectations of the kinds of tools that IT

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provides to them. • Increasing dependence on mobile applications beyond just email and PIM. As enterprises push mobility onto more applications beyond just email, contacts, and calendars, it will become increasingly vital to have secure and operationally sound devices. While IT is more concerned today with simply making these work, soon they’ll focus on user experience and quality of service. • Lower price points for mobile PCs and handhelds. The cost of laptops and smartphones is falling due to a number of different factors,

Ben Gray of Forrester: “Highprofile stories about lost customer data have hurt the bottom line.”

including lower manufacturing costs, more competition, lower distribution costs, and economies of scale. As average Continued on page 24

Starting 4 March, Hanover Goes Green. L Live Data Center Rittal Hall 12, Stand B26 Lampertz Hall 2, Stand B38

A new dimension in IT efficiency. ”Rittal together“ showcases a new dimension in ef ficiency. Visit us at CeBIT 2008, and discover for yourself why our ”Total Ef ficiency” logo is more than just a promise. Come and experience hands-on the benefits of Total Ef ficiency for the future of your IT systems.

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Taiwan Firms Trim Costs and Prices in Notebook and Ultra-Mobile PCs By Dieter Neumann, Hannover Pacific Publications

Slimming profits have hit Taiwan’s Notebook and Ultra-Mobile PC industry. The island and its offshore plants still hold 90% of the world notebook market, but the landscape is now populated by fewer and larger companies. The trend translates directly onto the CeBIT floor: you will

find fewer Taiwanese PC and UMPC exhibitors at this year’s fair. And expect to see a lot of low-cost PCs. Those firms that have made it to CeBIT are worth seeing: Taiwan producers of UMPCs, Notebook PCs, Panel PCs and Ruggedised PCs – PCs with extra protection for rough or military use – can all be found in Hall 21. Gathered in Hall 21, Stand C22, are touch tablet PC maker AMTEK, notebook PC veteran Dieter Neumann, Senior Editor of Hannover Pacific Publications, official representative of Deutsche Messe AG in Taiwan.

Clevo and ruggedising specialist Samwell with its extra-sturdy tablet PCs, computers and PDAs. Billionton Systems, also at Stand C22, is showing various Bluetooth and Ethernet devices as well as modems, USB/1394 host cards, adapters with wireless solutions for data and voice transfer and other peripheral devices. The global PC Samwell’s market is developing in RuggedBook PC for demanding favour of small-screen environments. The company also offers stripped-down versions ruggedised PDAs. as consumers tighten their belts worldwide. Origiarea are the Lenovo UMPC nally intended for educational with its tiny hard disk and the purposes in developing counflash memory based design by tries, these low-cost PCs are Asustek Eee (Asus is in Hall making inroads among custom- 26, Stand D39). ers worldwide for whom basic Among the Taiwan giants units offer all the computing of the industry is MSI (Hall power they realistically need. Continued on page 25 Vying for attention in this

New Product Cables Stand Up to Harsh Conditions and Noise L-com’s hi-flex Ethernet patch cables utilize shielded RJ45 modular plugs professionally terminated to Category 5e requirements. These cables feature a Halogen-Free PUR jacket which prevents breakdown when exposed to oil based lubricants, making them ideal for factory floor and process control environments. Additionally, a braided shield helps protect against EMI/RFI.

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10 Blades, 50 dB In Operation

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14 Blades, 93% high Efficiency

Help Preserve the Earth with Supermicro High Efficiency Servers Supermicro continues to lead the way in server technology with power-saving, earth-friendly designs in its full line of SuperBlade™ servers with high-efficiency power supplies as a standard option. With high efficiency ratings reaching an impressive 93%, each system achieves significant energy savings compared to traditional power supplies.

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Mobile Devices: A Challenge For Corporate IT selling prices come down for both handhelds and PCs, we’ll see an influx of new devices that IT must manage and secure. • Faster networks and more hotspots. Fifty-five percent of enterprises have already deployed WLAN. But employees also use other

We’ll see an influx of new devices that IT must manage and secure. wireless networks, such as public Wi-Fi, municipal wireless networks, and cellular networks. Plus, with 802.11n

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The biggest risk of information leakage from handhelds will be loss or theft of devices.

and WiMAX just around the corner, organisations need to build their business plan for these next-generation networks now. • An influx of personal devices into the corporate

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environment. Handhelds have introduced new procurement and support models into the enterprise. While the iPhone wasn’t the first consumer phone that employees requested, it certainly was

the one that brought to the forefront the consumerisation of the enterprise. • A progression of mobile security threats. Security threats have bridged the PCto-handheld gap. But the biggest danger of information leakage will likely come in the form of a lost or stolen handheld. Opening up your network to handhelds that aren’t in compliance with your IT security and mobile policy will make the perimeter even more porous. Benjamin Gray is an analyst at Forrester Research, where he primarily contributes to its offerings for the IT Infrastructure & Operations professional. To learn more about Forrester, please visit www.forrester.com.

New Product Flexible Tester Available for VoIP, ADSL and ISDN The ARGUS 42 ADSL tester from intec is available as a voice tester for “Voice over IP” (VoIP) with optional support for common telephone interfaces or as an ADSL access tester with options to upgrade to an ISDN/ADSL combi-tester. ARGUS 42 can be set up for Annex A, M or Annex B or have built-in support for all three. Functions include measurement of the maximum data rate and line parameters such as the signal-to-noise ratio and up and downstream attenuation.

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Taiwan Firms Trim Costs and Prices in Notebook and Ultra-Mobile PCs 21, Stand B34), a major player in mainboards, notebooks, communication equipment and multimedia with subsidiaries in 18 countries. MSI’s

stand sprawls over 500 square metres. Mainboard, notebook and graphic card player ECS (Elitegroup) is in Hall 21, Stand C10. GIGABYTE, another giant with 11 foreign subsidiaries and a huge portfolio from mobile computers to mobile phones, can be found at Hall 21, Stand C07.

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Document-Centric Processes are the Future of Paperwork By Bernhard Schoon

Document management seems to be a never ending story. No matter what their size, companies have recourse to afford-

able and powerful document management systems (DMS) solutions. This is the core mission of the DMS Arena in

Hall 3. The vision of the paperless office never really came true, and as a result there is an enormous market potential

for document management systems, says Germany-based Association of Organisation and Information Systems (VOI). VOI estimates one third of businesses currently without DMS – particularly those with between 100 and 500 employees – are now planning to introduce such a system. Smaller companies are still sceptical and seem to fear that a DMS might blow their IT budget. But a conventional paper archive needs more and more space and is less economical than a digital archive. Besides the environmental footprint of printed documents, the Continued on page 67

New Product Display Provides Well-Rounded View The 360-degree energysaving LED display from Digidelta Internacional offers a broader visual area, reaching more spectators. The display is equally divided into three 120degree screens, allowing viewers to watch video projections in a 360-degree area. Applications include lighting, digital displays and advertising. A Roadside model also is available for outdoor use.

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Storage Virtualisation Reaches the Mainstream By Bryan Betts

With the growing popularity of tools such as virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and disk-to-disk backup, as now offered now by most of the big vendors, the idea of making one storage device look like another is no longer just blue sky technology. Virtualising storage controllers such as EMC’s InVista, TagmaStore USP from Hitachi Data Systems (Hall 2, Stand A20) and SVC (SAN Volume Controller) from IBM (Hall 2, Stand A10), differ in their capabilities. However, they all aim to free the user from the physical limitations of storage. “Storage virtualisation goes hand-in-hand with server, desktop and application delivery virtualisation,” says George Teixeira, president and CEO of DataCore Software (Hall 2, A30), which develops softwarebased storage controllers. The huge popularity of virtual servers can cause problems behind the scenes if virtual machines are allocated

real storage on a storage area network or SAN, Teixeira says. That’s because administrators must manually reallocate that storage when the virtual machine is moved to a new physical server. Virtual storage makes it simpler to “move and migrate virtual machines,” he says. In a SAN, virtualisation means that the server sees one thing - for example a 100 gigabyte disk - but behind the scenes, the storage controller might be creating that from a slice of a larger disk, assembling it from several smaller disks, or even allocating only as much real storage as the server needs at the time. This latter concept is called thin provisioning. It’s just one of many services that run on top of virtualised storage. It’s useful to note that storage virtualisation is an enabler, not an end in itself. Another service it enables is the VTL, such as the Centric-

Stor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Hall 4, Stand A04). With a VTL, the backup programme on the server sees a super-fast tape drive, but the data is really stored on disk. Fujitsu Siemens recently added a version of CentricStor that backs up data to virtual tape, but can then optionally save it to a real tape drive in DataCore’s George Teixeira: virtual servers the background. need virtual storage. “When backing up data, enterprises must also take into account the importance of the data and selling a VTL, software develhow quickly it is possible to oper FalconStor (Hall 2, Stand access it,” says Helmut Beck, E55) offers a storage manageVice President of storage at ment system called Network Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Storage Server. This includes “Users can now decide freely features such as data replicawhat storage medium they tion for disaster recovery, apwant to use for what data.” plication snapshot agents and Storage virtualisation enables fail-over capabilities. All these and enhances many other serrely on the underlying storage vices. For example, as well as being virtualised.

New Product Enclosures Double Storage Space Dual Bay Enclosures from A-Tec Subsystems support two hard disk drives simultaneously. The HD-3206-U2S with USB2.0 interface supports two 3.5-inch SATA HDDs. The HD-3206-SRD features a USB2.0 and eSATA combo interface with more function for Raid 0, Raid 1 and Raid 0+1. Both units are easy to install and feature a high level of security. Also included are100-240 VAC AC input, 12V4.2A, 48Wdual output DC output and a 5cm internal fan.

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Green Storage: How to Cut Power Consumption and Cool Costs By Bryan Betts

Storage is going green. The eco-spotlight shone first on servers and their energy-hungry processors. But it wasn’t long before we noticed data storage consumes large amounts of power too.

Some of this is obvious. Modern disk drives for instance can run remarkably hot - and the faster they spin, the more power they take. There are other culprits too though, such as storage

Smaller drives use less power, says Infortrend.

Industry estimates suggest as much as 30% or 40% of a data centre’s power consumption - and therefore 30% or 40% of its cooling costs - may arise from storage.

networks - with each SAN port consuming several Watts of power - and tape libraries. Processors can slow down when not under load, but what’s the equivalent for

storage? Tom Clark, principal analyst and resident SAN evangelist at Brocade Communications (Hall 2, A10), highlights information lifecycle management (ILM) and its ability to migrate less critical data to tiers of slower storage, such as SATA disk and eventually tape. Also helpful is MAID (massive array of idle disks) technology, which powers down its disk drives until they are needed, he says. Suppliers of MAID-type arrays include Copan, Nexsan and Hitachi Data Systems (Hall 2, Stand A20). “Compressing data on disk and eliminating redundant copies of files via data de-duplication can also help,” Clark says. Companies with de-dupe technology include EMC (Hall 9, Stand C60), FalconStor (Hall 2, Stand E55), Microsoft (Hall 4, Stand A26), Network Appliance (Hall 9, Stand C60) and Symantec (Hall 9, Stand C60). Infortrend (Hall 2, Stand A31) is taking another approach with its EonStor B12F,

There is no one-size-fitsall approach here a disk array that uses 2.5-inch hard drives - more often found in laptops - instead of the usual 3.5-inch drives. “Smaller, lighter platters mean power consumption is lower, so there’s less heat to remove too,” says Alex Young, Infortrend’s technical director. “It does require more spindles but that brings more data throughput.” There is no one-size-fits-all approach here, Young adds. You need to use the storage product that best suits the

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Tom Clark, principal analyst at Brocade Communications.

application’s performance and efficiency demands. More and more storage developers are realising they can save power by introducing an idle mode of one sort or another. A recent convert was Quantum, which added a green mode to its LTO-4 tape drives, shutting off power to components inside the drive when it is idle or on standby. Another option is Flash memory, which uses less power than spinning disks and is faster too. It is significantly more expensive though. Yet a lot can be done by making better use of the storage you already have, says Juergen Arnold, chairman of storage networking association SNIA Europe. “Data de-duplication, virtualisation and storage consolidation also reduce the amount of physical storage required, thus cutting down on hardware and an organisation’s carbon footprint and ultimately lowering its OPEX and CAPEX,” he says. Arnold highlights projects such as the Green Grid and SNIA’s own Green Storage Initiative as useful sources of help and information in this area.

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Colour and Multifunctionality Lead the Way on the Printer Market By Steve Reynolds

While there are signs that current economic conditions in the United States are depressing tech spending by enterprises, there are enough growth factors for enterprise printing for Lyra Research to forecast modest but positive growth for enterprise printing over the next several years. The sweet spot for enterprise printing is in colour MFPs. This is the product of two trends: one toward multifunctional devices and away from single function printers, copiers, and fax machines; and one toward colour rather than monochrome devices. The trend toward multifunctionality has been building for some time. Vendors have been improving the functionality and cost performance of their multifunctional devices at the same time that their enterprise customers have been trying to reduce their device footprints and printing infrastructure costs by consolidating many standalone printers, copiers, and fax machines into fewer multifunctional devices. The trend towards colour is more recent. It is only in the past 18 months that the prices of colour devices have fallen to the point where enterprises can accept them. Desktop colour laser printers can now be bought for as little as US$300. Desktop colour MFPs have come down to as low as $500. The price differential between colour and monochrome A3-sized devices has shrunk significantly recently. Cost per page for colour remains an obstacle, but vendors are providing enterprise customers with tools to control access

to colour printing, and to apportion colour printing costs where they belong. There are several underlying growth factors for enterprise printing. The first is printer (and printing) management. Enterprises are always looking

Printer (and copier) vendors are providing enterprise customers with better and better tools for measuring and analysing printing costs. for places to cut costs, and are now increasingly turning their attention to printing costs in

their organisations. Recognising this, printer (and copier) vendors are providing enterprise customers with better and better tools for measuring and analysing printing costs. Using these, enterprises are rationalising their printing as they have rationalised their computing and communications infrastructures for years now. The other major underlying growth factor for printing in enterprises is the increase in the marriage of printing devices with business processes. Multifunctional devices can both capture paper documents for insertion into electronic enterprise workflows, and provide

Lyra Research senior analyst Steve Reynolds.

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Defiant Indian IT Firms Join the Big League By Bernhard Schoon

The Indian subcontinent is no longer a low-cost alternative for Western companies to outsource IT work. Indian IT outsourcing experts such as Satyam (Hall 4, Stand C64) are making their portfolio available to customers worldwide and using Western marketing models to keep up their growth even as a weak dollar pinches their margins. “Indian experts are beco– ming more and more competitive with vendors from industrialised countries”, says Aloke Palsikar, Vice President and Regional Director of Central Europe for the Indian company. Indian companies such as

Satyam, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies and Wipro have seen their global market share boom in recent years, Palsikar says. Satyam alone employs 42,500 people in 61 countries and serves 630 clients. India’s former coding factories have developed into sophisticated outfits that sell consulting, systems integration and outsourcing solutions. Leading Indian service providers are now listed on the Nasdaq, NYSE and other stock exchanges. They have an attractive profile that has for several years secured double-digit profit growth:

New Product Improved Solutions from Avangate Avangate BV, a provider of electronic software distribution and reseller management for software vendors, is presenting a newly structured commercial offer for Micro, SMB and Enterprise levels that appropriately balances online payment support, web marketing services, affiliates networking and channel management tools. In addition to its web-based version, the Avangate Reseller Management System (ARMS) is available now as stand-alone edition and fully integrates with Avangate payment solution.

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Blending western business with Indian traditions: the headquarters of Satyam in Hyderabad.

a high level of industry and functional expertise alongside long-standing experience with technology and global delivery models. There are questions of whether such growth can continue in the face of the Indian rupee’s gains against the US dollar. The results are being felt already: Satyam’s year on year net profit growth slumped to 28.6% from more than 40% last year – a trend shared by its fellow Indian market leaders Tata, Infosys and Wipro. Still,

there is talk of accelerating expansion in Europe and the USA, and of mergers and buyups that would ensure rapid access to foreign markets. And Satyam is not shy about using Western-style marketing techniques to improve its brand: still largely unknown to the public, Satyam will be sponsoring the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and 2014 and be the sole IT service provider of the football championship. Whatever it takes to become as known as its Western rivals.

New Product Service Ensures the Right Personnel for the Job Amadeus FiRe Consultants provide specialized, well-devised and efficient human resources solutions for temporary staffing, specialized recruitment and interim management I the areas of accounting, banking, office and IT services. Clients can elaborate the exact tasks and consequently the exact type of job specification and qualifications required of a person to fulfill such tasks and can benefit from the comprehensive knowledge and experience of the staff and specialists. Each individually drawn contract receives the best know-how and at the best conditions, available on short notice.

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SOA: No Longer Just For Big Business By Bernhard Schoon

Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) are an essential task for any CIO who wants an up-to-date IT infrastructure. For this target group the combined SOA and BPM

The SOA World concept has been updated: mid-sized organisations can now benefit from SOA solutions. World (Hall 3, Stand C45) offers an exhibition area and an open congress forum that this year merges with CeBIT’s Business Intelligence and Enterprise Information integration forum. The SOA World concept has been updated: mid-sized organisations with up to 500

employees can now benefit from SOA solutions that until last year were a domain of big business. Another innovation is the merging of SOA and BPM, an idea that comes straight out of latest Gartner Group research: the group has placed in its magic quadrant those BPM vendors who can manage business processes based on SOA. Watching the effects SOA and BPM from the bottom up, the area studies the role that these two elements play in the working days of employees and departments rather than IT architects and analysts. SOA BPM World has a floor space of more than 600 square metres and covers six core topics: BPM, SOA assessments, governance, integration and modernisation; data management and productivity in the development of vertical

The target group for Service Oriented Architectures has been expanded to medium-sized organisations.

solutions. In several demonstration projects, several vendors show their products working in conjunction with one another. Visitors can learn about the

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New Product Comprehensive Software Solutions Benefit Business SAP will present integrated solutions for businesses of all sizes and for all industries. In addition to SAP Business One and SAP Business All-inOne, the company will be showcasing SAP Business ByDesign ondemand software solutions for midsize companies and technologies. Included will be information on emissions management solutions as well as enterprise service-oriented architecture and comprehensive business applications.

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Visitors wanting a first-hand look at how digital technology is transforming the home must visit the “digital living @ future building” display in Hall 21, consisting of 20 completely furnished, digitally equipped interiors demonstrating the latest in consumer electronics and home networking.

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The Digital Connected Home: Key Themes for 2008 By David Mercer, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Strategy Analytics

One overriding theme will dominate the digital connected home agenda in Europe during 2008: the battle between “Over the top” video services and traditional service providers offering managed IPTV services. Already in the US we see growing numbers of Internet users accessing video over the open Internet: not only “user-generated content” from the likes of YouTube, but

increasingly also professionally developed programming such as TV shows and movies. Europe is set to follow suit. Several broadcasters have been increasing the availability of their TV programming on the Internet for some time. Today users access most of this content via an Internet-connected home PC. The challenge for technology and device providers is to bridge the gap between the PC and the TV so that web content can be accessed on the big screen. Such products have been available for some years from smaller companies and new entrants, but are generally expensive and difficult for the average user to set up and use. Their performance has also

Will 802.11n routers such as this D-Link model unleash streaming Internet TV into European homes?

been limited by the capabilities of home networks to support high quality video streaming, particularly those that use wireless LAN technologies. Apple’s Apple TV device was intended to solve some of these problems but has failed to establish itself in the US. Clearly there is a major new revenue opportunity for any company that can bring web

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TV to the TV viewing mass market. 2008 will see the arrival of at least part of the answer to these challenges, with the widespread availability of the new 802.11n Wi-Fi standard. This has now been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. 11n should

We expect to see major manufacturers introduce Internet-connected in Europe during 2008. quickly penetrate mainstream home PC markets, and, over time, will also become the wireless flavour of choice for connected digital media devices and wireless home networking devices. We expect to see major manufacturers introduce Internet-connected TVs and other consumer electron-

ics devices in Europe during 2008. Each manufacturer will take a different approach to Internet connectivity into bigscreen TVs. Some will use it to provide managed data services; some will offer online customer support; others will go as far as introducing their own online video services. All manufacturers will be hoping that such innovations will help to stem the price erosion that will continue to affect Europe’s US$40bn flat panel TV market. Strategy Analytics provides analysis and advice on a wide range of digital and connected home issues to the world’s leading industry players. Full details are available at www.strategyanalytics.com. Comments on this article should be sent to dmercer@strategyanalytics. com. Analyst blog: http://www. strategyanalytics.com/blogs/ dmercer.

New Product Media Player Takes Data from PC to TV The Media Player HDD from Argosy features with built-in HDMI & SCART - HV358T. It enables users to download through PC and directly playback on TV and is compatible with most media file and subtitle formats. Features include on-screen file navigation, multi-language support (UNICODE) and support for both FAT32 and NTFS. Upscaled video output is 720p/1080i. Included are playlist, private folder and DVD menu support.

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The Home Server: Serving the Connected Home By Keith Waller

The battle over who will control the home network is still undecided. Consumer electronics companies and IT companies are fighting for dominance in the connected home. IT companies have made inroads into the home by connecting PCs with peripherals wirelessly and by connecting users to the Internet. However, the real battle involves connecting consumer electronics devices to a home network and sharing digital audio and video content around the home. Microsoft (Hall 4, Stand A26) is leading the way with its Windows Home Server. Announced just over a year ago, the software was finally released in November and products are now beginning to appear on the market. Win-

dows Home Server monitors the health and security status of home computers and can stream media to other devices in the home, such as Xbox 360, allowing users to enjoy digital music, photos and videos on their TV. It also automatically

“Windows Home Server products are beginning to appear on the market.” backs up Windows XP-based and Windows Vista-based home PCs each night and provides a central place to organise digital documents and media. It includes a free Windows Live Internet address to access the home server from virtually anywhere and share content with friends and family.

Touch, Test and Experience the Digital Home By Bernhard Schoon

Twenty rooms behind an illuThe digital living @ future minated siding, fully furnished building consists of separate and equipped with every imag20 square metre rooms, each inable gadget. That’s the digital showing various scenarios. living @ future building, on Independent exhibitors show display in Hall 21. The rooms off their vision and solutions reflect the EUR13 billion marfor digital lifestyle and the inteket in Germany alone created gration of professional workby the appetite for consumer flows into the home. There electronics that change the way are guided tours for groups, we live and work. architects and designers to The rooms look futuristic glimpse the future of homes but they may be reality soon: and workwork spaces, bathrooms and spaces. kitchens all offer enorUK firm Digital mous potential for digital Living develops support and networked home solutions to applications. The final manage energy vision might be wireless and water usage connectivity between all and link safety and security devices. devices in the home.

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Fujitsu Siemens’ Scaleo Home Server gives users access to multimedia content at home or by Internet.

Forrester Research forecasts home server adoption will reach millions of households in the next five years. “Windows Home Server will spearhead the growth of an important new product category,” says JP Gownder, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. “The proliferation of consumer digital assets creates a need for the functionality of a home server. And multi-PC households are growing rapidly, along with home networks.” A number of companies at CeBIT have products based on Windows Home Server. The HP (Hall 6, Stand C24) MediaSmart Server, is one of the first and comes in 500GB or 1 Terrabyte versions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Hall 3, Stand C56) is showing its Scaleo Home Server

1900, which offers 1 Terrabyte capacity across two hard drives, Gigabit Ethernet and advanced power management features. Near-silent in operation the server comes with special energy management software that minimises power consumption but nevertheless guarantees ondemand system availability. Maxdata (Hall 25, Stand D40, (F106)) has a Windows Continued on page 74

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Innovation Drives Notebook Sales By Keith Waller

European demand for notebooks is very strong. It is driven by extensive product offerings from manufacturers who are supplying increasingly attractive designs. As notebooks pack in more

“Expect a lot of slim-line designs.” features they have been able to take the place of desktop PCs, with users paying little or no extra price premium for mobility. As a result, notebooks sales now represent more than 50% of total PC sales. This trend is set to continue. According to market researchers IC Insights, notebook

PC unit sales are forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 18% from 2000 to 2010 compared to a compound annual growth rate of 4% for desktop PCs. Competition among manufacturers has also put downward pressure on prices, which are attracting both first-time and second-time buyers. CeBIT visitors can see many new ideas and designs from notebook suppliers. For example, expect a lot of slim-line designs. The stir caused by the release of Apple’s super-thin MacBook Air laptop means other manufacturers will be looking to grab users’ attention with similar products.

Toshiba’s stand (Hall 25, Stand D40, (E101)) is always worth visiting if you’re interested in the latest in notebook developments. The company has developed a new Qosmio concept model integrating Toshiba’s new SpursEngine, a co-processor derived from the high-performance Cell Broadband Engine and Toshiba’s advanced image processing technology. They say this brings new levels of processing power to notebooks. Toshiba is also showing its Qosmio G45-AV690 - the world’s first notebook to feature an HD-DVD-R/RW optical drive. The drive provides Qosmio notebook users with a multimedia machine that can burn, erase and re-burn data, including home-videos, entire photo albums and music libraries onto a single HD DVD rewritable disc. The drive can also play HD DVD movies in the highest quality possible. Hewlett-Packard, (Hall 3, Stand C40) is another company offering users the chance to watch high definition mov-

Thin is in for notebook manufacturers like Toshiba.

ies on their notebooks. The company’s Pavilion HDX laptop comes with a 20.1-inch high-definition display capable of handling 1080p high-definition TV. Users must choose between optional HD-DVD or Blu-Ray Disc drives to play back the movies. Visitors to CeBIT will find another split developing in the notebook market. On the one hand we have a new generation of notebooks sporting solid state drives. On the other notebooks using hard drives are now able to offer enormously increased capacity

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New Product HP’s Pavilion HDXEntertainment Notebook: users can chose between HD-DVD and Blu-ray drives.

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thanks to recent technological developments. Hard disk drive manufacturers are pushing the limits of hard drive design to cram more storage into notebook drives. Samsung (Hall 26, Stand D60) says it will have a 500 gigabyte model available in March while Hitachi (Hall 2, Stand A20) is planning to beat it to market with its own

500 gigabyte model at around the same time. Asus (Hall 26, Stand D39) has already developed a notebook featuring two of the Hitachi drives - allowing it to claim the world’s first 1 terabyte notebook. Other notebook manufacturers worth a visit include MSI Technology (Hall 25, Stand D40, (P101)), Panasonic (Hall 26, Stand B40), Packard Bell (Hall 25, Stand D40, (P103)) and Fujitsu Siemens (Hall 9, Stand C60).

Digital Frame Combines Sights and Sounds Princeton Technology’s high resolution digital photo frame enables users to view digital photos in slide show or in a still picture. It also can play video files such as MPEG1, 2, and 4 and play MP3 music. Resolution is 480x234 pixels. The frame supports MS, SD,MMC & XD along with JPEG picture browsing. The user menu supports several languages. Optional audio and video outputs are available.

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Projectors For All Pockets By Keith Waller

Once restricted to education and business uses, falling prices have turned projectors into home entertainment devices. The days of the bulky overhead projector are long gone. Projectors nowadays are getting smaller and smaller while still offering the big screen experience. At CeBIT visitors will find projectors to suit all applications and price ranges. Samsung (Hall 26, Stand D60) has a new HD-ready SP-A400B projector that looks equally good in the office or in the home. Boasting a high contrast ratio of 2500:1 and Samsung’s BrilliantColor technology, it shows all your photos and movies in their best light. Sansung’s BrilliantColor technology utilises six separate colours: red, blue, green, cyan, yellow and magenta for a wider variety of accurate, vibrant colours that won’t fade over time. BrilliantColor enables a 50% increase in brightness of colours and expands the colour pallet beyond only three basic colours offered by traditional LCD technologies. With its sleek designer look and pianoblack finish, the projector

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will blend into any home. It offers 1280 x 768p WXGA resolution. Epson’s (Hall 23, Stand B18) EMP6110 projector is a XGA resolution projector engineered to operate in large, dusty environments such as factories, workshops and technology or art classrooms. The sealed casing on the projector, long lamp-life and innovative air filter design mean the projector requires very little maintenance. According to Epson this makes it the projector of choice for challenging installations such as high ceilings where handson maintenance can be more demanding. Incorporating Epson’s patented 3LCD technology and a high-brightness 3500 ANSI lumens lamp, the new projector offers excellent picture quality even in larger rooms. The EMP-6110 boasts a lamp-life expectancy of 3,500 hours in high-brightness mode, ensuring the product is both easy and economical to maintain. Remote monitoring and diagnostic assessment is made

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possible thanks to the Epson Epson’s new EasyMP software, which gives EMP-6110 is designed to perform advance notice of any potential in large, dusty environments maintenance required, eliminat- using filtration technology. ing the expense, inconvenience and time spent solving any problems after they occur. A web browser generates email Projection TVs. New from alerts and provides essential the company is the AT-X5200 information including the LCD multimedia XGA protemperature status or when air jector, which offers a native filters or projector lamps need resolution 1024 x 768, a brightto be changed. ness of 2000 ANSI lumens and BenQ (Hall 25, Stand D40, contrast ratio of 300:1. (O104)) has launched the SP870 digital projector - an ultra-high brightness projector with a high brightness level of 5000 ANSI lumens meaning users will no longer have to turn off lights when delivering presentations - thus maintaining a fully lit environment for taking notes or reading through documents. Weighing at 4.9kg, the SP870 is able to project a 1024 x 768 XGA resolution at a 2000:1 contrast ratio. Projector specialist Shenzhen ACTO Digital Video (Hall 20, Gone are the days of bulky projectors: Stand D01) is showing small low-cost models are entering home its line of LCD/DLP entertainment. Projectors and Rear

Belkin Introduces DisplayPort Technology

Belkin’s new DisplayPort - expected to replace DVI and VGA cables.

By Keith Waller

Belkin (Hall 25, Stand E84) has announced its new DisplayPort (DP) Cable, a high-definition digital audio video cable for computing displays, graphic cards, and laptops. It will ship in Europe later this year. Expected to replace DVI and VGA, DP is considered the HDMI equivalent for computers, providing both high-definition digital audio and video via one cable. With the DisplayPort Cable, you can view movies and photos at 1080p picture clarity on your PC monitor; have a smaller connector footprint compared to DVI and VGA; future-proof yourself when DVI and VGA are slowly phased out -starting in late 2008 -as DP adoption increases IDC forecasts that DisplayPort penetration in PCs will

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A Rainbow of Choice: Printers Offer Mobile, Monochrome and Green Solutions By Keith Waller

Here at CeBIT we expect to see colour everywhere. But in the printer market monochrome models still manage to hold their own against colour - especially personal monochrome devices. According to market researcher, Lyra Research, a number of printer manufacturers finished the year by upgrading their existing personal monochrome laser machines or even expanding their product lines. Companies like Samsung (Hall 26, Stand D60) and Brother (Hall 2, Stand D30) have been very active in this area. If you are at CeBIT looking

which can copy or scan both sides of a document automatically. The Auto Duplexing feature permits two-sided copying/scanning of letter-sized documents, without the need to manually turn over pages and re-feed the document. Consumers are able to print two-sided documents automatically as well. This unit even has the ability to scan and print at the same time, which can dramatically decrease the amount of time it will take to complete a project. Lexmark is another company to address the AIO

The Printstik mobile printer: goes where you go, syncs with laptops, PDAs and mobiles.

for colour you are also well catered for. Canon (Hall 23, Stand B18) is showing its new Pixma MX850 Office All-In-One (AIO) printer for homes and small offices. Besides the usual printing, copying, scanning and faxing capabilities the printer features an Ethernet port for networking - making it ideal for sharing in the home where there is a need for multiple PCs. Besides all this, the Pixma MX850 has several environmentally friendly features: Energy Star compliance, duplex printing and changes in packaging. It has a document feeder

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market for SOHO users. It has introduced the Professional Series, its first inkjet all-in-one (AIO) line to include high-yield cartridges. The high-yield ink cartridges deliver twice the yield of Lexmark’s standard cartridges and both high-yield and standard-yield cartridges will be available for this series. According to Lyra Research, a number of printer vendors are beginning to offer end users a choice of standard and high yield cartridges for their lower-end devices. Users can choose between the standardyield SKU which has a low purchase price but prints fewer pages than the higher-yield

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cartridge. The opposite is true for the high-yield option, which costs more to purchase but delivers more pages. In the past, only higher-end machines such as workgroup or department printers provided users with the opportunity to choose the cartridges that best met their budgets. If you’re looking for something a little bit different in the printer line then don’t miss the Printstik from Planon (Hall 16, Stand D04).

Green credentials: Canon’s Pixma MX850 Office AIO printer features Energy Star compliance, duplex printing and eco packaging.

The Printstik is a truly mobile printer which can print directly through various Bluetooth enabled devices such as a phone or PDA. The pocket-size thermal printer can print at speeds of up to 3ppm and weighs only 1.5lb including battery and paper.

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IT to the Rescue as Public Budgets Dwindle

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By Bernhard Schoon

Visitors wanting a first-hand look at how digital technology is transforming the home must visit the “digital living @ future building” display in Hall 21, consisting of 20 completely furnished, digitally equipped interiors demonstrating the latest in consumer electronics and home networking.

Public administrators across Europe are facing a central dilemma: how to fulfil growing expectations and responsibilities with ever fewer resources. The answer, of course, lies in lean and efficient public administration systems. To address this growing area of interest and the 50,000 visitors that last year flocked to this part of the show, CeBIT has this year doubled the space dedicated to public sector solutions. Some 250 exhibitors, including independent developers, public institutions and several German federal states are gathered in Hall 9. Hall 8 focuses on ITC solutions for telehealth. The Public Sector Parc is almost a self-contained trade show within CeBIT: it provides new call-centre and administrative models for town halls; advice on new European laws; solutions for traffic and town planning; infrastructure integration and a series of lectures. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble will deliver the keynote address. Public Sector Parc targets decision makers from govern-

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ment agencies, educational institutions or representatives of the industry. Among this year’s exhibitors are Fabasoft from Austria, Fujitsu Siemens Computer, IBM, Germany-based Materna, SAP and Siemens. The Community Marketplace or “Marktplatz Kommune” addresses questions of how to instill greater efficiency in on a local level. A dedicated forum in Hall 9 features call service centres, the new Doppik accounting system for German town halls, city portals in the web, e-government and workflow and document management systems. The Geo Information section advises public administrators on technology developed to process and use geographical data for effective traffic and environment planning. Geographical information solutions can also be relevant for insurance companies and the real estate industry in predicting natural disasters – an increasingly real prospect given today’s fears on climate change. Public Sector Parc charts currently available analysis and display technologies and highlights evolving trends in emergency services or 3D-modeling for administrative purposes. Legal experts are on hand also to clarify the practical side of new European laws launched last summer under the EU Services Directive. For many, the implications of the Directive are

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The Public Sector Parc may be regarded as the leading trade show for public services and administrations.

still unclear: will all IT systems have to be modified? Who will be in charge of the coherent service number 115? Half-hour lectures in the PSP forum present the results of research projects and best-practice solutions in e-government, education and public organisations. The lectures are organised along three themes: towns and counties; strategic concepts for

federal and state authorities, and technologies and solutions for modern public administrations. Public Sector Parc was designed to deliver an overview of latest e-government tools and IT in public services, such as secure data transfer between several organisations, online tax declarations or the introduction of electronic signatures in public administrations.

No More Parking Fines? Sunhill Technologies from Erlangen has found a novel way for car owners to avoid parking fines once and for all: by mobile phone. SMS&Park allows car owners to send a text message to a premium number that then charges their phone account the desired parking fee. Not only that: the system sends a warning message when time is about to expire – giving car owners Sunhill Managing Director Matthias the choice of topping up Mandelkow shows off his parking solution to Thuringia Prime Minister their metre or dashing Dieter Althaus. back before time’s out.

Renting Customer Support by Internet By Bernhard Schoon

Marketing campaigns, individual sales and service and support delivery require a comprehensive understanding of customer data. Sage (Hall 5, Stand B16), the third largest vendor of accounting software worldwide with 14,000 employees and 5.5 million customers, has now released SageCRM.com as a hosted service for CRM. Starting at EUR21.00 per month per seat, users get a

browser, personal registration and a password to access the software. The monthly fee includes support and online training and there is no further investment in hardware, software and installation. The hosting facility is in a data centre in Atlanta, Georgia which is certified by security standard SAS 70 Type II. The functionality of the managed service corresponds to

the licensed Sage CRM packet. It allows sales management including pipeline management, forecasting and reporting. In marketing it supports campaign and communication and lead management. For support and service departments, SageCRM. com offers a fast online access to customer requests, call histories, email and documents. Besides a complete bidirectional synchronisation of contacts,

calendars, tasks and email with Microsoft Outlook, SageCRM. com data can be accessed through Outlook. A solo client for laptops is available as an option: this software lets a user process data offline on his machine. As soon as there is Internet access available the data are synchronised. After gathering several thousand users in the US and UK the online software is now available in Germany as well.

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Healthcare Benefits From Technological Progress By Bernhard Schoon

By Bernhard Schoon

Digital data management and IT systems can improve healthcare effectiveness significantly. On Friday and Saturday CeBIT is hosting the 2-day TeleHealth fair for the second year running in Hall 8. Targeted at health organisations and health professionals, the fair will focus on recent progress and emerging trends in medical IT for both public and private health systems. The central focus of this year’s TeleHealth show is its eHealth section, which looks at questions of how to achieve international medical standardisation under rising financial pressure. The congress, exhibition and meeting areas adopted from last year’s start are in Hall 8 next to the Public Sector Parc. The exhibition space will showcase products, practical examples and lectures on newly emerging medical routines for an international audience. It covers IT solutions and applications for telemedicine, healthcare management or healthcare projects. Last year’s show featured 67 exhibitors from Europe, Asia and the Americas. This year, exhibitors include Atos Worldline, BodyTel GmbH, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Telemedizin, Fraunhofer Institut IPMS, T-Systems, Utimaco Software and VDE. Organisers expect 10,000 visitors. Here’s what they can expect: Day 1: TeleHealth opens on 7 March at 10:30. The day’s highlight, organisers say, is a roundtable discussion on “Helping Healthcare Systems Cope with Increasing Demand and Decreasing Budgets - New Solutions and Approaches” at 13.00. Earlier in the day,

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at 12:00, visitors can watch a best practice show entitled “Telematics infrastructure in today’s Germany.” A session on Telemonitoring will showcase successful providers at 16:00. Wrapping up the first day, “Networking Night” aims to facilitate new contacts and discussions with potential business partners. Among them are medical practitioners, service providers, equipment manufacturers, hospitals, clinics and rehab centres as well as health insurance organisations and

nursing services. Day 2: 8 March kicks off at 10:00 with a workshop on “Quality assurance and risk management” by the Swiss Society for Telemedicine and eHealth. A live demonstration on “TeleMed in Germany” will follow from 11.30 to 13.00. CeBIT partner country France takes over the show at 13:30. The show will end with a best practice documentation about a T-city project in Friedrichshafen at Lake Constance, at 16.30.

New Product Location Finder Aids in Rescue Applications Bornemann’s Rescue Dobber is a mobile location-finding device based on GPS technology. When the emergency call button is pressed, an alarm call is transmitted in seconds, giving the current location of the caller. The system also has a geofencing function, giving users the option of setting up protected zones. As soon as the transmitter leaves or enters the selected area, an alarm signal is sent. All the tracking data are stored in memory and can be graphically reproduced at any time in map form.

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Strolling through the show, you will find various medical products for clinics, doctors and public healthcare organisations. Austria-based g.tec Guger Technologies (Hall 8, Stand B34) is showing OEM-versions of embedded computer hardware and wearable computer products. Cardiplus Internacional (Hall 8, Stand B10) from Seville in Spain presents its compact Cardiotest Plus. This device was designed for four-minute electro cardiographs which can be stored and transmitted by telephone.

ITC-Based health care has emerged as a primary IT trend at CeBIT. CardGuard (Hall 8, Stand A10) shows its wireless healthcare system PMP4. This provides tools for screening, monitoring and managing of general consumer health, disease management and fitness. The ICW Professional Suite of InterComponentWare (ICW, Stand B15) enables communication and data exchange with the LifeSensor personal health record and networking of participants throughout the healthcare system. TheraOpt of Atheso (Hall 8, Stand B33) has developed software to fit into the workflow of doctors and pharmacies. It is based on an encyclopaedia of medicine and matches drugs with a patient’s age, sex or allergies to calculate the ideal prescription.

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Memory Now Highest Revenue-Generating Mobile Phone Accessory Revenue from removable memory cards for cell phones is booming. Last year market researcher ABI estimated shipments of memory cards to be worth more than US$7 billion, dwarfing shipments of Bluetooth, wired and other headsets worth $5 billion. Memory cards will remain the highest revenue-generating mobile phone accessory category for the next five years, ABI predicts. Memory card suppliers at CeBIT include China’s Biwin Technology (Hall 23, Stand B40(1)) and Hong Kong’s Coby Manufacturing (Hall 19, Stand B44). “Memory cards for handsets are bought by users separately from the handset purchase, whereas an increasing

number of headsets are now being supplied inbox with the handsets,” says ABI Research analyst Shailendra Pandey. “Earlier handset vendors only provided wired headsets, but now even Bluetooth headsets are being presented inbox with the handsets. So, greater

“Now even Bluetooth headsets are being presented inbox with the handsets”

aftermarket sales of memory cards versus increasing inbox sales for headsets are resulting in stronger growth and higher revenue from memory cards when compared with headsets.” Micron Technology, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Cellphone Removable Ericsson, Spansion, STMicroelectronics Accessories and Texas Instruments Est. Shipment Value 2007 recently announced they would support the Removable Memory Cards creation of a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) specification for use in Headsets mobile phones, digital cameras and other CE devices. This move is likely to fuel the growth US$ US$ of the memory card 5 bn 7 bn market. The UFS norm, expected to be finalised in 2009, will provide a Source: © 2008 ABI Research single memory standard

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for embedded memory and removable memory cards — eliminating the need to have adaptors for different memory card formats. “In the coming years a greater number of handset accessories will be supplied inbox,” says Pandey. “Handset vendors recognise that to boost sales of high-end, feature-rich mobile phones and smartphones, they need to offer accessories that allow users to benefit fully from the multimedia features in those handsets.” ABI Research expects the market for mobile phone accessories to grow steadily for next five years, generating more than $80 billion in revenue in 2012. Continuing innovation and further advancements in technology — coupled with the increasing desire of customers to personalize their handsets — bode well for the future of the market. An immediate example this year, says ABI, has been iPhone sales boosting the cellphone iPhone extras will help drive cellphone accessory revenues to US$80bn by 2012 says ABI Research.

A microSDHC memory card from SanDisk for the RIM Blackberry 8830 (both companies Hall 26).

accessories market. iPod accessories have grown into a separate billion-dollar industry, driven by an ongoing trend for consumer technology personalisation. iPhone accessories, from Vendors such as Belkin (Hall 25, Stand E84) and Carcomm International (Hall 14, Stand j09), look set to follow the same path.

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Mobile Storage: Not Just For the Road By Rainer Buecken

Portable and mobile gadgets are everywhere you look: mobile phones, MP3 players, digital still and video cameras, PDAs, notebooks, laptops and many more product groups are in the hands of consumers and professionals. And all pose the same problem – how to extend and to save data? This year’s CeBIT gives an overview of what is going on in the market. TrekStor (Hall 18, Stand A01) is showing its new DataStation with a built-in 1.8 Inch Hard disk, the so-called microdisk. The credit-card-sized disk needs no separate power supply. The microdisk comes with data storage capacities of 20, 80 or 120 GB and weighs between 65 and 76 grams. The microdisk is ideal for storing data, pictures, audio and video files. The most dangerous situation for a hard

disk is of course a head crash. TrekStor’s DataStation offers a data-reconstruction service free of charge – if the hard disk is registered. FREECOM (Hall 25, Stand 108) is showing its ToughDrive Pink mobile disk with up to 250GB storage space. The disk has a built-in shock absorber – this means you can drop it from a height of up to 2 metres and be sure your data is still there. Back-ups work with the NTI Shadow, which is included in the package. PDAs and related products are becoming ever more important tools for employees on the go, but simultaneously present a growing security threat for companies. Data Security (Hall 6, Stand G25) is showing its safeguarding software SafeGuard PDA. IT-magazines from IT Administrator to SC Magazine have

tested the software – which is designed for medium sized and large businesses – and given it top marks. Besides hard disk drives, mobile storage can also come in the form of USB sticks. These are used like HDD – but with a flash memory for storage and a USB interface. Mobile phones also need a lot more storage space now as they double up as music players, cameras and video recorders and often carry GPS software. SanDisk (Hall 26, Stand D59) has answered this need with its new iNAND

An Overview of Memory Cards The last 15 years have seen the development of all sorts of memory cards. But what’s the latest in this corner of the market? CompactFlash-Cards were first introduced in 1994. Today, capacity can go up to 48GB, with several classes designed specifically for use in professional digital cameras. Among the wide range of memory-sticks, there are the models Pro, Pro HG, Pro Duo and Memorystick Micro, also known as M2. Mobile makers Sony-Ericcson and other manufacturers will use M2 in their latest multimedia phones. The MemoryStick Pro Duo is the successor of the MemoryStick, and now available for a capacity of up to 16GB. The range of SecureDigital Cards, or SD, has also grown. SDs are used in mobile products such as cameras, camcorders, mobile phones, PDAs, printers and audio equipment. The xD-Picture Card was developed by Fujifilm and Olympus – and is mostly used in their cameras. PNY Technologies (Hall 2, Stand B44) is displaying the 4 in1 MicroSD Full Mobility Pack, which consists of one MicroSD Card, one USB 2.0 Adapter, one MiniSD Adapter and one SD-Adapter. So a MicroSD fits also in a Mini SD-Slot or a SD-Slot. The USB 2.0 Adapter makes a MicroSD Card to an USB Stick. “The new mobile phones are able to play back any content. It is now very simple to bring content from the Computer into the mobile,” says Laure Lapegue, Category Manager Flash Cards, PNY Europe.

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Freecom’s pink mobile disk with up to 250 GB capacity.

16GB embedded flash drive (EFD). “The new 16GB iNAND is the ideal solution for accommodating mobile applications, operating system programs and premium content such as large quantities of music, photos or video,” says Dan Inbar, Vice President and general manager of the Mobile Handset Vendors division at SanDisk. “The 16GB iNAND EFD is designed to be quickly integrated into various handset designs for both storage capacity scalability and a smooth migration to future products and functionalities, such as system boot.” SanDisk is also showing a full range of memory products. The Video HD memory card is flexible to use and able to store moving pictures in HDTV 1080 format. Showing in Europe for the first time this year is Pretec’s (Hall 23, Stand A04) 48GB compact flash card with a read/write-speed of 35/25 MBps.

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Colour and Multifunctionality Lead the Way on the Printer Market they are needed. Printer and copier vendors are developing architectures that allow them and third-party developers to more easily integrate their applications with their printing devices. Steve Reynolds (sreynolds@lyra. com) is a Senior Analyst at Lyra Research. Reynolds has more than

20 years of experience in conducting market research in the information technology and printer industries, including both custom research conducted for clients such as Canon, H-P, and IBM, and research and editing responsibilities for computerand printer-related publications. Reynolds has held several senior positions with Evans Research Corporation, the leading supplier of market research to the Canadian information technology industry, including research analyst, manager of telephone inquiry service, and director of research. He joined Lyra in 1998.

New Product Just a Bundle of Disks Welland’s 3.5-inch, two-bay Sata to USB 2.0 JBOD (Just a Bundle of Disks) enclosure supports dual 3.5-inch Sata hard drives up to 2 TB. The JBOD or Individual mode options allow users to select their preference for HDD capacity management. The external USB 2.0 interface allows speeds up to 480 Mbps. Features include a built-in, powerful 6-cm mini-fan, front ventilation, and an air filter to keep the drive cool and free of dust. The dimensions of the aluminum and plastic unit are 196x135x61 mm.

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GPS-enabled Handsets Break into GSM World Global shipments of GPS-enabled handsets are expected to more than triple to 56 million units by 2012, from 175 million units in 2007, according to research firm Berg Insight. The main driver will be the rapid adoption of GPS technology in mass-market GSM/WCDMA handsets. “Last year marked a breakthrough for GPS outside the CDMA-market with successful product launches by Nokia and others”, says Berg Insight analyst Andre Malm. “This year we expect to see an abundance of new models supporting GPS from all major

brands. By 2009, GPS is going to be a must-have in all highend handsets.”

It will become more costeffective for manufacturers to have GPS in a large proportion of devices, rather than offering it in fewer handsets.

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tions in the field of locationbased services. “The availability of accurate position data in mobile devices creates exciting new opportunities for developers of local search, navigation and social networking applications”, says Malm. “There is a good chance that the development will also give birth to the next Facebook or MySpace.” ABI Research agrees. Its analysts forecast shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will generate more than US$50 billion in revenues in 2008, doubling to $100 billion in 2012. The New Yorkbased company says CIO and IT managers, especially those with mobile workforces, stand to benefit from an increase in GPS-enabled smartphones because such devices can help

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A-DATA is exhibiting the NTSCSeries of fashion-related pendrives and the recently announced DDR3-2000X high-speed memory along with the company’s entire range of memory modules. The 2.5-inch, 128GB SATA RAID Solid State Drive (SSD) and digital photo-frames (DPF) also will be on display.

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The Rise of Mobile Broadband By Bryan Betts

Who needs wires? In many European countries you can now get multi-megabit broadband delivered over a 3G cellular network direct to your PC. Most times it is sold as mobile broadband, but some companies also promote it as an alternative to DSL for the home or office. “3G is being used where businesses can’t get wired broadband, for example on farms or boats in harbour, or where people need broadband for a temporary office at an event or on a construction site,” said Ivar Beljaars, product marketing manager at Linksys Europe (Hall 13, C74), which sells a 3G/WiFi router in association with Vodafone. Some of the first services of this kind were launched in Germany a couple of years ago, but they were limited in speed - especially the upload speed. Many 3G network operators saw data as a way to make more money from under-used networks, and they responded with two notable innovations. The first was to upgrade their networks to high speed packet access (HSPA), which increased the maximum possible download speed from 384 kilobytes per second to three megabits or even seven megabits per second. Second, they offered better-priced data tariffs - about EUR20 a month for one gigabyte. Those cheaper tariffs were a big breakthrough, said Roger Tao, a senior product specialist for D-Link Europe (Hall 13, D71), another 3G/WiFi router supplier. When 3G data was expen-

sive, it was mainly used as an emergency back-up for regular cables or DSL modems. Today many small office and home

users use a 3G/WiFi router as their sole Internet connection - especially Europe’s Nordic countries, where 3G is often

more widely available than DSL or cable, said Tao.

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Print-on-the-Go Simplified Imagine taking images from your Smartphone and printing them out while on-the-go without needing to be near a computer. Sound unreal? Planon (Hall 13, Stand D34) makes this mobile solution a reality with the PRINTSTIK. Planon brings cutting-edge technology to business and personal lifestyles with this fully-enabled pocket size printer only 25 x 273 x 48mm that’s easy to carry and houses 20 letter size sheets format. And, the firm claims it’s the only truly mobile printer which can

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print directly through various Bluetooth enabled devices. Planon’s CEO, Doug Verkaik, stays in touch with the needs of the fast-growing mobile market and developed the most portable full-page, pensized scanner, the Docupen. “Then about 2 years ago I saw there was an unmet need to conveniently print on-the-go, and commissioned our R&D

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team to create a solution. The mobile email device market has since experienced explosive growth, and with the timely release of our PRINTSTIK, we are well positioned to grow with this trend,” he said. The company says it is focusing on making it more convenient for people outside of their office to accomplish simple tasks like: printing a

boarding pass or important email. Need a document from your office? Just get it emailed to your mobile phone and print. Surfing on the web and need to print some info, like banking, order confirmations or show info? Looking at GPS maps on your small screen? Just print it to a convenient size. Planon’ PRINTSTIK is a laptop’s productive companion for road warriors who still need to live in the paper age.

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Personal Navigation Devices Drive GPS Market To New Heights By Keith Waller

The last 12 months have seen unprecedented levels of activity and growth in the consumer navigation market. The market has been mainly driven by personal navigation devices (PNDs) which offer a compelling mix of ease of use, features, portability, and affordability. This fast-growing market has attracted many new entrants seeking to carve out a slice of the market and has already seen some companies making an early exit. The good news for consumers is that competition based on both price and features is fierce. That’s bad news for manufacturers though, and a shakeout in the market seems inevitable as some of the smaller players go to the wall. CeBIT attendees will be able to get a good overview of the market with all of the top PND companies making an appearance at CeBIT. Garmin (Hall 15, Stand D08), Mio Technology (Hall 14, Stand G08), and TomTom (Hall 15, Stand E14) are all essential visits if you are interested in this market. According to market researcher ABI, PND markets will continue to grow strongly to reach a global sales volume of more than 100 million units by 2011. While dedicated PNDs will remain the preferred form factor for use in the car they will be complemented by handset-based systems for pedestrian navigation. New form factors such as PMPs, UMPCs and MIDs will also appear. Navigation producers are

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Garmin has added speech recognition to its nuvi product line-up.

making their offers stand out by adding speech technology, multimedia features and 3D map content to the mix. They are also targeting specific segments. Connected navigation will become standard on handsets, PNDs and OEM systems as the availability of real-time traffic information and up-todate map content becomes a key requirement. For example, TomTom has

announced it is working with Vodafone Germany to bring its traffic information system to Germany. TomTom’s High Definition Traffic delivers up-to-date and accurate travel time information. “Our goal is to provide the best and most reliable navigation solutions for car drivers. This requires better maps, accurate route times and high quality real time traffic information,” says TomTom Chief Executive Officer Harold Goddijn. “The roll out of TomTom HD Traffic in Germany is an important step in our goal to make our superior traffic information service available to 50% of our European customers by the end of 2008.” Mio is displaying its latest 3.5- and 4.3-inch “Moov”

series car navigation systems. These are its first devices to feature MioMore Connect, a new connected service that offers users dynamic content, such as online point of interest searches.

“Competition based on both price and features is fierce.” Garmin has a number of new products on display too, including a new nuvi model that uses speech recognition to control the unit and make navigation easier than ever. “Now it’s possible to keep both hands on the wheel, tell nuvi what to do and where to go, and you’re on your way to stress-free travel,” explains Dan Bartel, Garmin’s World-wide Vice President of Sales.

Taiwan’s Telematics & Navigation By Dieter Neumann, Senior Editor, Hannover Pacific Publications

Taiwan makers dominate the European GPS navigation market. Displaying this dominance in Hall 14 is the Taiwan Telematics and Navigation Pavilion and in other parts of the fair. CeBIT is the only event that traces the entire traffic telematics chain from data acquisition and processing to the latest terminals and most up-to-date trends. Taiwanese exhibitors share space at CeBIT with illustrious brands such as TomTom (Hall 15, Stand E14), Garmin (Hall 15, Stand D08), Mio

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(Hall 14, Stand G08) and Navigon (Hall 15, Stand E13). Taiwan big names to check out are Holux (Hall 14, Stand G46), Globalsat (also at Stand G46), Royaltek (Hall

Taiwan makers dominate the European GPS navigation market. 14, Stand G52), MSI (Hall 21, Stand B34) and Leadtek (Hall 13, Stand D76). Taiwan broadline giant Gigabyte operates its central location in Hall 21, Stand C07.

OEM handheld by Holux, one of Taiwan’s GPS players with big manufacturing resources and global sales networks.

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New Product Navigation Solution with DVB-T and Bluetooth Has It All Globalsat’s GTV-380 car navigation system with DVB-T and Bluetooth capability features an easy-to-use touch screen interface that enables users to enjoy DVB-T digital TV. The package comes with a secure car mount for quick removal and easy mounting, a 4.3-inch high-brightness touch screen TFT LCD, GPS navigation software, a user-friendly keypad, an SD storage card expansion slot, and clear, high-quality voice-guided instructions. There is a built-in antenna and an MMCX-type connector for an optional external antenna.

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GPS-enabled Handsets Break into GSM World attractive LBS offerings. Handset vendors are also showing greater interest not only in providing GPS-enabled handsets, but also in introducing their own GPS-centric applications and services. Presently, most handsets with integrated GPS are smartphones or high-end feature phones, with wholesale prices in the range of $250 to $500. However, chipset manufacturers now have solutions in place that will permit the integration of GPS in handsets at lower costs, and provide significant improvements in terms of accuracy, time-to-first-fix, and recep-

tion in indoor environments. As a result, the wholesale average selling price (ASP) of GPS-enabled handsets will fall to less than $200 by 2010. “It will become more costeffective for manufacturers to have GPS in a large proportion of devices, rather than offering it in fewer handsets; this will enable lower ASPs for devices as well,” says ABI Research analyst Shailendra Pandey. Until now, GPS chipset solutions for handsets have been costly ($5 to $10 per handset). However, chipset vendors have developed solutions that will bring down the cost of integrating GPS in handsets to less than $2. Other vendors have plans to integrate GPS with Bluetooth and to offer a single-chip solution.

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Social Network Sites: Business Opportunity or Security Risk? By Andrew Walls, Research Director, Gartner Research

Running a business is a social activity. Staff, executives and customers talk with each other, send messages to one another, and pass information back and forth. These moments of personal contact create a network of social relationships through which businesses strive to build markets and generate profits. Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn are environments for developing new social contacts and maintaining relationships through a computer-mediated interchange of information, photographs, videos and links to additional Web content. To gain access to this large pool of potential customers (Facebook reports more than 54 million users globally, and LinkedIn more than 15 million), businesses have invested in advertising programmes and continuing presences in social-network environments via customer service portals and personal profiles for key staff. Many companies have also established group networks for use by staff within these sites. Here are some of the benefits of social network environ-

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ments for business: • Attracting and retaining the next generation of employees; • Understanding consumer behaviour and trends; • Increasing advertising and

A FaceBook network. Enterprises need strong security plans and usage guidelines to cope with this phenomenon.

marketing; • Enabling a better balance between work and social life, particularly in work environments requiring long hours and extensive travel; • Enabling employees to explore creative skills such as blogging. Yet uncontrolled use of such sites can carry significant risks. • Expose internal corporate activities and intellectual property to inappropriate audiences. • Provide mechanisms for rapid, viral distribution of

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active and passive content that can include illegal, damaging and offensive material. • Identity fraud and competitive espionage activities from personal and corporate information posted on social networking sites. The first step in managing security in a social network is to establish policies and standards to govern the use of the system. Although established policies can be augmented to include social network issues, it can be useful to assemble a separate document that lists securityfocused best practice. Such a list should include a focus on the following: • Responsibility for the corporate presence and as-

Gartner’s Andrew Walls sees social networks as powerful tools for business development that carry high security risks.

sociated security risk must be assigned to a person or organisation, not an IT department. • Information uploaded should be limited to the bare minimum required to meet

New Product Smartphone Puts New Curve on Mobile Devices The BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone from Research in Motion features a metallic finish, clean lines and soft edges. It comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, a camera, media player, built-in GPS, expandable memory, Voice Dialing, BlackBerry® Maps and trackball navigation. Also included are email and text messaging, instant messaging, web browser and advanced phone functionality.

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business objectives. All content, including text, video, graphics and links, should require official approval. • All content obtained from social network sites should be screened for malware. • Staff working in the social network on behalf of their company must abide by corporate policies regarding public and media relations. Staff should not place corporate content on personal pages without corporate approval.

• Conversations within the social-network messaging system must comply with corporate policies regarding harassment and offensive speech. • Corporate content should be monitored on a regular basis to detect unauthorised alterations. There are also legal issues to take into account. Social networks include activities that may be considered illegal: theft of intellectual property, identity fraud, defamation,

privacy infringement, slander and libel. At this time, court actions are ongoing in several countries as a result of activities in social networks. Corporations and agencies should not base a hiring decision on information obtained from an applicant’s MySpace or Facebook profile. Given the semi-public nature of many social network sites it is possible to collect a wide range of information about individuals that could be pertinent in recruitment or promotions.

Gartner urges caution in using this information. Fraudulent profiles have been constructed containing erroneous and private information that has been published without the knowledge of those whose identities were targeted. Companies should verify significant or legally actionable information through other channels before committing to decisions based on the information. © 2007 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

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RFID Moving Beyond Supply Chain Management Starting from a base of more than US$3.8 billion in revenue in 2007, worldwide radiofrequency identification or RFID markets are expected to reach $8.4 billion in 2012, according to ABI Research. The 2007 figure represents a 24% growth over 2006, and the curve to 2012 indicates a compound annual growth rate of 21%. “Given the recent amount of activity and anticipation surrounding RFID technology, one might be tempted to believe the RFID market has been experiencing explosive growth,” says research director Michael Liard.

“But while uptake of fullscale RFID systems remains slower than many in the industry had hoped, steady growth continues. There is an overall

“The real opportunity is for open-loop applications.” sense of cautious optimism in the market.” While few large RFID implementations have been announced, extensive pilot programs and closed-loop deployments demonstrate the value propositions and cost justification for RFID. For example, enterprises can enjoy

a significant return on investment and the opportunity to amortise the cost of transponders over several years through applications such as asset tracking in health care; WIP (Work in Progress) tracking in manufacturing and returnable transport items such as pallets and containers. “Asset tracking and RTLS

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(Real Time Location System) applications continue to gain traction across vertical markets,” says Liard, looking at current hot trends. “From pilots to small implementations to full deployments, activity has been brisk for passive and active solutions. The fashion apparel and footwear item-tagging market is also undergoing heavy pilot and trial activity, especially within Europe via programs at Marks and Spencer and Metro. Government ID documents are another strong volume segment, particularly for e-passports and national ID cards especially in China.” Closed-loop applications currently drive RFID, which includes asset management and assembly line operations,

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Wireless LANs: Expectations For 2008 By Richard Webb, Infonetics Research

2008 will be a year of strong growth in key areas of the wireless LAN industry, including 802.11n adoption and voice over wireless deployments.

Wireless security will continue to be a major issue. Infonetics expects the following in 2008: • Demand for wireless LAN

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An RFID tag from Thax Software in Hall 7. Thax belongs to METRO Group’s Future Store Initiative.

to be addressed, Liard says. Retailers who place RFID tags on clothing will have to remove the tags before a consumer leaves the shop, for instance. The same goes for issuing RFID-based passports and ID cards. Privacy concerns have already sparked heated debates about RFID technology in some European countries, including Germany. CeBIT NEWS

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Wireless LANs: Expectations For 2008 enterprises to deploy more effective security measures for wireless networks; • The number of dual-mode Wi-Fi and cellular phones, PDAs, and smartphones will proliferate, driving the wireless VoIP market towards a boom, likely in 2009. As organisations look to accommodate their increasing reliance upon an expanding range of data-intensive applications and a growing number of users, demand for 802.11n networks is set to be a key driver for wireless networks in 2008, prompted by more aggressive pricing of 802.11n. Planning should be undertaken to achieve the expected performance, and organisations will need to have a strategy for phasing in 802.11n while continuing to support 802.11g, which is likely to remain in use for several years to come.

Wireless Security

In January, researchers at Indiana University in the United States targeted wireless LAN equipment with a malicious attack, discovering serious conse-

quences. We will see more such attacks, exploiting the WLAN as the point of vulnerability. Theoretically, an attack could spread very quickly in an urban area, where there are lots of WLANs in a small region. Many WLAN routers aren’t installed in a secure manner, so an attack could guess administrative passwords and then install wormlike firmware that would make an infected router attack other wireless routers in its range. The possibility of an airborne attack shouldn’t be surprising. The flaws of WEP are well-known. With so many WLAN routers in major cities, and their ranges overlapping so much, the scene is set for rapid viral contamination. Organisations and home users are prone to infection and must understand that WEP is now obsolete. As hackers become increasingly sophisticated so must the security mechanisms of the WLAN. Anything less than 802.11i, and your network could be in trouble.

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phones and PDA shipments increased to 75 million worldwide in 2007, and will continue to increase in 2008 as businesses seek to deploy wireless VoIP, and benefit from the convenience and cost savings. For the application to become truly widespread it has to be as reliable as traditional fixed-line voice services, so organisations must optimize wireless access points already installed and invest in additional APs to support the increase in wireless voice traffic.

Richard Webb is Directing Analyst for WiMAX, Wi-Fi and Mobile Devices with market research firm Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com). Infonetics tracks fixed and mobile WiMAX and mobile radio access network equipment markets with

New Product Home Gateways Cover Range of Connectivity Iskratel home gateways provide for the delivery of real time business communications and entertainment contents. DSL gateways Sinope and Proteus, FTTH gateway Prospero and WiMAX/copper Ethernet gateway Loona form the complete home and business connectivity suite. Iskratel home gateways assure Level 3 and security support with integrated firewall and NAT. They include a wide range of LAN interfaces, network attached storage over USB and IP camera plug. Local wireless communication can easily be set with DECT base stations and WiFi access points.

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Accton’s ES3528-WDM L2 WDM Metro Access Switch is Carrierclass H/W (Dual power, Temperature Harden, field replaceable fan, front access) and offers high reliable non-blocking service. The unit includes flexible uplink options and Metro Ethernet specific security (IP source guard, DHCP snooping) and management features as well as advanced QoS features for triple play service. IEEE 802.3ah OAM is supported.

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A New Star For Fixed Mobile Convergence: Femtocells By Gerhard Kafka

The convergence of fixed and mobile networks is an ongoing trend. Wireline and wireless telecom companies are being increasingly pressured by market saturation, new competitors, eroding margins, and technological disruptions. Vendors, network operators and standardisation organisations are heading towards a common middleware IP Multimedia System (IMS) that links various access technologies and core network technologies onto a single multimedia platform. There are developments to integrate IMS into the multiservice access node (MSAN) that will allow an operator to integrate existing PSTN infrastructure into a fixed mobile

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convergence (FMC) solution. One such MSAN is the flexible Hi-FOCuS family presented by ECI Telecom in Hall 12, Stand C55. IMS technology that combines the internet and the mobile world will provide access to a wide variety of IP-based services. Even today, multimedia triple-play services provide users with exciting new modes of communication, and Iskratel’s (Hall 13, Stand C38) MSAN product family SI3000 MSCP provides reliable and stable control. This product family is designed for various types of telecommunications operators and service providers. The products are flexible, adaptable

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Behind thick walls: Femtocells delivers radio signals to where 3G cannot reach.

and provide a large number of services. The following products are part of the family: SI3000 MSCN (Multi-service Control Node), SI3000 CS (Call Server), SI3000 iCS (integrated Call

Server), SI3000 AS (Aplication Server), SI3000 SMG (Signaling & Media Gateway), SI3000 MNS (Management System) and SI3000 MS (Media Server). Continued on page 64

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A New Star For Fixed Mobile Convergence: Femtocells IMS started as a technology for 3G mobile networks driven by 3GPP, but it is now spreading to next-generation wireline networks. It builds on SIP, which has emerged as the crucial technology for controlling communications in IP-based NGNs. A particular problem for 3G is the use of higher spectrum bands where radiofrequency signals weaken more rapidly. Thus delivering high-quality mobile services inside buildings is a tough challenge for the macro network because walls undermine the radio signal. That’s where femtocells come in. Originally known as Access Point Base Stations, femtocells are tiny, low-power 3G radio systems that plug into a residential broadband connection to provide a mobile signal directly

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in the home. Apart from being able to extend network coverage where none previously existed, femtocells have the potential to play a significant disruptive role in FMC. A home femtocell not only delivers a good signal and fast data rates, but it does this at very low cost because the traffic is backhauled to the mobile operator’s core network over the household’s existing broadband link. Femtocells can be seen as a further development of homezone services already offered by mobile network operators. One femtocell base station is on display at Alcatel-Lucent (Hall 12, Stand B30). The personal base station comes in two versions: a stand-alone solution with DSL modem and Ethernet interface, and an integrated solution comprising DSL modem, Wi-Fi, router, POTS, VoIP etc. The Femtocell Base Station Router 9365 BSR Femto addresses the domestic market for high-speed data via localized

The Alcatel-Lucent base station guarantees high quality delivery.

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in-building wireless service provision. With this router a user can be assured of a high quality W-CDMA delivery, with the advantages of voice support and UMTS mobility both within the home and outside. The 9365 BSR Femto uses a revolutionary ‘Flat IP’ architecture that consolidates all

UTRAN network elements into a single unit, eliminating complexity, bottlenecks and a substantial amount of operating cost compared to traditional hierarchical networks. This Femto solution is fully compliant to 3GPP standards and uses 3GPP interfaces to connect to existing core network nodes.

Avaya Integrates iPhone in the Enterprise At this year’s CeBIT Avaya (Hall 12, Stand B25) is showcasing its one-X Mobile solution that transforms the Apple iPhone into a full-fledged business tool by offering direct access to sophisticated features found on Avaya office phone including call conferencing facilities and the type of functionality that has, up until now, prevented the iPhone becoming a business gadget. Avaya one-X Mobile client software enables the iPhone to be integrated into most enterprise IP telecommunications networks. Intelligent Communications from Avaya enables you to: have calls to the deskphone simultaneously ring the iPhone or up to four other devices of the user’s choice, reducing the chance of missing important calls; transfer calls

seamlessly between the iPhone and your deskphone; have calls made from a mobile device show the desk phone caller ID, for true one-number portability; manage only one business number and voice mailbox; and access a full suite of business telephony features. The Apple iPhone is one of the Avaya one-X Mobile clients which provide quick access to office phone functionality. Implementation only requires purchasing Extension to Cellular software licenses, adding them to your existing Avaya Communication Manager server, downloading the software, and installing the appropriate client. This deployment provides a robust integration with Avaya Communication Manager without the need for additional hardware components.

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European Debut For Exclaimer Mail Utilities Exclaimer (Hall 4, Stand F80/3) the provider of the world’s bestselling suite of email utilities for Microsoft Exchange environments has unveiled its newest software suite, Exclaimer Mail Utilities 2007. Launched late last year, Mail Utilities 2007 is the first available suite of software tools that provide significant email enhancements to organizations using Microsoft Exchange 2007. “Since launching the new suite, we have been experiencing a high level of adoption among those companies making the shift to Exchange 2007 and look forward to discussing its benefits with other, similar organisations at the show,” explained Exclaimer

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CEO Andrew Millington. The latest incarnation of Exclaimer’s flagship product suite is designed for organisations that have implemented Exchange 2007 and want to utilize all the benefits that Exclaimer Mail Utilities offers.

Exclaimer Mail Utilities 2007 allows organizations to execute a host of powerful mail features at the server level, ensuring compliance with corporate-wide policies and procedures. It provides the ability to add disclaimers and signatures to outgoing email,

take advantage of Industry-leading anti-spam technology, establish auto-responder messages from any email address, perform email blocking and redirection functions, and perform a wide range of automated actions via a powerful rules engine.

New Product PDA Brings Full Function to the Field The FDA600 Field Digital Assistant from 4P Mobile Data Processing is an industrial grade PDA with built-in audio/video, wireless communications (HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth), barcode, RFID, printer and card reader. It allows users to track goods, shoot pictures, capture videos, browse the Internet, accept credit/debit card payments, print receipts and more. The unit is designed to operate in difficult ambient conditions and is available in an intrinsically safe version.

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CONFERENCE & EXPO February 4-5, 2009 Los Angeles, California Focusing on the commercial and entertainment sides of multichannel and mobile signal content delivery to consumers, this one-of-akind hybrid networks and

Document-Centric Processes are the Future of Paperwork retrieving and processing of older documents is slower and less efficient than scanning incoming documents and processing them Paper can not be banned from the office, but paperless, says VOI. should be reduced as far as possible. During this year’s CeBIT the DMS Arena is giving hourly guided on best-practice solutions. tours to show visitors a range A special showcase features of enterprise content (ECM) digital mail processing. Scanand document management ning, indexing and electronic systems designed to capture, distribution of incoming paper research and storage of digital documents can speed processdata. Furthermore, the proes and reduce cost of business gramme in the DMS Arena mail - even in accordance with includes professional lectures national government rules.

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Program Focus t Global Content Distribution t Hollywood – Silicon Valley Alliance t Convergent Common Ground t Wall Street and VC’s View t Content/Signal Integrity and Delivery t Platforms of the Future t Software and Hardware Development t Privacy and Piracy Issues FOR MORE INFO CONTACT HARRY THIBEDEAU [email protected] or +1 608.213.9082

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ers should thoroughly evaluate their current communications and desktop applications environment and identify their readiness for UC. There are four questions to bear in mind when doing this: Managers should assess the readiness of the existing business communications environ-

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in IT including improving network and applications management and applications. For all these reasons, UC is important in creating a converged workplace. While UC represents a major change in how organisations communicate, it is also a logical evolution in business communications. Deciding to upgrade to UC is both a business and a technology decision. Before developing a business case for UC, IT manag-

UC Connects VoIP With Collaboration

Unified communications (UC) is a potentially important tool to improve existing business processes and reduce costly business delays for time-sensitive situations, according to a recent report by Forrester Research. An intelligent software platform, it connects people to people and to applications directly and easily. UC connects desktop collaboration technologies, such as presence, email, instant messaging and Internet conferencing with communication applications such as phones, voice messaging and video. Its intuitive user interface promotes adoption and usage of UC across the enterprise. To justify UC investments, organisations should evaluate UC’s business benefits and IT improvements, and explain its full value – for instance, how it enables a faster response to critical situations, allows employees to collaborate more easily and reduces overheads such as travel and conferencing expenses. UC helps improve how organisations communicate by addressing core issues. For instance, a dispersed workforce causes delays in scheduling meetings and reaching team members and decision-makers, resulting in delays for timesensitive issues. As customers become more demanding of better services and support from suppliers, organisations must become more responsive to their customers and provide services that in turn help them become more successful. IT departments face challenges to leverage existing investments

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Touchpaper Helps Blend Applications By Bernhard Schoon

Large organisations’ IT architectures usually consist of applications and software solutions that were not originally designed to work together. Touchpaper (Hall 3, Stand D03) presents the latest version of its IT Business Management Suite (ITBM) designed to control complex environments. It covers IT service management, customer service and network and system management. The ITBM Suite contributes to the adherence to customer demand and predefined service levels. The new dashboard displays key figures in real time, such as incidents or the number of requests filed to a helpdesk. This helps an administrator make decisions on business goals or internal processes. An OpenTouch Integration Toolkit was designed for organisations which need to implement a service desk into applications from BMC, HP, Oracle or SAP without assistance by a group of

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consultants. A new horizontal feature set supports predefined processes for the human resources department. The HR Process Pack is to manage employees and in compliance to internal policy it covers hiring, resigns and admissions. The HR manager can manage and monitor

new candidates, their budget or the date of interview. In a case of hiring all the relevant departments are informed and requested to provide equipment and services at the right time. More than 1,800 organisations worldwide currently deploy the software solutions of Britain-based Touchpaper.

New Product Videoconferencing Service Has Options For All Levels A videocommunication solution from VidSoft provides affordable video, audio and web-conferencing. The Basic version enables up to 10 users to participate in an interactive multipoint conference. The Hosted Service Standard version includes application, desktop and document sharing as well as file transfer. The Premium service enables the participation of 10 added guests and the possibility of unlimited telephone-based users. A Corporate version has been upgraded to include access for 5 guests, unlimited access by telephone into meetings and the connection to H.323 systems.

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The consumer’s experience is everything . . . and everywhere. Thomson provides the solutions and integrated systems to deliver the convergent content consumers want, where they want, when they want it, whether in the home, in the office or on the go. With Thomson, you have the power to deliver high-quality video, on-demand content, IPTV, Mobile TV, VoIP, fixedmobile telephony, and many other home entertainment services to the masses in the most productive and lucrative way possible.

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WiMAX Grabs More Market Share By Gerhard Kafka

Wireless technologies are valuable add-ons for business and carrier network solutions. Ever more sophisticated radio technologies evolving, transmission speeds are increasing and areas covered are reaching new records. Wireless technologies support mobile applications on the one hand and filling in the gaps of wire-based infrastructure on the other. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth remain the main elements of enterprise solutions. But service providers are also watching developments of UMTS/ HSPA toward the Long Term Evolution project, which aims

at improving mobile phone standards, and of WiMAX. WiMAX is technology that aims at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. Global standardisation body International Telecommunication Union has decided to include WiMAX technology into the IMT-2000 standard for third generation wireless telecommunications. Visitors interested in learning about these developments should visit WIRELESSWorld@CeBIT in Hall 13, Stand D34. On the central stage here, vendors are exhib-

Remote but connected: WiMAX brings wireless data services to rural regions.

iting their newest solutions and current trends. The Converged Multiservice Wireless Node BA300 is a

highlight on Airvenue’s booth in Hall 13, Stand C33/1. This is a six-radio platform that supports GSM Cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and backhaul services in a compact, integrated package optimised to deliver carrier-grade voice services. By incorporating up to two 1800 or 1900 MHz IP-based GSM EDGE-enabled picocells within its wireless mesh

Together with AlcatelLucent and Inquam, VSE NET is demonstrating that rural areas can have wireless broadband Internet access. platform, the BA300 delivers a compact, flexible and cost effective solution that features the industry’s first converged GSM picocell/wireless mesh solution, high performance and flexible coverage applications for Cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX. The BA300 is available in configurations for multiple point-to-point, pointto-multipoint or multipointto-multipoint connectivity. It can be deployed as a stand-

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New Product Device Shows What’s Hot and What’s Not Nonius Software has developed a communication device that ensures users speedy access to the Internet from even the most remote locations. The cost-efficient system automatically determines which connection - terrestrial or satellite - is the cheapest at any particular point in time. This gateway to the Internet can function in applications such as cruise liners or public transport and can be integrated into a ship’s or vehicle’s IT system, enabling it to benefit from intelligent selection of the cheapest connection. WiMAX is now part of ITU’s IMT-2000 framework.

alone device or as part of a larger municipal Wi-Fi mesh comprised of other BA300 nodes. HUBER+SUHNER (Hall 13, Stand D72) present a variety of WiMAX applications related to antennae. One of these is fibre optic assemblies that replace feeder lines running to the antennae. For instance, Fibre-To-The-Antenna ODC assemblies connect the base band gateway. Beyond antennae, the stand’s display includes a product portfolio for WiMAX base station accessories comprising lightning and surge protectors (RF and base band), feeder lines and jumper cables as well as Fibre-To-The-Antenna solutions. WiMAX point to point links

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make use of high gain low beamwidth antennae and are a cost effective way to backhaul traffic from remote sites to central network nodes without the need for expensive wireline or fibre optic backbone networks. The first commercial mobile WiMAX network in Germany has been implemented by VSE NET, near Wadern in southern Germany. Together with Alcatel-Lucent (Hall 12, Stand B30) and licence holder Inquam VSE NET is demonstrating that rural areas can have wireless broadband Internet access. Services include telephony for residential and business customers. The network has been installed in less then four months and can handle live video applications.

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Telematics: Safety Tool or Privacy Risk? By Bernhard Schoon

Telematics and mobile navigation systems are big business. The technology is being developed for uses such as traffic safety, driver emergencies and innovative insurance models while addressing questions of data privacy. European Union regulators want all new cars to be fitted with an emergency calling system by 2010 – policy that will make telematics a traffic standard across Europe. CeBIT’s Halls 14 to 16 this year focus on telematic solutions. One company making the most of the telematics boom is transport software company PTV (Hall 15, Stand F 08) from Karlsruhe in Germany.

Telematics can deliver some helpful services such as improved navigation or faster support after a car accident.

The 9-billion euro company is developing a “Pay As You Drive” insurance plan that allows drivers to choose flexible fees according to their driving

habits as an alternative to fixed fees. The insurance is calculated according to the car driver’s usage pattern: driving less and below speed limits reduces the fee. With topography data stored in the car, the software assesses the tours driven by various parameters such as distance, class of road or speed limits. For that purpose a telematics box can be installed in the car. While driving it receives GPS signals, analyses them and transmits the results to a data centre. Could such close tracking of individual driving patterns cause privacy concerns? PTV says all data is deleted after transmission. If central data analysis in a data centre is required the telematic box sends the GPS data to the solution provider who will interpret them. To ensure the privacy of personal GPS data, the insurance company only receives the aggregated results.

Watch your speed: telematics insurance is good for cautious drivers.

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PTV’s emergengy call system eCall is a response to European plans to fit all new cars with emergency call systems. eCall works like this: In the event of a car crash, the device sends out a call for help together with the car’s location calculated by its GPS. The gadget is to accelerate road-side rescue and the first in a line of products that PTV plans. Next in line are services such as support after a car breakdown or advanced route planning using map technologies and geographical software.

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Breaking News DisplayLink Multiple Monitors Boost Productivity By Keith Waller

In partnership with Samsung (Hall 26, Stand D60) DisplayLink has integrated its technology into the company’s UbiSync range of monitors. This enables up to six screens to be connected with minimal fuss to a PC or laptop via a standard USB connection. According to DisplayLink, multiple screens can provide both productivity and entertainment benefits whether in the office or at home. Adding another display to a PC is one of the best ways to manage information and enhance productivity, as users can spread their applications out across multiple screens, enabling a higher level

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of interactivity. Microsoft research shows a consistent 9% productivity increase by adding a second display, with up to a 50% increase in productivity for tasks such as

cutting and pasting. However, in the past, multi-monitor computing has been difficult and expensive to set up. This is now changing due to the tumbling costs of display,

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Medion’s (Hall 15, Stand F30) Home Server comes with up to 2 Terrabyte of storage capacity and will offer universal plug-andplay media streaming based on PacketVideo PVConnect software.

The Home Server: Serving the Connected Home Server product in the shape of its Belinea o.center. This too is energy-efficient, offers advanced management and media functions, and allows up to four hot plug SATA hard drives.

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The Maxdata Belinea o.center - an early entrant into the Home Server market.

coupled with the plug-and-play simplicity and the performance of DisplayLink’s solutions. Iomega (Hall 2, Stand D56) says it is working on a home server product - the Iomega HomeCenter Server, which will ship with one 500GByte hard drive and four easy-swap drive bays for storage expansion. Also, Seagate Technology (Hall 25, Stand D40, (B105)) has announced the compatibility of its PC hard drives and external storage devices with Windows Home Server.

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Top Ten Trends For Consumer IT By Bob Snyder

Oh, how we envy those Tier 1 companies with their big budgets and ability to spend their way to success. Being big comes with a series of challenges that make SMEs cringe. Below are the Top Ten trends that high volume retailers and vendors will confront in 2008.

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Cash & Credit Crunch

Headwinds from the macro economy outside of our industry cloud the outlook for the business sector and the consumer spending environment for retailers. The European Central Bank says a perfect economic storm is on the horizon. Let’s not talk ourselves into a recession. But let’s acknowledge the reality of the US sub-prime crisis, the UK’s Northern Rock fiasco, France’s rogue trader scandal and Germany’s government-backed bank bailouts. A solid credit rating and healthy balance sheet will serve retailers well during 2008 as they again demonstrate why cash is king. With consumer spending constrained by economic weakness and tight credit, marginal players in the industry are in for a tough time. Companies that struggled to grow sales last year when growth was robust may have to boost borrowings under their credit lines – if they haven’t already done so – to fund operations.

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Search for Perceived Value

Retail in affluent economies is an emotion-filled business: product purchases are driven by consumers’ desires to satisfy desires rather than meet needs. In an environment where consumers have reason to feel unsettled about the economy, retailers must demonstrate value-added on top of compelling prices and quality merchandise.

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Growth for Private Brands and Branded Non-Brands

The increased penetration of private brands is not a new phenomenon, but with retailers and distributors facing tough market conditions in 2008, the allure of direct sourcing will result in acceleration. The output of retailers’ internal product development teams have improved, but building a brand from scratch is never easy, so a common strategy involves entering into exclusive distribution agreements.

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Thanks to the Internet anyone with a blog or video recorder can be an investigative reporter with instantaneous worldwide communication. Dubious business practices can be revealed in cyberspace. The only option for retailers in an increasingly transparent world is to embrace integrity. Add to

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that rising security concerns. Any mail sent by an employee or supplier could be interpreted in many different ways – and not always in the way the sender intended. It costs hardly anything to start a fire – but a fortune to put one out.

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Best Buy says consumer electronics now accounts for 46% of its business. Rising stars – such as flat-panel TVs, which experienced a double-digit sales gain and GPS devices with triple-digit sales gains – were more than offset by falling stars – such as projection and tube TVs as well as MP3 devices. Research from GfK shows retailers have no choice but to keep chasing more SKUs in order to grow sales and profits.

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Shopcasting and Crowdsumption

Social shopping or “crowdsumption” is what happens when social networking principles meet e-tailing. Shopcasting describes people that look at what other people are buying on the web. Narcissism? There is definitely something going on, especially on sites such as Nethaggler, which tap into the purchasing power of large groups of individuals. More sites such as Osoyou.com and ThisNext.com connect people with similar interests and tastes and represent what

some observers are calling a new referral economy. It’s not long before that will reach our sector too.

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It no longer takes nine to 12 months to “fast follow” runway trends. Companies are able to translate and merchandise trends for a mass audience with production cycles of fewer than 30 days.

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If Consumers Have the Power, What do We Have?

The Internet changes consumer behaviour because it shifts power in the form of information from the retailer to the customer. Shoppers are now increasingly well-informed and increasingly impatient thanks to the speed of the net and the control it gives to buyers. Many customers also like physical stores if they are sensory and catering to personalised interests. Physical stores need to invest in both worlds: super-fast access to information and emotive/experimental stores. Circuit City in USA promises buyers any item ordered over the Internet will be available instore within 24 minutes (or the customer will get a US$24 gift card to soothe their lack of instant gratification.) Circuit City reports 50% of online orders Continued on page 78

EC to Spend Billions on Industrial Embedded Systems R&D By Bob Snyder

Just before CeBIT opened, the European Commission launched a EUR2.5 billion multi-party technology initiative called ARTEMIS. The goal of the ARTEMIS consortium is to address embedded computer systems that – while running almost unnoticed by users – improve the performance of all kinds of machines: from cars, planes and phones to factories, washing machines and television sets. The project is an enormous opportunity for systems inte-

grators that shifts commercial attention to industrial B2B commerce. More than 4 billion embedded processors were sold last year with the global market worth EUR60 billion and growing annually at rates near 14%. Forecasts predict more than 16 billion embedded devices by 2010 and more than 40 billion by 2020. The share of embedded systems in the value of final products is expected to continue to rise in key industrial sectors: by 2010, for instance, more than 35% of the value of your car will be attributable to embedded electronics. “Invisible computers embedded in all devices of industrial application can have a tremendously positive impact on Europe’s economy”, says European Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding. “This is why EUR2.5 European Commissioner Viviane Reding: billion of Euinvisible embedded computers are crucial for Europe’s economy. ropean public

and private research investment into embedded systems over ten years is very worthwhile, ensuring that European technology remains at the forefront worldwide.” To promote economies of scale, cost savings and much shorter times to market for products based on embedded computer technologies, and to keep European industry at the forefront of global develop-

ments in these fields, the EU is pioneering this entirely new way of funding research in Europe. The commission and EU member states wishing to participate will pool their public funding with universities and industry, including many innovative SMEs, by setting up a public-private partnership.

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Dell Throws Out the Book; Recruits Partners By Bob Snyder

When Michael Dell published his book, Direct from Dell, in 1999, he told us the company’s three key rules: “Disdain inventory;” “Always listen to the

retail stores such as Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Dixons, Staples, Carrefour, Tesco and Best Buy, making Dell available at more than 10,000 retail outlets worldwide. Presumably because these large retailers can’t afford to pass up the opportunity to show another A brand. A brands don’t come along every day. Some success for Dell at the end of Q4 2007 led industry analysts to attribute that success to the entry into the American retail space. Now Dell has launched its Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell: PartnerDirect “The direct sales model is not a religion.” programme in the EMEA region. You customer” and “Never sell can see a video announcement indirect.” Dell has put on YouTube. As It’s hard to forget that as you open it, there’s a stark Dell now rolls out its EMEA scene and Josh Claman, general PartnerDirect channel promanager of Dell Channels gram: for decades Michael EMEA looking very uncomDell was among the most vofortable in his video role. ciferous critics of the reseller The concept is to adopt a channel. pricing strategy that enables As direct sales of computresellers to sell Dell equipment ers began to falter and Dell at the same price as Dell and lost its ranking as the No. 1 still achieve good margins. computer to HP in 2006, the Behind the new partner company began to rethink its strategy, Michael Dell is once consumer sales strategy. In again putting his stamp on his 2007, Michael Dell issued a company after the departure of corporate memo that carried a ex-CEO Kevin Rollins. (Rollins shockwave: “The direct model was quoted calling iPod just has been a revolution, but is a fad and claimed Dell would not a religion.” never be distracted by this silly The company signed a device.) number of deals with big box Dell‘s new strategy will be

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to simplify IT while focusing on five key areas: consumers, emerging markets, notebooks, big companies, and SMBs. Specific initiatives in each of these broad areas include a new emphasis on design in notebooks; a continued focus on finding new ways to let consumers see, touch and feel Dell computers before buying them, and a focus on new devices specifically designed for small businesses. Dell has shut down its Direct Store kiosks that allowed American mall shoppers to

touch but not buy Dell computers, after its nine month-old retail -sales strategy kicked in. Will Dell strategy succeed in channels beyond Tier 1 retail? Will the rest of the channel show as much forgiveness as big retail? The inventor of the Direct Sales model has written his book already: maybe he’ll have to write another one. Whether he does or not, the step Dell has taken toward distribution vindicates the channel. Maybe hating Dell should not be a religion either.

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Many people today pay Skype for services when the original service was free. This is the “Freemium” economy and some critics argue this is the way all digital products and services will be sold in the future. Do we thank software companies for this or credit the razor blade companies? In either case, retail has yet to decide how it can either counter or utilize Freemium.

Top Ten Trends for Consumer IT are now picked up from one of their stores. Best-Buy invests more heavily in staff training so staff know at least as much about the products they are selling as their customers. Customers want more information and to be in control. They want delivery and payment to speed up, and they want more service. If all that clashes with their desire for low prices then you can call today’s customer both demanding and contradictory.

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Something for Nothing: The “Freemium” Economy

One of the business models emerging from the Internet is giving away stuff for free in the hope that customers will one day pay to upgrade their experience (or subscription).

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Green is the Channel

Retailers have seen the supply chain efficiency benefits that come from viewing their operations through the lens of sustainability. Now Green is popular and industry leaders will push sustainability and Green initiatives at an even more aggressive pace. Green consumerism means customers are more aware of climate change and want retailers and vendors to do their bit.

Breaking News Funkwerk – the Good Times are Back By Bernhard Schoon

Germany-based Funkwerk (Hall 13, Stand D72) has built a complete portfolio of networking equipment comprising wireless LAN, IP-based Routing, VPN and Voice-over IP. Its business unit FEC (Funkwerk Enterprise Communications) is targeting the SMB sector with media gateways and a new WLAN management system.

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EC to Spend Billions on Industrial Embedded Systems R&D While research funding in embedded systems so far tends to be fragmented in small projects funded by individual Member States and agencies, the new open ARTEMIS consortium allows member states and the commission to co-operate and co-finance panEuropean research initiatives focused on a strategic agenda set by industry itself. ARTEMISIA, the Artemis Industrial Association, currently has more than a hundred members. Of these, half are R&D organisations, 22% SMEs and 28% corporate members. The European Commission also launched a second joint technology initiative called ENIAC to target nanoelectronics. For more information on joint technology initiatives, see: http://cordis.europa.eu/ fp7/jtis/ind_jti_en.html#eniac http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ jtis/ind_jti_en.html#artemis

With its consistent user interface, an administrator can configure and monitor all access points from one desk. The new Media-Gateways TR200aw and TR200bw are made for small business and branch offices and combine a PBX, VoIP, IP-access and WLAN. The Funkwerk UTM provides IT security with just a few clicks. It protects against virus, worms, trojans, spam, DoS and hacker attacks. For carriers and providers, who want to supply their customers with hardware, FEC has several Integrated Access Devices (IADs). The Funkwerk IAD104 and IAD106 can easily

be configured by consumers and managed remotely by the provider. Funkwerk was the product of a merger between Artem, Bintec and Elmeg, three German communications national champions. After sales problems and financial losses the company was restructured and a new board installed. Since then Funkwerk‘s 400 employees achieved an annual revenue of EUR242 million in 2006, yielding a profit of EUR10 million. The Funkwerk UTM protects against spam and hacker attacks.

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Breaking News GPU for Notebook Workstation Market By Keith Waller

NVIDIA (Hall 2, Stand B44) has introduced the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M professional GPU for notebook and laptop workstations. The company says this graphics solution defines a new level of graphics performance and advanced visual computing for designers, engineers, and scientists who demand the functions of a desktop workstation on a notebook platform. “Design professionals, who rely on the high-performance and advanced features of NVIDIA Quadro graphics

in a desktop workstation, can also experience this same level of performance in a notebook workstation,” explains Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA. “With the new NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU, the notebook becomes a powerful workstation, allowing professionals to work anywhere, anytime without sacrificing graphics quality or performance.” Engineered to deliver high performance and visualisation of extensive datasets with extremely high image quality in an ISV-certified, notebook

platform, the Quadro FX 3600M is available as a fully qualified MXM v2.1A type-III form factor mobile workstation graphics board with 512MB GDDR3 memory; 256-bit memory interface; 51.2 Gbps graphic memory bandwidth; OpenGL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, and DirectX 10; and PowerMizer adaptive power management tools

The new NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU can turn a notebook into a mobile workstation.

Communiqué from EGYPT Egypt Nurtures an IT Environment

Aiming at advancing and nurturing the IT industry in Egypt, the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) was established in 2004 to act as the developer and promoter of the Egyptian IT industry. Relying on unequivocal governmental support, ITIDA utilizes a vast array of advantages and privileges bestowed on Egypt and synchronizes public and private efforts in order to place the country high on the ‘global market’ scale. Armed with commitment and insight, ITIDA manifests its perspective with a number of programs carefully designed to enhance the Egyptian Information Technology Industry through capacity building program. The agency also promotes Industry/Universities collaboration, through linking academic research with industry and market needs. Through its Intellectual Property Rights Office (IPR), ITIDA aims at ensuring an effective enforcement of the Copyright Law by fighting piracy and sanctioning all infringements in order to guarantee an efficient protection to computer programs and databases. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and affiliate bodies are currently spearheading an effort to increase IT and ITES exports through a strategy formulated in a manner that reflects the public-private partnership which is one of the unique traits of the sector. The strategy pays special attention to enhancing the capacities of Egyptian ICT companies and professionals with special emphasis on cooperation with NGOs to reach various layers of targeted groups. The strategy aims at increasing IT/ITES exports to reach US$1.1 billion by 2010. A.T. Kearney consultancy firm puts Egypt in the 13th position on its Global Services Location Index 2007, while the Yankee Group issued a report in May 2007 predicting that Egypt would be the India of the Middle East provided that the country stays the current course. Egypt hosts various international companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Valeo, IBM, Satyam, Wipro, SQS, Teleperformance, Orange France Telecom, Vodafone, and HSBC. Choosing Egypt as an offshoring location stems from unique privileges bestowed on the country. Egypt is favored with a geographical location that allows the country to serve various time zones, availability of engineering and IT graduates, and abundance of manpower capable of conversing in various languages with an accent-free manner. The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) is also heading a group of 17 Egyptian ICT companies here at CeBIT in Hall 6, Stand B54.

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CeBIT’s Green Sheen The environmental focus of CeBIT reflects the hard truth that the computer industry is very energy intensive. Many toxic chemicals and heavy metals are used in the production of electronics. Recycling rates are low. Some components, such as batteries and metallic oxides used on motherboards, need special care at the end of their life cycle. Data centres are heavy consumers of electricity: studies say the volume of CO2 emissions given off by the world’s ICT equipment is about the same as that produced by international air traffic. But the past five years

have seen a shift within the IT industry when it comes to environmental responsibility. Last year, IT companies formed an industry consortium called the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) to address the growing problem of power consumption in computing. And individually, firms such as Dell, HP, and Sun offer a range of services from tools to calculate data-center power consumption to services that help increase the efficiency of cooling systems. One of the new technologies set to be unveiled at CeBIT is Cyber Power Systems’ (Hall 24, Stand D40) latest system to power consumption of the Uninterruptible Power Supply

(UPS) by up to 75% compared with conventional systems. Indeed, power management software can cut energy costs by US$20-60 dollars per PC, which can mean a 5-15 percent reduction in overall, organizationwide energy consumption. But Green IT can mean anything from the way vendors design and manufacture products to how efficiently those products operate to the ease of recycling them. And many of the new green IT products can help save both energy and money. “We want to show energy-efficient ways of using information and communications technology and how the application of ICT solutions

can save power,” says Deutsche Messe Vice President Sven-Michael Pruser. “Investing in Green IT is an obvious step for anyone who is interested in reducing energy costs and at the same time wants to contribute to climate protection. The aim is to show every single visitor that they can make a personal contribution to climate protection and cost reduction.” This year’s CeBIT shines some daylight on environmental issues.

Communiqué from Serbia Full Taste of IT Success

Just imagine you have been offered to develop your IT empire in a burgeoning business environment only two hours of flying away from most of European capital cities, in a country with the corporate profit tax rate or 10%-the lowest in Europe. Where potential IT buyers are given the chance to make an estimated 30-40% cost saving compared to any other place in the West and where national English language levels are among the highest in Europe, with English fluency levels at 42%! What if the place would throw in the deal a sound monetary policy and key macro-economic laws, simplified foreign trade regulations and more than four hours overlap with the working schedule from the East Coast (compared to the one hour overlap that Asian companies can provide)? And wouldn’t it be nothing short of perfect if Intellectual Property protection in such a place would be amongst the most firmly regulated in the region with new legislation broadly protecting cross border technology transfer? Now, you shouldn’t be all that surprised to find Microsoft’s 4th development center (after China, India and UK) already “Microsofting” in such an environment, capitalizing on the fact that 70% of local skilled workforce in IT sector completed a university level of education, should you? Truth is – on top of Microsoft some 1,500 other innovative IT companies recognized Serbia in these facts above and decided to move in and are already contributing to our amazing annual growth rate of 18.3%! No wonder that Mr. Christopher Brennan, Microsoft’s GM for CEE can be quoted saying: “Serbia has great potential in the IT industry that is why the biggest software company decided to open a development center in Belgrade. We see Serbia as the same position as India’s IT sector in 1991.” The winner of the EU’s prestigious City of the Future award in 2006, the Serbian capital of Belgrade invites you to discover for yourself why Serbia is becoming a first choice for technology buyers world-wide, seeking higher levels of value. If you decide to go into the outsourcing of complete application development projects and move beyond traditional “body shopping”, visit Serbia - one of the few new market economies with the infrastructure, people and price points necessary to compete! Visit the Serbian Pavilion in Hall 4, Stand G48 CeBIT NEWS

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ITIDA Egypt................................ 17

Accton........................................ 61

Javna.......................................... 67

A-Data........................................ 49

Kenetics...................................... 58

Argent Software............................ 5

Korea Elect. Assn. (KEA)............. 35

Argosy Technology BV............... 38

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L’Internazionalizzazione............ 36

Memory Experts......................... 14

Climate Savers Initiative............. 19

Ndrive........................................ 55

Colorful Technology................... 37

OMD Agency (H3C)................... 20

CWN.......................................... 83

Orfik........................................... 79

Datawind................................... 62

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Planon........................................ 51

Eleven GmbH............................. 57

Princeton Technology................ 39

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Research in Motion.................... 13

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Rittal........................................... 21

Fedex........................................... 1

SanDisk...................................... 47

Fenda Tech................................ 32

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Flanders Multimedia................... 74

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Software AG............................... 88

HFUSA IP Central Ad................. 65

SuperMicro................................. 23

HFUSA Storage Pav. Ad............. 27

Thomson Telecom (Cirpack)....... 69

Hong Kong TDC......................... 66

TOPEX........................................ 70

Huawei Technologies................. 11

Tronic......................................... 62

Inosat......................................... 72

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Shiny New CeBIT Launched Business Solutions, Public Sector Solutions, Home & Mobile Solutions now rest on a foundation of Technology & Infrastructure.” This year’s CeBIT has built fast on the wide range of conferences and forums introduced last year by launching a new programme titled CeBIT Global Conferences. The fair already has “firm commitments” from an impressive line-up of speakers, Prueser says. Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich, Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg, Natalya Kasperskaya of Kaspersky Labs, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann, Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann and many more will be attending the conferences. This will allow CeBIT to consolidate its status as the world’s leading platform for know-how transfer, Prueser adds. The TeleHealth conference and exhibit area, a seed planted at CeBIT 07, is

“For the IT industry, energy efficiency is becoming a key concern.” The health care sector “has a particularly large cost-savings potential, which can be tapped through the intelligent deployment of IT solutions,” explains Prueser. Green IT is the keynote theme of CeBIT 08. “For the IT industry, energy efficiency is becoming a key concern,” says Prueser. “In Hall 9 we have our Green IT Village. And we are organising a special Green IT supporting programme.” Visitors can pick up the Green IT Guide, a

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manufacturers, businesses, organisations and consumers to boost the energy efficiency of computers and servers. Big names involved include AMD, EDS, Intel, Microsoft, Hitachi, and Supermicro.

Who’s the Fastest? CeBIT stages its biggest ever charity run for children’s projects. CeBIT has issued a mass invite for all exhibitors to participate in the first CeBIT Charity Run on the Hanover fair grounds on Thursday, 6 March 2008, at 19:00. Runners from all over the world are welcome to take part and run a distance of 7 km, 14 km or a half marathon. Proceeds will be donated to German charities that support children’s projects. Companies in particular are invited to put together a team to take part in the CeBIT Corporate Run. They will be competing for the title of the fastest company as well as for the CeBIT Charity Run “Traveling Cup”. The Charity Run is sponsored by Samsung Electronics.

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The Rise of Mobile Broadband “As the package gets cheaper, the desire to share the connection increases,” Tao says. The D-Link router works with USB modems currently being promoted by 3G network operators, as well as with 3G data-cards, while the Linksys equivalent only supports datacards, Tao noted. Vodafone (Hall FG, G04) and T-Mobile (Hall 26, Stand A01) were European leaders in marketing mobile broadband services. By now most other

The market has reacted well to CeBIT’s changes, says Sven Michael Prueser. The 08 show opens with 5,845 exhibitors from 77 countries.

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3G network operators have followed suit. They offer their 3G data connections via USB modems or CardBus (PCMCIA) data-cards, with the USB modem gaining the upper hand thanks to its compatibility with both desktop PCs and Macs. For users on the move who don’t want a separate modem, several manufacturers now Several laptops have 3G built in, including this Toshiba.

Mobility: No Wires, No Desk.

offer laptops with built-in 3G and HSPA modems. Acer (Hall 25, Stand D40) offers its Aspire 5680-3G. Toshiba (Hall 20, Stand D39) has 3G models in its lightweight Portégé range, and Fujitsu-Siemens (Hall FG, Stand A10) offers Lifebook laptops with similar connectivity. Lenovo says it too will offer laptops with broadband, building in an HSPA module from Ericsson (Hall FG, Stand K05).

Breaking News New WiMAX MIMO Antenna Solutions MTI Wireless Edge (Hall 13, Stand A63) has announced its new range of multiple-input multiple-output communications (MIMO) antennas for WiMAX systems. This range of CPE antennas for 2.3-2.7GHz and 3.33.8GHz applications includes both 18dBi dual slant and

dual linear antennae. They are ideally suited for use in WiMAX MIMO systems. The

introduction of a similar range of MTI base station antennae to provide full MIMO system

solutions for fixed and mobile WiMAX is expected by the end of 1Q08.

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Steve Ballmer Goes Green to Woo Europe around the world, will publish its advice on data centre bestpractices for others to use. “We try to be a pioneer in our own data centres,” Ballmer said. In fact, these data centres are 40% more efficient than a few years ago, according to Ballmer, and Hyper-V virtualisation technology may take data centre power consumption down by another five times. Not only that: Ballmer unveiled the impending launch of new software products, including an enterprise search tool called Search Server 2008 Express and Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint, which adds streaming media capability to the SharePoint collaboration tool. Some things will take time to arrive in Europe: Microsoft’s Exchange and SharePoint as online subscription-based services are currently restricted to US customers. Later at the official CeBIT opening ceremony Ballmer told an audience that included German Chancellor Merckel and French President Sarkozy about future forces that will change the worldwide IT industry. CeBIT NEWS

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Breaking News A Video Ad For Every Page By Bernhard Schoon

More than 70% of internet users like to watch video. Gone are the days of high fees and slow bandwidth: today’s web users watch videos of news, music, movie trailers, TV shows and sports. So advertisers are turning increasingly to streaming media. But they have a problem: so far

there is no proven method – in terms of the length or content – of grabbing surfers’ attention. Enter Nedstat, an Amsterdam-based web analytics company (Marketing Solutions Area in Hall 4, Stand F58) that has made it its business to measure the effects of video ads.

SMC Breaks Networking Barriers SMC Networks (Stand A56, Hall 13) is showing a portfolio of innovative networking solutions, including the first 10G copper switch and 10G fibre and copper adapter cards, at CeBIT. Besides the new products, visitors can also see updates to the existing portfolio of networking products. Highlight on the stand is the launch of the industry’s first standard-based 10GBASET and 10G fibre XFP server adapter cards. SMC says both the SMC10GPCle-XFP and the SMC10GPCle-10BT boast a range of features that set them apart from competitive offerings including the fact that the SMC10GPCle-10BT is the industry’s first commercially available IEEE 802.3an standards-compliant

10GBASE-T server adapter. According to SMC, copperbased networks are easier to install, maintain and upgrade. The SMC10GPCIe-10BT is the first in a series of products from the company that will drive the adoption of 10G into the data centre and across the enterprise. The SMC10GPCleXFP offers pluggable XFP modules (SR or LR). This provides flexibility for different 10G networking expansions, delivering 10GbE performance from 300m (SR) to 10km (LR) distance between ports. SMC is also showing the industry’s first standard-compliant multi-port 10GBASE-T and 10G fibre XFP network switch planned to launch later this year.

The SMC10GPCle10BT is the industry’s first IEEE 802.3an standards-compliant 10GBASE-T server adapter.

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“Anybody placing video on his website should know what his visitors really want to see“, says Ralf Haberich, marketing director of NedStat in Frankfurt. Video analytics track how long viewers spend watching a clip and at what point they stop. Website owners should experiment with several adverts and then stick with the most popular one, recommends Haberich. Nedstat offers web analytics software solutions to improve websites’ online conversion. Its high-end product Sidestat tracks and reports on campaigns, content and conversions. Nedstat Pro produces reports about user behaviour Continued from page 68

Evaluating the Benefits of Unified Communications obtain executive sponsorship, with technical and business teams working side by side to determine UC’s benefits. IT managers should also identify current communication blocks and their negative effect on production overhead costs, delivery deadlines and customer satisfaction. Because each firm is unique, it’s also important to identify areas where UC will deliver the greatest impact. Commercially developed ROI tools from UC vendors often show ROI in less than two years. This is realistic when the calculation is based on the value of UC to business process improvements. However, the most important factor in determining potential benefits is estimating how it

“Video ads will be successful only when their content, duration and placement is ideal“, says Nedstat’s Ralf Haberich.

on small and medium-sized websites. NedStat is giving daily lectures about video and web analysis. will improve employees’ ability to communicate. UC should be adopted in stages to benchmark improvements. Vendors often paint a broad picture for UC, but all the functions might not be integrated into their software release. IT managers should require vendors to provide timelines for features that are not yet available in products now being sold. (c) 2007, Forrester Research, Inc. All rights reserved. Forrester, Forrester Wave, RoleView, Technographics, and Total Economic Impact are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Additional reproduction is strictly prohibited. For additional reproduction rights and usage information, go to www.forrester. com. Information is based on best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change.

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