Cobalt Expands Global Presence; Opens First European Office, Ships First Localized Products in Japan.MOUNTAIN View, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1998--As part of its growing international presence, Cobalt Microserver, Inc. today announced the opening of its first European office in Germany, and the availability of localized Cobalt products in Japan. Europe Cobalt's first European office is located in Frankfurt, Germany, and headed by Guenter Kraft, formerly a manager of Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . As manager of European sales and marketing, Kraft focuses on expanding distribution and reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. channels and building corporate brand awareness in Europe. He is also responsible for advertising and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "We are excited about Cobalt's opportunities in Europe," said Stephen DeWitt, Cobalt president and chief executive officer. "Guenter's expertise and experience will further establish Cobalt and its turnkey network server products in the European marketplace." Japan Cobalt also announced the availability of a localized version of the popular Cobalt Qube The Cobalt Qube was a server appliance product line developed by Cobalt Networks, Inc. (later purchased by Sun Microsystems) featuring a modified Red Hat Linux operating system and a proprietary GUI for server management. in Japan. Unveiled at Japan Networld+Interop in early June, the Cobalt Qube 2700J provides Japanese customers -- including small businesses, enterprise workgroups and educational organizations -- with Internet services such as Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , email, file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. , and private discussion groups. "The Internet phenomenon continues to explode world wide, but is hindered by the high cost and complexity of traditional server solutions," said DeWitt. "Businesses need simple, affordable network solutions that solve real business problems. The Cobalt Qube provides these solutions on a global basis." The Cobalt 2700J is available in Japan for a suggested price of (Y)248,000. Distributors include Nissho Electronics Corporation, AdamNet, PlatHome, Nippon Telematique, Inc., and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform International. About Cobalt Microserver Cobalt Microserver Inc. manufactures the Cobalt Qube family of products -- elegantly simple network server solutions that make it easy to collaborate, share data and communicate. The low-cost Qube allows anyone, such as small businesses, enterprise workgroups, teachers and students, to have access to the World Wide Web, email, and file services. In addition, the Cobalt Qube provides application developers and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) with an affordable, simple way to deliver turnkey network applications to their customers. The Cobalt Qube is distributed by major global distributors, and can also be ordered directly off the Cobalt web site at www.cobaltmicro.com. Cobalt Microserver Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. and can be reached at 650/930-2500 or at www.cobaltmicro.com. Cobalt Microserver and Cobalt Qube are trademarks of Cobalt Microserver, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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