Banyan Systems and Siemens Nixdorf Forge Strategic Partnership for Enterprise Networking

Strategic Insights -

Banyan Systems, a pioneering leader in enterprise network services, and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG (SNI), a leading European-based provider of RISC-based UNIX servers, have announced a multi-year strategic partnership to develop and integrate Banyan's Enterprise Network Services (ENS) with SNI's UNIX/SINIX product line. This partnership aims to enable customers to leverage Banyan's enterprise networking technology as a component of SNI's commercial UNIX server strategy, facilitating large-scale UNIX/PC networking solutions.

The agreement, announced on March 8, 1995, will include product development, marketing, and technical support, allowing SNI customers to benefit from Banyan's enterprise network services, including directory, messaging, network management, and security services. This integration will enhance the ability of SNI RM Systems servers running SINIX to support large client-server enterprise networks, enabling customers to integrate leading client platforms and other client-server computing resources within a single enterprise computing environment.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between Banyan Systems and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG will enable customers to use Banyan's enterprise network services with SNI's UNIX/SINIX product line, providing a large-scale UNIX/PC networking solution.
  • The integration will enhance the ability of SNI RM Systems servers running SINIX to support large client-server enterprise networks, enabling customers to integrate leading client platforms and other client-server computing resources.
  • Banyan's enterprise network services will provide customers with efficient and manageable access to electronic mail, calendaring, workflow, storage management, and security services throughout the enterprise.
  • The partnership will bring customers an open application platform with improved manageability, scalability, and a consistent single view of the enterprise network.
  • SNI customers will be able to leverage the thousands of applications available on SNI's UNIX environment while enjoying the benefits of Banyan's enterprise network services.

Statistics:

  • Banyan Systems and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG expect product availability in Q4, 1995.
  • SNI had incoming orders worth DM11.7 billion and revenues of DM 11.7billion in the past fiscal year (1 Oct. 1993 - 30 Sept. 1994).
  • SNI has a workforce of about 39,000 and is represented in 45 countries.
  • Banyan first made business and technical commitments to support the SNI PC environment in 1994.

Sources:

  • Banyan Systems Inc. press release, March 8, 1995.
  • Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG (SNI) company information.
  • Banyan Systems Inc. company information.