Compaq Brings Customers Increased Manageability and Efficiency with New Solutions and Platforms; Compaq activeAnswers Goes Live.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998--Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ), worldwide leader in enterprise computing, today inaugurated activeAnswers, its enterprise solutions enabler, and also announced a group of platforms and solutions that provide increased manageability and operating efficiency for customers worldwide. All of the products announced today are available through Compaq's worldwide network of resellers. activeAnswers is offered on the World Wide Web.

"Compaq extends its leadership position into the enterprise by introducing new standards-based technology and solutions that will ensure customers flexibility for a faster response to meet their changing business requirements," said John T. Rose, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Computing Group, Compaq Computer Corporation. "With today's announcement of the availability of activeAnswers, enhancements to Compaq Insight Manager, new servers, workstations, and a wide range of storage and options, Compaq once again takes its customers to the next level of computing by providing them with IT tools that reduce cost, deployment time and business risk."

Today's series of announcements are all designed to enable IT professionals to:

-- Reduce costs and complexity and lower risks -- Respond even more rapidly to provide a business advantage to their users

-- Take advantage of industry-standard solutions to meet their business objectives.

Compaq activeAnswers Goes Live

Compaq activeAnswers, the breakthrough enabler for enterprise solutions, goes live today worldwide. activeAnswers is a subscription-based extranet providing tools and information that enable Compaq resellers, VARs, solutions integrators, consultants, ISPs, Web developers and self-integrating companies to dramatically accelerate the successful implementation of industry-leading, packaged enterprise applications. See the 6/22/98 press release, "Compaq Announces Compaq activeAnswers" and for additional information visit the activeAnswers website at www.compaq.com/activeanswers.

Starting today, subscribers can purchase an activeAnswers Charter Membership for five concurrent users for $US 1,695; each additional concurrent user license is priced at $US 150. Benefits include:

-- Access through January 1, 1999 to activeAnswers for SAP R/3 and activeAnswers for Web-based solutions.

-- Automatic access to every new solution area added to the activeAnswers website throughout 1998.

--The option to apply the full amount of the Charter Membership fee to a 1999 subscription, when pricing for individual solution areas is introduced.

New Solutions and Platforms

Other Compaq announcements include:

-- Compaq Insight Manager XE. Extends management beyond a single system to management of multiple systems using a standard web browser as the user interface. See today's release titled, "Compaq Launches Industry's First Web-Based Enterprise Management Program."

-- New ProLiant 1600 and ProLiant 800 servers. The new Compaq ProLiant 1600 is the ultimate workgroup server with best-in-class performance and high-availability features. The new Compaq ProLiant 800 is an innovative platform for customers looking for affordable, next-generation performance in a workgroup server. See today's web advisory titled, "Compaq Delivers Greater Value by Adding Enterprise-Class Features to Workgroup Servers."

-- Compaq ProLiant Web Servers. These comprise a family of pre-tested, industry-standard Web server solutions from Compaq that eliminate the guesswork from establishing, managing and maximizing a website. Compaq ProLiant Web Servers are now available on the newly announced ProLiant 1600 platform.

-- Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant Firewall Servers-AXENT Series. A complete family of tested solutions that provide secure protection of corporate networks and safe access to the Internet. Compaq firewall servers are now available on the new ProLiant 1600 server platform.

-- Server Upgrade. ProLiant 2500/2500R Pentium II Server Upgrade supporting up to two 333 MHz Pentium II processors.

-- Compaq Professional Workstation AP200. A Microsoft Windows NT-based workstation in a convertible mini-tower design. See today's press release, "Compaq Delivers Workstation Performance at PC Prices With the New Professional Workstation AP200."

-- High Performance Storage Offerings. A series of second-generation 10,000 rpm hard disk drives increase the performance of customers' primary storage system by up to 40 percent. Available in capacities up to 18 GB, these drives are ideal for performance-critical applications. Compaq also announced new 4.3 GB and 9.1 GB non-plug Wide-Ultra SCSI hard disk drives. New Compaq backup products include a 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive and a 12/24 GB DAT 6 Cassette Autoloader--both of which deliver increased capacity, performance and reliability for customers' backup requirements.

For more information about all of these products, visit www.compaq.com/products/servers/announcements.

Company Background

Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation is a Fortune Global 200 company. Compaq is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, networking and communication products, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programs and business practices.

Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are available at http://www.compaq.com.

Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

   CONTACT: Shandwick International
             Gwen Mohan, 617/536-0470
             [e-mail]
             or
             Compaq Computer Corporation
             Jim Cortese, 281/514-0484
             [e-mail]