Compaq Forms North America Alliance with PeopleSoft.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997-- Middle-Market Customers to Benefit from Ease of Procurement, Installation, Scalability and High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of PeopleSoft Select on Compaq Servers Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), the world's leading server vendor, today announced it has entered into a North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. alliance with PeopleSoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ), a leading provider of enterprise application software, to deliver a higher level of integration and support for Compaq/PeopleSoft solutions offered to customers in North America. Compaq also announced today that PeopleSoft has chosen Compaq as a preferred hardware platform provider for PeopleSoft Select, a new program to deliver a complete software, hardware and services solution to mid-sized companies with revenues between $50 to $250 million. Compaq's Proven Track Record Reduces Customer Risk Compaq ProLiant servers have become the leading Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. platform for customers deploying PeopleSoft's enterprise software applications(a). These applications automate business processes including accounting, materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , distribution, manufacturing, supply chain planning, and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Compaq and PeopleSoft are building experience in sizing and integrating PeopleSoft applications to reduce customers risk and improve their financial return on their investment in this technology. "PeopleSoft running on Compaq ProLiant servers is a powerful, highly integrated, tested and proven solution that addresses the specific computing requirements of the middle market," said Bob Fernander, North America Vice President of Enterprise Marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Compaq and PeopleSoft are meeting the needs of this market by reducing customers time to implementation and solution costs, while enhancing configuration accuracy. We continue to work together to identify and meet the computing requirements of large and mid-sized companies by bringing the benefits and synergies of the two companies middle-market initiatives to mutual customers in this market segment." "Compaq clearly understands the needs of mid-sized companies and has effectively serviced the middle market for years," said John Stammen, Vice President and General Manager, PeopleSoft Select Division, PeopleSoft. We look forward to working with Compaq to provide comprehensive solutions for this growing set of customers. Compaq's Expertise in Working with PeopleSoft With an established base of mutual customers, Compaq and PeopleSoft are well positioned to work together to take advantage of the dramatic growth in demand for PeopleSoft applications on Compaq servers. Compaq is working with PeopleSoft to expand the companies' expertise in system sizing, configuration, prerequisite identification and proof of concept testing Concept testing is the process of using quantitative methods and qualitative methods to evaluate consumer response to a product idea prior to the introduction of a product to the market. of PeopleSoft applications running Windows NT on Compaq ProLiant 7000 and Compaq ProLiant 6500 servers. Compaq plans to make this information more readily available to mutual Compaq/PeopleSoft customers by opening Compaq/PeopleSoft Competence Centers for each other's field personnel and partners to conduct customer demonstrations, perform proof-of-concept testing and obtain advanced technical support. Compaq and PeopleSoft will also engage in joint pre- and post-sales support activities. Compaq Servers Optimized for PeopleSoft Select Customers can determine whether to use either Compaq ProLiant 7000 or Compaq ProLiant 6500 servers as part of the PeopleSoft Select product offering to build solutions with Microsoft or Oracle database platforms. Compaq ProLiant servers are the ideal hardware platform for deploying PeopleSoft Select applications on Windows NT because of their unmatched price/performance and high availability features. The Compaq ProLiant 7000 and Compaq ProLiant 6500 servers are the first to feature the industry-standard PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Hot Plug technology for increased data availability (see Aug. 18, 1997 Compaq Press Release). Both the ProLiant 7000 and the ProLiant 6500 support up to four 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium Pro processors with up to 1 MB of Level 2 cache See L2 cache. level 2 cache - secondary cache memory. The servers' large cache memory improves the speed with which instructions are carried out. This superior performance and data availability is commonly associated with more expensive, less flexible RISC-based servers. The ProLiant 7000 and the ProLiant 6500 also feature integrated Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 for faster data transfer and dual 10/100 Mb/sec. auto-sensing NICs for high bandwidth requirements. In addition, the ProLiant 7000 and ProLiant 6500 are I20 ready. Both servers offer an upgrade path to future-generation Intel processors, so customers can feel secure in their investment. Company Background Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is the fifth largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers, delivering useful innovation through products that connect people with people and people with information. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programs and business practices. Compaq is strategically organized to meet the current and future needs of its customers, offering Internet and enterprise computing solutions, networking products, commercial PC products and consumer PCs. As the leader in distributed enterprise solutions, Compaq has shipped over a million servers. In 1996, the company reported worldwide sales of $18.1 billion. 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 can be found at http://www.compaq.com or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518. -0- (a) Source: PeopleSoft, PeopleSoft 1H97 installations Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Ted Bockius, 281-514-0484 ted.bockius@compaq.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Helen Dragoon dragoon In late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The term derived from his weapon, a short musket called the dragoon. , 617-351-4113 hdragoon@miller.shandwick.com |
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