Compaq Maintains Value Leadership in Mainstream Server Market, Lowers Prices on Selected Models; World's Leading Server Vendor Delivers New Levels of Price/Performance on Compaq ProSignia 500 and Compaq ProLiant 1500 Servers.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1996--Continuing its drive to deliver leadership products that combine unmatched price/performance and superior customer value, 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 ) today announced that it reduced prices, by as much as 10 percent, on selected models in its Compaq ProLiant 1500 and Compaq ProSignia 500 mainstream server families. Effective in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. on March 18, 1996, these price reductions establish a new level of value for customers looking to deploy Compaq platforms in department, workgroup, or remote office environments. As part of its enhanced value proposition to customers, the company today also announced two promotional offers for its midrange-class Compaq ProLiant 4500 servers. These offers allow customers to increase their Pentium server processing power at no additional cost while ensuring a protected transition to Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. technology (see related Compaq release). "We intend to remain the market leader in servers by offering our customers unmatched value across our entire product line," said Ross Cooley, senior vice president and general manager, Compaq 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. . "Today's price reductions reaffirm our commitment to be the undisputed price/performance leader in the server market." -0- System(a) Current Price New Price Reduction Compaq ProLiant $7,589 $7,249 4% 1500 5/166 Compaq ProLiant $6,790 $6,229 8% 1500 5/133 Compaq ProSignia $4,439 $3,999 10% 500 5/150 -0- Compaq's enhanced value proposition to customers includes shipping the following software as standard on all servers: Compaq SmartStart, the Compaq integration tool that optimizes platform configurations and simplifies the installation of tested and reliable servers; Compaq Insight Manager, Compaq's comprehensive server management tool for monitoring and controlling the operation of Compaq servers and desktop PCs; Leading Internet server software applications: Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server , Netscape Commerce Server, and Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. Web Server. Company Background Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal computers, offering desktop PCs, portable PCs, servers, and options. The company reported 1995 worldwide sales of $14.8 billion. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through Compaq marketing partners and sold directly to customers through Compaq Direct Plus at 1-800-888-5858. Compaq provides 24- hour customer support and can be reached through the Compaq forums on America Online See AOL. , CompuServe, Internet (http://www.compaq.com), and Prodigy, or by calling 1-800- OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518. -0- (a) All pricing in this table is based on standard configuration; any options, added memory, and added storage would increase the quoted prices. Prices are estimated street prices. Reseller prices will vary. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ProLiant and ProSignia are trademarks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Pentium and Pentium Pro are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Jerele Neeld 713-514-2394 or Miller/Shandwick Technology Marc Gendron, Dave Anderson 617-536-0470 mgendron@millercom.com |
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