Compaq Web Advisory: Compaq Leads in Desktop Sales-Out Through Dealer Channels; Achieves Record 43 Percent Share.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998--Compaq Computer Corporation (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 ) has announced that the company's year-to-date share of desktop computers sold to customers through dealer channels has reached 43 percent as of October 1998 -- the highest Compaq has ever held and the leading share of all computer vendors 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. . In the same survey, second-place IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) recorded a 29 percent share and third-place Hewlett Packard a 23 percent share. "The tremendous share growth of Commercial Desktop sales is a testament to the excellent customer benefits our Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Resellers provide," said Mike Pocock, Compaq's Vice President of Channel Sales. "This substantial share growth for Compaq is proof that our strategy is on target. Our success is based on offering the best partnership with 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. resellers, improving supply-chain management, and making products that are best of class in quality, technology, reliability and customer value." The survey was conducted by Intellect A natural language query program for IBM mainframes developed by Artificial Intelligence Corporation. The company was later acquired by Trinzic Corporation, which was acquired by Platinum, which was acquired by Computer Associates. Audits & Surveys Worldwide, a syndicated U.S. data source(1). For more information on this company, see their website at www.surveys.com. For more information and a detailed explanation of the survey, see Compaq's website at www.compaq.com/products/desktops/mktshare.html. Company Background: Founded in 1982, Compaq is a Fortune Global 100 company. It is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. For more corporate information, see 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. (1) Intellect Audits & Surveys Worldwide uses store panel data to track PC sales out. The survey is not a census of all stores, nor does it include manufacturing direct, mail order or VAR sales. |
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