Compaq and Portal Software Announce Strategic North American Alliance; Industry's Most Comprehensive Customer Management and Billing Software Now Available on Compaq ProLiant Servers.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1998--SUPERCOMM BOOTH #8145-- 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 ) and Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , Inc. today announced a strategic North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. alliance to offer customer management and billing solutions on Compaq ProLiant servers to providers of Internet services. Under the alliance, Compaq and Portal will cooperate on a range of technology and marketing initiatives that will provide customers with improved performance and ease of implementation. Joint customers of Portal and Compaq will derive a variety of benefits resulting from the alliance, such as the ability to obtain greater performance from a given set of system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. and to more accurately predict system resource requirements The components of a system that are required by software or hardware. It refers to resources that have finite limits such as memory and disk. In a PC, it may also refer to the resources required to install a new peripheral device, namely IRQs, DMA channels, I/O addresses and memory for given load characteristics. "Compaq chose Portal because of the real time benefits Infranet's capabilities bring to ISPs," said Denis Wood Denis Wood is an artist, author, cartographer and a former professor of Design at North Carolina State University. Born in 1945, Wood grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, receiving a BA in English (in 1967) from then Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University). , Director of 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. Industry and Partner Marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Combined with Compaq ProLiant servers, the solution will be a leading offering in this market," Wood continued. Compaq will assist Portal in conducting benchmark tests on the scalability of Infranet on award-winning Compaq ProLiant servers for Windows NT(R)-based systems and in optimizing the configuration of the integrated systems for superior performance. "We are excited to work with Compaq, a demonstrated leader in the Windows NT Server market," said Jill Kyte, Senior Director of Strategic Alliances, Portal Software, Inc. "Together, Compaq and Portal will offer solutions that deliver the scalability and performance needed to compete in the demanding Internet environment." "As service providers look to deliver a wider range of Internet-based services and increase their revenues, an effective and efficient billing and customer care system is vital to their business," said Jonathan Usher, Telecom Industry Marketing Manager, Microsoft Corporation. "The cooperation between Compaq and Portal, which is focused on delivering solutions based on Windows NT Server, enables service providers to deliver these services and differentiate themselves in today's highly competitive marketplace." Company Backgrounds Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 200 company, is a worldwide information technology company. Compaq is the fifth largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. With worldwide sales of $24.6 billion in 1997, Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, networking and communications products, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programs and business practice. 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. Portal Software, Inc. develops and markets the industry's most scalable and adaptable customer management and billing software for providers of Internet services. Portal's software allows ISPs and other providers of Internet-based services to manage, at a new level, the core operations of their online business by responding to customer needs and market opportunities in real time. Target markets include Internet access businesses; next-generation IP-based services such as Internet telephony and virtual private networks (VPNs); other consumer and business services such as content management, Web hosting, online gaming and entertainment. Portal's customers include leading Internet businesses worldwide such as U S WEST, Grolier Online, France Telecom, OzEmail, VeriSign and ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. GamesZone. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Portal has offices in Chicago, Washington DC, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Hong Kong, Sydney and London. Information about Portal and its products can be found at http://www.portal.com. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Portal and Infranet are U.S. registered trademarks and Portal Software, Infranet Express and the Real Time-No Limits tagline are trademarks of Portal Software, Inc. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Bob Corbin, 281/514-0484 bob.corbin@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 OR A&R Partners Kristin Burns, 650/363-0982 kburns@arpartners.com OR Portal Software Inc. Marsha Dillon, 408/343-4484 mdillon@portal.com |
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