Compaq cuts U.S. prices up to 19 percent on ProSignia and ProLiant server models; Prices also reduced up to 29 percent on select sserver option products.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996-- Compaq Computer Corp. (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 that it has reduced U.S. prices up to 19 percent on select Compaq ProSignia and Compaq ProLiant Pentium-based servers and up to 29 percent on select server option products. Through these price reductions, Compaq is passing on savings realized from lower component costs and is delivering unprecedented value to customers at the workgroup, remote/branch office and enterprise levels. These price reductions took effect on August 19 in the U.S. only. "Compaq has remained the server industry leader by providing industry-standard solutions, by offering high-end performance and functionality across all its server lines and by maintaining an aggressive pricing strategy to deliver the highest value to our customers," said Mike Lambert Lambert may refer to
Server Price Reductions
Old Price New Price Percent Reduction
ProSignia 300 5/90 Model 2100 $3,243 $2,799 14% ProSignia 300 5/120 Model 2100 $3,466 $3,066 11% ProSignia 300 5/150 Model 2100 $3,799 $3,354 12% ProSignia 500 5/150 Model 2100 $4,910 $4,243 14% ProLiant 1500T 5/133 Model 2100 $7,108 $6,799 4% ProLiant 1500T 5/166 Model 4300 $8,431 $7,899 6% -0- The Compaq ProSignia 300 is the company's workgroup and departmental server, delivering high performance 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. at desktop prices. The Compaq ProSignia 500, powered by a 150 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 processor, is highly scaleable and capable of meeting network expansion needs. For departmental and application server requirements, the Compaq ProLiant 1500 is an affordable solution for mission-critical environments. In addition, Compaq announced price reductions of up to 24 percent on key SIMM memory option kits used in Compaq ProSignia and Compaq ProLiant Pentium-based servers, an 8 percent reduction on 2.1-GB Fast SCSI-2 hard drives used in Compaq servers, and a 29 percent reduction in the price of the redundant power supply upgrade option kits used in Compaq ProLiant tower and rack-mounted servers See rack server. . Company Background Compaq Computer Corp., a Fortune 100 company and the world's largest supplier of personal computers, delivers useful innovation through products that network people with information. Compaq is strategically organized to meet the current and future needs of its customers, offering Internet and enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. solutions, networking products, commercial PC products and consumer PCs. In 1995, the company reported worldwide sales of $14.8 billion. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] programs and business practices. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of 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: 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 An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518. -0- 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 Corp. Jerele Neeld, 713-514-0484 jneeld@netgate.compaq.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Sue Vaillancourt,617-536-0470 svaillancourt@miller.shandwick.com |
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