Compaq to advance enterprise capabilities of industry-standard platforms; emerging standards will redefine enterprise computing.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1997-- 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 outlined the technologies it will deliver to push the envelope in accelerating the wide-spread migration toward industry-standard platforms in enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments. Compaq cited PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Hot Plug, Fibre Channel, advanced clustering technology and eight-processor servers as technologies that will serve as a foundation for tomorrow's cost-effective, standards-based enterprise computing infrastructure. "Compaq is working with our industry partners to drive the standardization of emerging technologies that will bring new levels of availability and scalability to large enterprise computing environments," Compaq Computer Corporation, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, Enterprise Computing Group, John T. Rose said today in his keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at Innovate Forum '97. "The implementation of these core technologies will broaden the scope of today's enterprise class solutions by providing customers with more flexibility in addressing their most robust computing requirements." Rose highlighted the role that each of these technologies will play in raising the levels of availability and scalability in enterprise class solutions. 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. PCI Hot Plug is a technology Compaq developed as a standard to allow a systems administrator to change a PCI peripheral board in a server without interrupting user service by powering down the server. PCI Hot Plug will enable a systems administrator to replace existing PCI Boards with new versions of the board and driver software, or to add new, previously uninstalled, board and driver software while the server is running. This will mean less downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and a significantly easier job for a systems administrator. Compaq chairs the PCI SIG work group that will make this Compaq-pioneered technology an industry standard. High Availability and Scalability Rose praised Fibre Channel and the next generation clustering standards initiative that Compaq, Intel and Microsoft are championing as being two breakthrough developments that will increase both the availability and scalability of enterprise solutions. Fibre Channel is an interface technology that will provide unprecedented scalability in performance, distance, capacity, and number of devices connected -- attributes sought after by corporate customers. Ultimately, redundant Fibre Channel rings will be used to eliminate single points of failure to achieve continuous data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. . Fibre Channel attached storage systems will play a major role in Compaq's strategy to create robust storage systems which match the speed and power of Compaq servers and cluster solutions. Compaq is one of the sponsors of the Fibre Channel ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. committee and is actively working to standardize the technology as a data storage interconnect. Clustered servers are combinations of two or more servers connected together, in a manner that is invisible to users, to improve continuous access to data and share processing tasks. Today, Compaq is a leader in two-node failover clustering and is aggressively readying its ProLiant servers to support Microsoft's Wolfpack clustering. Compaq is also working with Novell on their Wolf Mountain Wolf Mountain is also a former name (1995-97) of The Canyons ski resort. Wolf Mountain is a small local ski area in the Ogden Valley near Eden, Utah. The area was known as Nordic Valley until June 2005. clustering technology and with SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. on their Eclipse clustering technology. Beyond that, Compaq is working with Intel and Microsoft on the next generation clustering standards initiative that will enable a new class of scaleable server and workstation cluster products. This initiative will support reliable, high performance System Area Networks (SANs), helping clusters achieve their full potential as cost efficient platforms for large scale, mission critical applications. Scalability Compaq will offer eight-processor servers for customers who need the most raw transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. power and clustered servers for customers who need the highest levels of availability. Ultimately, some customers will be best served by the high performance and availability of a scalable solution that combines both clustering and eight-way servers. Eight-processor servers are often thought to be in competition with scalable clustering, but Compaq contends that they are in fact complementary. Citing Intel's advanced processor technology as an exceptional platform for eight-way servers, Rose acknowledged that Compaq is working with partners to develop industry-leading chipsets for eight-processor servers that will also be made available to the industry. 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 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 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- Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. For further editorial information, contact: Compaq Computer Corporation Ted Bockius 281-927-8311 tbockius@netgate.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. 617-536-0470 hdragoon@miller.shandwick.com CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corp. Ted Bockius, 281-927-8311 tbockius@netgate.compaq.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Helen Dragoon, 617-536-0470 hdragoon@miller.shandwick.com |
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