TurboLinux Aligns With Compaq for Global Enterprise; Support Companies Offer 24/7 Support and Services On TurboLinux for Intel and Alpha Hardware Platforms.Business/Hi-Tech Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2000 TurboLinux(R), Inc., the high-performance Linux company, today announced an alliance with 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 ) to provide support and services for enterprise users worldwide of the TurboLinux operating system on Compaq hardware platforms. Under the agreement, Compaq's Customer Services organization and Authorized Service Subcontractors, which serve hundreds of thousands of organizations in more than 200 countries worldwide, will offer the full range of Compaq services offerings for TurboLinux products on all Compaq platforms. TurboLinux will train Compaq personnel and provide escalation support assistance to Compaq engineers. "With our product focus on the demanding requirements of enterprise Linux users, we are pleased to add the global reach and expert depth of Compaq's service offerings to deliver our customers complete IT solutions," said T. Paul Thomas, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TurboLinux. "As more and more of our customers deploy TurboLinux solutions into their mission-critical environments, Compaq is now in a position to offer full support for those environments. TurboLinux's engineering expertise in combination with Compaq's worldwide services capabilities and products offers Compaq customers with a complete solution for their TurboLinux-based environments," says Peter Mercury, Vice-President and General Manager, Compaq Customer Services. "This important step helps us deliver on Compaq's commitment to our TurboLinux customers with a single-source solution." The agreement between Compaq and TurboLinux includes technology exchanges as well as joint sales and marketing activities. The agreement expands the relationship between TurboLinux and Compaq About TurboLinux, Inc. Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is the world's fastest-growing Linux company with investment backing from more than 20 global computer companies, including BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Compaq, Dell, Intel, Fujitsu Support and Services, Legend, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Novell, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Oracle, 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. and Toshiba. A market leader in Linux software clustering solutions and Linux internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation , the company's high-performance consumer and business Linux solutions are supported globally by 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) , Hewlett-Packard and SCO. Headquartered near San Francisco, TurboLinux has offices around the world. The company's home page is located on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com, in Japanese at www.turbolinux.co.jp and in Chinese at www.turbolinux.com.cn About Compaq 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/. , a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, networking and communication products, commercial desktop and portable products, and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programs and business practices. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 200 countries through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are available at http://www.compaq.com or by calling 800/OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations are available by calling 800/345-1518. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. TurboLinux is a trademark of TurboLinux, Inc. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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