BUSINESS WEEK NEWS
Check out BW article on the Merger, here's some highlights.
Compaq's timing couldn't be better. The merger comes just as corporations are grappling with wrenching change in their computing options and the way they do business. The move away from mainframe-style computing to cheaper, powerful servers tied to banks of PCs is accelerating as companies buy new equipment to ward off potential software problems posed by the year 2000. At the same time, the race is on to figure out how to link a mish-mash of corporate networks to the Internet for speedy access to customers and suppliers.
Even PC highfliers Dell Computer Corp. and Gateway 2000 Inc., long accustomed to running no-frills operations, can't assume it's business as usual. Now, their biggest competitor just upped the ante by adding a service and support team that will give business customers the velvet-glove treatment. This deal, says Pfeiffer, will ''force others to rethink their positions.''
Great article, here's the link:
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