Here's a little something on disk storage, hope this has not been posted already...
Compaq Again Ranked No. 1 in Disk Storage Systems
HOUSTON, March 1, 1999 - For the second consecutive year, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) was named No. 1 in disk storage systems revenue by International Data Corporation,1 with consolidated annual storage systems revenue of more than $5.5 billion in 1998. IDC also ranked Compaq No. 1 last year, with 1997 revenue of more than $4.9 billion. IDC credits Compaq's success to the integration of Digital Equipment Corporation and believes that Compaq will easily maintain its No. 1 position in 1999.
Compaq recently announced its Enterprise Network Storage Architecture (ENSA), a key element of the company's overall strategy to make enterprise computing less complex, more agile, and easier to deploy and operate globally. ENSA provides investment protection with a comprehensive framework based on core technology, software and services that allows all of a customer's existing storage assets to become part of the overall storage utility. The company also presented a strong line of multi-vendor storage solutions as part of its ENSA vision with new Fibre Channel, SAN-based StorageWorks RAID Arrays and Enterprise Storage Arrays, the StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution, and IBM connectivity solutions based on partnerships with industry leaders.
Compaq offers leadership industry-standard storage solutions for servers, multi-vendor environments, and business-critical computing. The Compaq StorageWorks brand name is widely recognized for supporting the most demanding business applications and is supported by a broad product family.
For more information regarding the IDC bulletin, see the Compaq website at compaq.com.
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