Compaq Ships Three Millionth Server to Planet Online
Milestone Achieved in Record Time with Shipment of 8-way ProLiant Server
HOUSTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news) today became
the first company to ship three million industry-standard servers, which is more than the combined
shipments of IBM, HP and Dell. This milestone is another proof point of how Compaq delivers
high-performance NonStop(TM) eBusiness solutions for its customers' most demanding applications.
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Planet Online, a backbone Internet Service Provider (ISP), purchased the 3 millionth server, a Compaq
ProLiant 8500 8-way server, with Compaq/Intel co- developed Profusion architecture and Pentium® III
Xeon(TM) support. The purchase reinforces Compaq's growing strength in the ISP and Application
Service Provider (ASP) markets, and builds upon its leadership in the Industry Standard Server and Web
server markets.
''This milestone speaks volumes about the broad customer endorsement of Compaq's ProLiant
standards-based platforms,'' said Mary McDowell, vice president and general manager,
Industry-Standard Server Division, Compaq Computer Corporation. ''Working closely with our customers
and partners Compaq has become the only company to ship 3 million industry-standard servers, making
us the clear market leader. Compaq is committed to providing customers with the most manageable,
reliable and highest performing servers to maximize the competitiveness in a NonStop world.''
John Beaumont, managing director of Planet Online accepted delivery of the 3 millionth server from
Compaq's President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Capellas, at the GartnerGroup
Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes, France.
The innovative capabilities of the 8-way ProLiant server were particularly appealing to Planet Online
which handles over 400,000 emails per hour and receives more than one million hits per day on the Web
sites that they host. Currently, more than 2,500 companies have their Web services hosted within the
Planet Online network operations center. Planet Online, headquartered in the United Kingdom, is the
Internet company of Energis (the rapidly growing FTSE 100 telecoms company). Planet Online is the
UK Internet Service Provider Association's 'Best Business ISP' and is the ISP behind Dixons' Freeserve.
Compaq's 8-way ProLiant servers offers new levels of power across a broad range of applications,
changing the way enterprise customers, ISPs and ASPs conduct eBusiness. Compaq introduced its
first industry-standard server in 1989 and by 1996 sold its one millionth server. Less than two years after
this, the company reached its two million milestone, and just 13 months later shipped its three millionth
server. Today, one of every three servers shipped is a Compaq ProLiant.
Company Background
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer
company in the world and the largest global supplier of computers systems. Compaq develops and
markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing
solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, enterprise and network storage solutions,
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 100 countries through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners. Customer support
and information about Compaq and its products are available at compaq.com.
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