Compaq AlphaServer Systems Chosen As Platform for GTSI's $857 Million Army Contract
GTSI Corp. Will Supply Compaq Servers and StorageWorks Subsystems to All Federal Agencies
HOUSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news) and GTSI Corp. (Nasdaq: GTSI - news) announced today that Compaq's AlphaServer systems will be the computer platform that GTSI supplies for its Maxi-Minis and Databases (MMAD-G) contract. The five-year GTSI contract has a government-evaluated value of $857 million if all options are exercised.
Under MMAD-G, GTSI will deliver Compaq's high-end AlphaServer GS Series enterprise systems running Tru64 UNIX along with various AlphaStation DS Series departmental systems. Government customers will use these systems with Compaq's StorageWorks fibre-channel subsystems, with support from Compaq Global Services.
``With their superior performance, reliability and 7x24 availability, we believe our Tru64 UNIX-based AlphaServer systems and StorageWorks subsystems are an ideal solution for the data-intensive computing needs of GTSI's worldwide federal customers,'' said Rich Marcello, vice president and general manager of Compaq's High Performance Systems Division.
``GTSI is very excited about this relationship and our ability to bring Compaq's high-end solutions to our Federal customers through MMAD,'' said Dr. Joel Lipkin, GTSI's senior vice president of Marketing and Customer Support. ``Our Compaq Enterprise Technology Team, with expertise in Alpha and StorageWorks systems, is focused on MMAD and will actively brief customers on both the contract and the technology. MMAD is the perfect vehicle for delivering enterprise level solutions to our government customers. It offers a full range of products and services and is flexible enough to adapt to a wide range of requirements.''
In addition to the Compaq computer and storage systems platforms, GTSI will provide Cisco networking products and a wide range of technical services on the MMAD-G contract, which is open to any agency of the Federal Government.
About GTSI
GTSI is a leading business to government (B2G) marketer of information technology solutions to Federal, state and local government customers worldwide. GTSI is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and offers access to over 250,000 products from more than 1,300 manufacturers. GTSI also offers customers multiple integration services to meet their needs. See gtsi.com .
GTSI and Compaq were chosen by the Army as the technology providers for the MMAD-G contract following a comprehensive proposal review that included a number of tests, including the industry-standard TPC-C and TPC-H benchmarks, as well as the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) SPECint and SPECfp benchmarks. AlphaServer systems produced outstanding results in each of the tests.
Compaq Alpha Technology in the Federal Marketplace
Compaq's AlphaServer technology is widely used by both civilian and defense agencies in the federal government. Among its major projects is a 30+ TeraOPS system that Compaq is building for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to simulate nuclear testing. Compaq is also building a 100 TeraOPS system through an agreement with the Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories and Celera Genomics. This will be the world's largest supercomputer when completed in 2004.
Compaq is the worldwide revenue leader in the $6 billion technical systems and servers marketplace, according to a year 2000 report from industry research group International Data Corporation. Compaq StorageWorks also was identified this year as the global leader in the new generation of Storage Area Network (SAN) technology by Gartner Datquest. |
