Good morning Victor:Compaq Fends Off Competitors in China, Taiwan, HK Server Market
Taipei, March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Compaq Computer Corp., the world's No. 3 computer maker, is seeking to boost market share in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, where it lags only Hewlett-Packard Co. in sales of personal computer servers.
Sales of PC servers, the powerful computers that run networks and handle complex data management tasks, rose 17 percent to $511 million last year in those three markets, according to International Data Corp. Sales fell 13 percent for Asia as a whole, including Australia but excluding Japan.
Though such sales probably make up less than a third of Houston, Texas-based Compaq's total sales in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, the market is critical because sophisticated servers carry fatter profit margins than personal computers.
''We can sell more storage, more memory, and other related services, so the total business opportunity for Compaq is greater,'' said Mary McDowell, general manager of Compaq's Industry Standard Server Division.
In the U.S., demand for PC servers soared since their development a decade ago as companies increasingly network their computers.
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See macca got a game Sat., did not play well so Old Kev took him off.
Thanks for the report on the BP deal. BA has major problems. |
