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To: Paul Engel who wrote (86923)	8/16/1999 5:07:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - More Info on Compaq's Intel Profusion 8-Way Server. Looks like the Intel Pentium /// Xeon and 8-Way Configuration - with the "often delayed but finally delivered" Profusion chip set will be a centerpiece in Compaq's Enterprise system effort. "When Compaq unveils eight-way Pentium III Xeon servers Tuesday in New York, it won't just be leapfrogging ahead of the server pack. The servers are planned to be a centerpiece to a new business strategy." Paul {================================} infoworld.com Compaq to unveil new server, enterprise strategy By Stacy Collett and Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld Posted at 9:09 AM PT, Aug 16, 1999 When Compaq unveils eight-way Pentium III Xeon servers Tuesday in New York, it won't just be leapfrogging ahead of the server pack. The servers are planned to be a centerpiece to a new business strategy. Enrico Pesatori, Compaq's senior vice president of the newly formed Enterprise Solutions and Services Group, will outline a road map for Compaq's own technologies as well as those it acquired from Digital Equipment and Tandem Computers. The strategy will include setting up a business-critical server group focused on delivering highly available systems based on Tandem technology. The group will be headed by Bill Heil, vice president of Compaq's Tandem division, according to Terry Shannon, editor of Shannon Knows Compaq, a newsletter based in Ashland, Mass. The new eight-way servers are expected to form the basis of future Integrity XC clusters from the company. Integrity XC is a packaged, two- to six-node system comprised of Compaq's ProLiant servers, The Santa Cruz Operation's UnixWare operating system, and Tandem's NonStop Clusters software. The technology -- which Compaq has targeted mainly at telecommunications companies -- allows users to tie multiple ProLiant systems in a high-availability cluster. With the release of the new servers, Compaq is expected to make the technology available to Internet providers and application hosting services. Cheryl Currid, president of research firm Currid & Co. in Houston, said Compaq is finally ready to put the technology pieces of Digital and Tandem into play. "Digital bought a service organization that really knows how to keep [systems running] 24/7. They can fix a lot of short-term problems with scalability" for customers, Currid said. An analyst who was briefed on the announcement said nonstop electronic business would be a logical choice for Houston-based Compaq and its high-availability experience. "The service provider has to have a low probability of in-service failure," and Compaq can deliver that, he said. Dell and IBM will make their eight-way server announcements in late August, after Intel officially releases its long-awaited Profusion chip set. Compaq Computer Corp., in Houston, is at www.compaq.com. For more enterprise computing news, go to www.computerworld.com. Copyright (c) 1999 Computerworld, Inc. All rights reserved. Computerworld senior editor Sharon Gaudin contributed to this story. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Deputy News Editor, Carolyn April Copyright © 1999 InfoWorld Media Group Inc. InfoWorld Electric is a member of IDG.net

To: Paul Engel who wrote (86923)	8/18/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul. I am confused. Is this what you were talking about in your post? news.com Sonny

To: Paul Engel who wrote (86923)	8/20/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, (and Sonny), just getting "caught up with my reading" after vacation, on HP using Merced. I would heed Jim Carlson's words. He's the real deal guy at HP. 'Director of IA-64 systems marketing for HP's Enterprise Systems Group' should know what he's talking about. I don't know who those other HP guys were. I know Jim from an AYSO soccer team experience about 15 years ago, and he was in HP marketing all the way back then. Tony 'HP's Merced-based server will provide the power and scalability required for the wave of Internet and enterprise e-services applications that will continue to roll out over the next few years,' said Jim Carlson, director of IA-64 systems marketing for HP's Enterprise Systems Group. 'Due to collaboration with Intel on the 64-bit instruction set architecture, we understand better than anyone how to harness IA-64's power and smoothly transition our customers to this new platform.'