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To: Night Writer who wrote (96768)	4/3/2002 8:10:00 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

Everyones Internet Subsidiary RackShack Selects Compaq ProLiant Servers For Tier One Linux-Based Web Hosting Solution Multi-Year, $20 Million Deal Demonstrates Compaq's Leadership in Linux Solutions HOUSTON, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news) today announced a three-year, $20 million agreement with RackShack, a subsidiary of Everyones Internet. Compaq will equip RackShack's IT data centers with industry-standard Compaq ProLiant servers for a tier one, Linux-based Web hosting solution. RackShack is the dedicated hosting services arm of Everyones Internet, a rapidly growing Internet and DSL service provider. The new RackShack solution will feature industry-standard Compaq ProLiant servers running the Linux operating system and Ensim Corporation's WEBppliance(TM), one of the industry's most robust and flexible software appliances for Web hosting. The new solution offers an upgrade to an existing configuration of ``white box'' and Sun Cobalt technology, and will enable RackShack to offer a price- competitive, premier dedicated Web hosting service with the highest levels of reliability and performance. Ensim, a Compaq partner, provides the WEBppliance software that transforms a Compaq ProLiant server into a high volume Web hosting appliance. Compaq's SMB Organization, Compaq Financial Services, Ensim, and Compaq reseller HPM Networks collaborated to provide RackShack with the right solution to meet their business and technology needs. ``This agreement underscores the value of our partner-centric model which positions us for success with businesses of all sizes,'' said Jim Milton, senior vice president and general manager of North America sales and marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation. ``The reliability, scalability and performance of Compaq ProLiant servers, combined with our strong partnerships with Ensim Corporation and HPM Networks, and leasing supplied by Compaq Financial Services, helped provide Everyones Internet and RackShack with a complete IT solution.'' Product Reliability, Customer Satisfaction ``Everyones Internet has grown about 100 percent over the last year and we needed an IT partner to support our growing business,'' said Robert Marsh, ``Head Surfer'' (President and CEO) of Everyones Internet. ``We knew about Compaq's success in optimizing its ProLiant servers to meet performance and scalability requirements for both enterprise and emerging businesses. This experience, combined with Compaq's market leadership in deploying Linux, its strong partnerships, and its ability to provide leasing options, made them the hand's down winner against competitors such as Dell, Sun, HP, and IBM.'' According to the agreement, RackShack will immediately deploy approximately 1,000 ProLiant DL320 servers and purchase an additional 8,000 to 10,000 servers over the next two to three years. By fostering a close relationship with its customers through extensive customer and channel programs that drive innovation, Compaq established a consistency and trademark reliability that benefit customers and solution providers. ``Compaq ProLiant Servers are the market leader and enhance our ability to deliver IT solutions to our enterprise, service provider, and SMB clients, such as Everyones Internet,'' said Charles Miano, vice president of Business Development for HPM Networks. ``Doing business through the Compaq Referral Program lowers our overall cost of doing business, allowing us to focus on delivering value-added services, and gives us access to a wide array of Compaq products, services and solutions,'' said Romi Randhawa, CEO for HPM Networks. ``We are pleased that our long-standing relationship with Compaq has enabled us to deliver a comprehensive, end-to-end business solution to one of our most demanding and successful service-provider customers,'' said Andy Kim, vice president of marketing at Ensim. ``Over the past 60 days, RackShack has built enormous sales momentum in the dedicated server marketplace, and moving forward we think that kind of performance should become business-as-usual with the reliability, scalability and manageability that Ensim and Compaq together bring to the table.'' For more information about Compaq's Linux solutions and Ensim partner solutions, visit compaq.com and compaq.com . And visit compaq.com for more information about the Compaq Referral Program. For more information about Compaq's offerings for emerging enterprises, visit compaq.com .

To: Night Writer who wrote (96768)	4/3/2002 9:22:34 AM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

I think they are going to engage in some kind of accounting magic so as not to warn and skid in just at the estimated levels. If they were to warn, I think that this is information that would have been known to HP prior to the vote and would have led to some last minute boat-jumping. Seeing as this didn't occur, I believe they must be on track, but by the skin of their teeth. MC's exhortations to the troops to "stay focussed" last quarter are indicative of a tight market. Clearly, he knew it would be close and wanted to make sure his team was out beating the bushes.