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Compaq ProLiant Servers Achieve First-Ever TPC-C Benchmark Results of Less Than $5 per Transaction (Advisory)
HOUSTON, October 3, 2001
Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) today announced that it has published the first TPC-C benchmark with a per transaction price of less than $5. On September 25, 2001, a Compaq ProLiant™ ML530 server running Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, with a 1GHz Pentium® III processor, delivered 9,347.24 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a cost of only $4.83 per tpmC.
Increased Value to Customers
This unprecedented price/performance result underscores
Compaq's commitment to delivering customers optimized ProLiant
servers that drive down the overall cost of computing. In
line with its tradition of platform excellence, Compaq was
the first vendor to publish a TPC-C benchmark of under $100
per transaction, the first to achieve a per transaction price
under $10, and has now demonstrated a transaction cost of
less than $5. For additional information, please visit the
Compaq Web site at http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/benchmarks/index.html
or http://www.tpc.org.
Company Background
Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a leading global provider of enterprise technology and solutions. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com.
Notes:
Compaq and the Compaq logo are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger does not close or that the companies may be required to modify aspects of the transaction to achieve regulatory approval or that prior to the closing of the proposed merger, the businesses of the companies suffer due to uncertainty; the market for the sale of certain products and services may not develop as expected; that development of these products and services may not proceed as planned; that Compaq and Hewlett-Packard are unable to transition customers, successfully execute their integration strategies, or achieve planned synergies; other risks that are described from time to time in Compaq and Hewlett-Packard's Securities and Exchange Commission reports (including but not limited to Compaq's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, HP's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2000, and subsequently filed reports). If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, Compaq's results could differ materially from Compaq's expectations in these statements. Compaq assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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