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Compaq Regains #1 Market Share in North America for Industry Standard Servers
HOUSTON, December 3, 2001
Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) today announced it has regained the #1 unit market share position for Q3 2001 in North America for industry-standard (Intel architecture) servers in the under $25,000 segment. According to statistics released by industry research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), Compaq has grown faster than the other major "top four" server manufacturers for the past two quarters in North America. IDC figures indicate that Compaq gained more than six percentage points in Canada sequentially.
"The return to market share leadership in North America, in the midst of a brutal price war, shows that more customers value the benefits that industry-standard Compaq ProLiant servers deliver and are not prepared to compromise decisions around their infrastructure on price arguments alone," said David Petts, vice president of Compaq North America Industry Standard Server Group.
IDC research demonstrates that Compaq retained the #1 position worldwide, also in Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, highlighted by a gain of five percentage points in the United Kingdom.
Company Background
Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a leading global provider of enterprise technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures and markets hardware, software, solutions and services, including industry-leading enterprise storage and computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, communication products, and desktop and portable personal computers that are sold in more than 200 countries. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com.
Notes:
Compaq, the Compaq logo and ProLiant 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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