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Compaq Global Services and IONA Partner to Increase Customers' Flexibility for Collaboration and Integration
Global Alliance Broadens Compaq's Enterprise Integration Capabilities
WALTHAM, MA and HOUSTON, February 13, 2002
Compaq Global Services and IONA®, the leading e-Business Platform Provider for Web Services Integration (NASDAQ: IONA), today announced an extension of their global alliance—giving customers greater flexibility in building, running and managing their technology infrastructure by providing next-generation Web services and J2EE-based e-business collaboration and integration.
"This agreement gives customers the freedom from having to choose a single technology platform to support their IT needs," said Rick Fricchione, vice president, Compaq Global Services. "Together, Compaq and IONA will provide businesses with a standards-based integration platform that connects heterogeneous infrastructures—improving internal and cross-enterprise collaboration."
Based on the IONA Orbix E2A™ platform, the new offerings supplement Compaq's existing cross-platform enterprise integration initiatives—giving customers an unmatched portfolio of services and solutions and enabling seamless business process automation, collaboration, and integration regardless of underlying platforms, development environments, or applications.
"End To Anywhere integration requires a tightly integrated platform and set of services that are adaptable to an organization's strategic requirements," said Bob Potter, executive vice president of business operations at IONA. "Compaq Global Services is a trusted partner to many of the world's largest and most visionary companies; combining their current capabilities with ours gives customers unparalleled platform flexibility."
Compaq and IONA's Enterprise Integration Initiative will include:
- Compaq Global Services will build a global Enterprise Integration practice dedicated to the delivery and implementation of IONA Orbix E2A.
- As an IONA Strategic Alliance Partner, Compaq Global Services will develop a new portfolio of business integration services based on the Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform and Orbix E2A Application Server Platform.
- IONA will train and certify Compaq Global Services consultants on the Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform to complement Compaq's Global Services advanced skill set with the Orbix E2A Application Server Platform.
Compaq and IONA's relationship began in 1999 around the joint development of advanced enterprise computing solutions based on IONA's integration software and Compaq's Tru64 UNIX platform. Other milestones in the company's global strategic alliance include Compaq's commitment to support IONA's Orbix 2000 and iPortal Application Server on the OpenVMS platform, IONA's certification of Orbix 2000 interoperability with the Compaq NonStop Himalaya servers, Compaq's selection of IONA's Orbix 2000 as the infrastructure to support its Telecommunications Management Information Platform (TeMIP) solution and Compaq's selection of IONA to provide components of the ZLE framework.
About IONA
IONA is a leading e-Business Platform provider for Web Services Integration. IONA Orbix E2A™, which consists of the Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform and Orbix E2A Application Server Platform, enables the flow of information across disparate systems and the liberation of application assets for new business opportunities. Founded in 1991, IONA® (NASDAQ: IONA) is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $181 million in 2001 and employs more than 900 people in more than 30 offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit http://www.iona.com.
About Compaq
Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) is a leading global provider of information technology products, services and solutions for enterprise customers. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures and markets information technology equipment, software, services and solutions, including industry-leading enterprise storage and computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, communication products, personal desktop and notebook computers, and personal entertainment and Internet access devices that are sold in more than 200 countries directly and through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com.
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IONA, IONA Technologies, the IONA logo, Orbix, E2A, End 2 Anywhere, End To Anywhere, Orbix E2A, IONA E2A, IONA e-Business Platform, iPortal Application Server, SureTrack, IONA XMLBus, Adaptive Runtime Technology, Orbacus, Orbix/E, IONA University and Total Business Integration are trademarks or registered trademarks of IONA Technologies PLC and/or its subsidiaries. Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc in the United States and other countries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc in the U.S. and other countries.
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 document contains 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, 2001, HP's annual report on Form 10-K, as amended on January 30, 2002, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2001, 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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