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Doc.No. ECG072/0298
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Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
Executive Summary
With Compaq's long history of innovations in the industry standards marketplace, it's easy to see why Compaq is the number one server for customers' needs. Compaq provided more than twice as many servers in the worldwide market than the nearest competitor in the first three quarters of 1997. Within seven years after server sales began, Compaq produced its one-millionth server.
This far surpasses volumes of x86 servers shipped by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Digital combined. 1 These accomplishments illustrate that what customers require in industry standard servers, Compaq gives to them.
Compaq's server innovations began in 1989 with the Compaq Systempro, the server that was the prototype for Compaq’s family of enterprise-based servers built on industry standards. Compaq's innovations continue with the current ProLiant server family, the first in the industry to integrate the latest technology, including PCI Hot Plug on selected models. Some major examples of innovations, which Compaq introduced to the standard-based server marketplace and have been widely adopted by customers include:
♦Compaq Insight Manager
♦Compaq SmartStart
♦PCI Hot Plug
♦Intelligent Hot-Pluggable Power Supply
♦Virtual Interface Architecture
♦Fibre Channel
♦I2O Readiness
♦Compaq Recovery Server Option
♦RAID
♦Redundant NIC Technology
♦ECC Memory
♦Next Generation Microprocessor and 8-way processor support
♦Rack-Mount Design2
Unlike commodity-based providers, Compaq offers flexible computing platforms today by driving the adoption of useful innovations for higher performance and higher availability into industrywide standards. Compaq delivers systems that provide total value to the customer, unprecedented design and engineering technology, key management solutions, and strategic partnering to provide seamless integration. This approach is exactly what the customer demands from a worldclass company. And this approach is exactly what the customer receives from Compaq.
1As of November 19, 1996 for x86 servers shipped 1994-1996. Source: IDC Report.
2Compaq technologies continue to evolve to maintain industry standards
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COMPAQ LEADERSHIP IN SERVER INNOVATIONS |
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The information in this publication is subject to change without notice and is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPAQ BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION), EVEN IF COMPAQ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.
The limited warranties for Compaq products are exclusively set forth in the documentation accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting a further or additional warranty.
Compaq, Contura, Deskpro, Fastart, Compaq Insight Manager, LTE, PageMarq, Systempro, Systempro/LT, ProLiant, TwinTray, ROMPaq, LicensePaq, QVision, SLT, ProLinea, SmartStart, NetFlex, DirectPlus, QuickFind, RemotePaq, BackPaq, TecDECaq, SpeedPaq, QuickBack, PaqFax, Presario, SilentCool, CompaqCare (design), Aero, SmartStation, MiniStation, and PaqRap, registered United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Netelligent, Smart Uplink, Extended Repeater Architecture, Scalable Clock Architecture, Armada, Cruiser, Concerto, QuickChoice, ProSignia, Systempro/XL, Net1, LTE Elite, Vocalyst, PageMate, SoftPaq, FirstPaq, SolutionPaq, EasyPoint, EZ Help, MaxLight, MultiLock, QuickBlank, QuickLock, UltraView, Innovate logo, Wonder Tools logo in black/white and color, and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Advanced Server, SQL Server for Windows NT are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
I2O and I2O SIG are registered trademarks of The I2O Special Interest Group.
Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
©1998 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
White Paper: Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
First Edition (February 1998)
Document No. ECG072/0298
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Doc. No. ECG072/0298 .
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OVERVIEW
Compaq is number one in providing customers solutions which match their needs. Compaq accomplishes this by providing servers which "innovate within the standard", providing advantages of standards-based computing with value-added enhancements. One way Compaq shows its commitment to innovation includes its involvement in technology. An example is Compaq’s patent growth for 4Q97, which was over 32%.
Customers have recognized and rewarded Compaq's superior innovations by buying one million servers after seven years of server sales far surpassing volumes of x86 servers shipped by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Digital Equipment Corp. combined as of November 19, 1996.3 These server sales illustrate Compaq's leadership in delivering server products that best meet customer requirements.
COMPAQ SERVER EVOLUTION: THE COMPAQ SYSTEMPRO TO THE COMPAQ PROLIANT
Compaq has historically focused on the growing demands for client/server technologies and their benefits to customers. In 1989 the Compaq Systempro, the first standards-based multiprocessing server, led the growing client server revolution for the enterprise environment. Building on its technical expertise and customer focus, Compaq’s creative server innovations continued in 1992 with the SystemPro XL and ProSignia families and in 1993 with the Compaq ProLiant families. The SystemPro XL was the world's fastest PC server and the ProSignia family set a new price:performance standard for the PC server industry. The ProLiant servers, a class of database and application servers, were the first of their kind to provide customers with a tested, proven, and optimized database platform.
Progressing with industry standards, in 1996 Compaq introduced the Compaq ProLiant 5000 family of servers that included dual-peer PCI bus architecture and redundant Ethernet fail-over (NIC) technology on industry-standard architecture. The two current ProLiant servers, ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, offer the newest in industry standards including the PCI Hot Plug and Intelligent Hot-Pluggable Power Supplies. The ProLiant family focuses on a common set of architectural consistencies including Compaq Insight Manager and SmartStart that guarantee ease of operation, service, and training, and other benefits which result in value for the customer. These consistencies were developed in 1993 and have been built upon through today.
Since the beginning, Compaq focused on driving innovations to meet customer requirements. The following chart illustrates Compaq's historical progression of industry standards:
3 Numbers correspond to x86 servers shipped 1994-1996. Source: IDC Report
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