Compaq & Unisys Partner To Deliver 32-Processor Server Platforms For Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Company Business and Marketing

Driving industry-standard architecture into the highest levels of the data center, Compaq Computer Corp. and Unisys Corp. announced the signing of a letter of intent under which Compaq will deliver Unisys Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP) based 32-processor platforms under the Compaq ProLiant brand.

The final agreement with Compaq is expected to be completed within 60 days, and should have a potential value to Unisys of approximately $400 million over a two-year period.

The relationship will join the powerful and scalable Unisys CMP processor architecture with Compaq's industry-standard server expertise to meet ultra-demanding single server e-business and data center requirements. The agreement is a component of Compaq's ProLiant eGeneration strategy to provide customers with breakthrough enterprise economics on industry standards-based solutions, as well as provide new and higher levels of service and support.

The Compaq ProLiant servers resulting from the relationship with Unisys will provide a new level of reliability, availability and scalability for industry standards-based platforms according to Mary McDowell, VP and General Manager of Compaq's Industry Standard Server Division.

George Gazerwitz, president, Unisys Systems and Technology, said: "Working together, both Unisys and Compaq will use the Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system on the innovative Unisys CMP architecture to provide the most powerful performance available in a single industry standards-based server. CMP's excellent performance will give customers the ability to deploy industry-standard solutions supporting mission-critical business environments."

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