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January 31, 2000

Compaq Retools Server Lineup
Vendor teams with Altiris for PC-management suite in its upcoming iPaq computers

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ompaq is shaking up its server lineup this week with the release of new ProLiant servers. Its PC division also made some changes as a result of a partnership with Altiris Inc. on a suite of PC-management tools.

Compaq's new hardware includes the DL380, a low-profile, 4.5-inch-high server that replaces the ProLiant 1850R. It can accommodate up to two 733-MHz Pentium III processors, and has a 133-MHz front-side bus and room for up to four 1-inch-wide Ultra2 SCSI hard drives. Prices start at $4,886. Later this year, Compaq will add a two-way, 1.5-inch-high system to the ProLiant DL line.

Compaq is also introducing floor-standing or rack-mount servers: The ML530 replaces the ProLiant 3000, the ML370 replaces the ProLiant 1600, and the ML350 replaces the ProLiant 800 and the Prosignia 740. The ML350 uses up to two 600- or 733-MHz Pentium III CPUs; the ML370 has up to two 667- or 733-MHz Pentium III chips; and the ML530--also a two-way system--uses the 800-MHz Xeon and has 12 hot-pluggable hard-drive bays. Prices start at $2,272, $3,400, and $5,340, respectively.

The new products should help Compaq maintain its position as the top seller of Windows servers, says Ashok Kumar at U.S. Bancorp. "That market is still their forte," he says. But Tom Lattin, Compaq's director of strategy and business development, says Linux also offers growth opportunities. "Linux will be a small part of initial shipments of these servers, but we expect that to grow over time," he says.

Meanwhile, Compaq's iPaq computers, slated to ship by the end of January, will be the first of its systems to preinstall a version of Altiris eXpress 4.1, software for deploying and maintaining PC software images through their life cycles, says John Mason, director of Compaq's iComputing division. Compaq worked with Altiris on the upgrade and on two new products: PC Transplant for Compaq, which transfers data from any PC to any new Compaq PC, and PC Transplant Pro, which transfers data among any new PCs. All three are downloadable now from Compaq's Web site.

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