Compaq hopes to shake up market with new line of low-cost PC servers

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Compaq introduces the ProSignia line of file servers, priced from $2,700, and the SystemPro/XL line, priced from $13,999 to $22,299. The company is determined to win back some of its once considerable market share in the $3 billion file server industry that has been cut to under 10 percent by rivals IBM, Dell Computer Corp and smaller companies. The new ProSignia servers are directed at the under-$5,000 server market, dominated by professional offices and small businesses. The low-end ProSignia server, based on Intel Corp's 80486 microprocessor, is $2,200 cheaper and 64 percent faster than a comparable Dell product, according to Compaq. The SystemPro/XL line is designed for the high-end market that requires considerable power for its larger networks. Analysts expect the SystemPro/XL line to be less popular than the ProSignia line of servers.

Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, File servers, Sales, Product Introduction, Competition, File Server, Compaq ProSignia 486/33 (File server), Compaq SystemPro/XL (Intel-compatible microcomputer)

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Sun plans un-PC desktop needing no upgrades

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Sun Microsystems is going to introduce it's new PC. It is the Sun Ray 1, a computer that is hooked up to a server so that it does not need constant software upgrades and therefore, it is less expensive in the long run.

United States, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Product introduction, Computer hardware, Network computers, Network computer, Information appliances, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Hardware product introduction, Sun Microsystems Sun Ray 1 (Network computer)

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