Compaq Introduces TaskSmart Family of Appliance Servers

Strategic Insights -

Compaq Computer Corporation has unveiled the Compaq TaskSmart family of appliance servers, designed to provide fast-to-deploy and easy-to-manage servers for NonStop eBusiness solutions. The Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers are specifically optimized for high-performance Internet caching, allowing enterprises and ISPs to deploy eBusiness and Internet solutions faster, easier, and with less risk. These servers offer a complete package for efficient Internet caching, delivering huge performance advantages and huge bandwidth savings, vastly improved user and customer response, and greater Web server farm scalability.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Compaq TaskSmart family of appliance servers is designed to provide fast-to-deploy and easy-to-manage servers for NonStop eBusiness solutions.
  • The Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers are specifically optimized for high-performance Internet caching, with huge performance advantages and huge bandwidth savings.
  • The servers offer easy integration and management, with quick installation, easy setup, and easy management via Internet browser.
  • The Compaq TaskSmart C-Series server is clustered to deliver higher availability and scalability that NonStop eBusiness customers demand.
  • 6 out of 8 leading ISPs have standardized on Compaq for their standards-based Web hosting.
  • The Compaq TaskSmart C-Series server can be deployed, configured, and managed remotely from a centralized location using an Internet browser.
  • The server is integrated with Compaq Insight Manager for easy manageability.
  • Pricing for Compaq's TaskSmart C-Series begins at $9,999, with the Compaq TaskSmart C1200R and C1500R models available immediately and the Compaq TaskSmart C2000R will be available later this month.

Statistics:

  • The Compaq TaskSmart C-Series server can increase Web response time by as much as ten times.
  • 6 out of 8 leading ISPs have standardized on Compaq for their standards-based Web hosting.
  • Pricing for Compaq's TaskSmart C-Series begins at $9,999.
  • The Compaq TaskSmart C1200R and C1500R models are available immediately, with the Compaq TaskSmart C2000R available later this month.

Sources:

  • "Compaq Introduces TaskSmart Family of Appliance Servers." BUSINESS WIRE, 6 July 1999, [www.businesswire.com](http://www.businesswire.com).
  • Compaq Computer Corporation. "Compaq TaskSmart C-Series Server." [www.compaq.com/tasksmart](http://www.compaq.com/tasksmart).
  • Compaq Computer Corporation. "Background." [www.compaq.com/about](http://www.compaq.com/about).