Latest Compaq (part of HP) News: Finextra Research

HP affirms commitment to financial services marketplace

HP is to step up its efforts to meet the needs of financial services firms with the launch of a new banking and brokerage business unit, following the completion of its merger transaction with Compaq at the end of last week.

08 May 2002

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Compaq ProLiant servers clock one billion transactions per day

Compaq Computer is reporting a world-record performance TPC-C benchmark result for its ProLiant DL760 servers of 709,220.08 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a cost of only $14.96 per tpmC.

20 September 2001

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Compaq and AtosEuronext seal Clearing21 pact

Compaq Computer Corporation and AtosEuronext have entered a joint agreement to market the Clearing21 real-time settlement platform to exchanges worldwide.

11 September 2001

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Hewlett-Packard and Compaq in $87 billion merger deal

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Compaq have announced a merger plan that will change the competitive landscape of the global IT industry and establish the new business as a significant rival to longtime industry leader IBM.

04 September 2001

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Compaq wins Bank of America computer services contract

Bank of America has chosen Compaq Computer to provide single-source service and support as well as hardware to the bank's corporate offices and banking centres in the US.

25 July 2001

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Compaq and Microsoft develop mobile finance solutions framework

Compaq and Microsoft have entered a joint initiative to develop a mobile solutions framework for the financial services industry.

18 June 2001

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Encompys STP partners select Onyx for CRM

Encompys, the STP joint venture company formed by Accenture, Advent Software, Compaq, Microsoft and The Bank of New York, has chosen Onyx Software to deliver customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities to asset management clients.

08 May 2001

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Accenture launches STP joint venture company

Accenture has joined with Advent Software, Compaq, Microsoft and the Bank of New York to create Encompys, an independent company offering outsourced straight-through-processing (STP) solutions for the global asset management community.

24 April 2001

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Future Dynamics to demonstrate handheld trading

UK-based derivatives software house, Future Dynamics has finalised development of a handheld wireless version of its multi-exchange trading tool crossfire. Utilising the Compaq IPAQ PC, pocketcrossfire provides floor traders with mobile access to a/c/e, Globex 2, Liffe, Eurex and Matif exchanges.

08 March 2001

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Compaq targets real-time enterprise with Zero Latency initiative

Compaq has signed up nine independent software vendors (ISVs) as business partners for its Zero Latency Enterprise (ZLE) initiative, which is designed to provide real-time transaction processing solutions for conducting business over the Internet.

07 February 2001

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World leaders go wireless with AvantGo

Mobile information company AvantGo has teamed up with Compaq, Accenture and Microsoft to provide wireless access to key conference information and applications for delegates at this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

25 January 2001

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Compaq bags three new exchange contracts

Compaq Computer Corporation has bagged new business contracts at three securities and futures exchanges: the Toronto Stock Exchange, Bourse de Montreal, and the Sydney Futures Exchange.

19 January 2001

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