The new HP: You are what you eat

As Hewlett-Packard digests Compaq Computer, the inevitable questions of redundancy and consolidation have arisen. Analysts and others have been wondering for a while which product lines would survive. In a white paper released Tuesday, the new HP finally belched up the info. Compaq is definitely making its mark.

Product category Company Reasons / Notes Enterprise systems Intel servers Compaq Proliant has larger market share; some HP products, however, will live on RISC servers Neither company HP's PA-RISC and Compaq's Alpha servers to migrate to Itanium Itanium servers HP Broader product range; will incorporate some Compaq technology Unix HP HP-UX has larger market share and broad ISV support Fault-tolerant servers Compaq NonStop server family, originally from Tandem, rolls on Storage Both companies Product lines complement more than compete Workstations Both companies Although Compaq technology adopted here, it's mostly an HP world Personal systems Business PCs Compaq Market share; will bear Compaq name; nine- to 12-month transition Business notebooks Compaq HP's Omnibook to be offered through 2002 Consumer PCs Both companies Can serve more customer types and sales regions Handhelds Compaq iPaq will live on with HP's Jornada touches Printers HP HP has long been dominant in this area Home networking Compaq No reason given
Source: Hewlett-Packard